Metro Manila (AdChoiceTV News, October 10)— The management of the Isetann Cinerama Complex has announced the Recto-based mall will be back in service on Friday—two days after the Manila City government shut down the establishment for lack of business permits.
“To our valued shoppers, employees, and partners, Isetann RECTO will again open tomorrow, October 11, 2019, to serve you,” the management wrote on their social media page, accompanying the post with the hashtag #WalangForever.
Reliable sources from the city government told AdChoiceTV News that the mall’s management has complied with certain requirements— including availing a lessor’s permit and correcting misdeclarations— allowing it to resume operations.
Isetann’s management has yet to announce a specific schedule for the reopening. City hall sources said the mall would have to wait for an order from the Business Permits and Licensing Office for it to resume operations.
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Wednesday personally served the closure order on the mall, which is located along C.M. Recto Avenue in Quiapo.
The city’s Bureau of Permits and Licensing has recommended the mall’s closure for its violation of Section 118 of City Ordinance 8331 and misrepresentation in the application for a business permit.
The bureau has found that the mall is only allowed to do business as a shopping center with an area of 1,000 square meters with 10 employees. The bureau estimated that the mall has an area of 20,000 square meters, including the department store, supermarket, parking area and cinemas.
It added that the establishment did not have the permit to lease out stalls and spaces to tenants.
AdChoiceTV News Correspondent Robi Chan contributed to this report.
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