Extension of newsstands, watch shops pushed

BAGUIO CITY -- City officials requested the City Mayor’s Office to extend validity of the agreement entered into by the Permits and Licensing Division–City Mayor’s Office and the newspaper stand vendors and watch repair proprietors from January to June 2023 or until such time that the City Planning and Development Office has come up with relocation area for them.
    Under resolution 637, 2022, concerned stakeholders of the local newspaper industry appeared before the citizen’s forum of the City Council Dec 12 and appealed to the city council to allow newspaper stand vendors and watch repair proprietors continue vending at their current locations until such time that concrete plans and arrangements for them are realized.
    Earlier, the city council adapted several resolutions in relation to the agreement between the Permits and Licensing Division–    City Mayor’s Office with newspaper stand vendors and watch repair proprietors on sidewalks of the city to give them ample time to comply with the 0.6-meter setback from the sidewalks or to find a relocation place before the implementation of Dept. of Interior and Local government memorandum circular 2020-145.
    Resolution 330, series of 2021 also requested the City Mayor’s Office to extend validity of the agreement entered into by the Permits and Licensing Division – City Mayor’s Office and newspaper stand vendors and watch repair proprietors from July to December 2021 or until such time that the City Planning and Development Office has come up with concrete plans and arrangements for their relocation site.
    Another resolution earlier requested the City Mayor’s Office until April to June 2022 the validity of the agreement.
This was extended until this month of December.