DOT 8 stages Regional Photo Exhibit and Competition to commemorate 66th Leyte Gulf Landings

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
October 14, 2010

TACLOBAN CITY  –  A Regional Photo Exhibit and Competition will be staged on October 18 to 22, 2010, at the People’s Center and Library, sponsored by the Provincial Government of Leyte, with the Department of Tourism Region 8 and the Camera Club of Leyte and Samar cooperating.

Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said the Regional Photo Exhibit and Competition will showcase the legacy of the past with the theme: “Passing on the Torch of Heroism to the Youth of the Land.”

“This is in line with the 66th Anniversary of the Leyte Gulf Landings to honor once again foes and friends alike who strove hard to attain peace and promote harmony among the people of the world,” Director Tiopes said.

The activity coincides with the 4th Leyte Province Business Month celebration which focuses, among others, on the Tourism sector as a vehicle to propel the socio-economic growth of the Province of Leyte, Region 8 and the nation as a whole.

The exhibit will feature the works of professional photographers as well of winning entries of the amateur photographers, Director Tiopes added.

Meanwhile, Ms. Trina Dacuycuy of DOT 8 informed that the Competition has three categories. The first category is dubbed as Uniquely Leyte which is an open category to include landscape, still life and portrait that showcases the uniqueness of the Province of Leyte, Ms. Dacuycuy said.

The second category is the Heritage Structures which include photographs of houses, buildings, monuments in Eastern Visayas that have been inexistence prior to World War II.

The third category is the Interpretation of the theme “Passing on the Torch to of Heroism to the Youth of Today.”