
A display of fireworks at a coastal park called Paseo del Mar in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines welcomes the New Year. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 1, 2012) – A huge crowd gathered at a coastal park called Paseo del Mar in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga to welcome the New Year. Residents from various villages trooped to the park before midnight and waited until the clock strikes 12 and joined the count down to the New Year.