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volume 2 issue 2 MAY 4, 2015

DepEd 12 leaders cheer for PacMan

Palaro delegates of Region 12 are dismayed by the result of the boxing fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather on Sunday.

While everyone expects the winning result in favor of Pacquiao, judges declared a unanimous decision of 118-110,

116-112, 116-112 in favor of Mayweather.

“It was a good fight. I thought I won the fight.” Pac-quiao said on TV.

And so are his kababayans, but the result did not favored the “Pambansang Kamao”.

“We just can’t believe it.” Region 12’s chief boxing trainer Cristino Laurente said.

Despite his defeat, all his townmates believe Pacquiao won

Pacquiao, a herodespite defeat

TAGUM CITY. RD Allan Farnazo and region 12’s Schools Division Superinten-dents, ASDS’s, and supervisors present led the SOCCSKSAR-GEN delegation in support-ing Manny Pacquiao on his greatest fight opposite Floyd Mayweather, May 3.

RD Farnazo gave the War-riors a chance to watch the fight at Tagum NHS gym via pay-per-view with the suspension of games on Palarong Pambansa to give way for the much antici-pated battle.

Even before the fight, the Warriors were one in agreement that Pacquiao is all set for the fight.

The regional delegation all cheered for Pacquiao who is a homegrown SOCCSKSARGEN talent and being looked up to by the region’s pugs.

As they say, “Manalo, matalo Pacquiao pa rin kami.”

R-12 Warriors however expressed dismay in unison upon hearing the final an-nouncement on Pacquiao’s defeat still believing that the People’s Champ truly won the fight.

- Zynafe V. Caijo

the fight.“He is still our hero.”

Laurente said. Pacquiao’s supporters

cry for a rematch. Observers believe that the only way for Pacquiao to topple Mayweather is via Knock Out.

“If there is a rematch, we will still support him (Pacqui-ao).” Laurente said.

-Hydee S. Templonuevo

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte -These are the two secrets to success DepEd-12 Regional Director Allan Farnazo wants to impart to all Palaro athletes who will compete in this year’s Palarong Pambansa from May 3 to 9.

“In order to win, we have to be ready and be prepared.” Farnazo said,

He added, it’s not only the training that counts, all our efforts should be offered for the glory and honor for our region and to God, Farnazo said.

“If our opponents train and pray hard, we should double our efforts.” he said.

Prior to the start of the events on Sunday, Region 12 delegates offered a mass for all athletes and coaches officiated by Rev. Father Jun Pajarillo at the Tagum City National High School Gymnasium.

All equipment, uniforms including the delegates submit themselves to be blessed prior to the games proper.

“This year’s palaro is a celebration of the talents of the Filipino youth. We should pray that all our athletes will be victorious and free from any harm.” Farnazo said.

More than 10,000 to 15,000 delegates from the 17 regions all over the country converge in this city for the weeklong sporting event which ends on Saturday, May 9.

-Hydee S. Templonuevo

“Train hard, pray harder ”- RD Farnazo

Go Manny! RD Allan Farnazo (standing), is joined by guests in cheering for Manny Pacquaio.

“We have brought with us the finest manpower who can deliver the best that the we could offer.” he said.

Farnazo said, Region 12 wanted to make a mark to all spectators during the palaro.

Region 12 or SOCCSK-SARGEN region comprises the provinces of South Co-tabato, Cotabato, Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat; and the cities of Tacurong, Cotabato, Kidapawan, General Santos and Koronadal.

-Hydee S. Templonuevo

2 SOCCSKSARGEN FLASH

With the theme: “Breaking Barriers and Building Peace”, delegates of the Soccsksargen Athletic Association (SRAA) are ready to participate during the opening ceremonies of the 2015 Palarong Pambansa to be held at Davao del Norte Sports Complex and Tourism Center (DNSCTC) on Monday.

DepEd 12 Regional Direc-tor Allan Farnazo said, the activ-ity will start with the Thanks-giving Mass to be officiated by Rev.Bishop Wilfredo Manlapaz at the RDR Gym by 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm.

Farnazo required all delegates to attend the mass no matter what religious group they belong.

