Surging eatery business in Bataan awes trike operator

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A-44 year tricycle operator here is amazed by the miraculous surge of thriving food industry which would fortify the productive operations of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the province.

Angelito Lependa of Sitio Mathay in Upper Tuyo, this City, has observed the unexpected rise in the number of food kiosks, carinderias and fast food businesses in this component city particularly in the boundaries of Abucay and Pilar towns.

Lependa, a former construction worker in Manila who reportedly earns a net daily income of P400 driving his second-hand tricycle, has finally settled to stay with his family due to the highly favorable local business atmosphere here .

He said the growing number of small, micro and medium entrepreneurs coming from different localities in Bataan and Central Luzon have offered more sustainable income for service providers and transport services.

The proliferation of small and medium businessmen has become the motivating feature which purposely brings higher level of food industry in one of the flourishing component cities in Central Luzon.

While one of the major thrusts of the local government is encouraging organic farming and producing top quality dried and smoked fish for lucrative export market, the administration program of linking public and private entities with the goal of creating and maintaining a suitable environment for entrepreneurial and transport activities remains a vital pattern of achieving progressive community.

Reports showed that Balanga City is listed in the category of one of the top ten(10)new emerging cities in the country by the Department of Science and Technology –information and communication technology and business process association of the Philippines.

Metro Manila corporations and trading firms are readily exploring an aura of good return of investments awaiting them in the field of infrastructure ,energy, business outsourcing and consumer items which they reportedly found in the historic peninsula.