WVRAA 2011 Meet Opens Last March 20 In Iloilo City

Iloilo City, Philippines - Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet 2011 opened last Sunday, March 20, 2011 in a simple ceremony and a 30 minute fireworks display. More than 3,000 athletes, coaches, sports officials, Department of Education and government officials attended the ceremony. This annual gathering of potential young athletes across the region converged in Iloilo City to see who's the best who will later compete at the national finals to be held in May in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.The sports competition is divided into two levels: elementary and secondary level boys and girls.

     The WVRAA 2011 Literary Musical Contest was held last March 19, 2010 at the Cinema 6 of the SM City Iloilo Mall. Here is the official result of the concluded 2011 WVRAA Meet Literary Musical Contest. The result here only shows the champion or 1st place because I could not find the runners up info online and also I could not find some contest piece information  but I only included the contest piece of some I know.

Elementary Level:

English Declamation - Danelle Rose Ampunan

(West Visayas State University - Integrated Laboratory School - Elem., Lapaz, Iloilo City) Iloilo

Filipino Declamation - (Badiangan Elementary School, Badiangan) Iloilo

Vocal Solo (Classical) - Ann Mariel Salazar (Libacao Elementary School, Libacao) Aklan

Vocal Solo (Pop) - Lirah Lin Paz Bermudez (Pres. Roxas SPED, Roxas City) Capiz

Folk Dance - Pavia Elementary School, Pavia - Iloilo

Contest Piece: Kiriwkiw

Secondary Level:

English Declamation - Japhet Khid Dueñas (Maayon National High School, Maayon) Capiz

Filipino Declamation  - Laires Jan Sobremente (Pavia National High School, Pavia) Iloilo

Contest Piece - Tataro

Impromptu Speech - Augil Marie Robles (Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, Binalbagan) Negros Occidental

Vocal Solo (Classical) - Merrel Mei Secondes (Don Felix Serra National High School, San Joaquin) Iloilo

Contest Piece - Mutya ng Pasig

Vocal Solo (Pop) - Dorothy Joy Siy (Capiz National High School, Roxas) Capiz

Folk Dance - Colegio de la Purisima, Roxas Capiz

Contest Piece - Bilaskogay

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Iloilo City, Philippines and Yulin City, China Are Now Twin City!

Iloilo City, Philippines - We are happy to say that Iloilo City, Philippines and Yulin City, China are now the so-called "TWIN CITY" after a sisterhood pact was signed yesterday, March 3 by Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog and Yulin City Vice-Mayor Jiang Guo Cheng, who was the head of the Chinese delegation who arrived in the city days ago for the agreement and to have a city tour. Among the places the Chinese delegation visited is the South East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, the leading fishery study and breeding center in Southeast Asia. According to a Chinese official the visit is a good opportunity to learn how to put up and maintain a fish facility in their native city, Yulin since they do not have any facility on fish breeding yet. In exchange, they would like to share their knowledge about their progressive agriculture industry to the city and province of Iloilo. Yulin is the second largest city in the Guangxi Province, China.