12/04/2024
Rainbow Ville won first prize in the year-long, hotly contested MorProGRes Gardens Contest Academe-College Category as announced in the well-attended awarding ceremony today held in the Provincial Capitol of Iloilo. Rainbow Ville received a plaque of recognition, trophy and cash prize amounting to two hundred thousand pesos (₱200,000,00). Hon. Filomeno V. Ganzon, Municipal Mayor of Balasan, Iloilo; Dr. Ariel Reckonette B. Villanueva, Vocational School Superintendent of LGPC; Mr. Angelito Blancaver, Municipal Agriculture Officer of Balasan; Mr. Adones B. Baldevarona; Mr. Adonis L. Antay; and Mr. Ronald Arisme; all of LGPC received the award.
Governor Arthur R. Defensor, Jr. explained during his message that the contest is an initiative of the Provincial Government to promote gardening, food security, environmental resilience and promote agricultural tourism in the province. Among others, it also aims to establish gardens with instagrammable attractions to promote local and international tourism.