All is set to the 13th Boy Scouts Regional Jamborette in Maasin

By BONG PEDALINO (PIA Southern Leyte)
January 21, 2008

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte  –  It’s all set for the holding of another Regional Boy Scouts Jamborette in this city within the month, from January 30 until February 3, to be held at the Danao Forest Park.

The site is now “60% to 70% ready,” said Mayor Maloney Samaco, in a sideline chat with PIA Wednesday shortly before he delivered his first State-of-the-City (SOCA) address at the city gym.

Some 3,000 to 4,000 scouts and scouters from various places in Regions 7 and 8 are expected to come for the duration of the activity, where challenges and adventures usually await the young for them to enjoy, learn, and have clean fun.

“We just hope the weather will cooperate,” Mayor Samaco said earlier in a radio program, referring to the rainy conditions that continue to prevail last week until this writing.

The guest of honor for the occasion will be Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay, the national President of the Boy Scouts, and he had confirmed his intention to personally come to grace the opening ceremonies and spend the night in the city, Mayor Samaco had said.

A parade to mark the opening ceremonies will be held in the afternoon of January 30, starting from Anatalio Gaviola Public Plaza in the city’s center up to the Capitol Sunken grounds, to be followed with a brief program.

This will be the 13th Regional Jamborette, but this is the first time the city will host such event.

In his 13-point agenda, on Youth Empowerment, Samaco included the activation of scouting in all schools with matching trainings.

He also encouraged the same degree of training for girl scouting, appointing his Mother, Engr. Esperanza Samaco to become the “city girl scouting coordinator at a salary of P 1.00 a year.”