The Department of Social Welfare and Development has released cash assistance totaling P14.1 million to 1,410 vendors displaced by a fire that razed parts of the public market here on Saturday, March 11.
Beneficiaries received their P10,000 each at the PFVR Gymnasium on March 17. Their eligibility was assessed and processed by the City Social Welfare and Development Office.
As temporary solution, City Market Superintendent Ceasar Emilio said the city government will allot 84 slots at Malcom Square and 32 spaces at Igorot Garden for displaced vendors at the dry goods section through drawing of slots among 500 affected vendors. Meanwhile, a semblance of normalcy is back at the public market. Some vendors have returned to their original stalls while others have temporary vending sites.
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