Baguio City council sets E-Bingo public hearing
>> Sunday, May 30, 2021
Amid backlash from religious, folks
By Dexter A. See
BAGUIO
CITY – Amid backlash from concerned sectors like religious and cause-oriented
organizations, the City Council decided to conduct a public consultation on
proposed additional electronic bingo outlets here on June 4, either at the
Baguio Convention Center or the city hall multipurpose hall to get sentiment of
people on the matter.
The public consultation will be done virtually to ensure the city’s legislative body will reach a significant portion of the city’s residents for them to share insights on the controversial issue.
Presented during recent regular session of the council were three options on how to deal with the notation of Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong on the two approved resolutions approving application of a gaming and amusement corporation for opening of two additional electronic bingo outlets in the city, particularly in Cedar Peak along Mabini St., and Summer Residences along Marcos highway.
Magalong said he will not sign the said resolutions as the same requires public consultations.
Among the options that were considered by the body were to override the veto, conduct public consultation before acting on the matter, or to archive it.
However, with a vote of 11 councilors in favor of public consultation, one against and two abstentions, the council agreed to schedule public consultation with strict adherence to health and safety protocols.
Earlier, the council passed two separate resolutions that approved the request of a gaming and amusement corporation for the operation of two additional electronic and traditional bingo outlets in the mentioned sites that caused an uproar among concerned sectors and some members of the local legislative body who also raised procedural issues on how the same were approved in a single session.
During the approval of the two controversial electronic bingo resolutions, nine councilors voted in favor of approval of operation of the additional electronic bingo outlets while five councilors voted against said proposals.
The mayor returned the two resolutions unsigned saying the proposals needed required public consultations to get opinion of residents on the matter.
In its application filed before the city council, the proponent claimed said he intends to operate electronic and traditional bingo and other games authorized by the State-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) in the sites that had been previously identified for the purpose.
The council required the proponent to submit to the body all documents issued by the regulating agencies to support its application to operate the additional electronic bingo outlets to address issues raised by some members and concerned sectors on the company’s alleged lack of supporting documents to justify its operation of the gambling joints that will be established in the city once the issues concerning the resolutions had been addressed during the public hearing.
The public consultation will be done virtually to ensure the city’s legislative body will reach a significant portion of the city’s residents for them to share insights on the controversial issue.
Presented during recent regular session of the council were three options on how to deal with the notation of Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong on the two approved resolutions approving application of a gaming and amusement corporation for opening of two additional electronic bingo outlets in the city, particularly in Cedar Peak along Mabini St., and Summer Residences along Marcos highway.
Magalong said he will not sign the said resolutions as the same requires public consultations.
Among the options that were considered by the body were to override the veto, conduct public consultation before acting on the matter, or to archive it.
However, with a vote of 11 councilors in favor of public consultation, one against and two abstentions, the council agreed to schedule public consultation with strict adherence to health and safety protocols.
Earlier, the council passed two separate resolutions that approved the request of a gaming and amusement corporation for the operation of two additional electronic and traditional bingo outlets in the mentioned sites that caused an uproar among concerned sectors and some members of the local legislative body who also raised procedural issues on how the same were approved in a single session.
During the approval of the two controversial electronic bingo resolutions, nine councilors voted in favor of approval of operation of the additional electronic bingo outlets while five councilors voted against said proposals.
The mayor returned the two resolutions unsigned saying the proposals needed required public consultations to get opinion of residents on the matter.
In its application filed before the city council, the proponent claimed said he intends to operate electronic and traditional bingo and other games authorized by the State-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) in the sites that had been previously identified for the purpose.
The council required the proponent to submit to the body all documents issued by the regulating agencies to support its application to operate the additional electronic bingo outlets to address issues raised by some members and concerned sectors on the company’s alleged lack of supporting documents to justify its operation of the gambling joints that will be established in the city once the issues concerning the resolutions had been addressed during the public hearing.
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