Wednesday, May 20, 2009

"HULING HIRIT SA TAG-INIT", MAY 29 AT POCTOY BEACH



Marinduque Tourism Council chair, Atty. Allan Velasco has met with officials of the municipality of Torrijos, Provincial Tourism Office and Sangguniang Kabataan for the holding of a summer youth adventure program dubbed as "Huling Hirit sa Tag-init".

This activity promotes sports and tourism development with Poctoy beach as the principal playground. It also provides an opportunity for the Marinduque youth to say goodbye to summer with a big bang before they go back to school or work within or outside the island-province - huling hirit, thus.

Competitions include "Beach Volleyball", "Battle of the Bands", and "Bikini Open", with the following prizes:
For Beach Volleyball (1st: P 2,000; 2nd 1,500.00; 3rd P 1,000)
For Battleof the Bands (1st: P 10,000; 2nd 7,000; P 5,000 with seven consolation prizes of P 1,000 each)
For Bikini Open: (1st: 5,000; 2nd 3,000; 3rd 2,000 with 10 consolation prizes of P 500 each)

Meanwhile, in cooperation with GMA7 and Q-TV a full program presentation on Marinduque was featured last Sunday in "Kay Susan Tayo" at 10:30 am. The program featured Balanacan harbor with Luzon Datum of 1911 landmark, Palo Maria beach (Marinduque's response to Boracay), Poctoy white sand beach, Malbog Sulfuric Spring, Marinduque Hotspring, Katala Beach Resort, "Putong" ritual and the favorite local dish, Adobong Manok sa Gata courtesy of "Kusina sa Plaza" with TV-hosts, Susan and Ariana.

Q-TV featured the Battle of Moriones in "Events Incorporated" at 8:30 pm last Saturday with hosr Tim Yap. The "Battle" was held on Holy Thursday in Boac and also featured an interview with Gov. Bong Carrion on the origin of the moriones tradition.

Forthcoming television features include a special coverage of Marinduque's lenten traditions in the Living Asia Channel and Kim Atienza's Saturday program "Matang Lawin.

1 comment:

tris said...

hey dude! do i kno ya? y are u sooooo gorgeous? (did i mispelled that?:)
i believed i've met ya in Palo Maria w/ d pho2grapher and a model?
when will ya visit the USA? let me kno so i can introduced u 2 Liberty:
Good job! keep onnnnnnnn..