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DOT Sec Jimenez to grace 110th Balangiga Encounter Commemoration

By NINFA B QUIRANTE, PIA Borongan
September 22, 2011

BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar  –  As Balangiga marks its 110th Balangiga Encounter, this town expects newly appointed Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Ramon Jimenez to grace the event on September 28, 2011.

Jimenez will attend a program in Balangiga’s covered court which stands adjacent to the Balangiga Encounter Monument, an artwork by National Artist Napoleon Abueva.

As always the case, Balangiga’s local talents will perform a re-enactment of the Balangiga Encounter.

Meanwhile, the provincial government of Eastern Samar will sponsor a cultural and literary night on September 27, 2011 in Borongan, to honor the heroes of the Balangiga Encounter. Competitions for students from elementary and high schools from all over the province include oratorical contest, extemporaneous speaking contest, on-the-spot essay writing contest, and a quiz bee – all with the Balangiga Encounter as its central theme.

On September 28, Eastern Samar Governor Conrado B. Nicart Jr will lead employees of the local government, national government agencies, and the police in a wreath-laying activity in Borongan City.

A hundred and ten years ago, the men of Balangiga and nearby towns, commanded by the town’s police chief Valeriano Abanador fought against the American forces’ rifles with their bolos.

The encounter, considered one of the bloodiest in the Philippine-American War is also described as the United States Military’s “worst single defeat” in the country.