5 LOCAL

ENTREPRENEURS
IN SURIGAO CITY
  
1.) Airene Barangan – RoadGrill Resto Bar

RoadGrill is currently one of the improving and growing food beverages industries in Surigao City.

Roadgrill has one of the best chicken Buffalo wings in town. In terms with the foods they offer, it has really a

unique taste that everyone craves all the time. As a loyal customer, I can really say that Roadgrill has the

best services, they make sure that every customer that enters will be served according to what the

customer needs. The best thing that Roadgrill also has is that, they also create new ideas on how they

would cater new customers every month. They don’t only stick to what they already have but instead they

make new ideas in order to gain and retain customers. I can really say that the business is succeeding

because of their strategies and uniqueness in which every business must have.

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 2.) Rowena Conales - Vascon Salon and Aestetics

Skin care or hair care are one of the list of our daily routine. This is what makes us look beautiful which

ultimately makes us feel great. Though it is just one of the fundamental parts of our daily routine yet a lot of

individuals usually fail to remember to do this and salon will give what we need. Vascon salon and aesthetics

gave us everything we need in terms of our beauty care. They have these characteristics that make their salon

successful: every client is special, embrace technology, keep it clean, communication is key, employee

recruiting, keep an eye on growth indicators, and work toward having employees happy. Vascon Salon workers

communicate well with clients and that’s the prime factor in the success of their salon. Communication skills

needed in a salon include ironing out problems and building a good rapport with clients. Their employees are

both skilled and fit in with their business which is vital to their salon's success.

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 3.) Mr. Rizal Crispino & Mrs. Melody Crispino – B-ZEM Tile
Center
B-ZEM Tile Center and Finishing Supplies is a premier hardware company in Surigao City that offers a wide

range of high-quality products such as tiles, building materials, paint, tools, plumbing accessories and sanitary ware in

varying prices. It was born from its mother company, EY Interior - a start-up business ran by Mrs. Melody Y. Crispino

and Mr. Rizal Crispino, On June 14, 2006, the founders started their own business, EY Interior, after a case of

serendipity when they bought boxes of tiles from a man out of sympathy. Not knowing what to do with them, they

displayed them in front of of their previous store, M and EY Autoparts, wherein they noticed the growing support of the

people. With this in mind, the founders ventured and started a hardware business which the prompted the

establishment of B-ZEM Tiles Center and Finishing Supplies. At present, B-ZEM Tiles Center and Finishing Supplies

continues to strive in achieving its vision of giving Surigaonons easy access in creating their future homes by supplying

world class quality materials through the means of the highest standards of customer service.

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 B-ZEM Tiles Center and Finishing Supplies prioritizes efficiency, effectivity and productivity in the workplace.

They strive in the fast-paced changing environment by engaging in continuous development and innovation. B-ZEM

Tiles Center and Finishing Supplies delivers quality products at affordable prices.The location was easy for the

customers to get them to the store. They offer a convenient solution which all downtown residents need. In addition,

when it comes to delivery service, they are available in order to make it easier for regular customers to not have to

leave what they are doing to get the products they need. The store possesses a knowledgeable and friendly staff. The

staff also understands and interpret what the customer needs and find the product that will fit their needs. B-ZEM Tiles

Center and Finishing Supplies also a progressive store here in Surigao City, by that they mean they will continue to

evolve and understand what the customer needs and develop new markets where the need exists.

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 4.) Wena Mailig – Maradjaw Resto Bar

Wena Mailig is a Surigaonon businesswoman. She was once a staff of Saint Paul University Surigao and

later became an entrepreneur who is the founder and owner of Maradjaw Resto Bar along with her husband. The

restaurant is situated at Sarvida Street, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte. It is family friendly restaurant that features

elevated versions of classic Surigaonon and Pinoy favorites. As a newly opened restaurant, it already gained a lot

of satisfied customers because of its good qualities and characteristics that possessed. One characteristic it has is

its high standard for its food quality and ensures that guests receive the same quality with every meal. Serving

quality food earned the restaurant a good reputation and compels its guests to return for repeat visits.

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 High-quality ingredients and an experienced cook are important to serving good food consistently. A good

cook understands the guests' needs and works well with the kitchen staff to ensure that guests receive their meal

the way they ordered it every time. They also provide a good customer service with a clean environment. It helps

the restaurant enhance its guests’ overall experience. The staffs interact with the guests with courteous and

maintain a positive attitude. Wena Mailig as the founder and owner of the restaurant manages the business aspect

of the restaurant properly, which increases the chances that it can provide quality food, help boost the business’s

profit and service without interruption.

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 5.) Dr. Edwin T. Montalba - CARITAS CHRISTI Criminology
Review Center
Dr. Edwin T. Montalba is not only a renowned criminology board exam lecturer and the dean of Criminal of Criminal

Justice Education of NEMCO but also a business man in Surigao City which makes him an entrepreneur. He is the co-

founder of CARITAS CHRISTI Criminology Review Center. Caritas Christi Review Center is one of the leading review

center for Criminologists Licensure Examination. It caters reviewees from Visayas and Mindanao. It is one of the leading

review centers for Criminologists Licensure Examination. Its main office is situated at Laurente Building, Surigao City,

Surigao del Norte and has several branches in different parts of the country. Caritas Christi Review Center had produced

thousands of Registered Criminologists who are now very successful in their chosen career. The center became an

excellent review center because of its good qualities and characteristics. Caritas Christi Review Center keeps producing

good number of topnotches and provides excellent and well experience Review Instructor.

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 THANKS!
Group
Members
o Alaba, Archelene
o Anghag, Richshiel
o Lesaca, Rose Ann Mae
o Rinconada, Reynalyn
o Villamor, Rossie
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