DAVAO CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA)—Davao City will strictly impose the firecracker ban this Yuletide Season.

This was stressed by Police Colonel Alberto Lupaz, director of the Davao City Police Office during the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Meeting at the Bagani Hall of the Police Regional Office XI.

He said the local police will be strictly implementing the firecracker ban by conducting police visibility patrols and to coordinate with the local communities on this pursuit.

“We will strictly implement the firecracker ban this holiday season,” Lupaz said.

He said the firecracker ban prohibits the possession, use, sale, manufacture and distribution of pyrotechnic devices within the city to ensure the safety of the people during the Holiday Season.

City Ordinance 060-02 or the Firecracker Ban was passed into law by then Councilor Bonifacio Militar during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

However, Mayor Duterte in an executive order prohibited the sales manufacture, distribution, possession and use of the pyrotechnic devices in 2001.

The local ordinance imposes a fine of P1,000 or imprisonment good for twenty to thirty days for the first-time offenders.

It imposes a fine of P3,000 or imprisonment of from one month to three months, or both, for second-time offenders; and eventually, a fine of P5,000 or imprisonment of from three to six months, or both, for third-time offenders. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)