“It is not about religion, it is all about faith.” he said.

Only athletes in gymnas-

tics, boxing and swimming are not required to join the Parade of Camaraderie and Friendship to be held at 2:00 pm.

More than 10,000 to 15,000 participants are expected to attend the activity.

During the formal opening pro-gram, Tagum City Mayor Allan Rellon will render his welcome message to all delegates while DavNor Gov-ernor Rodolfo Del Rosario and DepEd Region XI Director Atty. Alberto Escobrate will receive

the Palarong Pambansa Banner from the last year’s host, Laguna Governor Ramil Hernandez and Deped Region IV-A Director

Diosda-do San Antonio.

In-terior Secre-tary Manuel “Mar” Roxas will be this year’s Guest of Honor. After

his Keynote speech, Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro will officially declare the 2015 Palaro open.

A palarong pambansa themesong entitled “Palaro ng Pagakakaisa” will be played through a music video which will also be sang simultane-ously by all delegates.

RD Farnazo said, the song is also being played in all billeting quarters and most of the SRAA delegates have memorized said song.

Just like in every palaro opening ceremonies, DavNor will also showcase its cultural presentation through a field demonstration followed by the Pyro Musical Display.

A Lights and Sound Show follows at the Provincial Capi-tol Building after the opening ceremonies.

-Hydee S. Templonuevo

MAY 4, 2015

Region 12 all set for Palaro Opening ceremonies

The SOCCSKSARGEN Regional Athletic Associa-tion (SRAA) or Region 12 will showcase not only its sports prowess but also its unique culture through the “Saludo”, the traditional presentation of each athletic delegations dur-ing the opening ceremonies the Palarong Pambansa on May 4 at the Davao del Norte Sports Complex and Tourism Center (DNSCTC).

Department of Educa-tion 12 Regional Director Al-lan Farnazo said, the delega-tion will show to all regions all over the country the best things about the SOCCSK-SARGEN.

Farnazo said, for this year, SRAA will depict the concept of tri-people.

Clad on their official purple and white sports uniforms, three pairs of ath-letes will wear the traditional costumes of the Maguin-danaoan, Tboli tribe and the

tagum city, Davao Del norte | the regional athletic delegation ex-pressed their confidence to win this year’s special events competition in palarong pambansa.

Headed by the Region-al Director, Dr. Allan Farna-zo, CESO IV, the technical officials said that they are assertive to win the follow-ing special events namely: Saludo, Best Billeting Quar-ter, Most Clean and Green Region, Most Disciplined Delegation, Best Booth and Best in Uniform.

“With the help of our best and finest talents in SOCCSARGEN, we can surely get the crown for this year’s special events”, said Farnazo.

As a part of the re-gion’s preparation for this year’s special events, the group conceptualized a concept wherein they can showcase the finest culture of Region 12.

In Saludo competition, the Region will be featuring

lowlanders or the Christian settlers.

All delegates will also carry colorful props while do-ing their dance steps.

Jennifer Tupas, chairper-son of the Saludo and Socio-cultural committee said, the parade of camaraderie and friendship for each delega-tions will only last for three minutes, but this is going to be a fitting moment for the Region 12 delegation to show off and make a difference.

Tupas said, all delegates painstakingly practice their routines every morning prior to their sports training rituals.

SRAA to showcase unique cultureduring “Saludo”

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REGION 12: Confident to win this year’sspecial events

3SOCCSKSARGEN FLASHMAY 4, 2015

Citius, Altius, fortius, …Higher,faster, stronger…as the Olympic slogan says.The same applies to an athlete who continually hones skills. Every year is an opportunity to grow and

each competition is an arena to polish one’s ability. Like any other Palarong Pambansa competitions, this year is once again a chance to discover players who have potentials to fill the athletic coffer of the region.

Aside from the previous gold medal turners, other players whom our camera lens did not miss because of showing great promise come from various events. Our team nodded in agreement with the super-vising officials who pointed them as potential Warrior-medalists.

A sturdy gal who tapes her discus throws at 30 feet the least during trainings is Mary Jane Lawas. She has started joining the Palaro since grade six. Last year, she landed 4th in her throws and is cited to move up her rank this year as her previous contenders already graduated.

