Launching of Bayanihan Challenge 2013 in Tungawan, ZamboSibugay (gcc/alt)

Tungawan mayor Randy A. Climaco (left) leads the groundbreaking ceremony of Bayanihan Challenge 2013 at barangay Tingbanua, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on March 19, 2013.  Assisting Climaco in the groundbreaking rites is PCOO Undersecretary of Special Concerns and PIA Director General Jose Marie Oquiñena (center) and 6^th Special Force  Battalion commander Lt. Col. Rosendo Abad, Jr. (right) wearing hard hats and safety vests. 

(L-R) Tungawan mayor Randy A. Climaco, Provincial Kalinga team member Dr. Dennis Palabrica, and   PCOO Usec of Special Concerns and PIA Director General Jose Marie Oquiñena at mayor’s office.

Tungawan mayor Randy Climaco delivers his message during the launching of Bayani Challenge 2013 in front of municipal hall on March 19, 2013. 

(L-R) 6^th Special Force battalion commander LtCol. Rosendo Abad, PCOO Usec for Special Concerns and PIA Director General Jose Marie Oquiñena, and Vice Mayor Abduraop Abison listened attentively to the security briefing  conducted by 6^th Infantry Batallion Security Officer Capt. Felix Dumala at legislative hall, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay.

Risen Christ parish priest Fr. Gilbert Quiñano blessed the Gawad Kalinga site in Tingbanua, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay.  Beside Quiñano is mayor Randy Climaco.

Tungawan Mayor Randy Climaco (left), Dandan Banggi (center) and PCCO Usec of Special Concerns join hands during the ground breaking rites Tingbanua, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on March 19, 2013.    Banggi, an IP member donates  1.8 hectare lot to the Bayanihan Challenge on which the Gawad Kalinga village will rise.

Liga ng mga Barangay president Jose Balatero, one the stakeholders who pledged support for the humanitarian organization Gawad Kalinga Bayanihan Challenge in building new homes for poor people in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay.

Risen Christ parish priest Fr. Gilbert Quiñano

Ulama Council president Ustadz Supian Said

Sangguniang Kabataan Federation chairman Rheymarc Jay Balanda 

PCOO Undersecretary of Special Concerns and PIA Director General Jose Marie Oquiñena (on microphone) answers questions from the media and local officials during an interaction held at the legislative hall in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on March 19, 2013 following  the opening program of Bayanihan Challenge 2013 in front of the municipal hall. 

6th Special Force Battalion security officer Capt. Felix Dumala briefs PCOO Usec of Special Concerns and PIA Director General Jose Marie Oquiñena on the Internal Security Operations of the battalion.

PCOO Usec of Special Concerns and PIA Director General Jose Marie Oquiñena delivers his message during the launching and opening program of Bayanihan Challenge 2013 in front of the municipal hall, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay on March 19, 2013.