Bilog to assess carnival damage

BAGUIO City Vice Mayor Edison Bilog is pushing to probe damages the carnival has wrought Burnham Park.

Bilog said the City Environment and Parks Management Office will be summoned to the council to give a report on the

three month operation of carnival rides as well as violations it has incurred.

Under the agreement with the city, the carnival was allowed to operate for 90 days and will stop before the start of classes with a lease price of P500,000 and a 50, 000 bond paid to the city in case of damage to the park.

Bilog said the lease payment and the bond given by the carnival operator is not enough for the city to repair of the park which was damaged by the three month operation.

The city official added consequences may include paying damages as well.

“He may be banned to transact with the city,” Bilog added.

Bilog added any continued stay of the carnival has no legal basis as the agreed 90 day period has lapsed on June 5, despite reasoning from the operator they set up late.

“That is not our problem anymore if they set up late,” adds Bilog.

Previously, the local council snubbed a request for extension from the carnival operator, saying the rains has hampered operations and sales.

The carnival has been met with opposition since it started almost three months ago with allegations of gambling with city engineers deeming some rides unsafe and ordered the carnival to cease operation to keep the riding public safe from accidents after reports of riders being stuck.

Mayor Mauricio Domogan has likewise slammed the operations of the carnival.

Photo by Milo Brioso BYE - BYE NUISANCE. Carnival rides remain at the children’s park in Burnham after its contract elapsed last week. Mayor Mauricio Domogan ordered the operator to clear the area.

Photo by Bong Cayabyab AMITY'S MOBILE HOPE PROGRAM. Mayor Mauricio Domogan leads the distribution of wheelchairs to at least 30 handicapped and differently-abled persons donated by the Filipino-Chinese Amity Club-National Office headed by president Tai Kuo An and ( 6th from left) and their local counterpart president Thomas Kho (5th from left) though the initiative of Councilor Arthur Allad-iw (3rd from left) and the Philippine Heart Association- Baguio and Benguet Chapter.