On March 30, a team headed by Atty. Giovanni Tianero, legal officer of Mandaue City cleared the sidewalks of A. del Rosario Street. Among those affected are the stalls selling delicacies such as the famous Mandaue bibinca. News reports would say that they have been informed weeks before the demolition. I want the public to know the TRUTH!
There has never been a single warning letter received by any of these vendors prior to that day (at least under Mayor Cortes' administration)! Only speculations were heard and not even the actual day of the demolition was made known! What's really surprising is that early this year, these vendors were issued business permits at a price of more than 2,000 pesos! Do they not know the location of the businesses before they issue them? Or do they just blindly approve business permit applications because of the fee?
The stalls were taken without warning early morning even before the vendors had an audience with the Mayor!!! During that meeting, the Mayor was surprised to know that Atty. Tianero's team had not even issued warning letters! Where is the due process in that, coming from a lawyer?! At least during former Mayor Pedong and Ted Ouano's tenure, the demolition team issued warning letters and the vendors had the chance to meet and speak to the Mayor before any action was taken! There are countless more stupid acts but this post would be very long for me to itemize each one.
These stalls have been around for years for crying out loud! I am 30 years old and the stalls have been there even before I was born. They are already a part of what makes Mandaue what it is now! There so-called "beautification" is at the expense of countless of people who rely on this to feed their families and send their kids to school. These small industries have produced "professionals" who in one way or another has given back to the City. What point is "modernization" when poverty levels rise as a result of it? What point is there to attract tourists who come and go but leave the people in the city without basic necessities?
I wrote a letter to the same effect to then Mayor Ted Ouano years ago. That letter was brought by the vendors during their audience with the Mayor before they decided to demolish. The demolition was cancelled. There could be other reasons, but I hope somehow the letter did its part. Yet now, with the current administration, neither pen nor words were heeded!
And by the way, just so the public would know: someone collects Php20 from these vendors every single day, gikan pa sa panahon ni Ouano. To whose pocket it goes to, I don't know!!! Imagine how many vendors are there in Mandaue - you do the Math! Well too bad, they just displaced these same vendors!!! Someone is sure gonna miss that amount of money....
The bibinca vendors have been promised relocation spots. But shouldn't they be doing that before they took the stalls in the first place? If bibinca has already become Mandaue's identity, shouldn't Tourism find ways to preserve the culture instead? If I were the Tourism head, I would. Part of a places' charm is it's heritage. That's what attracts tourists most. The question is, does Tourism Head Louella Cabanero realize that? Oh yeah, I heard they're trying to make a giant bibinca and enter into the Guinness records. LOL! Shallow!
There are more pressing matters that needs real action in Mandaue. Illegal drugs is one of them. I know all of you my readers can name some, I don't even have to open my mouth.
Oh well, just airing out people!!! Let's not be dictated by people hungry of power!!!
And by the way, my family have been loyal followers of the Cortes Clan, so this is nothing political. Somehow it may not be Mayor Jonas' wrongdoing. He should beware of people he puts into power though. Some of them just can't handle it well. They go brandishing their so-called power, they end up destroying even the one's who gave it.
Mandaue Clearing Sidewalks - The Effect of "Beautification"
Originally Posted by monroy
What's this, complaining about being told to leave land you don't own?
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