A gun ban is being proposed by the Bacolod City government to be implemented in the city during the celebration of the MassKara Festival to ensure a peaceful and orderly celebration. Supt. Armando Tubongbanua, Bacolod City Police Office deputy director for Operations, yesterday said they are waiting for a resolution from the Sangguniang Panlungsod to support their request with the regional and national police headquarters for its implementation. Bacolod Councilor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of the SP Committee on Police, Security and Jail Management and Penology, proposed a resolution requesting Police Director General Ricardo Marquez, Philippine National Police chief, through Chief Supt. Bernardo Diaz, Police Regional 6 director, to declare a gun ban in Bacolod from September 25 until October 20. The resolution said the request was made by the City of Bacolod through MassKara Festival director Rhoderick Samonte. Tubongbanua appealed to the public not to bring firearms during the MassKara Festival since they will strictly implement the gun ban in Bacolod, especially in the festival sites. Drinking of liquor should be confined within the kiosks and restaurants only, and bringing of bottles of beverages in the festival sites will be prohibited, he said. Tubongbanua said they will deploy police and traffic enforcers along Araneta Street, and will put up five police booths in strategic areas at the festival sites. Before the start of the MassKara Festival, they will implement pre-operation plans, which include the anti-drug campaign and arrest of wanted persons to minimize crimes, he said. Tubongbanua said they have also requested for 200 police personnel to be deployed during the MassKara Festival, 100 from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and 100 from the PRO 6. However, these policemen are expected to arrive in Bacolod starting October 10 since they will be assigned from September 26 to October 9 to secure the APEC Conference in Iloilo City, he said. They will be augmented by about 500 regular police personnel of BCPO, he added.*CGS BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
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