Every September of the year JCI Philippines will recognize all local organization’ s outstanding achievements by holding a simultaneous Area Conference. This year’s 30th Area Conference for Area 5 was held in Cagayan de Oro City on September 3-5, 2010 with JCI Cagayan de Oro as the host chapter.

The 3 day conference was filled with a lot of fun activities, adventures and seminars. It is a renewal of our commitments as JCI Members, it also strengthen our brotherhood/sisterhood and camaraderie in our organization in the pursuit of creating positive change. The conference is one of the opportunities to share to our fellow members the bond to the rest of the JCI Philippines who are celebrating simultaneously in our respective area.

The highlight of the convention is the awarding ceremony held at the Dynasty Hotel on the 2nd day, to honor and recognized the achievements of every organization. This year JCI Kagayhaan Gold bags 4 awards and these are the Most Outstanding Porject Chairman (major)-Cromwell Buzon; Best JCI Local Website (major)-www.JCIKG.org; Most Outstanding  JCI Member (merit)-Arvin Don Bandojo and the Best Youth Activities Program (major)-1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics.

We hope to see you in Tacloban during the 63rd National Convention and Congratulations for a job well done.

The long awaited program of Kagayhaan Gold the 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics  (COSO) was held at the event center of SM Cagayan de Oro City. Asst. Regional Director  Myla Fe Balandra of Population Commission Region 10 give her opening remarks and support and appreciation to the organizers in making the Speech Olympics successful. There were two speech competitions on day 1, which are the declamation and extemporaneous speaking. There was  21 student participants representing 21 schools from the Deped Division of Cagayan de Oro City both from public and private schools.

All winners are given medals and all the participants are given certificate of participation including their respective schools. Coaches are given award of merit in every event competition.

The 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics would like to thanks its partner-implementor Population Commission Region 10, Brainlinks Career & Learning Center, Department of Education, SM Cagayan de Oro City and its sponsors Dunkin Donuts and Nature Spring.

The 1^st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics (COSO) is a Speech Development and an English Speaking Advocacy project with the aim of developing the students in the area of speaking in the various forms.  As this is the first year of implementation, it is hoped that this will be successful in its implementation and the support of various sectors will be given.

Initially, the organizers have adopted 5 categories of competition. This will be expanded to other categories depending on the success of this year’s implementation.

At this time when DepEd has implemented the sports competition through the Palarong Pambansa and writing competition through the National Schools Press Conference, it is hoped that this 1^st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics will become a model for its implementation nationwide dubbed as National Speech Olympics!

Taken during the DepEd management committee meeting (ManCom) last January 28, 2010 and coach briefing on February 01, 2010 at the DepEd CIC hall.

This will be a 3 day event on March 10 – 12, 2010 every 1 o’clock in the afternoon at the Atrium of SM City Cagayan de Oro .