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…

Farmers’ cats

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 04/25/2023

It had been a long time since I visited Farmers Market (yes, without an apostrophe). During my most recent visit, right as I entered the market and walked past its fruit stands, I saw a cat sitting…

‘Don’t overprice,’ Cebu City Markets Operation head warns vendors

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An official of the Cebu City Markets Operation Division (MOD) advised the public to report to the Cebu City Market Authority vendors who will be overpricing binignit ingredients and other market products. Engr. Robert…

Mandaue market exec: City to declog drainage, to solve water pooling woes in meat, fish sections

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/31/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Public Market is scheduled to declog its drainage to solve the pooling of water problem at the market’s fish and meat section. Engineer Lope Supo Jr., market’s maintenance head, said…

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