By BEVERLY C.
PAOYON
ALABEL, Sarangani
(April 26, 2013) – The International and Local Monitoring Team (IMT/LMT)
dominated by four points its close opponent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
team, 54-50, in Mindanao’s first OlymPeace basketball championship held here
Thursday (April 25).
Both teams got tied
in the first quarter but IMT/LMT struggled to take the lead in succeeding
quarters and ruled the game from there on.
The OlymPeace is the
first-ever friendly athletic competition in Mindanao played by different teams
from Sarangani’s peace stakeholders like the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
Philippine National Police, Moro National Liberation Front, MILF, International
and Local Monitoring Team, provincial government and tri-media from General
Santos City.
The IMT monitors the
implementation of the Agreement on Peace between the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines and MILF.
Peace program officer Jocelyn Kanda explained it was the
“inspiration of partnership” that made the OlymPeace possible. Working closely
with the military, the MNLF and MILF inspired the Kalinaw Sarangani Unit which
Kanda heads to hold the OlymPeace, reportedly the first yet in
Mindanao.
The OlymPeace, she
said, “promotes harmonious co-existence. This is one act of promoting culture
of peace” in Sarangani.
The OlymPeace was
part of the April 23-25 Musabaqah at the Capitol grounds attended by some 4,000
guests and delegates from the 49 Islamic schools in Sarangani. This year’s
Musabaqah or intramurals was held to develop sportsmanship among Muslim youth
through academic and athletic competitions. (Beverly C. Paoyon/SARANGANI
INFORMATION OFFICE/Come and enjoy Sarangani Bay Festival on May 24-25, 2013)
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