Different events and activities to be held in connection with the celebration
of the 54th Founding Anniversary of Cotabato are now being
prepared by the City Government, with the cooperation of its partners from the
private sector.
More than 1 million pesos is allotted to fund the prizes and other expenses of
the events for the week long celebration of the Araw ng Cotabato.
Highlights of the celebration will be the Annual Search for the Mutya ng
Cotabato, wherein seven young ladies joined in this year’s contest, a Culinary
Contest featuring prawns and “dalag” will also be held in the People’s Palace,
medical-dental missions, and a Fun Run.
In a recent meeting with the local government’s partners, Secretary to the
Mayor Aniceto Rasalan said that there will be a slight change on the activities
to be held on June 20. Where there was usually a civic-military parade in the
morning, now it will only be the men in uniform that will march from the CCSPC
Grounds to the City Plaza wherein all the city government employees and other
participants will be waiting.
Aside from the marching band, there will also be a static display of the
military tanks, artillery, and their other equipments, vehicles, and machines.
“Elements
of the 6th Infantry Division, the Philippine Marines, the City
Police PRO-ARMM, and the Bureau of Fire Protection will be joining the parade
with their marching bands. We prefer to have this kind of parade this year so
there will be more time for the program. As we have experienced in the previous
years, the parade takes more than 2 hours and pagod na ang mga participants”, Rasalan
said.
The Philippine Marines and the City Police have already been given a heads up
for the security measures to be implemented in the places where the activities
for the occasion will be held.
The weeklong celebration of the Araw ng Cotabato will commence on June 15 until
June 20. (with report by Becky D. de Asis)
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