Manila, April 6 -- All is set for this year's Bangus Festival which will be celebrated from April 9 to May 1.

Interviewed on Saturday, Mayor Belen Fernandez said the weeks-long event will open with a fun run to advocate calamity and disaster preparedness among the residents.

"With the calamities happening in some parts of the world, it is important to be prepared," Fernandez said in Filipino.

She said the crowd-drawing Gilon-Gilon Ed Baley Street Dancing Competition will be held on April 26.

To celebrate and further boost the city's popular commodity, bangus (milkfish), activities such as Bangus Rodeo, a game on the fastest and most efficient bangus sorter; search for the heaviest bangus; and the "Bangusine," which will feature variou...