ZAMBOANGA
CITY: Vice President Jejomar Binay, who was the guest of honor of the opening
ceremonies of the Centennial Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
(BSP), told participants to “set aside politics.”
By
telling them a story of a scoutmaster being an ordinary citizen, Binay said to pay
respect on the man not the way people compliments a politician who gets criticized
all the way.
Binay
cited the importance and the values a scout will learn in a jamboree like discipline,
humility and sportsmanship.
The
vice-president’s visit last Nov. 8 at the Zamboanga Ecozone in San Ramon was
also likewise attended by National Scout representatives and from the different
Scouting Councils in Mindanao.
Also
in attendance were Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco and Zamboanga Economic Zone and Authority Chairman
Christopher Arnuco.
Binay
is the President of the BSP and is also the concurrent Chairman of the Housing
and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC).
He
visited housing projects under the city’s Z3R program, rehabilitation and
reconstruction program for Internally Displaced Persons, including the
controversial Lustre Homeowners Subdivision at Paniran Resettlement Project in Sta.
Catalina.
Media
reports earlier said about a collapse of three housing units at the Lustre
housing project.