Dumaguete City joins the 113th Independence Daycelebration by Jennifer Catan-Tilos DUMAGUETE CITY, June 9 (PIA) Dumaguete City will join the rest of the country in celebrating the 113th Independence Day with this year’s theme “Kalayaan: Paninindigan Ng Bayan” on June 12, at the Quezon Park, in the city. Dumaguete City Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Ramir Uytico, is this year’s guest speaker of the celebration. City Hall employees, as well as those of the national and local government   agencies in the city, will gather at Quezon Park for the local commemoration. Shortly after the simultaneous ringing of church bells, taps and sounding of sirens, volleys, raising and waving of flaglets at 7:00 p.m., a floral offering or wreath-laying at the foot of the Rizal Monument will be held, to be led by Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, with Vice-Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, three District Representatives of the province, Provincial Governor Roel Degamo and other city and provincial officials after which the raising of Philippine Flag and singing of the National Anthem will be made. This will be followed by a recitation of the Panatang Makabayan to be led by Cheryl Moana Marie Cuba, a Girl Scout of the Philippines (GSP), and the ecumenical invocation by Bishop John Du, Silliman Pastor Rev. Elmer Saa, and Jamal Tiburon of Muslim Community. The celebration will also include the singing of “Bayan Ko” by Kyle Lemuel Juliano, and Kalayaan: Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas with selected students from Dumaguete Science High School.   This year’s love offering is intended for the Federation of Persons with Disability in the city. (PIA NegOr/JCT)