Wednesday, May 11, 2011

BINAY OPENS 2011 PALARONG PAMBANSA

Governor Rolando Yebes of ZaNorte together with his excellency Vice President Jejomar Binay, DepED Secretary Armin Luistro, City Mayor Dominadro Jalosjos of Dapitan City as they raise their balloons to mark the Palarong Pambansa 2011 opened. The Palarong Pambansa will run from May 8-14, 2011 at the Shrine Capital of the Philippines, Dapitan City.




By OVP Media and PJTremedal

Dapitan City, ZaNorte - Vice President Jejomar C. Binay urged participants of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa to stand united in order to inspire change in ourcountry.


“Sa paglalaro ninyo, tangan ninyo hindi lamang ang bandila ng inyongmga rehiyon kundi ang imahen ng kabataang atletang Pilipino. Angparaan ng paglaro ninyo sa Palarong Pambansa ay maglalarawan hindilamang ng inyong sariling pagkatao kundi pati na rin ng bagong pag-asana umuusbong sa ating bansa,” the Vice President said in his speech during the opening of the Palaro at the Jose Rizal State University Sports Complex in Dapitan Sunday.

Binay also stressed the importance of the youth’s role in preserving our environment. According to him, youth athletes are in the perfect position to inspire others to care for mother earth.

“Lahat tayo ay may obligasyon sa Maykapal na pangalagaan ang ating kapaligiran. Higit sa tungkulin ng pambansang pamahalaan, o ng mga pamahalaang local, lahat ng mamamayan, mapabata man o matanda, ay may dapat gampanan sa pangangalaga sa ating kalikasan,” he said.

Binay also urged the participants of the Palarong Pambansa to become role models and said the task of saving the environment becomes easiei if everyone is involved.
“Kaya naman umaasa ako na sa palarong ito, nawa’y matutunan ninyong magbigay-pakundangan sa kapakanan ng ating daigdig. Maging maalam, makialam at umaksyon. Ipakita ninyo na ang mga kabataang atleta ay hindi lamang mahusay sa palakasan kundi may taospusong pagkalinga rin sa kalikasan,” he added.

The Vice President also reminded the participants of Palaro that sports is not just about being better than others. He said that the true spirit of an athlete is about bettering oneself to go as far asyour limits, and then taking it one step further.

“You endure and overcome the pain, the inconvenience, the frustration and the failures, in order to exceed what you are now, and approach what you can truly be,” Binay said.

The Palarong Pambansa is an annual event that showcases our nation’s best student-athletes. Seventeen events will feature in this year's Palaro, with divisions for boys and girls in the elementary and high school levels.

Meanwhile, Former Congressman Romeo “Nonong” Jalosjos, Executive Committee Chairman of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa assured all delegates, officials and coaches of the seventeen regional delegation that at all cost , Dapitan will be a good host.

With his Technical Working Group headed by Engr. Aly Marlo Dagtin, Dapitan City will be on every back to be serve the gueast and visitors especially the athletes that they will have a good stay in the Shrine Capital of the country.

On its opening day a skydiving exhibition was shown compliments of the Philippine Army paratroopers led by Col. Eliglen Villaflor to show how ready Dapitan is amidst a heavy downpour, the Seventeen regional delegations march with pride along the city streets and meet by Dapitanons.

As they entered the Jose Rizal Memorial State University Grandstand the regional delegates came with pride as they show and wave their region’s flag, in colorful uniforms theDepED region,s namely: Region I, Region II, Region III, Region IV-A, Region IV-B, Region V, Region VI, Region VII, Region VIII, Region IX (the Host Region), NCR, CARAGA, ARMM and Cordillerra Autonomous Region enjoyed the opening they.

In the program, movie Star Richard Gomez make the crowd more happy as he introduces every guest and visitors to include, DepED Secretary Armin Luistro and the officials of Zamboanga del Norte, Congressman Jhon Jalosjos of Zamboanga Sibugay, Governor Rolando Yebes, Governor Khalid dimaporo of lanao del Norte, Governor Hermie Ramiro of Misamis Occidental, Governor Bong Plaza of Agusan Norte,Governor Rommel jalosjos of Zamboanga Sibugay, City Mayor Dominador Jalosjos(Host City mayor) and other dignitaries to include his Excellency Vice President Jejomar Binay.

The Palarong Pambansa 2011 opening rites ended with a fireworks display.

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