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RP prepares for election

IN LOVE!

Aubree Jan Y. Dumdum

One survey found that the average college student will have experienced infatuation six to seven times and love once or twice.

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It’s now or never!

The Philippines is not ready to try its first automated election that will determine who will be the next set of govTV CRAZE, PAGE 5 ernment leaders who will take charge of the country for six years.

The Commission on Elections is now busy preparing fot the upcoming elections while candidates are now of full swing for their political campaign.

Meanwhile, USEP THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF THE Students demand more feasible UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES and tangible platforms on eduVOLUME 1 ISSUE 1 www.shoutout.multiply .com APRIL 2010 cation from the candidates.

Technology brings

comfort to students Beverly Ann Abrea

396 USEP students to receive diploma Beverly Ann Abrea

“Excited na dyod ko nga makagraduate, at least makapahulay pud ko panagsa. Pila pud ko ka tuig ug binalik- balik diri sa eskwelahan,” is according to Ms. Grace Abenoja, one of the candidates for cum laude this upcoming graduation 2010.

About three hundred ninety-six students are expected to graduate this year. Fourteen of them will graduate with flying color, as they outstand, and become a cum laude.

The said event will be on April 13, 2010, at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. This will be held at PECC –Gym of University of southeastern Philippines TagumCampus.

Seven-five came from BEED, twenty- three from BSED, twenty from forestry, thirty four from BSAE and the rest came from BAT and BSA. They will sing the song Journey, as to parent and It’s “Gonna Make Sense” for their graduation song.

With the help of technology, students nowadays can learn more information and learn it more quickly. Learning is enhanced by the way information is introduced to them .Internet, multimedia computers and television and radio have their own way of making learning easier. And that is what the students of the University of Southeastern Philippines is thankful for.

Nowadays most students have access to Internet which is the most convenient way to find information about nearly everything .If one knows how to search, the knowledge is in his or hers grasp. Just a little ambition is needed to learn the information.

The hours spent on finding something in the library can be used for studying the information acquired for minutes.

Moreover , the process of learning is made easier by multimedia .It is a fact that a person learns more when he or she sees and hears something rather than just reads it or listens to it. There are so many films and interactive learning programs which greatly improve the learning process .Thus; acquiring knowledge is not so boring, a very important factor leading to great results: learning is faster and more thorough. Stu-

dents are exposed to information almost constantly .During school hours the information is introduced by the teachers .During their leisure time – by the television or the computer.

To sum up, technology improves our lives in many directions one of which is the process of learning.

Students learn more quickly and more because it has been made easier to use, find and remember information.

Usepians elect newRusanbie set of student leaders S. Avila

USePians elected new officers of Supreme Student Council last March 23, 2010 for the school year 2009-2010.The election was competed with only one party, the A.S.P.E.C.T.S. party with two independents running for senator.

It was the ASPECTS who won the positions of the Supreme Student Council. It was fortunate for them. The former auditor from BSAE won as president, Hn.

Robin Labra Internal Vice President- Jan Rae Duran, and External Vice PresidentJygmabelle Torreon, Recording SecretaryMichelle Sarda, Corresponding Secretary Rhodora Joy Lumanog, Treasurer- Kris Rivas, Auditor-Berfinne Requireme, P.I.O.Mark Leones, and Legislators- Agriculture Department-Jeselle Macapobre and Kevin Bag-ao, Education Department- Jocelyn Tero and Wilmar Rendon, Engineering Department- Pearly Reyes and Cielito Cantero, and Forestry Departmant- Ailen Mae Lapates and Cacayao.

ROCK THE VOTE. USEPians queing up to vote

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School Uniform:

To wear or not to wear

The University of Southeastern Philippines Tagum-Mabini Campus proposed that all student of the institution should wear school uniform. The following principles should serve as a guide:

Student’s basic right to go to school, study and learn is of paramount importance and should be respected and promoted at all times. The right to learn in school is very significant and to be exercised by the students in the campus to produce highly competitive graduates.

Student’s attire should not reflect for the school as an institution for learning. It should not be a cause of discrimination particularly for students belonging to a lower socio-economic status.

Those are the principles administered by the University for the welfare of the students they are catering to.

We could also add up some suggested attire for some students who don’t like to wear their school uniform. For our gentlemen, polo shirt or tee shirt with sleeves in any plain color with a minimum of prints, pants long in any color and foot wear would be leather or any black shoe in the school.

