City Tourism Operations Office officer in charge Jennifer Romero on Wednesday defended the use of “sparklers” in a performance during the “Paghinugyaw: Sugat sa Bag-ong Tuig” held along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on December 31, 2023.
Romero said the use of sparklers did not mean to defy the firecracker ordinance of the city.
This developed after some members of the Davao press noticed in the video of “Paghinugyaw” sparklers that resemble fireworks were used during a performance.
The media even asked the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) if the material used during the “Paghinugyaw” is covered by the Firecracker Ordinance of Davao City.
Romero told the media on Wednesday that the “sparklers” was used to come up with an artistic end to the performance.
“It was not the normal pyrotechnique. It’s just more of the artistic interpretation of how to end the performance parang sparkler lang siya sa cake just to come up with an artistic end of the performance. This was relayed and na discuss na ni siya,” Romero said during the AFP PNP Press Corps media briefing at the Royal Mandaya Hotel on Wednesday.
Romero added that the performance was not an act of defying the ordinance but just to end it artistically.
“This is not more of how or that we will be defying the ordinance of the city but an artistic way to end a performance. I also sought the statement of the event organizer and he said he has been doing that since 2017. We are not defying the ordinance but we are following the ordinance,” she said.
The city government of Davao is implementing Ordinance No. 060-02 Series of 2002 “an ordinance prohibiting the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnique devices and such other similar devices and the exploding of firecrackers or other similar explosives within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City” aiming to ensure public safety, peace, order, and security of the community.
“Paghinugyaw: Sugat sa Bag-ong Tuig” was the culminating event of the city government of Davao’s Pasko Fiesta 2023.
