DA Sec. Pinol leads groundbreaking of P8 million Mariveles ice and cold storage plant

MARIVELES, Bataan – Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol leads today’s groundbreaking ceremonies of an P8 million ice and cold storage plant in Barangay Batangas Dos here.

Bataan Governor Abet Garcia and Mayors Ace Jello Concepcion, Antonio Raymundo, Gila Garcia, Jopet Inton, Board Member Jose Villapando and other regional, provincial and municipal officials joined Sec. Pinol in the formal rites.

The project will benefit 240 fisher folk, 2 ice retailers and 44 fish processors in the said town.

The fish storage has 5 metric tons or 384 boxes of storage capacity while the operating volume for ice storage is 100 blocks per day.

After the groundbreaking, a dialogue with farmers and fisher folk were conducted at the huge covered court of the said village.

After the dialogue, more than P24.5 million livelihood assistance equipment composed of fiber glass reinforced plastic boats, marine engines, gill nets, rice thresher, solar lamps, life vests etc. were also distributed to farmers and fisher folk organizations in the whole province.