Theme: Reinvigorating Language Proficiency Towards Global Competence In this era, competence exudes, never do a profound a sigh Always be on the ball, stay tuned in every blink of the eye We are pioneers in this field before Uncle Sam took the spot Bring back the goodness, Juan Dela Cruz! Ascend to the top. We're entitled to speak yet we don't bring life to our language Not kicking high gear in our lingua, not knowing this is an edge How can Filipinos have the bragging right to reclaim the acme If instead of giving vigor to our language, we're killing it horribly. Mother tongue oozes out of our lips yet English Language should exist Our earlier words serve as our trademark, our very own distinctness And our proficiency in lingua franca gives us niche in a battlefield For the latter is the epitome that Filipinos are well-skilled. A know-how in English Language won't yield any hiatus In international beauty pageants, we need not to have interpreters, In