Aklan SP: Ambulant vendors to sell goods on Sunday
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – They are back, but only on Sunday.
Thanks to Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Rodson Mayor, who authored an ordinance, allowing the ambulant vendors to occupy the Toting Reyes Street as vending area every Sunday.
Mayor said the closure of the provincial road from XIX Martyrs to Roxas Avenue Extension from 4 a.m. until 1 p.m. for the vending of root crops, vegetables, fruits, dry goods except ukay-ukay, would be beneficial for local farmers and ambulant vendors.
In its 13th regular session yesterday, the Aklan SP granted the request of the local government unit of Kalibo to utilize portion of Toting Reyes Street, closing the provincial road for ambulant vendors for one year.
Earlier, the local government unit of Kalibo has requested Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez to close portion of Toting Reyes Street fronting the Kalibo Public Market as vending area of ambulant vendors every Sunday.
Mayor cited Section 21 of Republic 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 as basis for local government unit to close local roads falling within its jurisdiction.
“The provincial government has the authority to close Toting Reyes Street, which is a provincial road. LGU, however, should maintain sanitation and smooth flow of traffic and implement contingency plans where ambulances and fire trucks could come in to save lives and properties in instances of emergencies,” Mayor stressed.
Mayor also supported the call for the local government of Kalibo to look for a better and bigger place that could accommodate the ambulant vendors, saying, the closure of Toting Reyes Street is a temporary measure for farmers and ambulant vendors to earn a decent centavo.
“For the moment, there is a need for the vendors to sell their wares in that provincial road until such time the LGU could put up a place for them,” he said.
It could be recalled during the incumbency of former Kalibo mayor and now SP member Raymar Rebaldo that the municipal government transferred the ‘bolantehan’ from Toting Reyes Street to Oyo Torong Street.
Last September 27, the Committee on Laws and Ordinances chaired by SP Selwyn Ibarreta held a committee-cum public hearing regarding the issues on health, sanitation, peace and order and traffic congestion once the provincial road is closed in favor of the farmers and ambulant vendors.
Mayor also reminded the ambulant vendors to clean their vending area for the litter and garbage left on the street at the end of ‘bolantehan’ to avoid pollution and sickness of the general public.
“This is a noble deed, especially for the ambulant vendors in Aklan. I am supporting this ordinance,” SP member Nemesio Neron stressed.
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – They are back, but only on Sunday.
Thanks to Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) member Rodson Mayor, who authored an ordinance, allowing the ambulant vendors to occupy the Toting Reyes Street as vending area every Sunday.
Mayor said the closure of the provincial road from XIX Martyrs to Roxas Avenue Extension from 4 a.m. until 1 p.m. for the vending of root crops, vegetables, fruits, dry goods except ukay-ukay, would be beneficial for local farmers and ambulant vendors.
In its 13th regular session yesterday, the Aklan SP granted the request of the local government unit of Kalibo to utilize portion of Toting Reyes Street, closing the provincial road for ambulant vendors for one year.
Earlier, the local government unit of Kalibo has requested Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez to close portion of Toting Reyes Street fronting the Kalibo Public Market as vending area of ambulant vendors every Sunday.
Mayor cited Section 21 of Republic 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 as basis for local government unit to close local roads falling within its jurisdiction.
“The provincial government has the authority to close Toting Reyes Street, which is a provincial road. LGU, however, should maintain sanitation and smooth flow of traffic and implement contingency plans where ambulances and fire trucks could come in to save lives and properties in instances of emergencies,” Mayor stressed.
Mayor also supported the call for the local government of Kalibo to look for a better and bigger place that could accommodate the ambulant vendors, saying, the closure of Toting Reyes Street is a temporary measure for farmers and ambulant vendors to earn a decent centavo.
“For the moment, there is a need for the vendors to sell their wares in that provincial road until such time the LGU could put up a place for them,” he said.
It could be recalled during the incumbency of former Kalibo mayor and now SP member Raymar Rebaldo that the municipal government transferred the ‘bolantehan’ from Toting Reyes Street to Oyo Torong Street.
Last September 27, the Committee on Laws and Ordinances chaired by SP Selwyn Ibarreta held a committee-cum public hearing regarding the issues on health, sanitation, peace and order and traffic congestion once the provincial road is closed in favor of the farmers and ambulant vendors.
Mayor also reminded the ambulant vendors to clean their vending area for the litter and garbage left on the street at the end of ‘bolantehan’ to avoid pollution and sickness of the general public.
“This is a noble deed, especially for the ambulant vendors in Aklan. I am supporting this ordinance,” SP member Nemesio Neron stressed.
No comments:
Post a Comment