Week-long 62nd Araw ng ZamboSur celebration kicks-off Wednesday

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By Hirohito D. Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 10 (PNA) -– The week-long celebration of the 62nd founding anniversary of this province kicked-off Wednesday simultaneously with the opening of the Batang Pinoy-Mindanao Leg in this city.

The celebration started with a parade through this city’s main thoroughfares that was participated in by local and national government officials as well as athletes from all over Mindanao.

Provincial Information Officer Marivic Jongco said several artists are coming to add extra excitement to the celebration of the 62nd Araw ng Zamboanga del Sur.

Jongco said the artists who are coming here are singers-composers Jaime Rivera and Marco Sison, pop singer Haji Alejandro and his daughter pop star Rachel Alejandro, singer-comedienne Norman Mitchell, artist Pinky Marquez, and guest performer Bimbo Cerrudo.

Jongco said Senator Cynthia Villar will be the guest of honor speaker during the Women Empowerment Movement-Rural Improvement Club (WEM-RIC) Night on September 15.

She said that Senator Jose Victor Ejercito will be the guest during the Josefina Herrera Cerilles State College (JHCSC) Night as well as in the culmination program of the anniversary on September 17.

The 62nd Araw ng Zamboanga del Sur is anchored on the theme: “Malahutayong Programa, Gipaluyuhan sa Katawhan, Kalambuan sa Lalawigan (Sustainable Program, People’s support, Development of the province).

Meanwhile, more than 3,000 athletes will see action in the four-day Batang Pinoy-Mindanao Leg that also kicked-off Wednesday in this city. (PNA)
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