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Posted on January 1, 2010 by candoncity
The Christmas decoration of the altar of St. John de Sahagun Chruch, Candon City, Ilocos Sur designed by Mr. Lenard Rodriguez. The church also has the country’s longest oil painting of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.
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Posted on January 1, 2010 by candoncity
The two giant Christmas of Candon City, Ilocos Sur infront of the St. John de Sahagun Church.
The two fully lighted Christmas tree served as one of the main attractions during the holiday season in the city.
Posted on January 1, 2010 by candoncity
One of the highlights of the 2009 Feria de Candon celebration is the painting contest.
There were three categories; elementary, high school, college and out of school youth. Special contest was also open to the coaches/trainers of the contestants.
The contests used coconut husk, abel iloco and banig (mat) as canvass.
Chairing the competition is City Councilor George Valdez.
Posted on January 1, 2010 by candoncity
The 2009 Feria de Candon trade fair opening which also opens up the three celebration. Local products of the city, different towns of the province and other places were sold in the fair area along the city plaza and the adjacent street.
Gracing the occasion were Deputy Speaker Eric Singson, Ilocos Sur Gov. Deogracias Victor “DV” Savellano, regional heads of different agencies, City Mayor Allen Singson and other city officials and the other mayors from the second district towns of Ilocos Sur.
Posted on December 21, 2009 by candoncity
Candon Church Concert 2009
“This is the Moment”
In a rare ‘moment’, the finest music talents of the city of Candon performed in one stage led by Candon’s music icon Minervina Singson with the full backing of her son, Deputy Speaker Eric Singson.
The two-hour music extravaganza was for the benefit of the church upon the request of Parish Priest Vicente “Vet” Avila.
It was one of the highlights of the Feria de Candon 2009 celebration.
The concert was also sponsored by the city government of Candon led by City Mayor Allen Singson who personally witnessed the show.
View it for yourselves the unforgettable ‘moments’ of the concert inside the St. John de Sahagun Church on December 5, 2009.
  
Posted on November 29, 2009 by candoncity
Candon hosts Region’s English Olympics
The combine efforts of the City Government and the Candon City DepEd Division resulted to the successful hosting of the Regional English Olympics.
The English Olympics is a battle between and among the best and the brightest contestants in the 14 DepEd divisions in the region in the elementary and high school division.
“We are glad that the city was able to be gracious host to the participants of the English Olympics. We tried our very best to help DepEd Candon Division to make it as an event to be remembered,” City Mayor Allen Singson said.
The theme of the said Olympics was “Achieving Millenium Development Goals through English Proficiency.”
The venues of the events were at Candon National High School, South Central School and Candon North Central School.
In the elementary division the contests were, Poem ( Grade I), Poem Recitation (Grade II), Spelling Bee (Grade III), Declamation (grade IV), Essay writing (Grade VI).
In the Secondary level, the events were Spelling Bee (first year), Declamation (Second year), Essay writing (third year) and Oration for Fourth year.
Candon City DepEd Education Supervisor Caridad Oasan was quick to admit that hosting such a regional event was tough.
“It was hard to host it but listening to the positive and nice impressions from the different divisions was enough to offset all our hard works, Oasan said
Oasan, the President of the Education Supervisors in English in the region, said that she divided the different tasks to the teachers for efficiency.
She lauded the efforts and cooperation of the whole officials of DepEd Candon, the teachers and the city government for their full backing.
The 14 participant DepEd divisions in Region I were Laoag City, Batac City, Ilocos Norte, San Fernando City, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Vigan City, Pangasinan 2, Alaminos City, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan 1, San Carlos City, Dagupan City and host Candon City.
The city which is the center of trade and commerce of the second district of Ilocos Sur is becoming a favorite host of regional events.
The city previously hosted the First Regional Arts Festival which had more than 2, 000 participants.(Danny Antalan and LBJ)
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