LOOK. Durian fruit successfully is grown in Suyo, Ilocos Sur. One of the growers, Vice Mayor Samuel Subagan Jr. said, it took him five years to wait for the tree to bear its first fruit. He said that the low temperature and the rich soil of this town and other upland municipalities here is also suited for some of the exotic fruits usually grown in the southern Philippines.

Gov Ryan Singson of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur together with LGU Suyo headed by Mayor Mario Subagan goes hand in hand in their campaign of planting more fruit trees for food security as well as for its economic, environmental and physical gains.

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Newsteam Michael P Escobar, Marvin Parel, Mark Ray Sabalburo, Ralph Sabalburo