18 establishments owned by foreigners padlocked
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:57:27 +0000
Eighteen restaurants and business establishments owned or managed by Chinese citizens in Paranaque City were ordered closed for operating without necessary permits and for violating city ordinances.
Parañaque City’s chief of business permits and licensing office, lawyer Melanie Soriano-Malaya also, disclosed that most of the restaurants are located in Barangays Tambo and Baclaran, 100-meter away from world class hotel and casinos at the Entertainment City on Coastal Road.
Ordered padlocked were Wu Pinna Restaurant, registered under the name of Roberto Ho; Tuixianglo Restaurant, registered to Domingo Palmaria; Sunshine Mart, also under the name of Palmaria; All Thing Supermarket, registered to Robert Ong; and Juzi Mart, named to Vicky Tercenio.
The establishments, all located in Barangay Baclaran, operated without mayor’s and business permits and violated city ordinance on sanitary and environment laws.
Also padlocked were Shabu-Shabu Restaurant, under the name of Jin Yuan Ji; Chinli Eatery, named to Timoteo de ver Lajara; Shaxian Food Pub, registered to Maryjame Tangan; Cravemouth, of Marvin Yabut; Abner and Angels Food House, operated by Abner Maestrado; Dao Dao Chinese Restaurant; Chinli Eatery, both with no names of operators.
The establishments are located in Barangay Tambo.
On the other hand, Yaki Yaki Homemade Dish located in Barangay Sto. Nino was also padlocked last June 20.
Soriano-Malaya said the restaurants also violated a city ordinance which requires business establishments in foreign language to have accompanying translation in alphanumeric characters readable by the public.
She said the crackdown on erring establishments was ordered by Mayor Edwin Olivarez amid reports that Chinese businesses have proliferated in the city with signage and menus written only in Chinese characters and catering exclusively to Chinese tourists.
City hall officials learned that majority of the Chinese-owned restaurants are using Filipino dummies and being protected by some groups in the said barangays for them to operate illegally.
Soriano-Malaya added that they have started to inspect and tax mapping the establishments run by foreigners last April. They were given enough time to comply but they failed to settle their respective tax liabilities. (Dhel Nazario)