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park eventually vanished. Since the 1960s until the 2020s redevelopment, Freedom Park was known for its flower shops. With the redevelopment, the flower shops and other stalls in
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in 1899. A year later in 1905, it was renamed to its current name, the
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Freedom Park) to the Cebu City government, under the condition "that it be made as a park where people can exercise their constitutional right to free speech and to remain as such". In the 1960s it was gradually integrated into the market, starting out with a few stalls, until the original
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Vendors Development Cooperative (Cemvedco).
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563:"In defense of Carbon - Part 3"
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973:Tan, Tito P. (July 20, 2022).
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