BINMALEY, Pangasinan -- Seven towns and one city in Pangasinan are the recipients of the shared service facility (SSF) program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) this year.
Officer-in-charge provincial director Natalia Dalaten of DTI provincial office in Pangasinan said the beneficiaries of the SSFs were chosen last year, and the equipment is set to be turned-over to them this year.
Binmaley Integrated Small Fisherfolks, Fishpond Owners and Operators Multi-Purpose Cooperative and the Engineered Bamboo Project of Alaminos City each received PHP933,000 and PHP1 million, respectively, last January 26, she said.
Other SSF beneficiaries are Sual's PHP1-million fish processing facility; Dagupan City's glass freezer for fish processing worth PHP2.8 million; Pangasinan State University (PSU) Sta. Maria Campus for PHP1.5-million laboratory food processing; PSU Bayambang Campus for incubation, innovation for attaining sustainability in food processing costing PHP1 million; Mangaldan for cacao (cocoa) processing worth PHP1 million; and San Fabian for candle making costing PHP500,000.
“We hope to deliver all the facilities in the first quarter of this year, but some facilities take time to make because it is customized according to the need of the beneficiaries,” Dalaten said.
She added the products of the beneficiaries are enrolled in the One Town One Product (OTOP) Next Generation program of DTI to further boost the marketing and labeling of products.
“Those under OTOP Next Gen are other privileges such as training and seminar on how they could better market their products, and are part of exhibits of DTI,” Dalaten said. (PNA)
