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During the '50s and '60s, this particular side of LCArabejo Avenue used to be where the Visayan Carenderia and Furniture Shop (what a mix!), owned by the Cuisons, was located. This is just a few meters from the corner of the national highway. The main occupant now is the government-owned LandBank, the only commercial bank operating in the town so far.

What used to be the Lentija building, where most pioneer chinese merchants were located, is now a supermart called Central Warehouse. It is owned by a big chinoy investor from Davao. Right beside it is another rural bank called TRuBank (Tagum Rural Bank) the lot of which is used to be owned and occupied by the Adana family. Flor Canon (to whom we would run to to have our swiss watches repaired) also had his store and watch repair here. When Canon moved to Tagum, Nancy Torralba, half-sister of the Adana siblings, would later open a store of her own together with husband Ben, who was also into watch repair.

The green building across the street, owned by Atty. Edna Arabejo, was where Larie's Tailoring and the original site of Pua's Restaurant (later Tolindoy Briones Shoe Repair) were. The late Primo and Ester Juntilla's lot at the corner is still vacant.


New Look, Mayfair, Excellency, all chinese tailorshops, were located here in a building then owned by the family of Candido Gloria. It is now the property of the Nabunturan Integrated Cooperative (NICO) where its main office and training center are located. Right next to it is the One Network Bank where the house of Luis Flores used to be.