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#NoToCorporateTakeover | In a quick response mobilization in Baguio City, a protester holds a “No, SM. You can’t have it all.” placard as an opposition to the corporate takeover of the mall giant for the “redevelopment” of the city’s public market.
The protesters are now in front of the Baguio Convention Center to stand against the corporate takeover of SM Prime Holdings for the “redevelopment” of the city’s public market.
A meeting between the corporation and and key local government officials is set to happen today.
A meeting between the corporation and and key local government officials is set to happen today.
“Baguio market is for Baguio people. Nobody else. No more SM, no more corporate greed,” Guia Limpin of Baguio We Want Forum and a resident of Baguio City emphasized.
The call of Baguio residents: BAGUIO NOT FOR SALE! SAVE BAGUIO MARKET! #NoToCorporateTakeover
“Let Baguio people develop Baguio.”
(Wilhelmina Duguis, vice president of Baguio Market Vendors Association, on SM Prime Holdings, Inc.’s redevelopment of Baguio Public Market.)
(Wilhelmina Duguis, vice president of Baguio Market Vendors Association, on SM Prime Holdings, Inc.’s redevelopment of Baguio Public Market.)
A petition to deny proposals from private corporations like SM Prime Holdings and Robinsons is circulating online. It pushes for the redevelopment of the market using the LGU’s “idle funds” in partnership with the local cooperatives. https://www.change.org/p/hon-mayor-benjamin-b-magalong-petitioning-baguio-lgu-not-to-accept-unsolicited-proposals-for-market-modernization?recruiter=56448773&recruited_by_id=d994ba10-ce9f-0130-ee18-3c764e04873b&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi
Report from @nordisonline: Despite the public clamor against giving the reins of the public market’s redevelopment to mall giants, Mayor Benjamin Magalong awarded the Original Proponent Status (OPS) to SM Prime Holdings (SMPH).
READ: https://bit.ly/3khOWfL
READ: https://bit.ly/3khOWfL
Statement of Tongtongan Ti Umili, a milti-sectoral alliance of people’s organizations in Baguio City, on the corporate takeover of Baguio Public Market: https://www.facebook.com/1498668590378133/posts/2836207529957559/?d=n
More photos in this thread: https://twitter.com/nordisonline/status/1321071975368777728
