HOT MEAT. A team from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) conducts a regular inspection at the Iloilo City public market to discourage backyard slaughtering early this month. Iloilo City's Local Economic Enterprise Office has advised the public to be vigilant of the source of their meat products. (PNA photo courtesy of Randy Lontoc/ NMIS FB page) ILOILO CITY - The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) will provide guidance on the temporary repair of the slaughterhouse here while it is waiting to be improved through the public private partnership (PPP). "NMIS is open and willing to help and provide guidance. They will be visiting the slaughterhouse to look into the temporary repair meantime that we are still waiting for the improvement that is proposed under PPP, which is currently on bidding," Maricel Mabaquiao, head of the Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO) which has jurisdiction over the slaughterhouse, said in an interview Monday. Mabaquiao said the rece
ILOILO City Public Market. (Tara Yap)
Mayor Jerry Treñas here had earlier said the redevelopment of the two major markets under the Iloilo City Central and Terminal Public Markets Project will boost business activities in the Old Central Business District of this city.
Maricel Mabaquiao, chief of the Local Economic Enterprise Office, said the “project involves design, finance, and construction of mixed-use buildings, operation and maintenance of commercial spaces, and maintenance of the whole facility for a period of 30 years.”
The call for participants started recently with the Market Sounding Activity online to finance the project that can cost anywhere between P2.9 billion to P3.6 billion.