SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR DINAGSA 2026 Cadiz’s Dinagsa, A Celebration Of Faith And Blessings, Kicks Off Cadiz City will officially begin its 52nd Dinagsa Festival on Friday, January 16, promising a lot suprises from day one ’till the end on the 26th. Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. said, “Every year, Dinagsa is a festival of many continue reading : A Celebration Of Faith And Blessings, Kicks Off Dinagsa Festival 2026
Cadiz City’s Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. beamed with pride as he received a trophy after Cadiz City was once again named among the top winners and implementers of the Walang Gutom program nationwide in 2025. BILIS CADIZ PHOTO BACOLOD City — The City Government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental has once again been recognized as continue reading : Cadiz City bags second straight ‘Walang Gutom’ award
•• In Photo A total 1.2 tons of ‘uga’ courtesy of Cadiz City Mayor Bading Escalante Jr received by La Castellana local government unit meant for their evacuees affected by Typhoon Tino on November 4. (Cadiz City PIO photo) As hundreds of thousands of families in southern Negros Occidental slowly rebuild their lives after Typhoon continue reading : Cadiz’s ‘Uga’ Spells Hope, Lifeline for Tino’s Victims in Southern Negros
The Avila Mangrove Reserve and Migratory Birds Sanctuary in Cadiz City.* Cadiz City PIO photoCadiz City is gaining national recognition for its environmental efforts. The Avila Mangrove Reserve and Migratory Birds Sanctuary (AMRMBS), located in Barangay Daga and known as the “guardian of the coast,” was recently named first runner-up in the prestigious Para El continue reading : Cadiz City bird sanctuary hailed as one of the best in PH
The “buriring” will take centerstage at the cooking competition* Cadiz City is set to host a unique culinary competition on Friday, September 5, focusing on a single, unconventional ingredient: “buriring” (pufferfish). The cook-off, which starts at 9 a.m. at Cadiz City Park, aims to highlight this local delicacy and celebrate its yearly abundance. The event, continue reading : Cadiz City to host unique pufferfish cooking tilt
BY: Ambo Delilan Elders long sidelined by age are finding new purpose in day care centers, shaping the minds of Cadiz City’s youngest while rediscovering their place in it NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – In Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, where sugarcane fields sprawl across the landscape and the ocean breeze carries stories of old, a different continue reading : Lolos and lolas find new purpose as storytellers in Cadiz day care centers
OLD BUT GOLD. A lola shares a story with day care children in one of Cadiz City’s centers. (Bilis Cadiz Photo) CADIZ CITY – The local government of Cadiz has launched a heartwarming and unique program that brings together generations through storytelling—by engaging grandmothers as volunteer storytellers in its day care centers. Dubbed “Storytelling for continue reading : Cadiz City taps lolas as free day care storytellers
Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. (first from left, seated), newly elected president of the Negros Association of Chief Executives, is shown with fellow mayors of Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya (second from left, seated), in this photo from Gasataya’s official Facebook page. By Dolly Yasa BACOLOD CITY – Third-term Cadiz City Mayor continue reading : Cadiz City Mayor Escalante Elected Negros ACE President
At first glance, an art piece depicting a young boy in a red cape, black mask, and wearing slippers, was just an ordinary thing amid a sea of paintings. But that piece of an innocent looking boy, who stood as the quiet hero – the famous “Superman” – got the judges’ nod and snatched the continue reading : ‘Superman’ wins Cadiz painting tilt
A lola storyteller in her 70s, Norma Manglangit of Barangay VF Gustilo, Cadiz, at one of day care centers. *Bilis Cadiz photo In a heartwarming and innovative program, the local government of Cadiz City in Negros Occidental is engaging retired teachers, affectionately known as “lolas” (grandmothers), as volunteer storytellers for children across its 113 day continue reading : ‘Lola Storytellers’ bridge generations, instill values in Cadiz daycare children