Vendors up in arms vs brokers’ high prices

By Edwin Iyo,
Correspondent

Gingoog  City — The vegetable and fish vendors in Agora market here is seeking the help of city officials against middlemen or brokers operating inside the market.

Ricky Parilla, president of the vendors association in the city, said they are seeking the help of officials in the city and even in the province to find a solution to solve their long time problems on the pricing of farm produce and fish which they claimed are being controlled by the brokers.

“Gisakyan sa mga middlemen or brokers ang kahimtang sa mga vendors nga dili maka afford pagpangumpra sa mga gulay sa Cagayan de Oro,” Parilla lamented.

Parilla claimed that when fishcars come to the city, the middlemen and brokers buyout the fishes and sell it to the vendors at a higher price.

“Ilang ipa utang sa mga fish vendors nga pagabayran sa mahal nga presyo,” Parilla added.

Provincial Board Member Erick Khu, chair of the committee on agriculture here, said he will conduct a dialogue with the market vendors from all the market in the province to discuss the matter soon.

Parilla  said  the problem inside the market in Agora here have continued since the city officials have not done anything to control the middlemen and brokers.

“Ang mga baligyang isda (ug) gulay subra kataas ang presyo diha sa Agora tungod sa mga middlemen o brokers,” Parilla claimed.