Baguio vendors violating laws on stalls, goods, plastic .

By Julie G. Fianza

BAGUIO CITY – Market vendors here have been found to have extended their stalls, displayed their goods in unsanitary manner and used plastic and styrofoam containers in violation of city ordinances.

The was bared during the Alay Sa Kalinisan meeting at city hall last week. 

On stall extension and unsanitary manner of goods and merchandise display, 48 violations notices were served, of 1,076 stalls at the relocation bagsakan area, fish proper, block III and vegetable proper inspected.

Seventeen were found violating the anti-plastic and Styrofoam ordinance, of the 2,854 stalls inspected from April 20 to June 21.

Ragma also reported that regular flushing and cleaning of the market wet sections are done every Tuesday and Friday.

For the anti-graffiti drive, Anti-Graffiti Task Force (AGTF) volunteer retired forester Rosalio Goze reiterated the need for a more aggressive police assistance, regular visits and surveillance for graffiti and vandalism.

He is proposed creation and organization of a city volunteers’ desk to augment the task force’s capability, and coordination with the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation president and Punong Barangays PBs for specific operational plans for each AG program.

Goze said he discussed with PBS the repeated graffiti vandalism along roads in Military Cut-off, South Drive, Rock Quarry, and St. Joseph.

He proposed fund support for the Anti-graffiti and environmental code.

Communication with supporting agencies, barangays and other supporters is recommended, Goze said.

Despite these, this summer capital’s public market vendors were found compliant with Res. 107-1988, and city ordinance 202-2015 on installation and regular inspection of properly calibrated weighing scales.

Inspections were done from March 21 to June 20 this year, as reported by market superintendent Fernando Ragma, Jr. in the ASK meeting.

No dilapidated, malfunctioning, defective, broken, or improperly calibrated weighing scales were found from the 3,492 weighing scales inspected, thus a zero confiscation. Market sections inspected were the vegetable, rice, caldero, tobacco, sari-sari, lentils, fowl, fruit stalls around Hangar, refreshment, block 4, kayang 1st and 2nd, kayang hilltop, hotcake, chucheria, miscellaneous, chicken, block 3 relocation and other areas.

Additional activities done by the market personnel were area monitoring of cleanliness and sanitation, including proper handling of frozen and meat products, the implementation of the no-smoking ordinance and display of tobacco products for sale, prohibition on scaling of fish, processing of meat products, procedural approach for cleaning and washing of carrots, and sanitary standards in singeing of livestock.