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SCHOOL-BASED NEWS
General Santos City Children’s Choir advances
to NAMCYA Grand Finals
In a display of musical bravery, the General Santos City
National High School Choir will be advancing to the grand finals
of the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA)
after passing the Regional Qualifying Round last August 26.
Together with their coach, Kenneth Nierra, the students of
General Santos City National High School – Special Program in
the Arts have bagged the spot in the Children’s Choir Category
semifinal round, joining the national level of the competition.
Other choirs such as General Santos City SPED Integrated
School Tinig Bahaghari Chorale and Davao City National High
School SPA Centennial Choir will also progress to the grand
finals.
As of now, the team is preparing for the upcoming National
Qualifying Round that will be held in Manila this November.
NATIONAL-BASED NEWS
Filipino broadcaster Mike Enriquez
passes away at 71
Television and radio newscaster Miguel “Mike” Castro
Enriquez passed away on Tuesday, August 29, at the age of 71,
his home network of nearly three decades, Global Media Arts
(GMA) Network, confirmed.
Enriquez, a veteran broadcaster with over 50 years of
experience, joined GMA Network in 1969 and later anchors
DZBB’s “Super Balita sa Umaga” and “Saksi sa Dobol B.”
He also served as GMA Network’s senior vice president
and consultant for radio operations and president of its regional
R-GMA Network. His career began with an accidental encounter
in 1969, where a friend introduced him to a staff manager.
The veteran broadcast journalist has battled diabetes and
has had a kidney transplant, and heart bypass in past years.
He underwent an organ transplant In December 2021,
which required a three-month isolation period for recovery. He
went back on air in March 2022 for GMA 7 election coverage and
went off-air again three months after the election.
Moreover, the network stated that it is with profound
sadness that GMA Network announces the passing of their
beloved Kapuso, Mr. Miguel ‘Mike’ C. Enriquez, who peacefully
joined our Creator on August 29, 2023.
INTERNATIONAL – BASED NEWS
Senators blast Beijing’s new ‘10-dash line’ map:
‘China is delusional’
Senators on Thursday rejected China’s new version of a
map which it called the “10-dash line” that includes the eastern
section of democratically ruled Taiwan and most of the West
Philippine Sea.
In a statement, Deputy Minority Leader and Senator Risa
Hontiveros dismissed China’s effort as a “desperate attempt” to
push its schemes.
“China is delusional' and the mentioned ‘map’ is Beijing’s
desperate attempt to assert its lies and propaganda, she
exclaimed.
Hontiveros urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
to coordinate with the National Resource and Mapping Authority
to update a map that clearly shows the Philippines’ Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ), continental shelves, and territorial seas
in the West Philippine Sea.
The 2023 edition of China's standard map was officially
released on Monday and launched on the website of the
standard map service hosted by the Ministry of Natural
Resources. This map is compiled based on the drawing method
of the national boundaries of China and various countries.