DAGUPAN CITY – The 2023 Bangus (milkfish) Festival here kicked off with the Gilon-Gilon (fish harvest) street dancing competition on Friday, April 14. Thirty-one barangays and several educational institutions from this city are competing in the event starting 3 p.m. Gilon-Gilon, a dance step,...
April marks the start of summer! And what’s a better way to greet the heat than being at a festival? Get good food, watch grand parades, and join the festivities! Here are the agri-related festivals for the month of April. Malangsi Fishtival | Bayambang , Pangasinan April 1 - 8 In the local...
The Israel Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (ICCP) recently held a webinar entitled ‘Aquaculture Innovation: Spotlight on Israeli Tech to Meet the Rising Food Demand.’ The event was held to exchange ideas on the aquaculture systems used and developed by Israeli fisheries and to...
By Henrylito D. Tacio Fish, like rice, is a staple food of Filipinos. The average Filipino eats 98 grams of fish per day and 36 kilograms of fish per year, reports the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Fish is the cheapest source of animal protein compared to beef, pork and chicken in...
TACLOBAN CITY – Despite bearing the brunt of tropical cyclones, fishery production in mariculture parks continues to thrive in Eastern Visayas. A mariculture park in Eastern Visayas. (BFAR-8 FB) The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 reported that the trend in bangus or milkfish...
The key to edging out their competitors? Go beyond the usual. (DHEL NAZARIO / MANILA BULLETIN) This is exactly what Raiisa Vargas, owner of Elisha Bay Dagupan Bangus and Seafoods did for their business to thrive in Dagupan City where milkfish, locally known as "bangus" is the province's pride....
DAGUPAN CITY – It was another blockbuster edition of Kalutan ed Dalan, the main highlight of the annual Bangus Festival. Photo via Liezle Basa Inigo After it was shelved for two years due to the pandemic, the Kalutan ed Dalan returned and brought forth a series of activities to make the Bangus...
DAGUPAN CITY -- This year’s celebration of Bangus Festival will be more exciting and more spectators not just from nearby towns but also nearby provinces are expected to come for what local folks consider as one of the best celebrations in the country. Photo from Liezle Inigo About 4000 kilos...
DAGUPAN CITY – Mayor Marc Brian Lim on Sunday announced the celebration of the Bangus Festival -- one of the biggest and most colorful celebrations of local industry and culture – on April 30 this year. “Zero cases, alert level 1 status, high vaccination rate, I think it is good to have a...
A family in crisis recovers by dint of hard work, prayers, and a new food business Selina’s Inihaw na Bangus was born, as most success stories evolve, out of the family’s need to earn a little extra income on the side. Months into the pandemic, Ginger Hilario’s business of distributing...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As a proud Dagupeno, whose education was helped financed by bangus (milkfish) harvests, we miss our annual Bangus (milkfish) Festival here in our hometown Dagupan City, which was cancelled since the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic two...
MARIKINA MENUDO Waknatoy of Mama Chit When I moved to my present home a few years before the turn of the century, the village only had a few houses and they were far apart. Most properties were vacant with tall grass and unattended areas. There was a road from Balara that would pass through our...
