By FROILAN GALLARDO
Special Correspondent
A LIQUOR ban will take effect in the city starting this afternoon ahead of the Feast of the Black Nazarene tomorrow.
Mayor Oscar Moreno issued Executive Order no. 005 2020 banning the sale of liquor and other alcoholic drinks along the route of Traslacion or procession of the Black Nazarene.
The ban covers a 300-meter radius of the route of the Traslacion and will take effect at 5 pm this afternoon up to 12 noon tomorrow.
The procession will have 1.5-kilometer route across the commercial district of Cagayan de Oro.
In a region where bombings are common occurrence, security will be tight during the Traslacion, beginning at the St. Agustine Matropolitan Cathedral where Roman Catholic devotees will have the opportunity to wipe the image of the Black Nazarene.
There will be no unauthorized flying of drones, and children and pregnant women are being asked to refrain from participating during the annual procession of the Black Nazarene.
Police will also not allow people with backpacks near the Traslacion route and the cathedral.
Mobile communications will be jammed on tomorrow morning as the image or Callejeron will be brought out to the streets of the city.
Fr. Persius Cabunoc, parish priest of the Nazareno Parish, said they expect more than 250 thousand devotees to participate in the Traslacion.
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