The Cebu Metropolis Market Operations Division destroys virtually a thousand unlawful weighing scales on November 10, 2020. | Photograph Courtesy of Cebu Metropolis PIO
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Workplace of the Metropolis Markets (OCM) is about to destroy 633 faulty weighing scales.
This was introduced by John Paul Amores, OCM spokesperson, on August 7 by way of the Sugboanon Channel.
The stated destruction will happen on August 19 after the Metropolis Authorities’s flag ceremony on the Plaza Sugbo.
Amores stated the OCM confiscated the faulty weighing scales from the 12 months 2022 to 2024 July this 12 months.
Among the many officers who’re anticipated to be current within the destruction of faulty weighing scales are Cebu Metropolis Performing Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia, Metropolis Market overseer and Metropolis Councilor Renato “Junjun” Osmeña, and OCM officers.
In 2022, there have been 297 faulty weighing scales, 230 in 2023, and 112 by July 2024.
This initiative ensures that the confiscated scales can’t be reused or recycled.
“Maong pagwa unhappy sa pagduda sa uban og sa katawhan og sa mga nadakpan nga basig eh recycle,” Amores stated.
The confiscated scales are saved in two locations: the OCM workplace at Carbon Public Market and a city-owned warehouse at South Street Properties, in response to town’s Public Info Workplace.
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Amores acknowledged that almost all scales have been confiscated by OCM employees after failing weighing assessments and displaying indicators of tampering.
An OCM spokesperson additionally stated {that a} group frequently checks weighing scales, not solely at Carbon Market but additionally in satellite tv for pc markets, particularly the place there are complaints.
“Open ang atoang Market workplace sa mga reklamo parte aning timbangan. Anytime pwede gyud mo motawag or mo reklamo ngadto sa workplace nga kuwang ang timbang sa inyong gepalit kay adto lang mos amongst opisina kay aksyonan gyud ni namo sa amongst ahensya,” stated Roxanne Cabuenas, performing administrator of Freedom Park, throughout the identical interview.
OCM suggested prospects to make use of the “Timbangan ng Bayan” for verification, a challenge by the Division of Commerce and Trade mandated beneath Republic Act 11706.
These unbiased weighing scales throughout the markets within the metropolis present shoppers with a further means to substantiate their transactions. /with studies from Niña Oliverio.
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