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                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — It will literally be a Silent Christmas — and New Year’s Eve, too — here as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte stands pat on his order banning the sale of firecrackers and pyrotechnics.


"We have no other choice but to ban them since we want to preserve lives and prevent damage to property. The ban stays," said Duterte, unmoved by a clamor for him to lift the firecracker ban.


Since the ban was imposed two weeks ago, police have arrested a number of businessmen and confiscated loads of firecrackers and pyrotechnics from them.


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SILENT CHRISTMAS

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Firecrackers banned in Davao City

December 24, 2001 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — It will literally be a Silent Christmas — and New Year’s Eve, too — here as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte stands pat on his order banning the sale of firecrackers and pyrotechnics. "We...

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