For safety, security
Liquor ban set for feast of Black Nazarene
CAGAYAN DE ORO City Mayor Oscar Moreno has issued two executive orders to ensure the safety and security of the public during the celebration of the feast of Black Nazarene today and tomorrow.
Executive Orders (EO) 3 and 4, issued on Friday, January 5, dictate a liquor ban in Cagayan de Oro City and the regulation of the operation of aerial drones during the two-day feast.
Through Executive Order 3, liquors are prohibited within 300-meter radius from the route of the Traslacion of the image of the Black Nazarene from 5 p.m. of January 8 to 12 noon of January 9.
“We have on the liquor ban, we utilize our intelligence cooperatives, roving patrols, and also the tanods, to monitor the area,” Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo) Director Robert Bahian said.
Bahian added that those who violate the order will be arrested.
Executive Order 4, meanwhile, states that the operation of aerial drones shall be regulated in Barangays 1 to 40, Puntod, Lapasan, and Consolacion from 5 p.m. of January 8 to 12 noon of January 9.
The EO added that those who wish to operate aerial drones shall be required to get written permit from the Cocpo director.
Aside from the executive orders issued by the mayor, City Councilor Romeo Calizo, chairman of the committee on police, fire, and public safety, said a security plan is already in place which is spearheaded by Bahian, and a contingency plan and a traffic management plan has been prepared by the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Department.
“Just to ensure the security and safety of the people and the visitors, a lot of devotees not only from Cagayan de Oro but also from neighboring towns and provinces and maybe from Visayas, will be coming over to pay homage to the Black Nazarene,” Calizo said. SS-CDO