DAVAO DEL NORTE, November 10 (PIA) -
- The annual sporting event for the provincial government employees launched
earlier today at the Davao del Norte Sports Complex.
Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario declared
the opening of the sporting event dubbed as Capitolympics, which will be
participated by the provincial employees divided into seven teams.
The teams will compete in
basketball, volleyball, badminton, lawn/table tennis, swimming, kickball,
athletic and board events, in which the regular games will be held every Friday
starting on November 14 and the awarding ceremony during the Christmas Party of
the provincial government.
Governor Del Rosario stressed that
the provincial government should be promoting health and wellness among its
employees as the most valuable resource in the delivering the service to the
public.
He said that the provincial capitol
will bring in today the spirit of Tagum City as the sports tourism destination
of the province.
He likened the province’s three
component cities as the competing teams with its distinct strengths.
“We hope that the province will be
known in the future through the unique characteristics of our component cities
- Samal as the premier tourism destination with medical tourism area, Panabo as
an agro-fishery tourism area and Tagum as a sport tourism area,” he said.
The opening of the Capitolympics was
highlighted with the Cheer Dance Competition, which was won by the team CoTers
composed of the employees from the offices of the Governor, Provincial
Administrator, Information Officer and Legal Officer.
Team
Builders (offices of the Provincial Engineer and Planning and Development
Coordinator) and Team Legislators (offices of the Vice Governor, and
Sanggunaing Panlalawigan members and secretariat) came in second and third
respectively. (PIA 11, Michael Uy)
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