The Kalibo Municipal Police Station has forged a peace covenant with youth leaders and fraternity members here as part of the security measures for the Ati-atihan Festival.
Supt. Aden Lagradante, Kalibo police chief, said that those who participated in the peace covenant signing were warring members of gangs known as “Oyo Torong Street” and “C. Laserna Street Purok One to Six.”
"Around 50 young people attended the covenant signing Saturday and we encouraged them to become peacekeepers not only for the duration of the festival but for a lifetime," Lagradante said.
The ati-atihan revelry starts Monday and will culminate on January 19.
Aside from signing the peace pact, the fraternity members were also given an orientation and joined a boodle fight.
"The Philippine National Police in cooperation with the local government of Kalibo will also provide meals for those who signed the peace pact for the duration of the revelry," Lagradante said.
The Kalibo Women and Children Protection Desk also vowed to give reward to fraternity members who will be able to pinpoint or arrest suspected snatchers, troublemakers and drug peddlers during the festival.(
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