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March 02, 2021
IT IS a bit surprising that a sector of vendors in Carbon Market is going out to protest the private firm-led development of the area. Megawide Construction Corp., the only qualified bidder who responded to the call as it claimed, said the development concept for the market has been informed by comprehensive consultations with stakeholders. No one should be left behind, the firm said, widely publishing the phases of the project in a number of press presentations.
Carbon vendors groups coalesced into the Movement Against Carbon Market Privatization and Carbonhanong Alyansa sa Reporma ug Bahandianong Ogma sa mga Nanginabuhi and took to the streets on March 1 to air their fears on the joint-venture agreement (JVA) between the Cebu City Government and Megawide, saying it might lead to privatization and eventually displace their livelihood. Were these vendors left out in the claimed consultations that Megawide conducted during the design stage of the project?