MAYOR Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar will lead on Saturday, June 23, the annual commemoration of the "Dia de Fundacion de Chavacano (Chavacano Foundation Day)" in Zamboanga City.

Salazar said the celebration will kick off with a commemorative program at 8 a.m. at the activity area, East Wing, KCC Mall de Zamboanga.

City Government officials and employees, representatives from national and regional government agencies, as well as from the business, religious, academe and other sectors are expected to join the commemoration.

Salazar said an inter-school Chavacano quiz bee competition will follow the program, which will be participated in by elementary, as well as junior and senior high school students.

Chavacano, a Spanish derivative language that traces its beginnings back to June 23, 1635 when the cornerstone of the Fuerza de San Jose, now more popularly known as Fort Pilar, was laid down.

The observance is pursuant to City Ordinance 374, which declared every June 23rd of the year as Dia de Fundacion de Chavacano. (SunStar Philippines)