MALAYBALAY CITY, Creativity knows no boundaries. That’s what a Marketing Management student of Central Mindanao University in Bukidnon has proven after winning the national prize in the first-ever National E-Comics Making Contest.
Justine Ceasar Andamon’s winning entry “Ang Diskarte ni Antonio” came out victorious out of the sixteen entries in the National E-Comics Making Contest hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The winning entry tells the story of how Antonio successfully shifted his struggling business to the digital platform through the help of DTI’s webinars and other assistance offered to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Andamon will be receiving P30,000 worth of gift checks as grand prize aside from the P10,000 cash he received for getting the top spot in the regional level, and P3,000 as second placer in the provincial level in Bukidnon.
Open to all students from public and private schools, colleges, or universities in Northern Mindanao, the E-Comics Making Contest was one of the major activities conducted in celebration of the Consumer Welfare Month in October with the aim of raising awareness on consumer programs and address consumer-related issues and concerns through the use of digital technology.
Other winners in the regional level are “Consumer Rights and Responsibilities” by Maria Nona Febby Redulla of La Salle University in Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental in the second place and “Crops in the Can” created by the team of Shirielle Mae Manaya, Branjes Romeliet Illbe Xamryje Villaflor, and Rose Gabrielle Fuentes of Lourdes College, Cagayan de Oro in third place. (Julie A. Nieva, DTI 10/PIA Bukidnon)
