(Photo via Tara Yap / MANILA BULLETIN)
“No legitimate market vendors will be displaced as based to the project’s Terms of Reference (TOR),” emphasized Treñas.
The city mayor and other city officials held a dialogue Tuesday with presidents of public market vendors associations in the districts of Arevalo, City Proper, Jaro, and La Paz.
The city government is again pushing for the rehabilitation of the five public markets here to become competitive.
“Once our markets have improved, this will help our vendors be competitive against supermarkets in malls. Additional stalls may also be expected since the markets will be made spacious for the vendors and consumers,” said Treñas.