MELLY AUZA

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                    [Title] => Street vendors convene summit vs MMDA chief
                    [Summary] => They’re not going to take it lying down.  


Street vendors, besieged by a war declared by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando to clear city sidewalks, convened a historic summit yesterday at the University of the Philippines church in Quezon City to establish the Metro Manila Vendors Alliance (MMVA).


"He is depriving us of our only honest means of livelihood," said Melly Auza, 50, a leader of the 6,000-member Baclaran Christian and Muslim Vendors Association. "We have to fight to survive."


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-08-31 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1708612
                    [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares
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Street vendors convene summit vs MMDA chief

By Romel Bagares | August 31, 2002 - 12:00am

They’re not going to take it lying down. Street vendors, besieged by a war declared by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando to clear city sidewalks, convened a historic...

Metro