The Bacolod City Police Office is reminding merrymakers that the use of fireworks and firecrackers are only allowed in the designated areas.
At least 73 covered courts and vacant lots were designated as community fireworks display areas in Barangays 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, Alangilan, Alijis, Banago, Bata, Cabug, Estefania, Felisa, Granada, Handumanan, Mandalagan, Mansilingan, Montevista, Pahanocoy, Punta-Taytay, Singcang-Airport, Sum-ag, Taculing, Tangub, Villamonte, and Vista Alegre.
Each of these barangays have at least one to five designated fireworks areas.
Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, BCPO spokesperson, said that the use of firecrackers outside the designated zones is strictly prohibited and punishable under the law.
Meanwhile, the prohibited firecrackers, according to the Philippine National Police, are:
•Watusi
• Piccolo
• Poppop
• Five Star
• Pla-pla
• Lolo Thunder
• Giant Bawang
• Giant Whistle Bomb
• Atomic Bomb
• Super Lolo
• Atomic Triangle
• Goodbye Bading
• Large-size Judas Belt
• Goodbye Philippines
• Goodbye Delima
• Bin Laden
• Hello Columbia
• Mother Rockets
• Goodbye Napoles
• Coke-in-Can
• Super Yolanda
• Pillbox
• Mother Rockets
• Boga
• Kwiton
• Kabasi
• All overweight and oversized firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices
• All imported finished products
• Other unlabelled locally made FCPD products
• Other types of firecrackers with other brands/names equivalent to those that are prohibited.*