ILOILO CITY – Groups and individuals condemned the Iloilo City government under neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas for violently displacing bolanteros (ambulant and informal vendors) on Friday night, April 10. “The city government is playing victim even though it is the institution that has been...
Station commanders and chiefs of police, especially in urban areas, may end up being booted out of their posts should they fail to sweep illegal vendors away from roads and sidewalks as the Philippine National Police (PNP) vowed to assist in the zero-obstruction policy of the national government....
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A drinking session in Pili town in Camarines Sur province turned deadly when a vendor allegedly stabbed fellow vendors to death over their refusal to share money to buy liquor on Monday night, June 21. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two vendors were shot dead in Akbar municipality, Basilan province on Tuesday, June 3. Police identified the victims as Radzmel Marajan Jumadil, 25, a resident of Barangay Mariki, Zamboanga City, and Adih J. Villacura, 21, from Purok 5, Barangay Aguada, Isabela City. ...
Senatorial candidate Bam Aquino promised market vendors in Bataan that if he wins in the coming May 2025 midterm polls, he will serve as their “voice” in the upper chamber to push for laws and policies that will protect their rights and address their grievances. Senatorial candidate Bam Aquino...
BACOLOD CITY – A 72-year-old vegetable vendor died after he was hit by a motorcycle in Bangga Mabini, Barangay Mabini, Valladolid, Negros Occidental before dawn on Sunday, September 8. FIRST responders bring a 72-year-old vegetable vendor to the hospital after he was struck by a motorcycle...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 55-year-old vendor was gunned down in Barangay Poblacion here on Wednesday morning, May 15. Police identified the victim as Edgardo Magtibay, a resident of Barangay Malabanban Norte. Investigation said Magtibay was standing on a street when two men on board a...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Vendors are worried about the possible immediate closure of the fish landing area in Barangay Bulua in this city after the operator received a notice of violation from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). THE fish landing area in Barangay Bulua,...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Flower vendors in front of the Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral in Barangay 1 here have asked Mayor Rolando Uy for a nearby selling location following the plan to transfer them. FLOWER vendors in front of the Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral in Barangay 1,...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has released cash assistance totaling P14.1 million to 1,410 vendors displaced by a fire that razed parts of the public market here on Saturday, March 11. THE Baguio City Public Market is slowly rising from the ashes of the fire on...
BAGUIO CITY – Sixty-five ambulant vendors from Visayas who were apprehended for illegal peddling during the Panagbenga Grand Parade here on Feb. 25 have been sent home to the Visayas. They were provided assistance by the city government through the Office of the City Social Welfare and...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 25 stalls at the Vendor’s Plaza were subjected to a clearing operation conducted by officials of a barangay here to ensure they were not used in any illegal drug transaction. The clearing operation came a day after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros...