For our ladies, it could be, skirt and blouse, bloused and pants, blouse with tee and skirt of any color, any print and foot wear close shoes black in color.

For students with existing uniforms, they can still continue wearing them if they desire so. Students are discouraged from wearing expensive (signature or designed brand) or flashy clothes, tight-fitting pants/ blouses/dresses, mini skirt, short, blouses with plunging necklines, hip-hop pants for boys and sleepwear.

In the other side, some refuse to follow this proposal for some reasons.

And for our institution we are campaigning for the implementation of the proposal for it will serve as the identity of the school from other schools.

Not just like that, it will also make the students neat and clean.

Students are given choices whether to wear the school uniform or not but just put in mind that doing so is not out o f obedience to the organization proposing such order but it will be for one’s own benefit.

STORYLINE Rusanbie S. Avila

Show me the Money “Nganung ingon ani man kadako ang bayronon? Asa naman pud

ni mapadulong?” an intrepid statement of one student in University of Southeastern Philippines as she read the list of student’s fines posted outside by one f the organization of USeP last April 5, 2010.

It was mind boggling especially on how it happened that the students got an undesirable amount of fines. Although the students were aware of the policies f the said organization, still the result was unexpected.

Incredible truth but must e accepted.

Yet the organization provides the students enough evidences which indicate the list of the absences of the students during every program. It is still not enough to ease the rage and doubt of the student to the organization.

Yes! It is equivocal because

the students pay such amount of money when in fact they have no idea if where it goes.

The most terrifying is that this organization failed to build a good trade among students as an exchange for their money, to the extent that students ponder that they are worthy to pay such amount of money through the existing project of this organization, but the question is where is now the project?

Remember that there will be no rebellion if the government and his community were in good company. It is the students right to question the credibility of an organization especially when the subject is money. As an organization exists because of the students they should do their responsibility by giving students such privileges that they will benefit from it. If not, then sooner someone would knock at their door and says “show me the money”.

EDITORIALSTAFF Editor in Chief: Aubree Jan Y. Dumdum Associate Editor: Jefcy Mamalias Staff Writers: Beverly Ann Abrea Rusanbie Avila Aileen Ambag Jerramie Sua Aubree Jan Y. Dumdum Jefcy Mamalia Charissa Mae Clarin Maricel Panes Cartoonist: Ms. Jerramie Suan Adviser: Aileen Mae Ambag

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Enrolment: Rotten System

Job Fair to save the day

Beverly Ann Abrea

Patience that is the key manner to develop when enrollment comes in Usep. For hundred of students coming from different programs of the school are mixed together waiting and wanting for one goal, to be enrolled.

One great scenario I observe when enrollment comes is all the students are bothering, cramming and people always busy… busy finishing projects to submit. Busy in signing clearance. In addition all students have sentiments in the new enrolling system that the university is implementing. Students say Usep are getting worst every now and then.

One question rises in my mind is that why does the enrollment process in Usep is very slow compared to other school? It is really unavoidable that the system will experience flaws, since the time frame given to the develop-

ers of the system is very limited.

As to the enrollment procedure long ago, I really did not experience so much hardship experience except after paying the matriculation… before after paying to the cashier, they will give me two copies of the COR, one for the registrar and one for me.. but now after paying, I will only receive a receipt of what I had paid and then I will line up to that very long queue of students for the registration. The only problem that I could really see is the long before huge crowd of students during enrollment time. My suggestion would be, they allot more personnel or open cubicle for the cashier and registrar during enrollment period and for the personnel, they should have to be much more disciplined. They should have to come on time, 8:00 am is 8:00 am not 9 0r 10.

BREAKING BARRIERS Jeramie Suan

Ballot Secrecy: Surprises

The manager that got the P690-million contract to supply “ballot secrecy folders” for the elections says he was surprised by the size of the order made by the Commission on Elections. He should be. His company, OTC Paper Supply, was asked to supply the Comelec with 1.8 million folders, enough to equip a total of 82,500 precincts with 22 folders per precinct, although there will only be 76,340 clustered precincts nationwide for the May 10 elections.

