‘Pasidungog Eduardo A. Makabenta Sr. para han Siday’ contest winners bared

By NEIL D. LOPIDO
September 15, 2010

TACLOBAN CITY  –  The Sinirangan Culture and Arts Development Center, Office of the Cultural Affairs and Special Projects of the Leyte Normal University headed by Director Jose N. Lianza announces the winners of the first-ever poetry contest in Waray dubbed as “Pasidungog Eduardo A. Makabenta Para han Siday.”

Poems of Imelda Agustin Ruiz of Punta Princesa, Cebu City got the first prize of P8,000.00 while Jhonil C. Bajado of Maydolong, Eastern Samar and Leonilo D. Lopido of Villahermosa, Dolores, Eastern Samar landed second and third place with a prize of P5,000.00 and P3,000.00, respectively. Each of these winners will also receive a Makabenta Diploma and trophies.

The awarding ceremony will be held at the HRDC, Alba Hall, Leyte Normal University on October 13, 2010, the 125th birthday of then Eduardo A. Makabenta, Sr. Expected guests who will attend said event are the municipal mayors of Carigara, Barugo, and San Miguel, the towns of Makabentas, together with officials of the province of Leyte.

The contest aimed to encourage the youth to write on our own language; give honor to the Waray culture and language; and honor one of the writers who saved our language, Eduardo A. Makabenta, Sr.