Thursday, November 15, 2007 Mayor turns over P2.4-M BSP building
THE Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) in the region can now boast of its own building, courtesy of the City Government of Zamboanga.
Mayor Celso Lobregat Wednesday spearheaded the turnover and inauguration of the P2.4 million Western Mindanao Regional Service Center located at the Pasonanca Park as he vowed to pursue more projects and programs in support of the scouting movement in the city and the region.
He hoped that the facility would help promote scouting in the city and "ignite the spirit of the boy scouts and their counterparts-the girl scouts."
The building is located at Camp Jose T. Atilano inside the Pasonanca park premises. It is right in front of the world-famous tree house, one of the landmarks of the city.
"The city (government) of Zamboanga has been and will always be supportive of the scouting movement," he declared.
Present to accept the newly-constructed two storey building were BSP Secretary General J. Rizal Pangilinan, BSP Western Mindanao director Petronilo Pardillo, BSP Council chairman Vice Mayor Manuel Dalipe, BSP Zamboanga Executive Director Arhur Grino, Assistant Schools Superintendent Pedro Natividad, and members of the BSP Board of directors.
The BSP secretary general accepted the building declaring that scouting in Western Mindanao has entered a new threshold.
He said the building is a seal of the continuing partnership between the City Government and the BSP in molding a new breed of Filipino leaders. (Sheila E. Covarrubias)
