DAGUPAN CITY HOSTS MinDA FRUIT FEST

(CANCELLED PO ANG FRUIT FEST NG DAGUPAN TODAY ACCORDING SA COORDINATOR NG MinDA. THE CITY GOV'T TOLD HIM AT 3 PM YESTERDAY HINDI KAYA NG LGU TO ORGANIZED THE FESTIVAL TODAY UNLIKE WHAT BAGUIO CITY AND LINGAYEN HAD DONE. NEXT SATURDAY THE FEST WILL BE IN LINGAYEN'S PLAZA - WRITER)

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

Mindanao Development Authority and Secretary Manny Piñol announced that after the success of the two weekends ballyhooed Baguio City Fruits Festival, Dagupan City will host Sunday (September 8) the experience of the tastiest but cheapest Mindanao fruits being sold to her people.

“The MinDA Fruit Festival moves to Dagupan City tomorrow, Sunday. It will be back in Lingayen next Saturday and Dagupan City again the following day, Sunday,” MinDA Chair Piñol stressed at his Facebook page.

Development Management Officer – 3 Raymund Peter Esperat of MinDA told this writer in Lingayen that as of last Friday he got already the acquiescence of Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim for the famous bangus city to have a piece of the fruit galore festival.

 Secretary Piñol cited the fruit festival for Lingayen scheduled this Saturday (September 7) had 10 tons of mangosteen, 1.3 tons of longkong lanzones, 4.5 tons of pomelo 2 tons of durian and various processed fruit products from Davao City based fruit company Eng Seng and fruit farmers’ groups.

Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim

A bigger shipment of 15 tons of Durian was delayed because the first cargo truck which carried the load figured in an accident in Agas-agas, Southern Leyte.

An estimated two metric tons of Durian was lost to the people there who feasted on the fruits scattered along the side of the highway.

Another cargo truck had to be brought in from Manila to continue the journey because the first truck was a total wreck.

MinDa Chair and Secretary Manny Pinol (2nd from left) gives free taste of the succulent marang fruit to wide eyed Baguio City folks at Burnharm Park while Baguio City Mayor Benjie Magalong (leftmost) looks.

The first fruit festival in the humongous province Pangasinan was held in front the Lingayen’s town hall for retail sale while the whole sale was inside the covered court of the public plaza.

Fruits festival last Saturday in Lingayen, Pangasinan

Fruits festival last Saturday in Lingayen, Pangasinan

READ: P'gasinan, Manila, Others Want to Host MinDA Fruit Fest