Three Filipino high school students will represent the Philippines in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Quiz Regional Competition in Cambodia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.
In a statement, the DFA said the three participants -- from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao -- topped the national leg of the quiz contest on January 25 at the People’s Television Network (PTV-4) in Quezon City.
Franchesca Anne Inacay, a third year high school student at St. Albert the Great School of Dagupan City (Ilocos Region), emerged as the first prize winner of the competition.
Following her were Krystianne Paul de Pedro of Koronadal National Comprehensive High School (South Cotabato) and Ma. Angela Krizelle Rubin of San Joaquin National High School (Calbayog City, Samar).
The DFA said the three winners will compete in the regional leg this August, together with “representatives from the nine other ASEAN Member States.”
The ASEAN Cultural Fund will shoulder the team’s round-trip airfare and board and lodging, the DFA added. - RJMD, VVP, GMA News
source:gmanetwork.com
