Tanah Abang Market management introduced this morning that the market which is one in all Southeast Asia’s busiest textile marketplace will remain closed following the extension of the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency period. Perumda Pasar Jaya president-director Arief Nasrudin says that the Tanah Abang reopening scheduled to take area on April 6 has temporarily been extended to April 19. The transient …

The country’s agricultural chief has told retailers and customers that public markets will continue to function in Metro Manila given the increased neighborhood quarantine being enforced throughout Luzon. In a television interview, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said public markets were part of the “key” institutions that President Duterte had exempted from the lockdown, which also included banks, supermarkets and pharmacies. …