'Pasalubong' center soon to open in Pangasinan town

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MANGALDAN, Pangasinan, Dec. 14 (PNA) -— The "Pasalubong" Center in Mangaldan town, the first in the fourth district of Pangasinan, will finally have its soft opening on December 16 before its grand opening on December 30.

"Pasalubong" is anything a tourist or vacationer brings to friends and family back home.

Mayor Bonafe Parayno said the facility aims to promote the town’s one-town-one-product (OTOP), the famous "Pindang" or carabeef, and make their town’s products accessible to tourists visiting the fourth district of Pangasinan especially the pilgrims of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Manaoag.

She said aside from the Pindang, the center will also sell the other meat-processed products of the town such as the "Batutay", "Tapa", Bangus sardines and peanut brittle.

“We would like to focus first with selling or promoting the products of our town before we accept the products of other towns”, said Parayno.

She said the production of the goods to be sold will be handled by the local government unit with the use of the funds and equipment provided by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) under the Bottom-up-Budgeting (BUB) program.

She clarified that the prices of the products sold in the center will be the same as the pricing of vendors in the market and other establishments.

"There will be a friendly competition and the center will cater mostly to the tourists who might pass our town at night time when the market is already close as we do not want to compete with our vendors,” said Parayno.

The Pasalubong Center is situated in front of the municipal hall.

Furthermore, the municipal government here was already given a special recognition by the Provincial Tourism Office for establishing the Pasalubong Center.

“The income of the center will be part of the town’s budget as it is also an income-generating project”, said Parayno.