Firecrackers in 1950's
A police officer came over my office the other day to ask if the Sanggunian has any relevant legislation regulating the selling or display of firecrackers especially during the Christmas season. I responded in the negative.
Balete ranks among the few municipalities in Aklan to have the "luxury" of having a firetruck and more importantly, the presence of personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection. Armed with a Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance, and the mandate of the BFP to implement and enforce the provisions of the Fire Code, the Sanggunian is spared from legislating "more" ordinances concerning the regulation of those firecrackers that stray into our quiet town in this time of the year. It may of archival interest however to mention that the Municipal Council has an ordinance on the matter as early as 1956.
On February 1, 1956, the Municipal Council of Balete, then part of the Province of Capiz, and composed of the following:
What about those big firecrackers? The council identified them as "Bawang", "Atomic Bomb", "Atomic Bomb Jr." etc. The penalty for violating this ordinance involves a fine of not less than Php. 50 but not to exceed Php. 200 and the imprisonment of not less than 10 days and a maximum of 6 months at the discretion of the court.
I am having a hard time appreciating those "big firecrackers" but some "old friends" intimated that they were indeed "nasty ones" that our delinquent youths of today should be prevented from laying a hand on lest they cease to be "the hope of our fatherland."
Balete ranks among the few municipalities in Aklan to have the "luxury" of having a firetruck and more importantly, the presence of personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection. Armed with a Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance, and the mandate of the BFP to implement and enforce the provisions of the Fire Code, the Sanggunian is spared from legislating "more" ordinances concerning the regulation of those firecrackers that stray into our quiet town in this time of the year. It may of archival interest however to mention that the Municipal Council has an ordinance on the matter as early as 1956.
On February 1, 1956, the Municipal Council of Balete, then part of the Province of Capiz, and composed of the following:
Mr. Apolinario Cleope, Municipal Mayor; Mr. Patrocinio Lachica, Vice Mayor; Mr. Roberto Sabla-on, Councilor; Mr. Blas Cortes, Councilor, Mr. Ludovico Yasa, Councilor; Mr. Agaton Recidoro, Councilor; Mr. Hernan Cuyong, Councilorpassed and approved Ordinance No. 1, entitled, "An ordinance prohibiting the storag, sale, display, carrying and/or exploding of big firecrackers classified as dynamites or explosives." Absent during the session was Mr. Ludovico Villanueva, also a Municipal Councilor.
What about those big firecrackers? The council identified them as "Bawang", "Atomic Bomb", "Atomic Bomb Jr." etc. The penalty for violating this ordinance involves a fine of not less than Php. 50 but not to exceed Php. 200 and the imprisonment of not less than 10 days and a maximum of 6 months at the discretion of the court.
I am having a hard time appreciating those "big firecrackers" but some "old friends" intimated that they were indeed "nasty ones" that our delinquent youths of today should be prevented from laying a hand on lest they cease to be "the hope of our fatherland."
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