Carpenter’s family chosen as 2025 lucky summer visitor in Baguio City
Carpenter’s family chosen as 2025 lucky summer visitor in Baguio City
By Liza Agoot
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LUCKY SEVEN. The Celestino family from Manggahan, Pasig City pose at the famous lion's head along Kennon Road on Maundy Thursday (April 17, 2025) after they were chosen as the winners of Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club’s 2025 Baguio-Benguet Lucky Summer Visitor program. The more than 60-year-old activity of the umbrella media organization in Baguio City is being held with the help of the Department of Transportation, the Philippine National Police and the Department of Tourism. (Photo courtesy of BCBC)
BAGUIO CITY – A family of seven from Manggahan, Pasig City was chosen as the winner of the 2025 lucky summer visitors of Baguio and Benguet, an annual program of the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) aimed to help promote the province’s tourism sector.
The family is composed of Ricardo Celestino Jr, 62, a carpenter; his wife, Carolyn, 57; his kids Jerome, 30; Julia, 11; Eunice, 13, and Eugin, 3; and Jerome’s partner, Jelly Baustista, 31.
Bautista said it took a while for them to visit this city due to conflicts of schedules and they needed time to save up for the trip.
The group left Metro Manila at dawn on Maundy Thursday on board a Victory Liner bus, with plate number NAZ2113. Theirs is the ninth bus flagged down by personnel of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Tourism to allow members of the BCBC to conduct the search for this year’s lucky summer visitors.
“We are the lucky seven. Lucky po talaga kasi wala kaming gagastusin. Masese-save namin ang inipon namin para makapasyal ng Baguio (We are really lucky because we will not spend anything. We can keep whatever we have saved for this trip to see Baguio),” Bautista said in an interview.
Bautista said they saved and chipped in for the trip as a wedding anniversary gift to their parents, and has paid the downpayment for the transient house where they will stay.
“Nagshare-share kami at nakapag-down na kami sa transient house pero masaya kami na sa hotel pa pala kami matutulog (We paid the down payment for the transient house and we are happy that we will be staying in a hotel),” she added.
Dionisio Dennis Jr., BCBC president, said the winners will be given free three nights, four days stay at Hotel Supreme, which has been supporting BCBC’s more than 60-year-old Holy Week program.
“Guided tours, meals, transportation is shouldered by the BCBC, which we are able to do because of the supportive partners like the city government of Baguio, provincial government of Benguet, municipalities of Tuba, La Trinidad, Tublay, Atok and Pugo in La Union,” he said.
Included in the itinerary of the LSV are strawberry picking, and visits to Northern Blossom in Atok Benguet, Polig, Camp John Hay, The Mansion, Wright Park horse-back riding activity, boating and biking at Burnham Park, artists hubs and a market tour; as well as tokens and gifts. (PNA)
