Rama: No need for police intervention over tensions in Carbon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will pacify the tensions in Carbon Market, himself. This was what he told CDN Digital on Saturday, March 12, 2022, after tensions broke out at the Carbon Market…

Carbon Market tensions heat up; vendors, Market Authority personnel clash

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tensions heat up in the Carbon Market while Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is yet to sign a supplemental Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to cure the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) the city has…

Small turnout in Carbon Interim Market not alarming, says Arce

Vhenna Marie Mantilla 03/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Market Authority Head Racquel Arce is not worried about the low turnout of vendors transferring to the Carbon interim market here. After the Inauguration of the Temporary Market Unit II, only 10 percent…

Councilor Garcia: Only court can suspend construction works in Carbon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Raymond Garcia, the majority floor of the City Council, said only the court can stop the construction works in the Carbon Market. Garcia said this after the City Council passed…

Carbon Interim Market, Senior Citizens Park chapel now open

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After a year of construction, the new Interim Market of the Carbon Complex in Cebu City is now ready to accommodate vendors. The three-story facility is nearly complete with only the top story…

Megawide: Transfer of 700 Freedom Park, Warwick vendors to start Jan. 28

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Megawide Construction Corp. plans to start moving the 700 identified vendors from the Warwick Barracks and Freedom Park of the Carbon Market to the Interim Market in Unit II starting January 28, 2022.…

Carbon Market vendors end 3-day strike with renewed hopes for Congressional Inquiry

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Carbon Market vendors who went on strike since Monday, January 24, 2022, have ended their protest today with the hopes that a Congressional Inquiry will happen to look into the Joint Venture…

City identifies 700 Carbon vendors to be transferred to interim market

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government has identified at least 700 vendors who will be transferred to a temporary space while construction for the modernized Carbon Public Market is underway. The Market Operations Division of…

Megawide implements relief efforts at Carbon district to help community post-Odette

PR 01/21/2022

In the aftermath of Typhoon Odette, Megawide Construction Corp. and Cebu2World Development launched immediate relief programs in collaboration with Cebu City Hall, Barangay Ermita officials, and vendor groups in Carbon Public Market. These immediate relief programs included setting up…

TRO against Carbon Market JVA denied

Delta Derycka C. Letigio 01/05/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu City Court has dismissed a petition for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between the Cebu City government and Megawide Construction Corp, for the modernization…

Rama’s promise to Carbon vendors: I will fix problems caused by extortion scandal

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/11/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The need to identify individuals who extorted vendors at the Carbon Public Market is just the first step in addressing the problem. Mayor Michael Rama said he also needs to find means to…

Osmeña to shoulder cost of legal assistance to fight Carbon Market privatization

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he will shoulder the cost of the legal assistance to fight Carbon Market privatization. In a rare press conference, the former mayor appeared in front of…

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