Region III athletes broke records and won 12 gold medals at the 2013 Palarong Pambansa games in Dumaguete City. Bryan Jay Pacheco set a new record in javelin throw with a distance of 57.81 meters. Rafael Barretto won 7 gold medals in swimming and set 3 new Palaro records, being named Most Valuable Player in elementary boys swimming. Region III finished 4th runner up overall and RD Dr. Isabelita M. Borres distributed Reading Recovery toolkits to 20 schools to support the DepEd's goal of making every child a reader.
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RO3 athletes break records in Palaro13
By Eva B. Imingan, EPS-OIC
The athletes of Region III have
posted record breaking performance in this years 56th Palarong
Pambansa (also known as 2013
Palaro) held in the city of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental on April 2127, establishing new records to conquer for next year in four sporting
events and went on to take home
12 gold medals to boot from seven
categories played during the event.
Leading the pack of warriors
who triumphed during the activity is Bryan Jay Pacheco who
raised the bar in Javelin Throw
by scoring a powerful hurl reaching 57.81 meters overthrowing old
records set by Alleloid Lumabao
in 2002 and Danilo Abra in 2012.
Meanwhile, the feat was also
equaled by the swimming team
with Rafael Barretto of Bulacan
as he matched the seven-gold
swim romp in the boys elementary division while setting three
Palaro marks and was awarded
as the Most Valuable Player in
Swimming Elementary Boys.
Barretto, the swimming lead-
ing contender, made a debut by Great Triumph.
topping the following swimming
Region III is on top of the game as RD Dr. Isabelita M. Borres, Education Program Supervisors II Guillermo Bogevents: 50 meter butterfly, 50 not and Odon Santiago receives the trophy as 4th Runner-up during the 2013 Palarong Pambansa as DepEd Secmeter freestyle, 100 meter but- retary Armin Luistro and Dumaguete Mayor Manuel Chiquiting Teves Sagarbarria strike a pose to celebrate
terfly, 100 meter freestyle and the the great moment.
two medley relays of their swimming team by winning double gold
medals and a record in one of the
three categories where he joined
100 and 200 meter freestyle and
the legendary 400x100meter
medley relay with Bieber Pangan.
RD Borres distributes
Reading Recovery toolkits
Marie Ann Ligsay, EPS II
The Regional Director, Dr. Isabelita
M. Borres distributed Reading Recovery Toolkit thru the Supply Division
of the regional office to 20 recipient
schools during Regional Training
for School Paper Advisers held May
27-29 at RELC, Pulungbulu, Angeles
City. This is in consonance with the
regions total commitment to providing quality basic education for all
children, youth, and adults by the
year 2015 which is the main objective of the Every Child a Reader
Program (ECARP) of the DepEd.
The said kits were received by
winning SPAs Allan P. David (Cabanatuan City); Perlita C. De Guzman (Bulacan); Don Peter Bada
(Zambales); Elizabeth Sto. Domingo
(Olongapo City); Dan Mark Nieto and
Romeo Valderama (SJDM); Rowena
N. Dela Cruz, (Prenza NHS); Nar-
ciso Mendiola (Pampanga); Mirozon Valdez (Cabanatuan City) just
to name a few.The reading toolkit
serves as an instructional material
and a guide for developing effective
balanced reading programs based
on the principles for early grades
developmental reading program .