Youth Affairs: SKF Pres. Krizza turns 18

Krizza Anne Barrogo Camacho marked her  18th birthday last July 4 in ceremonies fit for an only daughter and youth leader who made her parents and every Bayambangueňo mighty proud.

Krizza, the hija unica of Mayor & Mrs. Ricardo M. Camacho (nee  Zenaida C. Barrogo), is president of  the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation of Bayambang.

An untiring youth leader, she capped her sterling performance so far by being cho¬sen one of the five national awardees as Outstanding Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President (Municipal Category) during the SK National Convention held October 28-30, 2009 at the national convention center in Subic, Zambales.
 
The colorful affair, highlighted by a cotillion, was held at the Star Plaza Hotel in Dagupan City, and attended by members of her immediate family, close relatives, associates in the SKF, friends, and select guests.

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Oh, to be 18!

To many young people, it is a happy point in their life: the start of enjoying rights, freedoms, and privileges members of the adult society have.

Krizza is surely happy turning 18, except for one trade-off: graduation from the SK. The law, however, allows her to hold over until her successor is chosen.

 
She has to move on and try to make a name in the adult society. But with her feats as SKF head, her parents’ guidance, and her townmates’ full support, she cannot fail.*

Sangguniang Kabataan election heating up

The dust of the May 10 national and local elections had just settled, but another poll exercise is in the offing --- and inexorably heating up.

The awaited event is  the election of the officers of the Barangay chapters of the Sangguniang Kabataan nationwide. The election will be supervised by the Commission on Elections.

Preparations are underway. 

The COMELEC had  set the registration of new members of the SK second week of August. Those qualified to register are those aged 15 but below 18, in the latter case at least on the date of the election. The election will be, as mandated by law, on October 25, this year.

Increase in the number of voters is not much of an issue because while there will be  many registrants many of those registered have turned 18 years old.

There may not be much problem with the registration to the COMELEC.

On another front, however, the atmosphere is heating up, according to many observers.

Unconfirmed reports are to the effect that, with the intervention of professional politicians, line-ups are already being formed.

The objective is to string a big number with which, hopefully, the presidency of the town’s SK Federation will be snared, they say.

This reality is typical nationwide. All this is a recognition of the role the youth in nation-building.

The standard of performance of a SKF head, however, had been ably raised several notches by Krizza Anne B. Camacho, incumbent president,  with her outstand-ing achievements.*