The failed 3D Drone Lightshow, which was supposed to happen for 15 minutes as part of the Araw ng Davao Music and Arts Street Festival held at the Davao Coastal Road last Saturday, March 4, has an allocation or more or less P1 million pesos, according to an official.
“Ang event is not only for the drone show. Ang title ng event is Music and Arts Street Festival and the component of the drone show is only 15 minutes. This is the first in Davao City so the Dabawenyos are really excited to witness the drone show,” she said during I-Speak media forum.
The CTOO is leading the ongoing investigation of the drone show, which failed to happen which was blamed by organizers to low GPS signal. Organizers also lamented that the massive crowd using their mobile data in anticipation of posting videos and images of the spectacle.
Romero said they already have their recommendations with the internal body with regard to the investigation of the drone fiasco.
“We are coordinating with the organizers and right now ang atong gibuhat internal sa together with the City Legal Office so that we can address and handle it in a manner that is appropriate in the said report with what happened,” she said.
She said there is a need to come up with a detailed recommendation on how to manage the large influx of people like what happened in the drone show.
The first-ever 3D Drone Lightshow was touted as one of the biggest attractions of the 86th Araw ng Davao.
“There are things that we need to consider from the crowd control naa gyud kailangan na ayuhon and during the event ang pinaka critical lang man gyud is the failure of the drone show to happen. We will be looking into that aspect and part of the recommendation is moving forward. We need to see all angles specially the area where the event took place. We need to come up with a detailed recommendation on how to manage such influx of people mao to ang part na amoang na identify,” she said.
Romero assured that the CTOO is doing its best to ensure that same incident will not happen again with the remaining events for the 86th Araw ng Davao.
“The preparation is in line man gyud siya even when we started planning but sometimes naa mga butang na out of our control but will not hinder us not to pursue and continue all of the things that we planned. We make sure that all the events are in place and we will be closely coordinating with all the organizers so that what happened last weekend will not happen again,” she said.
