Panagbenga Festival rescheduled March 21 to 29
Published Feb 12, 2020 12:00 am
By Zaldy Comanda
BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio Flower Festival Foundation, Inc. (BFFFI) announced that the Silver Anniversary of the Panagbenga Festival will push through from February 22 to April 5, after its postponement on February 1 due to the threat of 2019 novel Coronavirus acute respiratory disease (Covid-19).
Twenty-four flower-decked floats took part in this year’s Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City Sunday. The festival is Baguio’s biggest attractions and draws thousands of visitors. (Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
This was disclosed by BFFFI Executive Chairman Anthony de Leon during the Kapihan sa Baguio media forum here Wednesday, February 12.
The grand opening parade of elementary school drum and lyre groups will be on March 21, while the grand cultural parade will be on March 28. The much awaited crowd drawer – the Parade of Flower of Floats – will be held on March 29.
He said the BFFFI committees and city officials, as well as the stakeholders and sponsors, have agreed to proceed with the festivities.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong previously suspended the famed Panagbenga Festival following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of the Covid-19 outbreak as a global health emergency.
Magalong agreed to proceed with the Silver Anniversary of the Panagbenga Festivals on the new dates after he met with health officials, who reported that the situation was getting better after four persons under investigation (PUI) were already discharged from hospital.
Three others are on self-quarantine in their respective homes.
“ I just want to inform you that until now we don’t have any NCov cases in the city of Baguio, were clean and hopefully that the people sustain the NCov free environment in our city,” Magalong said.
“Ang panawagan ko lang sa mga organizers ng iba’t ibang events na magaganap sa lungsod na make sure that they will undertake all necessary measure that all coming visitors will be properly screen.”
The other main events to be re-scheduled are the PMA Alumni Homecoming on February 22 and the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association on March 23 to 27.
The other Panagbenga traditional events will be the Flower tee golf tournament on Feb 22; the school-based landscapping competition on March 4-6; Handog ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya sa Baguio, Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, Kite Flying Competition, Panagbenga Cultural Show and Fireworks display on March 15.
Twenty-four flower-decked floats took part in this year’s Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City Sunday. The festival is Baguio’s biggest attractions and draws thousands of visitors. (Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
This was disclosed by BFFFI Executive Chairman Anthony de Leon during the Kapihan sa Baguio media forum here Wednesday, February 12.
The grand opening parade of elementary school drum and lyre groups will be on March 21, while the grand cultural parade will be on March 28. The much awaited crowd drawer – the Parade of Flower of Floats – will be held on March 29.
He said the BFFFI committees and city officials, as well as the stakeholders and sponsors, have agreed to proceed with the festivities.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong previously suspended the famed Panagbenga Festival following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of the Covid-19 outbreak as a global health emergency.
Magalong agreed to proceed with the Silver Anniversary of the Panagbenga Festivals on the new dates after he met with health officials, who reported that the situation was getting better after four persons under investigation (PUI) were already discharged from hospital.
Three others are on self-quarantine in their respective homes.
“ I just want to inform you that until now we don’t have any NCov cases in the city of Baguio, were clean and hopefully that the people sustain the NCov free environment in our city,” Magalong said.
“Ang panawagan ko lang sa mga organizers ng iba’t ibang events na magaganap sa lungsod na make sure that they will undertake all necessary measure that all coming visitors will be properly screen.”
The other main events to be re-scheduled are the PMA Alumni Homecoming on February 22 and the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association on March 23 to 27.
The other Panagbenga traditional events will be the Flower tee golf tournament on Feb 22; the school-based landscapping competition on March 4-6; Handog ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya sa Baguio, Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, Kite Flying Competition, Panagbenga Cultural Show and Fireworks display on March 15.