The killings have alarmed residents, who canceled Independence Day holiday plans and armed themselves.
Having cancelled the Independence Day celebrations in November, he encouraged everyone to take part in a public clean-up instead.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent town, has cancelled its independence celebrations because of safety fears, and so have some twenty-five other towns.
Since then, he has cancelled lavish independence day celebrations to free up funds to fight a cholera outbreak; slashed the budget for a state dinner to celebrate the opening of parliament, using the money to buy hospital beds; and banned foreign travel for all government officials except the president, vice-president and prime minister.
ERBIL, Iraq — Kurds seeking independence from Iraq came under intense pressure on Saturday from their powerful neighbor, Turkey, which demanded that Iraqi Kurdistan cancel an independence vote scheduled for Monday.
Before Chataan affected Guam, officials canceled U.S. Independence Day festivities, and residents purchased storm supplies.
Just days after taking office in late 2015, he cancelled the symbolic independence day fete and directed all the funds budgeted for the event to be used to widen a part of a highway notorious for gridlocks in the main city of Dar es Salaam.
Magufuli's popularity ballooned when he canceled expensive independence-day celebrations in December and instead encouraged citizens to come together and clean the streets.
He cancelled the 14 August Independence Day celebrations and instead visited Naushera.
Chicago just fired 1,000 teachers; 650 city workers just got pink slips; the fireworks were cancelled at Taste on Independence Day; and other cost savings measures have been put in place.
Perhaps acknowledging the sour national mood, Peña Nieto last week canceled this year's Independence Day gala, calling it an austerity measure.
