The mayors of the affected cities appeal to their constituents to strictly follow health protocols to control the increasing number of coronavirus cases.
The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force and the Regional Task Force in Western Visayas have recommended a moratorium on the movement of travelers for seven days due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the region.
(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.
OWWA Deputy Administrator Mocha Uson (Photo from OWWA Facebook page)
According to an OWWA statement on Tuesday, May 4, the delivery of the cash aid was made “in response to a call from Malacañang”.
Accompanying Uson to Panay was Faustino “Mama Bubsie” Sabarez III, her fellow OWWA deputy administrator. The island was tagged as the “first leg” of their nationwide effort to assist OFWs.
Over 500,000 OFWs–most of them jobless as a result of the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic–have been repatriated to the Philippines since the public health crisis began last year.
Uson and Sabarez delivered financial assistance packages under the “Balik Pinas Balik Hanap Buhay Program, Project Alalay Para sa mga Anak OFWs sa Panahon ng Pandemya”.