Paranaque City will soon be home to the “largest Kadiwa Market in the Philippines.”
This, according to Mayor “Kuya” Edwin L. Olivarez, during the Flag Raising ceremony at the Treasury Foyer of the Parañaque City Hall Executive Building on Sept. 15.
Dubbed “Baclaran Gateway Market,” it will be a new trade center that aims to strengthen the trade activities in the city, while providing support, through permanent spaces, for at least 2,000 to 3,000 vendors, who are at risk of paying penalties for illegally occupying the sidewalk intended for pedestrians in Barangay Baclaran.
“Ngayon po, ang ginagawa lang po natin, control with order. Hindi naman pwede nating alisin ang hanap-buhay sa kanila at libo-libo ang umaasa po rito. Pero, with order (lang). Meron tayong kapulisan, meron tayong task force, na mag-aasikaso po rito para maayos po, pati po yung ating mga visitors, local and foreign, na pupunta po doon po sa ating (Our National Shrine of Our) Mother of Perpetual Help,” Olivarez said.
(What we are doing now is simply maintaining control with order. We cannot take away their livelihood since thousands depend on it. But it must be in order. We have the police and a task force managing the situation so that everything is organized, including for our visitors, both local and foreign, who come to our National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.)
He added that the new location of the 10,000-square-meter trade center, situated beside the LRT 1 Redemptorist-Aseana Station, will be more accessible to consumers, given its proximity to economic and transportation hubs, and will likely attract more investors.
“Ginagawa na po ito(ng) mga effort na ito], matagal na po itong ating Kadiwa [Market] (ng) [sa] ating Lungsod ng Paranaque, through sa ating CWO (Consumer Welfare Office) para mailapit po natin ang lahat po ng mga basic goods sa lahat po ng ating [(abing-anim na) barangay—lalong-lalo na po ‘yung mga produce na nanggagaling [pa] po sa probinsya, papunta dito sa ating Lungsod ng Parañaque,” he said.
(These efforts have already been in place for a long time—our Kadiwa Market here in the City of Parañaque, through our Consumer Welfare Office—so that we can bring all the basic goods closer to all of our 16 barangays, especially the produce coming from the provinces.)
“Para po, ma-kontrol natin ‘yung presyo [ng mga bilihin] at fresh na fresh ‘yung [mga produce] at ma-deliver po natin sa bawat tahanan dito sa lungsod,” positioning the city in a place of competitive advantage,” Olivarez assured.
(This is to help control the prices of goods and ensure that fresh produce can be delivered to every household in the city.
