By Mortz C. Ortigoza
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – To reinvigorate the crown sized puto (steamed cake) industry in this first class town, its mayor is actively looking for funds to return the puto vendors in their former stalls along the highway in the Poblacion area. They are presently located at the public plaza that is not conducive to vehicle owners to make a stopover and patronize their product.
THE VAUNTED PUTO (crown sized steamed cake) stalls (top photo) in
Calasiao, Pangasinan. The puto in this town is the most popular local delicacy
that is not only patronized by Pangasinenses but people as far as the Ilocos
Region and Metro Manila. Photo below is the thriving town’s mayor Kevin Roy
Macanlalay. |
“Hinahanapan natin ng pondo pati sa Senado,” Mayor Kevin Roy
Macanlalay told Northern Watch Newspaper.
Aside from the stalls that would
be reconstructed in the former venue, they need to encroach inside the Central
Elementary School because their former venue was occupied by the widening of
the national highway by the Department of Public Works & Highway.
“Bago natin gawin iyan may tatamaan na mga classrooms, kailangan nating
palitan,” he said about the available location inside the government owned
primary school.
Macanlalay led the reconstruction
of the roof of the present puto stalls after it fell due to sloppy construction
in the eve of the start of the Holy Week last April. The present spruced up
stalls were constructed under the administration of former Mayor Joseph Bauzon.
“Less than 24 hours inayos natin overtime mga tao natin inabot sila
hanggang alas dose' ng madaling araw tapos balik na naman ng umaga”.
The personnel of the local
government unit here frantically repaired it because the mayor wanted it to be
presentable before the eyes of the devotees and pilgrims who visit the Saints
Peter and Paul Parish Church and the miraculous Seรฑor Divino Tesoro Shrine.
“Iyan ang panahon na talagang makabawi naman ang mga puto vendors,” he said how the Corona Virus Disease-19 pandemic scourged the vendors and their livelihood for years.
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