When she joined the open competition in Palawan last March 19-22, she got the bronze in shot put opposite her college opponents. According to coach, Noli Pabilico, the time has come for Mary Jane to reap the fruits of her training as her previous strong contenders are not there anymore.

Another girl power is a first-time Palaro athlete. She was the most bemedalled athlete in this year’s SRAA Meet in archery.

Although she started late as this is yet her second year in archery, she has shown so much promise. She got gold in 30”, 40”, 50”, and 60” distances hence grabbing the over-all

champ medal. Adding to her gold are the Olympic archery, mixed doubles, and team shooting.

This lass is the sweet- in- person-but-fierce-in-competition grade 9 student, Kimberly Puyong. - Zynafe V. Caijo

“It’s not about fighting but it’s all about building confidence and self- discipline.”

Taekwondo was just for

self-defense at first, yet she fell in love into it. Not only because she wants to protect herself from perpetrators but also she finds that this sport gives more mean-ing to her life.

Jeanisse Patricia Jubelag, a black belt holder represents SOCCSKSARGEN region for the fifth time to this prestigious national competition.

This 16 year-old lass has snatched the following medals in the previous palaro: silver (sparring) and bronze (indi-vidual and team poomsae) in 2009, bronze (sparring) in 2012, and silver (individual poomsae) in 2014.

She plans to study in University of the Philippines-Diliman this June, where she qualified in UP Taekwondo Club she has tried out recently.

Meanwhile, younger Jo-anna Pauline wants to follow the footsteps of her sister. Just like Jeanisse, Joanna enrolled in the training class at the age of eight.

Her dedication and per-severance to this sport brought

her the following achievements in palaro: bronze (sparring) in 2012, gold (team poomsae) and silver (sparring) in 2013, and gold in team poomsae last year.

Both sisters bank on exper-tise and experience to grab the gold for 2015 Palarong Pam-bansa in Tagum City.

As daughters of journalist-publisher John Paul T. Jubelag, they value their studies. Conflict

between the schedule of tourna-ments and examinations has taught them so much about time management.

These jins from GenSan be-lieve that to conquer others, you need to conquer yourself first. Committed to further enhance their prowess, they dream to be-come members of the Philippine Team someday.

-Raffy G. Herrera

Meet the Jubelag Sisters

Athletes to watch

Editorial Staff

Editor-in-Chief: SDS Crispin A. Soliven, Jr.

Members:SDS Romelito G. Flores

ASDS Miguel P. Fillalan, Jr.ASDS Natividad G. Ocon

ASDS Jasmin T. IslaASDS Ruth L. Estacio

Zynafe V. CaijoRaffy G. Herrera

Hydee TemplonuevoLurvie James Neri Fruto

Efren FranciscoLuz Lalli L. FerrerDr. Glenn A. BisnarKatherine H. LotillaMark R. MontanoVincent Cercado

Jane Michelle E. LasacaJerome B. Reynes

Reyman Rusty S. JaymeJoven Ryan G. Malida

Photos by: Raffy G. Herrera

Di na nakayanan pang bu-mangon ng koponan ng Rehiyon 10 sa kanilang paghaharap ng Rehiyon 12 sa larong balibol –

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the tri-people of Southern Mindanao including the dances and costumes of the Maguindanaon, Mus-lims, Christians, and other Tribalgroup.

The group also fea-tured the different products of the Region through the “One School, One Product” Booth just like the Bananas and Pineapple from South Cotabato, Sinamak Vin-egar from Koronadal City, Handicrafts from Sultan Kudarat, Fresh Fruits from Kidapawan, Pudpud, Pastil and Malong from the Cotabato City, Turmeric Power and Bangus from Sarangani and the Fresh Tuna from the Tuna Capital of the Philippines, General Santos City.

Meawhile, the techni-cal team is also conducting a strict monitoring on the billeting quarters and dis-cipline of the athletes and coaches by giving awards to those who got the clean-est quarter or the honor room and giving penalties to those who observed the horror room.

Dr. Allan Farnazo also imposed a “Greet before you eat rule” wherein the delegates must state their group first and greet every-body before they can get their meals for the day.

