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Council wants newsstand stay extended anew

Angel Castillo by Angel Castillo
June 28, 2022
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THE city’s legislative body is pushing anew for the extension of the agreement between the city’s Permits and Licensing Division (PLD) of the City Mayor’s Office and the newspaper stand vendors and watch repair proprietors to cover July until December of this year.

Under Resolution No. 242, series of 2022, councilors said that the citizens of Baguio have appealed to extend the stay of the newsstands and watch repair stalls anew as there is still no concrete plan to relocate them.

The agreement was set in place to expire in June of this year.

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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular No. 2020-145, issued some two years ago, mandated local governments to clear obstructions to roads and sidewalks in their jurisdictions, which forced the PLD to attempt to remove the newsstands and watch repair stalls.

Initially, in compliance with the memorandum, the PLD gave said stands and stalls until June of 2021 to comply with the requirement to move and give at least 0.6 meters of berth from the sidewalks or find an appropriate relocation, pursuant to an agreement reached in a December 2020 public consultation. The stands must then be accommodated either in private establishments that agree to accommodate them or in spaces set aside by the city government.

However, with the onset of COVID-19, and the challenges it posed to livelihoods, the council had the agreement with the PLD extended thrice, with the latest extension reaching up to June of 2022.

Following public criticism and a public consultation attended by journalists, publishers, general managers of newspaper organizations, and the vendors themselves, the city government agreed to delay the enactment of the relocation. The initial extension was initially set to expire on July 1, 2021, owing to a lack of a concrete plan to relocate the stands and their operators.

City Planning and Development Coordinator Donna Tabangin previously proposed that newsstands be relocated to waiting sheds in the city, but no final arrangements have yet been made.

 

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Angel graduated with a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of the Philippines Baguio. As the youngest on the team, he writes on mental health and well being, and the millennial’s point of view.

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