ZAMBOANGA CITY: Two telecommunications company – Globe Telecom and Smart Communications – on Saturday shut down their cell sites here as locals were celebrating the month-long feast of the Virgin Mary – for fear that terrorists may set off bombs during the annual festival.

The temporary loss of mobile signal coincided with the parade in downtown Zamboanga joined by hundreds of people.

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