Lingayen, Pangasinan – Fruit lovers from Lingayen and all over Pangasinan came as early as 5 a.m. today to a makeshift display area in front of the City Hall for the first MinDA Fruit Festival in the province and the third in Northern Luzon.
As of Friday night the fruit festival had 10 tons of Mangosteen, 1.3 tons of Lanzones, 4.5 tons of pomelo 2 tond of Durian and various processed fruit products from Davao City based fruit company Eng Seng and fruit farmers groups.
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 local people 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.
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.
Lingayen City Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil sponsored the MinDA Fruit Festival in his city today hoping to establish a direct link between fruit farmers groups in Mindanao and consumers in Pangasinan.
Dagupan City Mayor Bryan Lim hosts the MinDA Fruit Festival in Dagupan City tomorrow.
(Photos taken last night and early this morning show the fruits in boxes and the huge crowd which came.)
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