February 26, 2015 marks the 78th Dia de la Ciudad de Zamboanga. The City Goverment, headed by Mayor Beng Climaco-Salazar, prepared a lineup of activities to celebrate our 78th year as a chartered city. The main highlight will be the grand civic military parade to be followed by the commemorative program on Feb. 26 and the conferment of awards to Local Achievers on February 25 covering various fields of endeavours.The different City Government sponsored activities are the Drum and Lyre competition (secondary level) and the city–wide cheer dance competition on February 20 at 1pm at the City Coliseum; the Zamboanga Film Festival (Free Public Screening), on February 23-25 at the Cinematheque Zamboanga. The Awards Night will be on Feb. 25 at the Centro Latino.
Other activities organized by the City Government include the Grandiosa Venta de Mercado from Feb. 19-26 at the Plaza del Pilar and the Kasalang Bayan on Feb. 27 at the City Hall lobby. Here is the full schedule for #DiadeZamboanga.
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The City of Zamboanga will celebrate the 9th Dia de Sen. Roseller T. Lim Monday, February 9, highlighting the 100th birth anniversary of Roseller Lim, Zamboanga’s first and only Senator to date, and the legacy of greatness he left behind.
Accomplishments of the Zamboanga City Government led by Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar. She gave her speech at Centro Latino last January 27.