PRESIDENTS of two vendors associations told the Cebu City Council at a public hearing by its committee on finance Wednesday, March 30, a common complaint: the Carbon Market vendors were not consulted by Megawide Construction Inc. in the planning and implementation of the controversial project.VENDORS ‘EXCLUDED.’ Erwin Gok-ong, chairman of the Cebu Market Vendors Multi-purpose […]
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Pesquera to archival: Don’t use vendors’ issue
AN ALLY of Mayor Michael Rama at the Cebu City Council has urged members of the opposition not to use the plight of Carbon Market vendors to further their political agenda.During the Council’s regular session on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, officials of the Cebu City Market Authority and Carbon vendors opposing the redevelopment of the […]
Rama, vendors come to an agreement
CEBU City officials are expecting no more resistance from market vendors doing business at the Carbon Public Market’s ML Quezon St. side in Barangay Ermita.This after the Cebu City Government and vendors doing business in the area came to an agreement to allow the installation of railings there provided that they aren’t too near their […]
Carbon vendors stay put
CARBON market vendors have reiterated that they will not leave the area at Freedom Park and Warwick Barracks for the interim market amid a possible threat of demolition from the Cebu City Government.Carbohanong Alyansa Chairman Antonio Remedio said they will stay in their regular stalls as vendors who were against the transfer to the interim […]
Carbon vendors refuse to leave stalls
VENDORS at Freedom Park and Warwick Barracks in Cebu’s biggest wet market, Carbon, are standing their ground refusing to leave the area for the Interim Market even as the deadline for their big move expired today, Friday, March 18, 2022.At City Hall, Mayor Michael Rama said the development of Carbon Market will continue despite the […]
Carbon market vendors get reprieve
THE Cebu City Government and the contractor of the Carbon Market Modernization Project will allow vendors occupying the old Carbon Market Unit 2 to continue displaying their goods in their old stalls in Warwick Barracks and Freedom Park without additional charge while the area is not being developed yet.Market Administrator Raquel Bohol-Arce said on Wednesday, […]
100 vendors move to new location
AROUND 100 vendors from Freedom Park and Warwick Barracks will be relocated to the newly inaugurated Interim Market Stalls at Unit 2 of Carbon Public Market.The stalls comprise Pha…
Carbon vendors hold rally against interim market move
ABOUT 100 vendors from the Warwick Barracks and Freedom Park held a rally on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 to protest against the Carbon Market modernization and their relocation to the in…
700 vendors from Warwick, Freedom Park to be relocated
LEGITIMATE vendors doing business at Warwick Barracks and Freedom Park at the Carbon Public Market will soon be transferred to a temporary site as Megawide Construction Corp. prepares to start developing the two areas next month. Louie Ferrer, Megawide chief corporate affairs and branding officer, said they will start transferring over 700 stallholders doing business […]
100 vendors show support for Carbon modernization
MORE than 100 vendors have showed their support for the continued modernization of the Carbon Public Market on M.L. Quezon Blvd. where 544 stalls of ambulant vendors will be built. Zosimo Potot, president of the Landing Vendors Organization (LAVO) seaside, led Friday, October 15, 2021, the rally of its members, who temporarily stopped selling to […]
Stalls for Lavo Seaside vendors to be completed in October 2021
Once renovation of the Lavo Seaside area is concluded, Cebu2World Development Inc. (C2W) will then concentrate its construction efforts on Carbon’s Unit 1 where 544 stalls for the city’s ambulant vendors will be placed AROUND 300 stalls being constructed for vendors of the Landing Vendors Organization (Lavo) Seaside at the Carbon Public Market will be […]
Carvajal: Anesthesia
Anesthesia is insensitivity to pain induced by the injection of a drug. The anesthesia of political leaders to the suffering of millions of Filipinos is induced by the drugs of wealth and power. National anesthesia is evidenced by the refusal of presidential wannabes to form a unity slate against the administration ticket. If they were […]
Megawide, City execs award certificates to ambulant vendors
ALSO, City Market Operations Division (MOD) chief Irvin Cabales clarifies that the certificate of recognition that the City and Megawide distributed to stall owners at the Carbon Public Market does not expire after three years, contrary to what some stall owners believe OFFICIALS of the Megawide Construction Corp. and the Cebu City Government distributed certificates […]
Mandaue City VOC holds vaccine registration for market vendors
TO ENHANCE the protection of market vendors, the Mandaue City Vaccination Operations Center (VOC) conducted a vaccination registration exclusively for the market vendors and helpers on the second floor of the Mandaue City Public Market on Sept. 22, 2021. There are 64 market vendors, helpers and porters who registered for the market vaccination. The schedule […]
Vendors informed before demolition, says Cebu City market chief
AN OFFICIAL of the Cebu City Market Operations Division (MOD) denied claims that they violated the rights of vendors that were affected by the land development being undertaken at the area of Landing Vendors Organization (Lavo) Seaside at the Carbon Public Market. Cebu City Market Administrator Irvin Cabales said that at least 20 vendors who […]
Developer prepares to construct over 500 stalls in Cabon market
THE Cebu2World Development Inc. (C2W) has begun its preparations for the construction of 544 stalls for ambulant vendors along M.L. Quezon St. within the area of Carbon Public Market in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City. Market Administrator Irvin Cabales said at least 20 stalls have been voluntarily vacated by their owners as their area will become […]
Carvajal: De-‘Carbon’izing Carbon
Re-making Carbon into a world-class facility could make City Hall miss out on the essential mission of government. From the strong opposition posed by vendors it seems doubtful if the face-lift would improve the quality of life of the vendor- entrepreneurs who live off the sales of Carbon’s affordable supply of prime commodity products. Carbon’s […]
Editorial: Dialogue
On Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (Pepp) Visayas organized a forum entitled “Jubilee for the Vendors: A Dialogue of Life and Struggle for Peace and Human Rights.” Via online platform, it was occasion for church leaders to hear the concerns of vendors’ groups and residents of Sitio Bato, Ermita who are […]
Labella tries to appease disgruntled vendors
CEBU City Mayor Edgardo Labella will waive the rental fees of the vendors during the relocation period as the construction for the redevelopment of Carbon Public Market starts. Labella, during the groundbreaking ceremony, said he will issue an executive order waiving the market fees for at least three years. The groundbreaking ceremony for the redevelopment […]
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Carbon Public Market postponed
THE groundbreaking ceremony for the redevelopment of the Carbon Public Market was postponed due to some concerns raised by the vendors that still need to be addressed. Cebu City Market Administrator Irvin Cabales said Mayor Edgardo Labella does not want to push through with the groundbreaking ceremony when some vendors are still protesting against the […]