Carmona Public Market
Carmona Public Market
Sources of Fund
FVR Grant : P 10,000,000.00
PREMIUMED/ World Bank Loan : P 29,977,839.49
Local Equity : P 6,000,000.00
Location : Brgy. 9 Maduya Carmona, Cavite
Area: approximately 3.0 hectares
Physical Structure: Consists of 4 buildings with 390 stalls
Buildings
Building 1 – Dry Section (No. of Stalls: 140 stalls)
* Garments Section
* General Merchandise Section
* Grocery Section
Building 2 – No. of Stalls: 226 stalls
* Cereals & Grains Section
* Fruits & Vegetables Section
* Fish Section
* Meat & Poultry Section
Building 3 – Carinderia Section (No. of Stalls: 24 stalls)
Building 4 – Administration Building
Special Feature of Carmona Market
* Observance of Waste Segregation Scheme
* Spacious parking areas & terminals
* The use of supermarket pushcarts
* Public Address & Paging System
* Stainless counter top for the wet section
* P-trap Drainage & Faucet for every Fish stall
* Product Price Control (basic commodities)
* Supplier’s Control
* No ambulant vendors
Promotions
* Spin-a-win every 2 months
* Annual Search for Palengke Queen
* Celebrity Program every quarter
* Annual Easter Egg Hunt
* October Beerfest
* Seasonal Sales
* Bingo Social every quarter
* Trade Fairs
Sidelights and Exposure Of Carmona Public Market
* Featured on RPN 9
* Venue for AIM Students on their Educational Study Tour 2001
* Published in a StarWeek Article (Sunday Magazine of Phil. Star)
(read article below)
Sources of Fund
FVR Grant : P 10,000,000.00
PREMIUMED/ World Bank Loan : P 29,977,839.49
Local Equity : P 6,000,000.00
Location : Brgy. 9 Maduya Carmona, Cavite
Area: approximately 3.0 hectares
Physical Structure: Consists of 4 buildings with 390 stalls
Buildings
Building 1 – Dry Section (No. of Stalls: 140 stalls)
* Garments Section
* General Merchandise Section
* Grocery Section
Building 2 – No. of Stalls: 226 stalls
* Cereals & Grains Section
* Fruits & Vegetables Section
* Fish Section
* Meat & Poultry Section
Building 3 – Carinderia Section (No. of Stalls: 24 stalls)
Building 4 – Administration Building
Special Feature of Carmona Market
* Observance of Waste Segregation Scheme
* Spacious parking areas & terminals
* The use of supermarket pushcarts
* Public Address & Paging System
* Stainless counter top for the wet section
* P-trap Drainage & Faucet for every Fish stall
* Product Price Control (basic commodities)
* Supplier’s Control
* No ambulant vendors
Promotions
* Spin-a-win every 2 months
* Annual Search for Palengke Queen
* Celebrity Program every quarter
* Annual Easter Egg Hunt
* October Beerfest
* Seasonal Sales
* Bingo Social every quarter
* Trade Fairs
Sidelights and Exposure Of Carmona Public Market
* Featured on RPN 9
* Venue for AIM Students on their Educational Study Tour 2001
* Published in a StarWeek Article (Sunday Magazine of Phil. Star)
(read article below)
ARTICLE FROM STARWEEK
April 8, 2001
“SINIGANG NA TINAPA”
Lydia D. Castillo
Sounds strange, indeed. But that was our latest discovery after visiting the new Carmona Wet Market, where shoppers are pampered with carts, like the ones you find in big supermarkets, a first in any such complex. We saw this small, thin and curly green vegetable which initially looked like French beans. On closer look they were something we could not recognize, but the vendor and a trio of shoppers, including male, volunteered the information that they are imbaba-o, which apparently belongs to the bean family. We listened and were finally convinced to get one fourth of kilo at P30, which we shared with a sister. This gracious vendor even gave us a few pieces of kamatis for free! A throwback to the past when one could simply ask for a few pieces of sili or a dakot of sampaloc from stall owners. This does not happen anymore in most the markets. Only in Carmona.
The Carmona Wet Market is new, having been inaugurate only in the middle of March. It comprises three buildings, painted in yellow-orange and green. The first one houses the dry goods, including footwear, the second the fresh section (meat, seafood and vegetables) and the third is the cooked food portion where, for as little as P25, you get a savory bangus with tajure.
The market comes to life during weekends, but on any other day, you’ll still find some good bargains-mangoes (sweet) at P45 a kilo, tomatoes at P10 (surely a steal!), a good upo at P15 per and turnips for(now in season) for P15 a bunch of about 8 pieces. The tinapa we needed for sinigang went for P25 a quarter of a kilo and we got some red eggs at P5 each.
Chicken is expensive, both Magnolia and unbranded (P90 a kilo). Pork is at P115 a kilo and sadly(!) no beef is currently sold. Mad Cow scare no doubt.
Having been this market, we are rather happy to note and acknowledge the fact that there has now been a lot of municipal authorities who have taken interest (and are doing their job) in providing clean, sanitary markets to their respective communities. What a pity that the town next to Carmona, Biñan, has been left behind with its market still so dirty and disorganized.
