Quezon City announced on Wednesday, January 17, that an ordinance requiring all business establishments with foreign names to have a Filipino or English translation has been approved.
City Ordinance 2604-2017 covers restaurants, karaoke and sing-along bars, cocktail lounges, groceries and convenience stores, commercial buildings, hotels, inns and lodging houses with names in foreign languages other than English, or spelled out with foreign characters.
“There is a need for accompanying translations and/or its wordings in English the meaning of the foreign language business names in the signboards and/or signages of the establishments in Quezon City for easy identification and information on the nature of businesses,” the ordinance states.
Businesses who will not abide by the ordinance will be fined P5,000 and will face suspension of their business permits.
On another note, even though the ordinance only targets businesses with indecipherable names, Filipino netizens, took it literally and decided to have a little laugh with it.
Here are some of the best reactions from Filipino netizens:
And one netizen just had to say it…
