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Caloocan City Mayor Oscar Malapitan — via a post on his official Facebook page — revealed that since July 2013, Thursday has been tagged as “People’s Day.”
Each week since then, the Caloocan City Hall has set up freebie stations for its citizens on Thursdays.
So what sort of “freebies” are being offered?
Malapitan enumerated “unusual services” such as cellphone repair, appliances repair, haircuts, facials, manicures, pedicures, therapeutic massages, vaccinations, and diagnostics for pets, and many more.
Malapitan explained that the city has graduates from its Manpower and Livelihood Center, so they a steady supply of skilled technicians, stylists, and artists.
The graduates of the Manpower and Livelihood Center participate in “People’s Day” setups because they want to give back, as the city financed their free vocational education.
The venues for these services are: every Thursday at Caloocan City Hall South, every Friday at City Hall North, and on Saturdays or Sundays as a component of the mobile city hall that goes in far-flung barangays.
Photo: Mayor Oscar Malapitan’s Facebook page
