GENERALLY PEACEFUL. A policeman conducts an inventory of the firecrackers they seized Friday (Dec. 31, 2021), hours before the New Year's Day revelry in Zamboanga City. The city police reported that the celebration was generally peaceful although several residents exploded firecrackers despite a ban on the sale and use of firecrackers and pyrotechnic products. (Photo courtesy of City Hall Public Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) reported that the New Year's Day revelry was generally peaceful here, though several violations of the firecracker ban have been noted. Col. Rexmel Reyes, ZCPO director, said they have not received a report of any untoward incident that took place in the city during the revelry. There are 11 police stations and two mobile force companies that are under the ZCPO. Reyes led the roving patrol together with the additional security forces from Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Zamboanga Peninsula, to assure the safety