Merkado sa Danao has ‘appropriated budget’ — local execs clarify

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 10/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The two local chief executives in Danao City have clarified that the restoration of their public market has already an appropriated budget. Danao City Mayor Thomas Mark “Mix” Durano and Vice Mayor Ramon…

Paleng-QR PH: Cebu City launches cashless payments at city market

Pia Piquero 08/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Market goers in Cebu City can now expect a more convenient and secure way of transacting, as the local government officially launched the Paleng-QR PH initiative on August 15, 2024. The program, officially…

Person of interest in San Fernando market fire arrested

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 07/12/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — San Fernando police have arrested a man tagged as a person of interest in a fire that hit a public market on early Thursday morning, July 11. A certain “Andoy” is accused of…

Lapu-Lapu City: Suspects offered P75,000 to kill market assistant

Futch Anthony Inso 01/15/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — One of the suspects in the murder of Lapu-Lapu City Market Assistant Christopher Ceniza said he was offered cash to serve as the driver of the gunman’s getaway vehicle. But he never received…

Danao City museum, new-look public market to rise soon

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 10/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Just when the sun was about to end on Wednesday, three remarkable events were conducted by the local government of Danao City on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The local government of Danao had…

LOOK: Newly discovered fish species was first spotted in a Bohol public market

Kristel Sambile 09/08/2023

In the bustling fish markets of the Philippines, a vibrant and peculiar sight caught the attention of scientists—an orange-eyed sea creature with an air of mystery. This chance encounter marked the beginning of an exciting discovery in…

‘Extreme’ Indonesian market ends dog, cat meat trade

Agence France Presse 07/22/2023

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A notorious Indonesian animal market has ended the sale of dog and cat meat after years of activist pressure to stop the trade and its brutal methods of slaughter, according to campaigners. Canine and…

Danao City to build own museum to store ‘treasures of the past’

Doris C. Bongcac 07/15/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Danao City in northern Cebu plans to have its own museum where it can store “treasures of the past.” “Aside from the displays and events to be hosted inside, it will also function…

DTI sweeps FB marketplace for ‘noncompliant’ merchants

Alden M. Monzon - @inquirerdotnet 07/03/2023

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) over the weekend said it found at least 37 Philippines-based sellers in Facebook’s marketplace noncompliant with the law, with violations ranging from failing to indicate prices for their products to…

120 faulty weighing scales seized in Cebu City’s Operation Timbangan

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Market authorities confiscated about 120 faulty weighing scales during its 10-day “Operation Timbangan” in the ten city-managed public markets from May 30 until June 9, 2023. Robert Barquilla, head of Operations…

In Kidapawan, residents can buy rice at P20 a kilo from gov’t outlet

Williamor Magbanua 05/15/2023

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Cotabato, Philippines — In this capital of Cotabato province, residents have a chance to buy rice at P20 per kilogram every Saturday, in a scheme adopted by the local government to assist the farmers and…

Market vendors group in Cebu worried about proposal of amending Market Code ordinance

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Members of the Cebu Market Vendors Multipurpose Cooperative (CEMVEDCO), who are based at the Carbon Public Market Complex, expressed worries and reservations over the proposed ordinance to amend some sections of the 2017 Cebu City…

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