BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (PIA) -- The local government unit of Aritao and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently gave livelihood skills training for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).

Mayor Remelina Peros-Galam said the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO)-DTI partnership provided Skills Training on Tomato Processing for 15 PWDs of the municipality at the Aritao Centralized Processing Center in barangay Darapidap.

Peros-Galam said the livelihood skills training is timely with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“With this training, our PWDs can produce various products to earn their own income to cope with the present pandemic,” she said.

Rose Marie Delos Santos, owner of Rose's Kitchen in Bayombong town, an FDA-LTO certified manufacturer of tomato-based goods served as  trainer for the activity. (MDCT/BME/PIA Nueva Vizcaya)