Be like Robredo, young writers urged

NAGA CITY – Mayor Tito Sarion of Daet urged high school and college students to keep the legacy of Sec. Jesse M. Robredo burning.

“The best tribute you can give him is to emulate and embody yourselves the ideals which the late Secretary lived by,” Sarion said during the Camarines Sur round of the Bicol 2012 Essay Writing Competition on the Living Legacy of Secretary Jesse Robredo held at the gymnasium named in his honor.

During the opening program, Naga City Mayor John Bongat lauded the organizers of the contest which he said will ensure that the legacy of Robredo will indeed continue as a living legacy. Bongat, however, had to leave earlier for a meeting with the head of the National Historical Commission which will set up a museum in honor of the late Secretary.

A total of forty-five students, from both public and private schools, participated in the contest which followed the Camarines Norte elimination held in the morning at the Central Plaza Mall in Daet.

As of press time, however, winners are yet to be announced in the Camarines Sur elimination by the board of judges composed of representatives from the DepEd, PIA, DILG and the Kaya Natin Movement, the co-sponsors of the contest.

This is clearly due to the number of participants which included 17 secondary and 10 tertiary students coming from the host city, Iriga and the various towns of Camarines Sur.

Top three winners will be selected in the provincial and regional eliminations, but only the first place winners in both the secondary and tertiary categories will vie in the regional elimination slated on December 8, 2012 at SM City in Naga.

The Board of Judges of the Camarines Sur elimination included Liezl Macatangay of the PIA, Emma I. Cornejo, the DepEd Schools Division Superintendent of Naga City; Dr. Ellen Praxides, EPS I English of the iriga City Division, Dr. Azucena P. Magistrado, EPS I English of the Camarines Sur Division, Kathlyn B. Lopez, LGOOV of the DILG-Cam. Sur; Mrs. Salvacion B. Selga, the EPS I English of the Naga City Division and Frank Penones Jr., who represented the Kaya Natin Movement.