Hi there! It’s going to be a long weekend for Calbayognons as we celebrate the 61st Charter Day Anniversary. Malacañang has proclaimed today, October 16, 2009 as a special non-working holiday in Calbayog by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1915. Said proclamation was signed by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita on October 12, 2009.
Today’s celebration will be a low-key one, that’s if we compare it to last year’s celebration when the city turned 60. Today’s events will include the following:
- 6:00 am – Thanksgiving Mass at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral
- 7:00 am – Flag-raising ceremony / Short Program at the City Hall Stage
- 7:30 am – Parade
- 9:00 am – Inauguration of the Calbayog City Sports Center
The short program at the City Hall stage will include the ceremonial signing of the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) between the LGU and URGE-Calbayog. It will be followed by the ceremonial pinning of Calbayog’s Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) Proficiency Seal. Expected to deliver their messages are Congressman Reynaldo Uy and Mayor Mel Sarmiento. Also in the program is the awarding of commendation and cash incentive to Mrs. Lourdes Matan of the Mag-ubay National High School. Ms. Matan was one of the national winners in the 2009 Metrobank Search for Outstanding Teachers.
Calbayog became a chartered city on October 16, 1948 by virtue of R.A. 328 which was authored by then Senate President Jose Avelino and Congressman Agripino Escareal.
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The Department of Education is set to launch "Brigada Eskwela Plus" in Calbayog City. Let me give you part of the report which I got from DYOG’s Eleen Lim:
DepEd Central Office will launch the Brigada Eskwela Plus in Calbayog City tomorrow, October 17, 2009.
DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus will lead the list of participants to the launching which will include Calbayog City Officials led by Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento, and DepEd Officials for Region 8.
According to City Schools Division Superintendent Editha Paculan, since the Brigada Eskwela Program which empowers various communities nationwide in helping their schools prepare for the opening of classes in the month of June was very successful, the DepEd deemed it necessary to step up its Program efforts to harness the partnership of over 43,000 public schools with their community stakeholders, and to maximize each community’s potential for participation in the affairs of education through Brigada Eskwela Plus.
The Brigada Eskwela Plus shall focus on three main activities: school maintenance activities through out the school year, community-led efforts to improve student participation and reduce the incidence of drop-outs, and community –led efforts to improve student performance.
During the program-launching, Paculan said that other DepEd Programs implemented together with the community stakeholders will also be tackled, such as the Adopt-a School Program, Project Faces or Facilitating Access to Complete Elementary School, and the very successful Project “Sakay Na,” or Shuttle All Kids and Youngsters Needing Assistance of the city.
Also invited to this event are members of the Local School Board, Parents-Teachers’ Association presidents, Punong Barangays, Barangay Kagawads who chair the education committees, and SK Chairpersons.
Expected to provide entertainment during the whole-day program which will be held at the City Sports Complex are the students of Calbayog City National High School, DepEd Calbayog City Cultural Group, and popular singer Yeng Constantino.
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For my column this Monday, I will give you an update on the restoration (landscaping) project at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
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This is it for now. Have a nice long weekend everyone, I mean folks in Calbayog! Ciao!
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