Pangasinan 5th district Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. wants to clear sidewalks of street vendors in a bid to improve conditions for pedestrian foot traffic. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 1252, otherwise known as the “Unobstructed Sidewalks Act", last July 5....
Vegetable vendors from Balintawak Cloverleaf Market in Quezon City on Thursday, June 9, staged a “No Palengke Day” to protest against the exorbitant market stall rental fees being imposed on them, and warned that this may lead to a marked increase in the prices of vegetables. Miguelito...
The Makati City local government distributed on Monday, March 21, mobile food carts to Makatizen vendors to help them financially recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Abby Binay's Facebook) Makati City Mayor Abby Binay led the ceremonial blessing and turnover of 41...
Given the mandate to carry out his policy directions for the welfare of the marginalized sectors in our society, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson said demolition squads destroying and confiscating the goods of underprivileged market vendors would be a thing of the past....
Market vendors and stall owners in Pasig City received free health and accident insurance worth P32,000, on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at the Pasig Mega Market, through a partnership bertween the Pasig City government and the Bisaya Gyud (BG) Party-List. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto led the program with Atty....
A total of 234 market vendors and employees as well as ambulant vendors in Quezon City were inoculated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday, Jan 19. The local government said that they have identified 1,300 market and ambulant workers who have yet to get vaccinated. The vaccinations were...
The Taguig City government said ambulant vendors are barred from selling under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), which is in effect in the National Capital Region (NCR) until Aug. 20. “For the safety of both the consumers and sellers, ambulant vendors are not allowed to operate during the...
Market vendors, truck drivers, helpers, pedicab drivers, and porters from Northern Luzon, Central Luzon and Southern Luzon have been inoculated against COVID-19 in Manila on Sunday night. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila city government has started the...
Wala Lang BLURB I made it a point to sit beside fellow Dean Jose Joya during UP University Council meetings. It took a while for him to sell me a painting but he finally did, one of his first collages. Later, not knowing any better, I asked him for something in pink to match the bedroom wall of our...
