Kalibo holds “Larolympics” for children
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL / Manila Bulletin / Panay News

KALIBO, Aklan – The town of Kalibo is supporting the initiative of Anak TV Foundation to re-introduce street games and to promote wholesome and family-oriented television programs.
Mayor Raymar Rebaldo said the sports event is designed for the children to bring them back to the playground for more healthy and uplifting activities geared towards their well-rounded development.
“In partnership with the Anak TV Foundation, we fully support Larolympics because recent data show, and we have actually observed that our new generation are now hooked with television and computers. They spend most of their idle time just sitting with no physical and interactive activity that will help them grow into healthy, nationalistic and socially active citizens of the future,” he stressed.
The town of Kalibo is one of the towns and cities in the country pushing for more outdoor activities by reviving street and indigenous games for Chikiting class for boys and girls aged seven to 10 and the Bagets class for kids aged 11 to 14.
Anak TV Foundation, a foundation of all television networks promoting child-friendly programs, is in the forefront of the inter-city and regional tournament ‘Larolympics’ to discourage kids from indulging on TV and the internet.
Rebaldo said the patintero, locally known as Ins, Piko (Step Not, played by girls) and tumbang preso (Tumba Patis in Aklanon) will be staged at the Kalibo Magsaysay Park from June 20 to 21.
The foundation also conducted Anak TV Screening of Child-Friendly Programs at the Kalibo Municipal Social and Conference yesterday.
The cities of Baguio, Tagaytay, Tagum, Davao, Bacolod, Makati, General Santos, Butuan, Olongapo, Marikina and Iloilo and the towns of New Lucena, Iloilo and San Mateo, Isabela also supported the Anak TV Foundation activities for more outdoor activities for their children.