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The winners of the Saulog Festival King and Queen 2021, Donald Jack Gibb (left) of barangay Taloto and Camille Joyce Resane of barangay Ubujan (right). Contributed photo.
Saulog Tagbilaran declares Festival King and Queen winners
The organizers of Saulog Tagbilaran declared this year’s Saulog King and Queen on May 1, 2021. This is according to the City Media Bureau.
The competition was done virtually and hosted by Miss Bohol 2019 Celina Villoceno and barangay Mansasa kagawad Ferome Almine.
The competition drew candidates from all 15 barangays of the city.
The board of judges was led by the consultant in the City Livelihood and Development Officer Fr. Valentino Pinlac; the site director of IBEX in Tagbilaran City, Kent Bagolor; Smart Communications public relations officer, Maryknoll Romerde; and two officers from the Tagbilaran City Council for the Culture and the Arts.
Donald Jack Gibb of barangay Taloto is the Saulog Festival King while the 1st Runner up is RJ Dominic Amores of barangay Ubujan, and the 2nd runner up is Sean Rey Tupaz of barangayPoblacion 2.
On the other hand, the Saulog Festival Queen 2021 is Camille Joyce Resane of barangay Ubujan, while the 1st runner up is Kyra Hopkins of barangay Taloto, and 2nd runner up is Claire Ann Virtudazo of barangay Poblacion 2.
The special award from IBEX was given to Johnjay Karaan from barangay Dao and Kyra Hopkins from barangay Taloto.
Moreover, the award for Mr. & Ms. Smart Communications went to RJ Dominic Amores and Camile Joyce Resane, respectively, who are both from barangay Ubujan.
Tagbilaranons get financial aid from Sen. Joel Villanueva
The office of Sen. Joel Villanueva provided some city residents financial aid as facilitated by City Mayor John Geesnell Yap II via the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), a report from the City Media Bureau says.
About 331 beneficiaries composed of the city scholars and displaced barangay workers received the financial assistance.
First district Rep. Cong. Edgar Chatto has also been channelling funds to Tagbilaran City through the TUPAD program with around 191 beneficiaries from the city receiving the cash assistance.
Mayor Yap is grateful to leaders such as Villanueva and Chatto for their assistance especially during times like the pandemic,
“We are truly thankful to our colleagues in public service. We really need all the help we could get. The pandemic has definitely put a strain in the local economy. Thus, financial assistance like this would go a long way in helping our displaced workers”, Yap said.
TUPAD program of the DOLE is a community-based assistance package, employment for displaced workers, underemployed and seasonal workers, for a minimum period of 10 days, but not to exceed a maximum of 30 days, depending on the nature of work to be performed.
The types of work covered by the said program are repair, maintenance, and/or improvement of common public facilities and infrastructure such as schools and health centers, debris clearing, de-clogging of canals, debris segregation and materials recovery, stockpiling and clearing.
Other works performed under the TUPAD program are repair, maintenance and/or rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads, bridges, post-harvest facilities, public markets and common service facilities such as production and display centers, fishports,and agro-forestry community projects, such as tree planting, seedling preparation, and reforestation.
The payment of wages of the TUPAD beneficiaries is coursed through money remittance service providers.
Meanwhile, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) or its accredited training institutions will be tapped to conduct the skills training for the TUPAD beneficiaries under its Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP).