BAGUIO CITY: Owners of newspaper and watch repair stands in the city were given a six-month extension before they relocate to paid spaces inside establishments.
The dialogue held on December 15 gave the stand owners from January to June next year to continue selling in the streets so long as they have updated business permits, according to the City Administratorâs Office.
Baguio Cityâs anti-road obstruction campaign caused tension among local government administrators and small business owners because the goods they sold on the streets were confiscated as part of the cityâs street clearing operations.
According to City Permits and Licensing Division head Allan Abayao, the business owners and the city government had agreed that those operating on narrow pavements would have to be moved by January 2021 at a site to be determined by a team from his division, the Public Order and Safety Division, Management Information Technical Division, City Mayorâs Office,
SunStar Newsstands in Baguio given 6 months
HARD HIT. Newspaper vendors are among the hard hit during the Covid-19 pandemic as they grapple to look for other means of livelihood with the City Government s pending plan to remove them from the sidewalks. (Redjie Melvic Cawis)
+ THE call for freedom of information has been heard. with conditions from City Hall.
In a meeting with newsstand vendors and owners on Tuesday morning, December 15, City Hall officials agreed to give vendors six months to operate their street side stalls.
Attending the meeting were journalists, publishers and general managers of newspaper organizations who have all cried foul over the move to evict the newspaper vendors of their stalls in a bid to assert their importance to the information chain.
SunStar Newsstands in Baguio given 6 months
HARD HIT. Newspaper vendors are among the hard hit during the Covid-19 pandemic as they grapple to look for other means of livelihood with the City Government s pending plan to remove them from the sidewalks. (Redjie Melvic Cawis)
+ THE call for freedom of information has been heard. with conditions from City Hall.
In a meeting with newsstand vendors and owners on Tuesday morning, December 15, City Hall officials agreed to give vendors six months to operate their street side stalls.
Attending the meeting were journalists, publishers and general managers of newspaper organizations who have all cried foul over the move to evict the newspaper vendors of their stalls in a bid to assert their importance to the information chain.