The curfew hours which was effected after the proclamation of Martial Law brought about by the crisis in Marawi City last year was temporarily suspended in celebration of the month-long 2018 Diyandi Festival and the city fiesta.
The month-long Diyandi Festival is in celebration of the feast of Patron Saint Michael Archangel started September 1 to October 7.
"There is a need to relax the implementation of the curfew hours to give way to the celebration," said Regencia last Monday in a bid to promote the tourism in Iligan City during its weeklong festivities.
The curfew hours was lifted starting September 10 and was supposed to be in effect until October 7.
However, Regencia reimplemented the curfew hours covering citizens aged 18 years old and below from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. effective September 17 following rumbles involving youth groups in different parts of the city.
"We will not wait until lives will be wasted," he said.
Exceptions will cover minors with their parents in tow and students traveling home from school provided they have proper IDs. [Bonita Ermac, Manila Bulletin]
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