Badjaos allowed to sell goods but begging banned – DSSD
The Bajaos will not be allowed to beg on Bacolod City's streets*Nico Delfin photoMembers of an indigenous ethnic group called Badjaos can sell their goods in Bacolod until October but will not be allowed to beg on the city’s streets, Pacita Tero, Department Social Services and Development head, said Wednesday, August 10.There are 14 Badjao families who have rented three houses in Barangay 16 in Bacolod, she said.Tero said the Badjaos agreed that the male heads of their families will vend their goods, which include fancy jewelry, on the city’s streets only until the MassKara Festival in October.However, their wives and children will not be allowed to beg on Bacolod’s streets as accidents could happen that could cause their injury, Tero said.The Badjaos ...
