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The Navotas City government has designated selected areas where revelers can use legal firecrackers and fireworks during the New Year celebration.
In an advisory on Thursday, Mayor John Rey Tiangco said fireworks and pyrotechnic exhibitions can be held at the Navotas City Amphitheatre, provided that organizers would comply with the Fire Code.
Tiangco added that firecracker zones have been designated in 14 barangays:
Brgy. San Rafael Village
-Gen. Vicente Lim Street
Brgy. North Bay Blvd. North
-Green Zone in R-10 Road and J. Lacson Street
Brgy. North Bay Blvd. South
-R-10 Proper and Kanduli Street
Brgy. Bangkulasi
-Reyes Street
Brgy. Bagumbayan South
-Taganahan Tabing Ilog
Brgy. Bagumbayan North
-Centennial Park
Brgy. Navotas East
-The foot of Estrella Bridge
Brgy. Navotas West
-Davila Street
Brgy. Sipac-Almacen
-Gov. A. Pascual and A. Santiago Streets
Brgy. Tanza
-Navigational Gate
Brgy. Tangos
-Bagong Kalsada and A. Cruz Streets
Brgy. San Roque
-Judge A. Roldan Streets
Brgy. Daanghari
-Ignacio Street, Bacog
Brgy. San Jose
-Gov. A. Pascual Street
“We remind everyone to follow our laws on the use of firecrackers and fireworks display,” Tiangco said in a statement.
“Let us work as one in safeguarding all the members of our community and ensure that all Navoteño families can welcome the New Year whole and happy,” he said.
Navotas had established firecrackers and fireworks zones through Executive Order 012 series of 2015, Tiangco said. /jpv