BACOLOD City – The city government allotted P3.74 million to help 748 market vendors displaced by road-clearing operations.
Ernesto Pineda, cluster head on markets, said affected vendors in the downtown area, Central Market, Burgos (North) Market, and Libertad (South) Market received livelihood assistance worth P5,000 each.
The latest identified recipients included 408 market vendors; 78 received cash assistance on Jan. 29.
The remaining beneficiaries will receive theirs within the week as the release is scheduled in batches to ensure physical distancing.
Earlier, 340 vendors received cash aid amounting to P1.7 million.
The assistance is being released through the city government’s Department of Social Services and Development.
Full implementation of road clearing was undertaken as the city transitioned to a modified general community quarantine, which requires it to adopt all components of the road-clearing operations under Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular 2020-027.
In October 2019, the city obtained a compliance rating of 87 percent during the initial validation conducted by the DILG, following the 60-day road clearing operations./PN
