Classes, work in gov’t offices in Zambales suspended for Mango festival

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SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — Classes at all levels in this province’s public and private schools are suspended on Friday (May 10) in time for the annual celebration of the Mango festival.

In a memorandum, Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. said that the suspension of classes will allow employees and students to participate in the scheduled events.

However, those offices whose functions involve delivering basic and health services, preparedness and response to disasters and calamities, and/or performing other vital services shall continue with their operations and render the necessary services.

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The 10-day celebration of mango festivity, also known as the “Dinamulag Festival,” started on May 2 will end on Saturday (May 11).

Among the festival’s highlights are the street dance parade and competitions, agri-tourism trade fair, and mango-picking activities that will be happening on Friday.

Zambales is known for its distinctively sweet carabao, or dinamulag variety.

In 1995, the Guinness Book of World Records cited mangoes grown in the province as the world’s and in 2013, the Department of Agriculture labeled Zambales mangoes as the country’s sweetest variety. INQ