The inauguration of a P158-million modernized city gymnasium and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance Center will highlight the opening of the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City on Friday, March 15.
Sagay City’s “Festival of Many Causes” will kick-off at the City Public Plaza, followed by the inauguration and blessing of the Sagay City Gymnasium and NBI Clearance Center that are both located at the plaza complex.
The Sagay City Gymnasium is a fully air conditioned gymnasium with a 1,500 seating capacity and a wooden maple basketball court floor, a press release from Sagay City said Wednesday.
It will feature a sports clinic, performers’ holding area, sports stable and fitness gym, locker with shower, ticket booth, and audio room.
The gym can be a venue for sports, cultural activities, medium-size meetings, conventions, and events, the press release said.
The NBI Clearance Center will also be fully operational at the Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri Building, making it the only clearance center outside of Bacolod City in Negros Occidental.
The NBI can cater to clearance requests starting Friday.
NBI Director Medardo De Lemos will be this year’s guest speaker during the opening ceremony.
Following the program at the plaza, Mayor Narciso Javelosa Jr., Vice Mayor Leo Rafael Cueva, Rep. Alfredo Marañon III (Neg. Occ., 2nd District), and the city councilors will open the four festival villages.
They are the Tali-ambong Food and Entertainment Village, Dagway Sagay Arts and Culture Village, Bugay Sagay Agro Aqua Village, and Livestock and Poultry Village.
The five-day festival from March 15 to 19 will also be highlighted with various sectoral activities, academic events, sports events, religious events with St Joseph Parish, Sinigayan Queen, the Sinigay sa Sagay Saot para sa Dunang Manggad Advocacy Festival Dance, and celebrity performances from Orange and Lemons, Yuya, Mandirigma and Cup of Joe.
On March 19 the Sagay Water District will sponsor Free Face Painting from three strategic places as their way of supporting arts and advocacy dance in Sagay City.
This year’s theme is “A Celebration of Joy and Thanksgiving” to highlight the awards and recognitions the city has received from various national and international agencies.*