Public gab set on Baguio business operating hours

BAGUIO CITY – The city council will conduct a joint public consultation on Tuesday, July 31, from 8:30 am to 12 noon, at the Baguio City Hall multi-purpose hall on proposed ordinance no. 0120-18 that further amends ordinance no. 01, series of 1990, (Amending Ordinance no. 25, series of 1987, entitled, An Ordinance Codifying the Liquor Ordinances in the City of Baguio, and for other purposes).

 City council secretary Brenner Bengwayan said the half-day activity aims to gather inputs, recommendations and suggestions on the operating hours of all businesses with amusement including night clubs and day clubs, cocktail lounges with dancing,  beer gardens/ houses with dancing, bars with dancing,  and duly-accredited tourist-oriented hotels with restaurants, bars or discos.

Also included are cabarets or dance halls, folk houses or folk dens serving beer only,  bar or coffee shops serving beer or liquor,  disco pubs,  ordinary beer gardens with dancing,  cocktail lounges or bars without dancing,  cocktail lounges,  restaurants with liquor,  internet cafes; computer centers and dart centers.

The city council committees involved are those on laws, human rights and justice; appropriations and finance; market, trade, commerce and agriculture; public utilities, transportation and traffic legislation; ethics, governmental affairs and personnel; urban planning, lands and housing; tourism, special events, parks and playgrounds.

Also involved are the committees on public protection, safety, peace and order; employment, livelihood, cooperative and persons with disabilities; barangay affairs; youth welfare and sports development; health, sanitation, ecology and environmental protection; and the committee on social services, women and urban poor. -- Gaby Keith