ZAMBOANGA City recorded zero injuries caused by firecrackers or stray bullets, as residents ushered in 2021.
This, as Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar ordered the strict enforcement of Ordinance 431, series 2013, banning firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices in this city.
Both the Department of Health-Zamboanga Peninsula and the City Health Office confirmed that no firecracker-related cases were recorded in the city as of 12 noon of January 2, citing surveillance and admission in both public and private hospitals in the city.
The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), citing data from the 11 police stations and mobile group, likewise reported zero casualty and injury due to firecrackers, as well as stray bullets during the New Year's Eve revelry.
Police Colonel Rexmel Reyes, ZCPO director, said they confiscated a number of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices including boga, a homemade cannon.
Among those confiscated were 33 pieces fountain, 39 pieces trompillo, 212 packs sparklers, 45 pieces Mabuhay luces, four pieces apollo silver and four pieces boga. (SunStar Zamboanga)