DENR Region XI

Aside from commemorating the 110th Philippine Independence Day last Thursday (June 12), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Region XI held its Opening Program for this year’s Inter-color Sports Festival in line with the celebration of the Environment Month at the regional office in Lanang, Davao City. The participants of this Inter-color Sporsfest were composed of different teams from the region and from the PENROs. This year’s teams/colors are the following: Office of the RED and Forest Management Services (FMS) - RED Team; Lands Management Services (LMS) - Brown Team; Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB), Ecosystems Research & Development Services (ERDS) and Protected Areas & Wildlife, Coastal Zone & Marine Management Services (PAWCZMMS) - White Team; PENRO Davao del Norte - Green Team; PENRO Davao Oriental - Purple Team; PENRO Davao del Sur, Blue team; and, PENRO Comval - Yellow Team.

The first part of the program was purely devoted to the listening of various Filipino songs to set the mood of patriotism before the Flag Raising Ceremony, songs of Freddie Aguilar, Joey Ayala, Celeste Legazpi and Asin, to name a few, were constantly played for the purpose.

The second part which was the official opening program of this year’s Environment Month Sportsfest began with the Parade of Banners from the different Teams. The parade was followed by the banner-design contest which was won by the Lands Management Services (LMS) Team, followed by the RED Team (ORED and FMS). The third spot was garnered by the White Team (EMB, MGB, ERDS and PAWCZMMS).

Highlighting the program were the presentations of Cheers and Yells from the different teams and the recitation of the Oath of Sportsmanship led by Chief for Forest Resources Conservation Division (FRCD) Forester Claudio T. Jumao-as. The third and final part of the program were the Volleyball and Basketball competition.

Other games being played for this year’s Environment Month Sportsfest were Badminton, Lawn Tennis and Bowling.

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