Winners of the differ-ent special events will be receiving cash prizes and recognition form the DepEd Central Office.

Region 12 managed to grab 2 silver and one bronze medal on the first day of the Palaro sports hostilities held at Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

Al-Nahquiev Sappari grabbed the first silver medal for the region in triple jump event for Boys/Elem.

Sappari, an elementary pupil at Lanton Elementary School in General Santos City has a record of 11.66- meter. He came second against Jayson Jabol of Bicol Region with a record of 11.88-meter.

Kent Hipona of Region VI settled for Bronze for his 11.42-meter.

Chess players Andre Miguel Jorgio from General Santos City and Sumail Sekak of Cotabato City won another Silver medal for team event; while Jorge won another Bronze for Blitz tourna-ment.

Coach Arvin Benedict Galanida said, the team is hopeful to win more medals for the region on the succeed-ing standard events on Wednesday.

Magdaleno Duhilag, regional sports coordinator said, it’s still a long way to go since it’s the first day of the sports events.

“There is still more time to recover and win more medals for the region.” he said.

For group events, Region 12 won in the Baseball Elementary and Secondary events against Eastern Visayas Region.

The team also won the Basketball match for Girls/ Sec 80 - 59 against EVRAA; and Bas-ketball Boys/Elem. 88-30 against ARMMAA.

All games are suspended today to give way for the opening ceremonies. Sports events resume on May 4 until May 9. -Hydee S. Templonuevo

SOCCSKSARGEN Ele-mentary male smashers whacked out Region 1 in their two out of three volleyball match securing one of the first wins of Region 12 on the first day of Palarong Pambansa, Brgy. Magugpo Gym, May 3.

Region’s libero, Elizha Edison Pagang-pang displayed defensive strength and led his team in snatching the mo-mentum to topple the opponent.

Double-block defense proved a winning strategy employed by coaches Ildefonso Libdan and Marlon Natayada. Deploying double team ups of Sagrado-Suarez and Castillon-Delfin gave way for the team’s

supremacy.Leading strong on the first

set, the Warriors posted series of points to conclude the set at 25-23. However, the Warriors let down their guards and com-mitted series of errors giving way for the opposite team to deuce at 22 and finally losing the set to R-1 , 23-25.

With the tossing skills of Francis Galo, the Warriors turned the tables around and buoyed back to control the rhythm of the game concluding the third set at 25-17.

- Zynafe V. Caijo

continuation...Region 12:

R-12 Smashers zap R-1, 2-1

SRAA wins 2 Silver, 1 Bronze on first day of Palaro

-Lurvie James Neri Fruto

Game 5 na ginanap sa University of Mindanao -Tagum Gym, 2-0.

Sa unang set ng laro, buong tapang na inungusan ng Warriors

ang kala-ban sa pa-mamagi-tan ng sunod sunod na puntos na naitabi ni Dino Sioson, spiker ng koponan. Nagtapos

Rehiyon 12 pinadapa ang Rehiyon 10, 2-0Sa Balibol boys – sekundarya

ang unang set sa iskor na 23-25.Lumamang ng anim na

puntos ang Warriors sa ikala-wang set ng laban, 19-25, kaya tuluyan nang nalusaw ang ambi-syon ng kalaban na umabante pa.

Parehong magaling ang bawat koponan kung basehan ang liksi at tangkad subalit sadyang matibay ang pagkakaisa ng SOCCSKSARGEN Warriors upang patumbahin ang Northern Mindanao.

“Malakas sila, yung ka-liweti nila kalakas, muntik na ngang tamaan ang anak kong si Joseph pero nadale namin sila sa

fast play,” wika ni G. Romulo Balala, trainer ng koponan.

Naibahagi din ni G. Balala na lalo nilang pinabilis ang pagtala ng puntos upang humabol pa sa panonood sa labanang Mayweather at Pac-quiao.

Sa panalong ito, haharap-in ng Rehiyon 12 and Rehiyon 2 sa Martes, Mayo 5. Kinakail-angang matalo ng Warriors ang koponan ng Cagayan Valley upang umabanse sa semi-finals.

-Raffy G. Herrera