SASCHA WIL­SON

De­spite the tor­ren­tial rain­fall, the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion's City Week mil­i­tary pa­rade got off to an ear­ly start on Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

From as ear­ly as 7:30 am, mem­bers of the pro­tec­tive ser­vices were al­ready gath­er­ing at Kings Wharf, San Fer­nan­do.

March­ing to var­i­ous mil­i­tary bands, mem­bers of all the State se­cu­ri­ty agen­cies pa­rad­ed through the streets of San Fer­nan­do in­clud­ing High Street, Li­brary Cor­ner, Cof­fee Street, Roy­al Road and Cir­cu­lar Road.

Armed with their um­brel­las, a few spec­ta­tors braved the rain to wit­ness the pa­rade. 

At Cir­cu­lar Road near the Para­mount Build­ing where the pa­rade end­ed, May­or of San Fer­nan­do, His Wor­ship Ju­nia Re­grel­lo, told re­porters the event was a suc­cess.

"Con­grat­u­la­tions to the armed forces and all the of­fi­cers who made the ef­fort this morn­ing. This is re­al­ly a great day or San Fer­nan­do. As I said ear­li­er on, I saw no­body faint­ing, so this weath­er is much bet­ter than the hot sun," said May­or Re­grel­lo.

Cel­e­bra­tions un­der the theme “Let the Cel­e­bra­tions Be­gin” have been held through­out the month in com­mem­o­ra­tion of the 34th an­niver­sary of San Fer­nan­do achiev­ing city sta­tus.

How­ev­er, the cel­e­bra­tions end this week­end with the May­or's Ball, which is sched­uled for Sat­ur­day night, and a car show at Cross Cross­ing on Sun­day.  

May­or Re­grel­lo said the com­mem­o­ra­tive events cov­ered a wide ar­ray of is­sues in­clud­ing COVID-19 is­sues, men­tal health is­sues, ed­u­ca­tion­al pro­grammes and per­form­ing arts and cul­tur­al events.