CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines—The most modern public market in the Mimaropa region is set to open here but some lease holders are already selling their units ahead of the December 8 launch.
Some stall owners were selling their lease rights at a high price, the Calapan City Information office said in a statement.
Mayor Paulino Salvador “Doy” Leachon stressed that vendors could not sell their leased units.
“Vendors have no right to sell those stalls because this market is owned by the city government,” said Leachon, also the chairman of the League of Cities of the Philippines.
The Calapan City Public Market is currently the most modern public market in Region IV-B, composed of the island provinces of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan.
The two-story building, equipped with an elevator and an escalator, houses stalls for dry goods on the ground floor and the wet section on the second floor.
All stalls on the ground floor have been occupied while awarding of rights for the second floor is ongoing, the city government said.
Meat vendors have been sent and invitation to lease but no one has signified interest so far, it added.
