Sinulog Festival 2017
is already here and the threats to the success of the celebration are clear and not to be ignored.
​First is the bad weather
that has been plaguing Cebu and the rest of the Philippines ever since last year. The rains make it a little harder for Catholic devotees to attend Holy Masses at the Basilica Minore Del Santo Niño De Cebu because they will be mostly standing or sitting on wet grounds and bleachers. And some parts of the downtown area of Cebu have no clear drainage system that's why canal waters overflow even with moderate rains.
​But the bigger and more serious threat
to the success of the Festival is the threat of terrorism especially when it comes to bomb attacks. Terrorists usually use cell phones or smartphones to trigger explosion of the bombs as evident in the findings of the authorities after thorough investigations of the bomb explosions in the past. That's why as part of the security measures during the Sinulog Festivities, signals from all the cellular networks will be blocked starting January 14, 2017 up to January 15, 2017 in Cebu City, Talisay, Minglanilla, Mandaue City, Consolacion, Liloan, Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova. Local and foreign tourists and Catholic devotees usually go out a lot on these dates ​than on the previous days. Calls and texts and mobile data will be disabled on these dates. One can tell right away how hard this is when meeting up or sending important messages whether it be business or personal. Everyone at these dates will rely on landline phones and the internet, except on mobile data, for communication. There are a lot of complaints already about this signal blocking but everyone has to remember always that it's for the good of all. And two days without call and text and mobile data is not too long for everyone who thinks of his safety during the Sinulog Festival 2017.
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