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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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February 19, 2018
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ILOILO City – This city is celebrating the 2018 Chinese New Year tomorrow. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is mobilizing 500 policemen to keep the celebrations peaceful.
Feb. 16 was the New Year in the Chinese lunisolar calendar. In this city, however, festivities were moved to tomorrow.
The 500 policemen were part of the security contingent that kept the recent Dinagyang Festival orderly, said Senior Superintendent Henry Biñas, ICPO director.
The Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCCI) Panay Chapter spearheads this year’s festivities. It decided to postpone the festivities to tomorrow due to Tropical Storm “Basyang” last week.
“We want to heighten our security. We will guard the public against acts of terrorism,” said Biñas.
Iloilo City’s annual Chinese New Year celebration is said to be the biggest outside Metro Manila.
The Regulation Ordinance 2018-020 passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod would temporarily close major downtown streets for the Chinese New Year parade – Bonifacio Drive, F. Caram Avenue (Iznart Street), JM Basa Street, Aldeguer Street, Iznart Extension, and Plazoleta Gay – from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The parade will start from Bonifacio Drive in front of the Department of Tourism.
Biñas said the ICPO had not monitored any threat to the Chinese New Year celebration.
A Chinese food festival will open from 5 p.m. to 12 midnight tomorrow on Iznart-De Leon to Iznart-Ledesma streets.
In the Chinese calendar, 2018 is the Year of the Dog.
Yesterday, the Chinese New Year Gift Giving for 3,000 indigent families sponsored by the PCCCI Panay Chapter was held at the Freedom Grandstand.
Sun Yat Sen High School of Iloilo Inc. had a cultural show at SM City Iloilo Northpoint Activity Center yesterday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
On Saturday, Hua Siong College of Iloilo Lions and Dragons Team presented a cultural show at SM City Iloilo Northpoint Activity Center./PN
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