By Franklin P. Gumapon
PAGADIAN CITY – As part of the National
Consumer Welfare Month celebration, the Department of Trade and
Industry-Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Office (DTI-ZDSPO) is going to hold a
search for the best infomercial to be participated in by grade 9 and 10
students of public and private secondary schools in Pagadian City come Oct. 22
and 23.
The infomercial scriptwriting and recording will be held at
DTI conference room on Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. and the judging will be held the
following day at the same venue and time.
Eight teams from public and private secondary schools in the
city are expected to join the said competition.
The invited schools are
Zamboanga del Sur National High School (ZSNHS), Pagadian City Science High
School (PSHS), Pagadian City Comprehensive High School (PCHS), Zamboanga del
Sur Schools of Arts Trades (ZSSAT), Holy Child Academy, Pagadian Junior College
(PJC), Southern Mindanao Colleges (SMC) and Saint Columban College (SCC).
Each school shall field one team composed of three members
for the English infomercial scriptwriting. These students should not be
participants to the poster making contest, another competition lined-up for the
consumer month celebration.
The contestants will be given one hour to prepare an audio
script for a 1-3 minuter audio plug depicting this year’s theme, “Consumer
Protection in the ASEAN Economic Community.”
Provincial Director Maria Socorro Malate-Atay of
DTI-Zamboanga del Sur said the search for the best infomercial was designed to
promote public awareness on the theme and, at the same time, to “create promotional
materials on consumerism.”