FOR the third time, authorities shuttered chicken dung trading operations in Sitio Tili, Barangay Shilan in La Trinidad town in Benguet.
Close to 50 men and women composed of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team, mayor's office, business permit and licensing office, and the La Trinidad Municipal Police Station implemented the closure order.
The closure order was served on October 9 together with the installation of some 13 wooden and metal posts and barb wire within the trading area to stop the operations of chicken dung trading.
"This establishment being operated by Rose Maliones is closed by virtue of the closure order no.03 of 2018 in violation of chicken dung trading/storage. Unauthorized removal of the notice is punishable by law," the signage reads. It was signed by Mayor Romeo Salda.
The closure order was issued as trading and storage of chicken dung remain prohibited in Benguet's capital town. The business has been declared public nuisance per se by the Regional Trial Court.
The closure order was received by Rose Maliones, who also appealed for the chicken dung operation of Melecio Orig to be shut down as well.
To recall, the Regional Trial Court Brach 62 denied a petition for the issuance of a temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction against the ban.
Judge Danilo Camacho affirmed the validity of the administrative order of former mayor Gregorio Abalos Jr. which prohibits the sale, disposal and storage of chicken dung in La Trinidad.
"Unless Administrative Order No. 008 s.2010 has been amended, altered or rendered invalid, the same remains effective. Thus, property rights being asserted by Plaintiffs as to the utilization of the lot must bow to the Administration order that was issued by the municipality of La Trinidad in the exercise of its police power," the court ruling states.
