CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Owners of auto supply stores in this city expected a decrease in the number of customers buying sirens and blinkers after President Benigno Aquino III banned the unauthorized use of such devices.

Christian Belnez, who manages Auto Supply, told Sun.Star that most of those who buy the sirens and blinkers are businessmen who have SUVs.

"Most of our customers are usually Muslims from Marawi. We noticed only few people from Cagayan who buy sirens and blinkers," Belnez said in verna...