ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The city government has granted a three-day extension to 60 traveling merchants to do business here to enable them to recover their sale losses brought about by the inclement weather condition in this city.
City Permits and Licensing Division Chief Benjie Barredo on Wednesday said the extension granted to them is until November 3.
They started doing business on September 30 and supposed to end October 31. The city government granted them special business permits.
Barredo said his office considered the request of the traveling merchants for an extension since they incurred losses as some of the stocks were damaged as the stalls they occupy were destroyed by heavy downpour coupled with strong winds.
The traveling merchants are occupying a space along R.T. Lim commonly known as the Cawa-Cawa Boulevard making them vulnerable to inclement weather condition.
Zamboanga City experienced inclement weather condition last week due to intertropical convergence zone and the entry into the country of typhoon Paolo.
The traveling merchants are from the cities of Cebu, Davao, General Santos, Albay, Lamitan City, and other areas of the country.
They arrived in the city every October to do business in time for the celebration of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, the highlight of which was the feast day on October 12 of Our Lady of the Pillar, the most revered patrol saint of this city.
Among the products they sell included jewelries, food products, plants, house wares, and other items. (PNA)
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