But whatever his reservations about the contract, the manager, Henry Young, kept to himself. If the Comelec wanted to order more folders than what it needed, he probably figured, why

would he complain? His firm was getting more business, even if to anyone who was not involved in the transaction such an excessive purchase order would already suggest that some monkey business was being thrown into the bargain.The commissioners have said they didn’t know that the folders cost so much, with one of them explaining that they were misled because the price was not spelled out in words. Are they saying they approved the contract without knowing it was worth P690 million? There are a lot of questions the commissioners must answer, and it would be a big surprise if an internal inquiry conducted by their subordinates will yield satisfactory answers.

Jerramie D. Suan

“I want to apply,” student-applicants most say with feeling. A hopeful exclamation from student-applicant somebody must say to themselves too during the Job Fair. This brings up the hope of each applicant which really the need most.

The Guidance Counselor of University of Southeastern Philippines Tagum-Mabini Campus, Mrs. Fraulein Silva-Bosch heads over the Job Fair 2010.

With endeavor, Mrs. Silva-Bosch makes the PECC gymnasium in USeP Tagum-Mabini Campus a hive for applicants. The applicants are composed graduating student, alumnae, alumni and out-campus applicants.

On March 8, 2010, a letter of excuse for the thirty two Peer Counselors from PCO, an organization in which the Guidance Office mainstreams responsibilities for molding responsive students, has been sent by the Guidance Counselor Fraulein Silva-Bosch.

These thirty two Peer Counselors are briefed and authorized to underpin on Job Fair 2010.

Steps are to be followed in applying jobs. The steps rec-

ommend subtle obedience for the applicants. During the job fair, busy applicants and muttering interviewees from the participating companies or agencies are witnessed. With the ear-catching echoes, the gymnasium reechoes voices of exchanging answerand-questions business.

Along with the rails of employment, underemployment and unemployment, the wheels of applicants track towards better lives. After they graduated, there they can be proud of. A job that helps them to cope with their responsibilities, it is just as easy as shopping!

Hence, the Job Fair undergoes in university to university that keeps the upholding of the employment rate in the Philippines. In this way, the applicants, coming from different places with the wit of employment trainings and other workshops to improve the knowledge in making resume and useful response for the interviews, have divulge their guts. Whenever and wherever they need such trainings and workshops are portable by themselves. Job Fair healthfully helps!

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We are aware that students at USeP m friends and girlfriends. Already had of your allotment of romance. But th can you tell for sure if you are really friend or girlfriend or if it just infatua

According to recent studies, most people will have from seven to ten romances in a lifetime. One survey found that the average college student will have experienced infatuation six to seven times and love once or twice.

Having a difficulty in knowing what is love and infatuation leads to several students not only in USeP but in every school premises commit in premarital sex which is biblical condemnation and leads into unwanted pregnancy.

To be able to stay away in this touchy situation here are some tips on how to determine whether you are in love or it just an infatuation. First, partners look deeply into the compatibility of character traits, shared values, and common interest. Second, considers other factors besides physical attraction.

Physical attraction will make up a smaller portion of the total relationship. Third, brings out the best in you, promoting personal growth,

self-respect, ambi times to develop grow, it also take recognizes fine q Sixth, brings appr see what your rela can survive a sepa work toward ope without arguing. which enables you tends to last for a

Try to rela son, before becom in love in several t God has created me, and through p to this person.

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what’sonTV: Big Br Aubree Jan Y. Dumdum

Think the new teen housemates are missing moments of frolicking under the mi to the beach for Kuya is set to make their summer quite memorable. Welcomed tion from local artists like Yeng Constantino and Sam Concepcion, the fifteen ne zaga, Bianca Gonzales and Mariel Rodriguez. Just like Pinoy Big Brother Doub have two houses which will compete against each other week after week. The h the simple Apartment. As a housewarming gift, Big Brother gave comforters to the Apartment for their sleeping mat. Big Brother usually has 16 housemates in the public. One more slot is left for either the Dependent Darling or the Courage

mostly have there boyexperienced a portion he big question is, How y in love with your boyation.

ition and improvement. Fourth, take p and mature. Just it take times to times for genuine love to end. Fifth, qualities that are less than perfect. roval of family and friends. They can ationship does both of you. Seventh, aration. Eight, reduces tension as you en discussion for solving problems Ninth, promotes trust and security, u to release the other person. Lastly, a long period of time. ate this that the average young perming a mature adult, will have been times with several different persons. and chosen one special person for prayer and searching I will be guided

My eyes just amazed me with the proliferation of ukay-ukay shoes (second hand shoes) along the Quezon street of Tagum City. From famous brands - Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo, Courreges, YSL etc… name it and you’ll have a variety of choice from slightly used, used, to badly used and cannot be used ones. For those who are on a tight budget, this is the best fashion at low cost. Imagine acquiring a Chanel for just P150 that’s quite a jackpot!

