THIS city’s famed “Cawa-Cawa” Boulevard will be the site of the Philippine Scouting Centennial Monument to remind Filipinos that Zamboanga City is the birthplace of the first scouting activity 100 years ago.
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) in collaboration with the City Government on Wednesday afternoon, November 15, spearheaded the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the centennial monument in the area.
Those who graced the ceremony were: engineer Rogelio Villa, BSP secretary general; artist Nemesio Miranda; youth mayor KC Madrazo; lawyer Emilio Aquino, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner; BSP regional chair Alrasheed Sakalahul; Councilor Rommel Agan; and Zamboanga Economic Zone chairperson and administrator Christopher Lawrence Arnuco.
Villa said the monument will be a permanent landmark for the BSP that will remind scouters and the public about “the lady who thought of the future of the youth and who saw the importance of nurturing and developing the minds of young people to become productive citizens.”
Villa thanked the city government under the stewardship of Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar for supporting the dream of the BSP National executive board by allowing the renowned “Cawa-Cawa” to be the site of the monument. (Bong Garcia/SunStar Philippines)