Grand Opening Ceremony of the 18th National Scout Jamboree 12/11/2023

Passi City, Iloilo
December 11, 2023

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. officially declares the opening of the 18th National Scout Jamboree at the Pintados de Passi Camp in Passi City, Iloilo on December 11, 2023.

In March of this year, through National Office Memorandum No. 24, series of 2023, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) announced the holding of this national event, which begins today and will run until December 17. The occasion happens only every four (4) years and this year, the event brings in a crowd of around 34,000 composed of local and international scouts and scoutmasters, national and local officials, and other invited guests.

With the theme, ‘Youth Engagement: Sustaining Relevance and Strengthening Resilience’, the 18th National Scout Jamboree aims to provide a progressive, exciting, challenging, safe and enjoyable learning environment for the scouts. The goal is to enhance their full social, physical, intellectual, character, emotional and spiritual potentials as active citizens contributing towards making a better community.

An investiture ceremony also takes place during the program, installing President Marcos Jr. as the Chief Boy Scout of the Philippines.

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