MAYOR Oscar Moreno yesterday appealed for public understanding on the move to cut telecommunication signals for hours today in time for the annual Traslación this morning.
Telecommunications services are temporarily disrupted starting at 4 am along the Black Nazarene procession route on Apolinar Velez Street and its surrounding areas.
Moreno explained that this has to be done to protect thousands of religious devotees from telecommunications signal-dependent weapons.
“Hina-ot unta nga sabton kini sa mga cellphone users kay ang tuyo niini ang safety man sa mga devotee,” he said.
Moreno assured that the telecommunications companies would restore their services immediately after the morning procession.
Moreno has reactivated city hall’s Incident Management Team to assist procession participants.
Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc, Nazareno parish priest, said the procession would start at 5 am after a mass at the St. Augustine Cathedral. From the cathedral, the procession would snake through Fernandez Street, Apolinar Velez Street up to the Nazareno Church on CM Recto Ave..
“Dili kaayo ta-as ang rota sa atong procession kay aron atong malikayan ang traffic,” Cabunoc said.
Maj. Evan Viñas, city police spokesman, said vehicles are not allowed to park along the procession route.
Meanwhile, Jean Docallos, the interior department’s city officer, directed officials of Barangay to Barangay 40 to help the police and the Roads and Traffic Administration to ensure a peaceful Traslacion. (Nitz Arancon)
