SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Dec. 19 -- An association of weavers and a songwriter and composer from Antique are recipients of the 1st Gawad Balangaw (Rainbow Award) 2025, conferred by the Department of Economy, Planning and Development 6 (Western Visayas) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in a ceremony in Iloilo City on Thursday.

Antique Board Member Dante Beriong, recognized for his outstanding contribution to the culture, heritage and arts of Western Visayas, especially the Kinaray-a music, said he felt elated to be one of the first in the region to be recognized.

"I am so elated that my compositions in the local dialect Kinaray-a have been recognized as my contribution to the culture, heritage, and the arts of Western...