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CEBU CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Cebu Province has awarded some P140,000 worth of gift certificates to college students who are budding comics artists from the Cebu Technological University (CTU)- Danao and Argao Campuses who joined the DTI-sponsored eComics Making Contest in celebration of the Consumer Month.

Jimmy Ricks Grajo and Adrian Jose Arioja, freshmen BS Computer Engineering students of CTU-Danao, with their entry titled “The New Normal Shopping” bagged the 1st prize during the DTI Region 7 Central Visayas regional level judging held on October 15 with P30,000 worth of GCs and another P5,000 worth of GCs from DTI Cebu.

A separate group from CTU Danao bagged third place with P20,000 worth of GCs and CTU Argao bagged fourth place with P15,000 worth of GCs. All other participants were awarded P5,000 worth of GCs as a token of appreciation given by DTI Cebu.

Grajo said that they were hesitant to join at first but was motivated by their advisers. “We never thought about winning. We only wanted to make the school proud,” he added.

Arioja also mentioned that they lack resources and only used mouse and desktop instead of pen-pads or tablets for their illustrations.

The students were enjoined by their advisers, CTU Danao Fablab Manager Christine Omela Ocampo and Chairman of Computer Engineering Chona Dagatan.

“As partners of DTI, we immediately disseminated the competition to our students who have enrolled for online class. It is fit to our current condition right now, where everyone is going online. We are also trying to showcase the skills of our students in digital designing,” Ocampo said.

Dagatan also thanked DTI for recognizing the efforts of their students.  The DTI eComics Making Contest targets college students nationwide to create a comic book using digital technology and raise awareness on consumer programs and address consumer-related issues and concerns.

Grajo and Arioja’s eComics is DTI 7’e entry for the on-going national competition that will be judged on October 28.

“The New Normal Shopping” and other entries are posted on DTI Consumer Care Facebook page where the number of reactions is part of the criteria for judging.  National level competition winners will be announced during the Konsyumer Atbp Dzmm Teleradyo program on October 31.