A Book Nook Project Site in Barangay 5, Kabankalan City, was launched Oct. 19 with the staff from the project proponent and implementer, the National Book Development Board, attending the event.
Established to inspire reading communities all over the country, the Book Nook Project creates reading spaces for all ages with books written by Filipino authors.
“For 2021, there are now 52 Book Nook sites in the Philippines, including those in the cities of Kabankalan and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental,” said Area Coordinator Rudy Reveche.
He added that there will be a national launching of the project on Nov. 24.
Located within the City Cultural Hub at the city public plaza, the Book Nook site in Kabankalan has the full support of Mayor Pedro Zayco Jr. and Vice Mayor Raul Rivera, chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the project.
Also at the Kabankalan launching were Project Manager Reynaldo Flores Jr., National Project Coordinator Carlo Ebeo and Assistant Project Coordinator for Operations Al Nezzar Ali of the National Book Development Board.
The site was blessed by Fr. Rembert Rivera, with Resident Storyteller Francis Romulo Moya reading the Legend of the Mag-aso Falls, one of the top tourism sites in Kabankalan. — PR
