30/10/2025
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October 29, 2025 - Seasoned editorial cartoonist from Maon Integrated School, Sean Marco A. Piamonte scored a third place win for Team CARAGA in the first-ever FishCore (Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency) Inter-Region Student Journalist Press Conference by the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, which was held last October 27-29, 2025, at the New Dawn Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.
Sean was accompanied by fellow junior high school editorial cartoonist Jad Adrian P. Ng, also from the aforementioned school, along with coaches Brian Alexis D. Pelaez and Melcare L. Diaz. Sean and Jad, came with three other journalists from Cabadbaran National High School, who make up the five-man strong CARAGA delegation.
The prestigious competition was made possible through the FishCore Project of the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, which is anchored on empowering young communicators to become advocates of sustainable fisheries, marine conservation, and coastal resource management through responsible journalism. Mr. Andy T. Ordoรฑa, Aquaculturist II and Information Unit Head of DA - BFAR CARAGA led the delegation.
Team CARAGA competed with other delegations coming from Regions 7 (Central Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas), 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula), and 10 (Northern Mindanao), which are all under the Fisheries Management Area 9 (FMA 9) of the DA-BFAR. Undermanned, Team CARAGA faced the much bigger and formidable teams of the aforesaid adjacent regions and secured a third place win in Editorial Cartooning by Sean of Maon Integrated School and a second place in Feature Writing by Cabadbaran National High School. The three-day stint highlighted the critical thinking skills, deep sense of curiosity, attention to detail, strong writing and communication prowess, and the ability to interview and research effectively of young journalists coming from the different participating regions of FMA 9. โฅ