BAGUIO CITY—Mayor Mauricio Domogan has suspended the implementation of the Baguio Number Coding Scheme from Nov. 14 to Dec. 9, 2016 for private vehicles of participants in the 63rd Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference.
The suspension also applies to participants in the 67 Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament.
These will be held at the CAP Trade and Cultural Center and the Baguio Country Club and the Camp John Hay fairways, respectively.
Domogan issued Administrative Order No. 147 suspending the implementation of the scheme specifically for the participants of the two major events and their families for the specified period.
Baguio City will host the 63rd Mine Safety and Environment Week on November 14-18 and the 67th Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament, the longest running amateur golf competition in the world, on Nov 21 to Dec 10, 2016.
“We will suspend the implementation of the number coding scheme for all private vehicles of participants of the two primordial national and international events in the city—to provide members of the mining industry and other stakeholders and our golfers, visitors and their families convenient and stress-free journey around the city to help boost the city’s identity as a prime tourist destination,” Domogan said.
Under the order, participants in the two events and their family members will be required to show to apprehending officers their respective identification cards to enjoy the exemption from the coverage of the Baguio Number Coding Scheme.
Ordinance No. 01, as amended by Ordinance No. 107, is known as the “Baguio City Number Coding Ordinance.”
It exempts private motor vehicles and chartered public utility vehicles of visitors, tourists, vacationers or participants of sanctioned activities such as conventions, conferences and assemblies provided that sponsoring groups of the conventions, seminars, conferences or assemblies issue to their participants the stickers or documents showing that the owners or possessors thereof are participants in such activities.
The Mayor urged the motoring and commuting public to cooperate with the partial suspension of the number coding scheme for the visitors’ convenient travel along the city’s major roads.
