Valesco signals the race

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"This is the hardest part that I should do - to fire a gun." Zamboanga City Councilor Gerky Valesco fires shot that signal the vintasail race at the R.T. Lim Boulevard as part of the Fiesta Pilar Festival Oct. 2007.

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