Tuguegarao City PopQuiz regional champion anew

Tuguegarao City (29 September) — The Department of Education Tuguegarao City division has retained its crown as the undefeated PopQuiz regional champion after dominating the other five provinces and three cities of Region 02 in the 2009 Regional PopQuiz held at the Department of Education Regional office here.

Marah Kryzzia P. Purificacion of Cagayan National High School (CNHS), coached by Grace Mabasa, outwitted his top rivals from Batanes National Science High School and Cabulay High School, Santiago City who also won second and third place respectively.

Purificacion will represent Region 02 in the upcoming National PopQuiz to be held at the Baguio City Convention Center on October 14 of this year.

The CNHS senior high school student said she is sharing the honor to the Tuguegaraoenos especially the students and teachers of CNHS who helped her in preparing for the competition.

“I will share the knowledge and information I gained from this competition to my fellow youth because I believe that these information will serve as our weapon in fighting poverty”, Purificacion added.

Purificacion received a cash prize of P3,000, trophy and certificate of recognition.

John Philip A. Peralta of Batanes National High School landed on the second place while Lucky Joy A. Domingo of Cabulay High School finished third.

Peralta and Domingo received cash prizes of P2,000 and P1,000 respectively. (PIA 2)