50,000 join Black Nazarene procession in CDO
The aftermath of Typhoon Sendong, he said, also made this year’s celebration “more significant.[]
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“The people of the city has learned to pull themselves together. They did not lose hope and are thankful for the new life and the chance to have survived the recent tragedy that struck Cagayan de Oro and Iligan,” Monsanto added.
The city police force fielded 500 of its personnel – including members of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Explosive and Ordnance Division (EOD) – to secure the festivity. Additional 200 personnel from the Regional Public Safety Battalion and 150 trainees from the Police Regional Training School augmented the regular police force.
Senior Supt. Gerardo Rosales, director of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office who personally joined the entire length of the procession, said that his troops covered every street corner along the procession’s path, assuring Kagayanons that “we are 100-percent ready for any situation that may arise.”
The procession started around 3 p.m. at Kulambog in Lapasan Highway and ended almost 9 p.m., culminating at the Jesus Nazareno Parish.[]
