36-hour liquor ban to be enforced Monday along Traslacion route

A 36-hour liquor ban will be enforced starting Monday afternoon and ending early Wednesday morning as part of security measures for a peaceful and orderly observance of the feast of the Black Nazarene of Manila's Quiapo Church.

Citing police information, a report on Super Radyo dzBB early Sunday morning said that the liquor ban will start as 6 p.m. on January 8 (Monday) and will end at 5 a.m. on January 10 (Wednesday).

The ban covers a 200-meter radius  from all points of the Black Nazarene Procession route. 

Also, intermittent cellular signal interruption will be imposed within 1 km radius from the Black Nazarene Andas along the procession route.

Earlier, the National Capital Region Police Office announced a 48-hour gun ban in some areas in Manila where events of for the feast of the Black Nazarene were to take place. 

The gun ban will begin at midnight on January 8 and will end at midnight on January 10. —LBG, GMA News