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The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is enjoining companies and stakeholders inside this premier Freeport to participate in the “Paskong Pinoy Parol Making Contest” this Christmas season. 

SBMA Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño announced that the contest is open to all Subic Bay stakeholders and locators and will have the single motif of “Paskong Pinoy” to commemorate Filipino heritage.

He said he came up with the idea during a meeting with the Hospitality Alliance of Subic Bay, a local tourism organization, last month. 

“I want you all to decorate your establishments with the traditional red, white and green colors of Christmas,” he recalled the instruction he gave to the group. 

The chairman said that the Paskong Pinoy Parol Making Contest aims to enliven the Christmas spirit here with a unified front, adding that the contest will also provide employees of locators here with a platform to show their creativity. 

“Bellenisimo in Tarlac has been a great example of a community coming together and showing the Christmas spirit in their home town,” Aliño noted.  “And I want to do the same here in Subic where 162,891 freeport workers consider this place as their second home,” he added.

The Paskong Pinoy Parol Making Contest is open to all Subic Bay Freeport stakeholders, individual or group of ten. The Christmas lantern must embody the spirit of Filipino Christmas traditions. 

The size of the Christmas lantern should be ten feet by ten feet, with materials that conform to the agency’s thrust of sustainable tourism, by incorporating at least 70 to 80 percent recycled or biodegradable materials. 

The parol should have proper illumination, preferably LED lights, solar-powered lights, or other low-energy consuming lighting, and must avoid combustible materials or electrical systems.

For more details, visit tinyurl.com/SBParolMakingContest2024. (Taktikom News and Features)