It's first Friday of the month and its Quiapo day for devotees of the Black Nazarene today (July 1, 2011), and starting this date, a total ban on selling pirated DVDs within Quiapo area will be strictly enforced by the City of Manila led by Mayor Alfredo Lim. This is after a one month grace period given by the local government to mostly Muslim vendors in a tight Muslim community of Quiapo.
Thursday night, vendors had a bargain-spree in a desperate move to consume all their stocks and went on to sell DVD for as low as 5 pesos each. Mayor Lim has also rejected a plea by ARMM vice gubernatorial bet Margarita Cojuangco to extend the deadline for stopping the sale of pirated CDs and DVDs in the area.
The feisty Mayor said he had only allowed the vendors to violate the law before due to humanitarian consideration, but as Lim pointed out, now they must stop. Following a report of a Washington-based office of the US Trade Representative citing Quiapo as one of the most notorious markets for pirated products.
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