IF the weather does not get any better in the coming days, the Coast Guard may recommend to organizers some changes in the Sinulog fluvial procession.
Coast Guard Commander Antonio Cuasito yesterday said they will monitor the weather until the event this Saturday.
If the weather worsens, it would be the first time in years for a [...]

CEBU CITY — A gun ban will be in effect in this city during the Sinulog weekend to ensure a peaceful celebration, police announced Wednesday.
Senior Superintendent Louie Oppus, Regional Operations and Plans Division chief, announced the gun ban in Wednesday’s monthly Talakayan sa Isyung Pulis (TSIP) forum.
Instead of implementing it only within the carousel route [...]

TO avoid the “horrendous” traffic that irked motorists last Friday and Saturday, Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama instructed traffic managers and the police to open alternative roads and not to close the main thoroughfares too early during this weekend’s festivities.
Rama also announced yesterday that Monday, or the day after the Sinulog grand parade, will [...]

UNLESS there is a typhoon, the Sinulog grand parade this Sunday will push through, “rain or shine.”
The Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI), though, is hoping for the sun to shine, and has offered eggs to the Carmelite nuns in Mabolo, Cebu City, as tradition dictates, to help pray for good weather.
But if it does rain this [...]

THE proposed gun ban to be imposed by the police will not only cover the Sinulog Grand Parade on Sunday but would also include the afternoon solemn procession on Saturday.
Cebu City Police Office Director Patrocinio Comen-dador said the Police Regional Office 7 is getting Camp Crame’s approval on the proposal.
Comendador, Sinulog Security Task Force commander, [...]

MANDAUE City will make this year’s “Translacion” a grand activity to pave the way for the Sinulog fluvial parade, Mayor Jonas Cortes said.
Mandaue City organizers said the “Translacion” is the transfer of the miraculous images of the Sto. Niño de Cebu from the Basilica de Minore del Sto. Niño and Our Lady of Guadalupe from [...]

TO support the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), eight senior officers have been designated “supervisors” for each sector of the Sinulog Grand Parade route.
Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Director Ronald Roderos said that to help the CCPO, eight members of the PRO 7 command group will be out on the streets overseeing security operations surrounding [...]

WITH reroutings and road closures for the Sinulog grand parade this Sunday, commuters are advised that south-bound buses are allowed up to the Barangay Mambaling area only and not up to Cebu South Bus Terminal.
That, as the Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) said it has ensured quality presentations by visiting even the town-based groups.
Those coming from [...]

IN the 2009 grand parade, Sinulog-based category defending champion Alcoy, Cebu will present a “sequel” to its 2008 presentation, when it showed as backdrop a thick forest that was the home of young Siloys (Black Shama, which are endemic to the town).
The birds will still be portrayed by children in black, feathered outfits. But this [...]

FOR the first time in the 29-year history of the Sinulog, Cebuanos and visitors will be treated to a spectacular fireworks display competition the night before the grand parade on Jan. 18.
Also, Lumad Basaka-non of Barangay Basak San Nicolas, the Sinulog’s two-time defending champion in the free interpretation category, will have an opportunity at redemption [...]