TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – This year’s celebration of Aggao Nac Cagayan will no longer feature the search for Miss Cagayan, The Northern Forum learned.
Cagayan provincial government information officer Rogie Sending said that Aggao Nac Cagayan 2017 will instead feature the Cagayanos who had “contributed to the welfare of the Cagayano” people.
The new highlight, according to Sending, will be called “Dangal ng Lahing Cagayano.”
The “Dangal ng Lahing Cagayano” will award Cagayano who possessed excellence and integrity the fields of:
• government service,
• entrepreneurship,
• agriculture and fisheries,
• medicine,
• law,
• community development,
• women empowerment,
• science, technology and engineering,
• education,
• sports,
• music, arts and culture,
• broadcast journalism,
• economics, and
• peace and order.
Sending said the awarding of commendations to notable Cagayanos will make the celebration the celebration of Aggao Nac Cagayan more “sensible.” Northernforum.net