2nd Ubi Festival this year set

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) will
conduct the second Ubi Festival this year on December 4-6, 2023 at the Old Tagbilaran City Airport, Cogon,
Tagbilaran City.

This could be the first ever that in a year there would be two festivals to be conducted as the first one was done
last January 26-30, 2023 at the Old City Airport, in this city.

This came after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Bohol passed an ordinance in the second quarter this year
sponsored by 3 rd  District Board Member Nathaniel Binlod who is a member of the SP Committee on Agriculture
declaring that the Ubi Festival be conducted on every first week of December of the year.

The passage of the ordinance superseding the SP resolution mandating that the Ubi Fest be conducted every
3 rd  week of January of the year was an offshoot of the assessment that was conducted after the festival which BM
Binlod had attended and personally heard the suggestions from among the Municipal Agriculturists
(MAs)/Municipal Agricultural Officers (MAOs) and Ubi growers that the festival is ideally be done on every
December or earlier than January because that would be the harvesting time.

They also said that we could not expect a volume of Ubi products to be displayed on the January Festival
considering that during the yuletide season Ubi product is highly demanded in the market.

Provincial Agriculturist Liza M. Quirog earlier said that we will be adopting the real essence of a festival this
coming December festival that there would be Miss Ubi among others.

Bringing the theme “Ubi, Hamiling Lagutmon Kaabag sa mga Bol-anon Niining Hagit sa Panahon”,  the
December Festival will be highlighted with Miss Ubi 2023 Pageant contest with prizes at the stake of which the 1st
prize would receive P25, 000, 2 nd  prize (P20, 000), and the 3 rd  prize (P15, 000) and at P10, 000 each as consolation
prizes for the 10 non-winning candidates.

Other contests with their corresponding prizes are Ubi Jingle (group): 1 st  prize – P6, 000, 2 nd  prize – P5, 000, and
3 rd  -P4, 000 and P3, 000 each for 7 consolation prizes; Best Farmers Rondalla (group): 1 st   – P10, 000, 2 nd  – P8, 000,
3 rd  – P6, 000 and at P5, 000 each for 7 non-winning groups as consolation prizes; Best Ubi Christmas Singing
Contest (group): 1 st  prize – P6, 000, 2 nd  – P5, 000, 3 rd  – P4, 000 and at P3, 000  each for the 7 non-winning group as
consolation prizes;

Best Video Presentation: 1 st  prize – P5, 000, 2 nd  prize – P 4, 000, 3 rd  – P 3, 000 and at P2, 000 each for 10 non-
winning entries as consolations; Best Ubi Float Parade: 1 st  prize – P10, 000, 2 nd  prize – P8, 000, 3 rd  prize – P6, 000
and at P5, 000 each for 20 non-winning entries; Highest Ubi Sales: 1 st  prize – P6, 000, 2 nd  prize – P5, 000, 3 rd  prize –
P4, 000 and at P3, 000 each for the 25 non-winning entries; Most Paticipative LGU: 1 st  prize – P10, 000, 2 nd  prize –
P8, 000, 3 rd  prize – P6, 000 and at P5, 000 each for the non-winning participating LGU;

Pinaka on Different Ubi Varieties: Kinampay – P3, 000, Baligonhon – P2, 000, Kabus-ok – P2, 000, Tam-isan –
P2, 000, Binugas – P2, 000, Gimnay – P2, 000, Iniling – P2, 000, Binanag – P2, 000 and at P100 each for the 100
non-winning entries; Best New Ubi Processed Products: 1 st  prize – P5, 000, 2 nd  prize – P4, 000, 3 rd  prize – P3, 000
and at P2, 000 for the 10 non-winning entries; and Best Re-Enactment-Ubi Cultural Practices: 1 st  prize – P10, 000,
2 nd  prize – P8, 000, 3 rd  prize – P6, 000 and at P5, 000 each for the 10 non-winning entries as consolations.

Quirog explained that only this year we could celebrate 2 Ubi festivals because next year we will follow what
has been mandated in the ordinance which is every first week of December of the year.

She is expecting more Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) to participate in the fest. By Atoy Cosap