HAPPENING TODAY
Grand Opening Ceremony Highlight of the ceremony is a grand Pyromusical Fireworks Display. Starts 2 PM at the Grand Arena of the Energy Park.
Inauguration of Tagumpay Scouting Landmark
Camp Chief Night Welcome Reception
As a tribute to the Scouting movement as a springboard for nation-building, BSP leaders will unveil a monument designed by Kublai Milan. The monument is erected at Energy Park.
A rousing welcome awaits Scout Leaders from 118 local councils in the Philippines. Experience the Tagumenyo brand of hospitality at Tagum National Trade School Gym.
Jambo Balita THE OFFICIAL T H E O FNEWSLETTER F I C I A L N E WOF S LTH ETTER
O F T H E 1 6 T H N AT I O N A L S C O U T J A M B O R E E BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
SPECIAL MAIDEN ISSUE
TAGUM CITY, PHILIPPINES
OCTOBER 24, 2015
EARLY BIRDS. Boy Scouts from
Silay City in Negros Occidental prepare their camp inside the Energy Park. 25 participants from their council arrived last October 17, one week before the formal opening of the National Jamboree today.
20,000 Scouts, Scouters converge
as Nat’l Jamboree opens today
TAGUM CITY—All roads will lead to Tagum City today for the commencement of the 16th National Scout Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, which is considered as the largest scouting conclave in the country. As of this writing, a total of 20,000 scouts have officially registered for the week-long activity that is jointly hosted by the City Government of Tagum and the BSP Tagum City Council, but organizers expect the number to swell to more than this number. With the large bulk of participants coming to the city, Mayor Allan L. Rellon, who also serves as the camp chief of the Jamboree, stressed that preparations and contingency plans are on full swing, especially on maintaining peace and order. Mayor Rellon said that 575 security personnel will
be deployed in strategic areas and in Energy Park, the main venue of the Jamboree. A s i d e from Filipino Scouts from 118 local councils nationwide, 100 scouts from 10 countries will also participate as visiting delegations, which include India, Nepal, Ghana, Singapore, Malaysia, among others. Philippine Vice President and BSP National President Jejomar C. Binay is set to deliver the keynote address during the opening program on October 24 at Energy Park, where he will also lead the unveiling of the scouting monument designed by renowned Mindanao sculptor Kublai Milan.
FROM NEPAL WITH LOVE. Nepal Scouts will send 19 Boy Scouts to Tagum City to participate in the 16th National Scout Jamboree.
16th NSJ draws participants from Int’l Scouting Community An estimated 100 scouts from different Scout Associations worldwide are set to participate in the 16th National Scout Jamboree as visiting delegations. Among the countries that are expected to break borders here in Tagum City are Nepal, Indonesia, Ghana, Malaysia, Singapore, among others. Camp Chief Mayor Allan L.
Rellon called on Filipino Boy Scouts to welcome them with open arms and show them Filipino brand of hospitality. “Our scouts from Nepal Scouts are ready and are very much excited to join you all,” wrote Shrijan Wolv Amatya of Nepal Scouts on Facebook, who will be leading the group of 19 scouts.