Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez orders the reopening of the iconic Manokan Country for a month, a day after city hall closed it down.
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00:00Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez orders the reopening of the iconic Manokon Country
00:07for a month, a day after City Hall closed it down.
00:10The decision is intended to buy time for the affected tenants to relocate to the SM City
00:15Bacolod Transport Terminal, which they previously resisted.
00:19The move is driven by humanitarian considerations.
00:22The 41-year-old Manokon Country, known for its famous chicken inasal, had been shut down
00:26a day earlier to make way for a new commercial center project.
00:30It is seen to displace at least 24 stall owners, many of whom operated their small food businesses
00:35in the area for decades.
00:37The redevelopment project, spearheaded by SM Prime Holdings Inc., will transform the
00:43site into a mixed-use commercial property.
00:45It is part of a larger P4B project aimed at modernizing the property, which hosts the
00:51Manokon Country, Vendors Plaza, and the Bacolod Arts, Youth and Sports Center.