No guns please, we're to party! Philippine govt announces week-long ban for famous Panaad festivities


BACOLOD CITY, Philippines, April 15 (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): A seven-day gun ban throughout Negros Occidental and Bacolod City will be imposed starting on Monday (April 17), as the 27th Panaad sa Negros Festival kicks off at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan.

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., in a memorandum, ordered the suspension of the Permits to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence (PTCFOR) in the entire Bacolod City and Negros Occidental during the festival from 12:01am of April 17 to 11:59pm of April 23.

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