The inauguration of a P158-million modernized city gymnasium and a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance Center will highlight the opening of the 28th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City on March 15, a press release from Sagay PIO said.
Sagay City’s “Festival of Many Causes” will kick-off at the City Public Plaza, to be followed by the inauguration and blessing of the Sagay City Gymnasium and NBI Clearance Center, both located at the plaza complex.
The Sagay City Gymnasium is a fully air conditioned gymnasium with a 1,500 seating capacity, and featuring a wooden maple floored basketball court.
It will feature a sports clinic, performer’s holding area, sports stable and fitness gym, lockers with showers, ticket booth, and audio room.
The gym can be a venue for sports and cultural activities in the City and can host medium-sized meetings, conventions, and events.
The NBI Clearance Center will be fully operational at the Sen. Miguel Zubiri Building, where it will cater to NBI clearances starting March 15, making it the only clearance center outside of Bacolod City, in Negros Occidental.
NBI Director Atty. 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, and 2nd District Rep. Alfredo Marañon, III, along with city councilors, will open the four festival villages, 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 be highlighted with various sectoral activities, academic events, sports events, religious events with the St. Joseph Parish, Sinigayan Queen, the Sinigay sa Sagay Saot para sa Dunang Manggad Advocacy Festival Dance, along with celebrity performances from Orange and Lemons, Yuya, Mandirigma and Cup of Joe.
On March 19, the Sagay Water District will sponsor free face painting events in three strategic places as their way of supporting the arts and advocacy dance of 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.*
