AFTER a year of delays, the Cebu City Council has received a list of vendors affected by the Carbon Market Development project. The list was presented during an executive session on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Councilor Nestor Archival revealed that his office initiated a meeting in June 2023 to discuss the situation of the Carbon Public Market and its vendors. Archival expressed dismay at the City Market Authority during the session.
In a resolution passed on June 5, 2024, Archival requested the City Market Authority to release lease contracts for vendors of the Cebu City Market. Market Supervisor 2 Mary Jane Diano told the council that the latest list includes 52 ambulant vendor associations comprising 3,948 members, all from the Carbon Market complex. She said the list was finalized after a series of meetings and the implementation of an ID system to accurately count the vendors.