Garcia to inaugurate “Double-A” slaughterhouse in Dinalupihan

DINALUPIHAN, Bataan – A modern slaughterhouse is set to open in this first-class municipality before the end of the year 2015. This was revealed to the public by first-termer mayor Maria Angela “Gila” S. Garcia during the recent formal opening of the Negosyo Center at the ground floor of the municipal hall.

“We are set to open this year our new slaughterhouse in Barangay Sta. Isabel. The facility will be at par with the standards of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS),” Mayor Garcia told local newsmen in a recent news briefing at her office. She added that the project was funded by the municipal government with P5 million and another P5 million financial assistance from the NMIS. The new facility aims to help local livestock growers and neighboring municipalities and to ensure the safety of meat consumers.

Garcia added that at present the municipal government is working out for the comprehensive land use plan (CLUP) to help investors and farmers in searching for ideal places for their crops and at the same time help them in maintaining business growth by educating them with proper knowledge through the help of different national agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) among others.

Dinalupihan’s OTOP (one town, one product under DTI’s initiative) is bamboo crafts like the “sawali.” The municipality is fast developing in a backdrop of harmony between industrialization and rich historical and cultural tradition of the municipality.

Being at the center of the growth corridor of Central Luzon, Dinalupihan’s progress has expanded steadily during the past four decades. At present, there are more than 50 big commercial institutions in the municipality. These include some 30 multi-purpose cooperatives, 12 pawnshops, five lending investors and seven operating banks, namely Philippine National Bank (PNB), situated in Mabini Extension, Land Bank of the Philippines (in Barangay San Ramon), Metrobank, Guagua Rural Bank, Bataan Savings and Loan Bank (BSLB), Bataan Development Bank (BDB) and Zambales Bank.

There are approximately 2000 other business establishments in Dinalupihan. These could be classified into several types. About 350 of the total number are sari-sari stores distributed evenly in the existing 46 barangays.

Other types of business services include cable TV, school and office supplies, groceries, eateries, fruits and vegetables stores, pharmacies, medical clinics, PT clinics, computer shops, bakeries, printing press, dental clinics and laboratories, optical clinics, repair shops, beauty parlors, funeral parlors, soft drinks dealers, glass wares, construction suppliers, tailoring/dress shops, ice cream parlor, supermarkets, furniture manufacturers, poultry and agricultural equipment suppliers. There is also a growing chain of gasoline stations in town like Petron, PTT, Total and Shell.

Dinalupihan also has establishments offering personal services. The major commercial establishments in this town include Vercon and Elizabeth supermakets, Video City, Chowking, VM Mall, Jollibee, Greenwich, MacDonald’s, SM SaveMore Supermarket, Smart, Globe, Digitel, PLDT.

The GSIS, DAR, Pag-ibig Fund, and Quedancor have their respective provincial branches and offices here and a dozen of pawnshops and online money transfer centers.