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Lingayen Baywalk, Pangasinan (File photo) LINGAYEN, Pangasinan - Small business owners here are starting to pick up after two years of pandemic-induced losses, thanks to the reopening of tourist spots. Buko (coconut) juice vendor RJ Casaclang from this municipality recommenced his business in November 2021 when the province was lowered to Alert Level 2 by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, allowing freer movement and more mass gatherings. He has been selling buko juice along the Lingayen Beach since 2015, earning a minimum of PHP300 during the weekdays and about PHP1,000 on weekends. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the 28-year-old Casaclang tried fishing, construction work, selling of plastic scraps, and even cleaning of drainages just to provide for this children aged 7 and 2. "Nagawa ko yung mga bagay na di ko inakala na magiging trabaho ko para lang may ipakain sa pamilya ko (I tried the jobs that I didn't think I would do j