BAGUIO CITY–Mayor Benjamin Magalong has again canceled the 25th Baguio Flower Festival, the second time the annual event has been called off due to the threat of coronavirus or COVID-19.
Magalong and the event’s organizers made the announcement on the same day President Duterte declared a state of health emergency.
The cancellation includes all small festival activities and the grand street dancing and float parades, which were supposedly resuming on the last Saturday and Sunday of this month.
“This is the best for public safety,” said Evangeline Payno, the festival’s executive director.
The Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association meet, which would have drawn 7,000 school delegates on Mar. 22, has also been postponed for a second time.
The city’s night market will also be temporarily stopped in the next 14 days beginning Tuesday to reduce activities that draw crowds, said Magalong.