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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Councilor Bartolome Orola denied the claim that the fish market on Ballesteros Street is illegal.
Orola stressed the Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved a resolution asking Mayor Evelio Leonardia to act on the proliferation of fish vendors on the streets around the Central Market.
Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., who made the allegation, was possibly outside of the session hall when the resolution was passed, said Orola.
Reports quoted Gamboa as saying the Ballesteros fish market is “illegal” because no resolution or ordinance was passed for its creation.
Ballesteros Street is one of the main thoroughfares of the city, and its temporary closure needs city council approval.
Such legislative measure, Gamboa explained, must include a specific period of time the road will be impassable.
“It is illegal since the road is primarily used by public utility vehicles, and there is no [Sangguniang Panlungsod] resolution or ordinance [passed] for its temporary closure,” he stressed.
Orola, chairman of the committee on markets and slaughterhouse, said he will never forget the date of the resolution’s approval because it was his birthday: Aug. 24.
In the resolution, the city council asked Leonardia to designate appropriate sites for the fish vendors, Orola said.
As a result, Ballesteros Street was identified as the fish vendors’ temporary location, cluster head for markets Ernie Pineda had said./PN
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