Tagbilaran Metropolis Mayor Jane Yap. | Picture grabbed from town authorities’s dwell video
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Tagbilaran Metropolis Authorities guarantees a grandiose celebration as they welcome balikbayans and international vacationers coming from around the globe to this yr’s Saulog Competition.
However Mayor Jane Yap gave the peace of mind that their preparations may have minimal value to town since a lot of the Saulog Tagbilaran actions will likely be sponsored by their non-public sector companions.
Yap mentioned town authorities is coordinating with journey and tour businesses to deliver dwelling Tagbilaranons who’re in different elements of the world for them to affix this yr’s celebration.
As well as, they’re additionally wanting ahead having extra international vacationers go to their metropolis, particularly through the Saulog Road Dancing and Ritual Showdown Competitors on April 27.
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“We’re coordinating with tour businesses for vacationers, not solely Boholanos, not solely Filipinos, however all races to affix us in Saulog Tagbilaran,” she mentioned.
Saulog Competition
The pageant was formally launched final March 16, along with the 460th anniversary of the historic blood compact between Boholano chieftain, Datu Sikatuna, and Spanish Common Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.
It began the providing of flowers on the Blood Compact Monument positioned on the Friendship Park in Brgy. Bool in Tagbilaran Metropolis that’s thought-about as the center and soul of the Province of Bohol. A brief program adopted.
“4 hundred and sixty years in the past, this act of friendship and alliance laid the muse of mutual understanding, signifying the Boholanos’ willingness to embrace peace over battle, cooperation over division,” Yap mentioned in her message.
| A presentation depicting the historic blood compact through the launch of Saulog Tagbilaran 2025. | CDN Digital photograph
Robust Partnership
To make the celebration much more memorable, Bohol Governor Erico Aris Aumentado joined the Saulog launch for the primary time.
“Tonight, I want to emphasize that the presence of our beloved Governor of the Province of Bohol becoming a member of this yr’s Tagbilaran Metropolis Saulog opening and Blood Compact commemoration is an indication of a powerful partnership between the provincial authorities led by Governor Aris Aumentado and town authorities underneath the Yap-Jala administration,” Yap mentioned.
Aumentado, for his half, mentioned that he was very honored to have been a part of this yr’s Saulog Competition launch.
“Saulog will function a window that may showcase one of the best of Tagbilaran and Bohol, on the whole,” he mentioned.
“We have now witnessed how Tagbilaran has grown through the years and Saulog is a method of providing our deepest gratitude to the Almighty by the intercession of St. Joseph the employee,” Aumentado added.
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