DAVAO CITY — The local government here — through its security and safety cluster — assured that it will intensify efforts to implement the firecracker ban throughout the city as they celebrate the Yuletide season.

Davao's Public Safety and Security Office head Angel Sumagaysay said that the crackdown is in line with the City Ordinance 060-02 also known as the Firecracker Ban which prohibits the possession, use, sale, manufacture and distribution of pyrotechnic devices in the city.

"The city's security units have already been briefed as to the full implementation of the ban. I have already sent a memo to our security forces to really implement the ordinance," Sumagaysay said.

He also reminded parents whose children use improvised bamboo cannons, saying this contraption is dangerous and also prohibited under the ordinance.

"The security cluster is aiming to keep the city's record of zero-incidence of injuries and property damages relating to firecrackers," Sumagaysay said.