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…

Russian missile kills two women at market in east Ukraine – prosecutors

Reuters 01/10/2023

KYIV — A Russian missile slammed into a village market in east Ukraine on Monday, killing two women and wounding four others including a 10-year-old girl, regional prosecutors said. Footage posed by public broadcaster Suspilne on the…

Mandaue market exec: 70% of vendors get jabbed

Mary Rose Sagarino 12/06/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines —  About 70 to 80 percent of the vendors in Mandaue City Public Market are already vaccinated. Cedar Mercadal Jr., assistant head for operations of the market, said about 70 to 80 percent of…

P4 million lost in Alcoy public market fire

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 06/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Friday night fire damaged at least 17 stalls located on the second floor of the public market in Alcoy town in southern Cebu. Fire Officer 1 (FO1) Michael Sabal of the Dalaguete…

Prices kept low by gov’t fiat don’t work

Solita Callas-Monsod - @inquirerdotnet 02/13/2021

The front-page picture of empty meat market stalls in this newspaper’s Tuesday issue recalled to mind the same scene I witnessed in a market somewhere in China 50 years ago. A group of Filipinos headed by Charito…

Asia markets lifted by fresh vaccine hope

11/17/2020

  Hong Kong, China—Most Asian markets rose Tuesday, November 17, 2020, as hopes the world could begin to return to normal were boosted by news that another vaccine candidate appeared to be effective against the coronavirus. However,…

Asia markets take fresh hit as virus surge trumps vaccine hope

11/13/2020

Hong Kong, China—A spike in coronavirus infections across the United States and Europe hit Asian markets again Friday morning as traders fear another wave of lockdown measures will throw an already shaky economic recovery off course. The…

CFI to take to court unreleased JVA for Carbon Market

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The CFI Community Cooperative is asking the Cebu City government to reveal the details of the proposed Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) for the development of the Carbon Market here.  If the city government fails to…

CFI to Cebu City government: Give us chance to develop Carbon Market

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The CFI Community Cooperative is asking the Cebu City government to give them a chance to develop the Carbon Market. Lawyer Winston Garcia, the CFI chairperson, said they want to present a counterproposal to the…

PSEi posts slight gain as market cheers improvement in oil prices

Doris Dumlao-Abadilla 04/24/2020

The local stock barometer firmed up for the first time this week on Thursday as global markets welcomed a nascent recovery in global oil prices. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) added 25.8 points or 0.46…

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