16 GenSan High schoolers assume city hall posts
Effective today, November 17th and until the 21st, sixteen students, from among the city’s premier high schools will immerse themselves in their new roles as the junior versions of the elected officials of the local government of General Santos, the Tuna Capital of the Philippines.
A yearly endeavor of Youth Affairs and Development Office under Elmer Cequina, this program seeks out the best and the brightest among the Tuna Capital’s highschoolers and through a series of interviews and exams, 16 of them will be tapped as younger counterparts of the mayor, the vice mayor and the fourteen city councilors.
The assignment of posts however are determined by the students themselves who will vote among them their choices for the different positions.
For this year, elected Junior City Mayor is Hope Christian School’s Hennela Jin Kwan who also topped the exams and panel interviews. Vice Mayor is Mindanao State University’s Charis Kay Antonio.
The rest who will assume the positions of the fourteen juniors city councilors are Romeo Martin, Jr., Lara Mae Lorenzo, John Mar Dangane, Charmane Dawn Esper and Gwenbelle Acharon (all of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University – IBED Lagao Campus); Christel Anne Chu-Santos, April Joy Ong, Ciarra King, Kycia VAnelie G. Cue and Glenn Francis Gacal (of General Santos Hope Christian School); Shareen Miranda and Quenny Guibone (of Notre Dame of General Santos); Mindanao State University’s Katherine Anne Facelo and General Santos City High School’s Jay Vaughnn Pelonio.
General Santos City Mayor Jun Acharon himself administered their oath taking at the City Mayor’s Conference room after giving his short pep talk.
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- GenSan’s new PNP City and Regional Directors assume office
- The Old GenSan City Hall Building is 59 this year!
- GenSan City Hall sets up Traffic Lights System at 2 HiWay Junctions
- Official “Magandang GenSan Icon” launched at City Hall
- My alma mater NDDU Elementary Dept. transfers to Lagao
Bariles is Tagalog word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
dimple Says:
congratulations to the this year’s Junior Officials!..
Posted on November 17th, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Paul Says:
sumusweldo din ba sila katulad ng mga officials?
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 12:00 PM
tanchi Says:
galing…may maibubuga tlaga ang school ko sa high school:)
GSCHS..
congrats to all new junior officials:)
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 12:41 PM
jinky Says:
Wow! congratulations to this bunch of young, talented generals!
‘just enjoy the experience, guys!
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 1:32 PM
orman Says:
congratulations to everyone who made it especially to kycia cue!
ormans last blog post..Think of Me
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 2:25 PM
dimple Says:
for paul – nope.. wala silang matatanggap nah honorarium or cash gifts and the likes.. but in the absence of those.. the fact that you were chosen to be one of the JUNIOR OFFICIALS is like receiving the a year paycheck..
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Emperor Green Says:
Romeo Martin, Jr.. ..haha congrats sa imo clubmate sa science club…
1st place sad ka sa declamation..
Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 5:00 PM
joanna Says:
wow! congrats young generals.^^
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 5:43 AM
Rhey Says:
were just hoping that this is not an avenue for them to learn how to corrupt in many ways….
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 7:59 AM
SleeplessInKL Says:
What a great opportunity for these kids! Who knows? One of them will serve the city for real one day.
SleeplessInKLs last blog post..I Knew It!
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 12:59 PM
bariles Says:
Definitely that’s not part of the agenda of the program Rhey. Hopefully, they’ll come out of this more appreciative of how government works. Thanks for your response.
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 1:14 PM
bariles Says:
That’s not too farfetched SleeplessInKL.
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 1:16 PM
bariles Says:
Hi Joana! Glad to see you’re back. Regards to Sir Ariel. Does Sarangani have the same program?
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 1:17 PM
bariles Says:
I like your suggestion Jinky.
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 1:18 PM
bariles Says:
Haha! Special mention man gyud ang inaanak mo ha?
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Kritiko Says:
D naba tlga ma post ang e-biz 2008 and e-competitions winners?
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 10:07 PM
bariles Says:
james, better check it with the organizers. I do not have the results I am only involved with the Bloggers Summit which kept me busy during the E-business week. Visit the guys at AMA-CLCC. They can assist you. I hope this helps.
Posted on November 19th, 2008 at 10:49 PM
meikko Says:
congrats new batch of gscjo! i’ve been a junior official also way back 2004. gaining the position of junior city vice-mayor. to answer the question of paul if sumuswledo din ba sila. the answer is no. the only privilges they will have are just more on trainings and workshops specialized for the youth, i.e. workshop for resolution making, parliamentary procedure, and other basic administrative skills.
for tanchi: kudos jud sa mga tga city high! sa batch namo 4 mi nkasulod sa gscjo.
wer planning to have a grand alumni for gscjo. so sa mga alumni ng gscjo program ng yado e-mail me at mjforones@gmail.com
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 PM
meikko Says:
reunion i mean for all the batches of gscjo…
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 PM
bariles Says:
@meikko -
Good luck on your plans meikko. Thanks for your comments here.
Posted on December 4th, 2008 at 10:25 AM
quenny Says:
@tanchi –
thanks.
congratz ke Jay vaugn.
LOL
happy new year pla s lhat.!
hi sir eLmer..
Ü
Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 5:05 PM
danny Says:
hehehee…im one of the newly elected…
Posted on December 7th, 2009 at 11:34 AM