PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur, Dec. 31 (PNA) -- The city government, through the City Tourism
Office, is sponsoring a variety show to spice up the New Year’s revelry in this
city.
City Councilor Troy
Asugas, Christmas Symbols Steering Committee chairman, said the variety show
will include the “Dancing Fountain Show” and fireworks display.
Asugas said the show
will be held at the City Plaza starting at 7 p.m. onwards to the New Year’s
revelry.
Asugas said there
will also be “a lot of surprises that will be presented tonight” by the City
Tourism Council, which will be participated by different organizations.
He said that the
second judging of the Christmas Lights Symbol contest will also be held tonight
simultaneously with the variety show.
The city government
has allocated Php 2.9 million for this year’s Christmas festival here.
The amount of Php 1.9
million of the total allocation will be given out as prizes in the Light a
Barangay Hall Contest and the remaining Php 1 million for the Light-a-Tree
Contest.
Asugas said the
prizes for the Light a Barangay Hall Contest as follows: Php 350,000, first
prize; Php 240,000, second prize; and, Php 130,000, third prize. The prizes
will be given in the form of infrastructure project to be determined by the
winning contestant-barangay.
Asugas said the
prizes in the contest for the Light-a-Tree are the following: Php 100,000,
first prize; Php 75,000, second prize; and, Php 50,000, third prize.
He added that
consolation prize of Php 5,000 will be given to each of the non-winning
participants.
He said there will be
also a Light-a-Parole Contest and the prizes are: Php 350,000, first prize; Php
240,000, second prize; and, Php 130,000, third prize. The prizes will be given
in a form of project to the winning contestant-barangay.
He said the final
judging of the contests will be held on Jan. 18, 2015 in time for this city’s
fiesta.(PNA)
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