BAGUIO CITY: Mayor Benjamin Magalong has approved a city council resolution bringing business registration to the Summer Capital’s barangay (villages). The resolution called for the barangay registration to avoid crowding and queueing at City Hall as a means to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). It especially targeted services and trades, which proliferated in response to closure of regular trades during implementation of quarantine measures. Among others, the resolution sought to provide easier registration for online sellers, home-based micro enterprises, producers of ready-to-eat food, farmers in direct selling, rolling store operators, delivery service owners and overseas Filipino workers engaging in alternative livelihood. The registration, assisted by the city council’s committee on market, trade, commerce and agriculture, is free of charge. Meanwhile, to also aid in making registration easier, the Association of Barangay Councils office is providing simplified registration forms. The forms shall be collected by the Special Services Division of the City Mayor’s Office for recording and classification.