LINGAYEN—The nine music video entries that made it to the finals in the “I Love Pangasinan” tourism song and music video-making competition can now be viewed and online votes cast at www.pangasinantourism.com.

The finalists were presented for public viewing for the first time at the Atrium of the Robinson’s Place in Calasiao last December 1.

Tourism Operations Division chief Ma. Luisa A. Elduayan said the first-ever music video competition was launched during the opening program of the provincial Tourism Month celebration last September 9 coinciding with the launching of the 3^rd leg of the Balitok-a-Tawir which aims to instill among Pangasinenses the love and loyalty for one’s locality.

Elduayan said the competition enjoined everyone to take active part in promoting tourism by discovering what Pangasinan has in its rich and diverse natural and cultural resources and encouraged Pangasinenses to be proud of their heritage.

Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. said these activities of the I Love Pangasinan Movement is a major advocacy of his administration that aim to rediscover, recapture, promote and preserve the culture of Pangasinan.

“There are a lot of beautiful things in our province so let us try to recapture them,  practice them again and promote them,” Espino urged.

Vice Gov. Ferdinand Calimlim who represented Espino during the presentation congratulated the participants for taking time out in expressing their love for Pangasinan, its history, its culture and its people through their music and talents.

Calimlim said that expressing love for one’s locality has been an advocacy of. Espino for the past seven years of his leadership.

Provincial Information Officer Orpheus “Butch” M. Velasco likewise thanked the contestants and said the competition is very important to the province and to all the people of Pangasinan.

Since Espino and Calimlim started expressing their love for the province, Velasco said that the I love Pangasinan has become not just a program but already a movement that is catching fire.

Pangasinan started regaining its status as a premier province with all the awards to its name where Velasco disclosed that Pangasinan is a recipient of 14 regional and 14 national awards for 2013 alone.

After the public viewing of the music videos, Calimlim led the awarding of certificates to the contestants assisted by Elduayan, Velasco and the operations manager of Robinsons Place Helen Grace Vallo.

Calimlim also launched the online voting for the nine finalists for the People’s Choice award.

The awarding of winners will be held on Dec. 15 after the anticipated Misa de Gallo mass at the Capitol Plaza here.

The grand prize winner will receive P120, 000 while winners for the Best Performing Artist, Best Video, and Best Song for Music and Lyrics will receive P50,000 each. (PIO/Angeline Villanueva)

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