YagYag Fest wins
Buglasan showdown
BY CECILE GENOVE

The 10-day Buglasan Festival of Festivals ended yesterday with a two-part fireworks display competition at the Rizal Boulevard in Dumaguete City.

The winners of the festival showdown Friday morning at the Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, also in Dumaguete, were also announced during the selection and coronation of the Buglasan King and Queen at the Benigno S. Aquino Freedom Park stage.

They were Yagyag Festival of Sibulan town, first; Tawotawo Festival, Bayawan, second; and, Himbabalud Festival, Jimalalud, third. The Yagyag contingent also won as best drum corps and best in choreography, and those of Tawotawo as best identification arc, best costume, and best in street dance.

Faithful urged to continue
to hope despite harsh times
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes exhorted the faithful to continue to hope despite the harsh times prevailing today, not only in the Philippines but elsewhere in the world, in his message on his 34th anniversary in the priesthood Friday.

Cortes focused on hopes as the center of the lives of Christians, relying on God’s immeasurable generosity and faithfulness.

“Despair is not in our vocabulary as Christians,” the 58-year old prelate from Siquijor said. “We are a people of hope and we just have to continue obeying God’s will, believing that we are not alone,” he added.

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