Dinagat Islands celebrates Nat'l Heritage Month
DINAGAT ISLANDS -- The Province of Dinagat Islands celebrated this year's National Heritage Month with the theme, "Preserving Legacies, Building Futures: Empowering Communities through Heritage," on May 30 at PDRRM Operations Center, Sta. Cruz, San Jose, of this province.
The celebration underscored the significance of local heritage in shaping strong, resilient, and culturally rooted communities. As part of the continuing effort to preserve and promote local history and creativity, it was highlighted by the "Pinta sa Isla Painting Contest with the theme, “The Battle of Surigao Strait,” an iconic moment in Philippine history that echoes the courage and heroism of Filipinos.
The winners of the Pinta sa Isla are the following:
1st Place: Jasson
D. Pegoro
2nd Place: Arthur
T. Dela Cerna
3rd Place:
Edilberto F. Daligdig Jr.
Through the Dinagat Islands Tourism and Culture Office, the provincial government of Dinagat Islands extended appreciation to the esteemed panel of judges for lending their time, expertise, and artistic insight in selecting this year’s winners: Alim V. Eviota, Gilbert H. Japay, and Len Russel S. Regala, including the Davies Paints Philippines, through its representative Frederick R. Abonitalla, as the official sponsor of the event and its generous distribution of free marine epoxy paint materials to boat operators of the province as contribution to the island’s local tourism and transport sector.
The observance of the National Heritage Month, every month of May, is a testament of honoring Dinagat Islands' past, exalting its identity, and building a stronger cultural future for the province. (Dinagat Islands Tourism and Culture Office/PIA Dinagat Islands)
