DAVAO CITY- A team made up of news reporters from the
military and police beat, won the Bowling for Peace tournament last Saturday
(Sept. 26) at B3 Bowling and Billiards Bar NCCC Mall in Davao City.
The AFP-PNP press corps team had to withstand a furious rally made
by the Philippine Information Agency XI team in the third game. The champion
team scored a total of 1926 pins leading just three pins over
the eventual second-placer PIA-XI team who scored 1,923 pins.
The PIA-XI team came out blazing in the third and final game of
the tournament as they overtook the PNP team and nearly toppling the AFP/PNP
press corps team who came out strong in the first and second game.
The Philippine National Police team grabbed third place with 1,854
pins while All-Out Peace, a selection made up of peace advocates had 1,678 pins
good for fourth place they were followed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines
team who had 1,584 pins.
Television reporter and anchor Paul Palacio had the highest single
score for men with 178 pins while Ayan Mellijor of the Philippine Information
Agency team had a highest single games record for women with 132 pins.
The Bowling for Peace is a multi-stakeholders sports festival and
one of the activities of the 12th National Peace Consciousness
Month held on September. It is organized by the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) together with the AFP-PNP Press Corps
Southern Mindanao and supported by Maguindanao Governor Toto Mangudadatu, Davao
City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, San Miguel Beer and White House Fusion Cuisine.
According to OPAPP Mindanao Media Bureau Director Marlon Peter
Dedumo the one-day sports festival aims to rally different peace partners from
sectors such as the media, the military, police, civil society organizations,
the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) and the MNLF (Moro National Liberation
Front) and other sectoral partners to show unity among the partners and to
express commitment and support in the ongoing efforts of the national
government in achieving peace. (PIA/RG Alama)
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