The public market near the harbour is the commercial heart of Ormoc, and the best place to understand what the city produces and trades. It is busiest from early morning until around 9am, when the fish section is at its most active — vendors arrive from the nearby fishing villages with the night's catch and buyers from the surrounding barangays fill the lanes between stalls.
Inland stalls sell the produce of the Ormoc Valley: sugarcane derivatives, root crops, tropical fruit, and rice. The market was substantially rebuilt after Typhoon Haiyan and is organized and reasonably clean by Philippine market standards. Go early if you want to see it at full life.