M y amazement did not end on wowing at the wall stackedfull of shoes it goes beyond -- what will h a p p e n to these tons of shoes that cannot be used anymore?

One thing is sure the burden of disposing lies in t h e country or the city that imports (be it legal or illegal), or allows this enterprise to come about.

According to a source, this ukay-ukay (literally means mishmash) not only shoes but also tons of ukayukay clothes a n d also tons of u s e d appliances are imported from Japan.

T h e s e t h i n g s leave me thinking that what has b e e n feared as the d a r k side of the flawed, controversial JapanPhilippines Economic Partnership Agreement or JPEPA has finally t o u c h e d down. Note that these are clearly tons of garbage disguised as legitimate front of free trade and economic partnership with Japan. The after effect of JPEPA has finally taken effect. Filipinos wallow in what is miserable and ugly. Although Filipinos recycle the bad into things of beauty, we did it the hard way.

ys remember that almost no studies cted to determine the components, s of infatuation. Although volumes ed to love.

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ighty sun? Well, they definitely won’t be wishing they’re going to the freshly redesigned houses by a song-and-dance producew tenants entered the house with the help of hosts Toni Gonble Up, the third season of Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition will housemates were assigned to live in either the luxurious Villa or the housemates in the Villa and a banig to each housemate in one season, but last night, April 10, only 15 were introduced to eous Lakan. Watch Pinoy Big Brother on ABS-CBN.

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Jefcy Mamalias

Jefcy Mamalias University of Southeastern Philippines is a well-known University that offers bachelor degree courses and produces competitive graduates.

A standard university is often mentioned by the veteran students, parents and teachers to subject USeP. Parents promote this university to their children as a good shaper and awakener to the knowledge and skills of the learners.

But without having a glance of experience of being students at USeP, you would not know certainly, that behind the simplicity of the campus every student experience the essence of torture given by those hard professors.

Quizzes, long tests, projects, oral presentation, flow of mood and attitudes of the teachers and the favoritism they do. Teachers’ teaching approach, strategies, assessment method and tools plus their passive indifference or stubborn self-will neglect the varied roles they should play in class only give us traumatic and tragic experiences.

If final exam were approaching better save your sleep or

take energy drink not in studying but for the list of project that the teachers demand. In this university every individual dream to have a day without a morning just to finish distinctive works which students don’t think still necessary with their course. This made students being persevere not to sleep for a day.

But, for me college life is like a mystery of the rosary which has a mystery of pain and a mystery of happiness. Not all the torture that the students experience here made them small, weak and ignorant but it made them having self-reliance and being challenge to pursue their studies to experience contentment and overwhelmed joy not only for their achievements but to others too.

These experiences may consider as a wonderful torture for the students not only to be a better but a best person someday.

Which everyone you know like friends, relatives, parents and most of all God would be proud of you.

Just always remember according to Bill Baughan, that in the game of life it’s a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

In this world full of imperfections, there is a fact that we must accept-nobody is indeed perfect. Each of us has his/her own share of the imperfections in the world. This is what we call “human frailty.” We are but humans perhaps, but in spite of this, we search for the fullness of our lives…for the richness of this crop of existenceexcellence.

What then is excellence? In the words of John W. Garner, “Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” Excellence can therefore be achieved even in the most basic and simplest thing we do. How can we achieve excellence then?

Striving for the best and giving our greatest shot to life’s challenges exemplify excellence. Excellence does not always mean perfection.

Doing what you “should” and “could” do, and letting the day go without bitter regrets in mind connotes excellence. It does not necessarily entail that everything must be perfect. Then, we strive and strive more. It doesn’t stop there. Striving for excellence is a gradual process.

It requires a whole lot of effort, determination, patience and courage to achieve it.

Excellence is also doing a particular task the nicest way we can. When I say nice, I mean achieving something not for selfish or evil motives. It is not all about winning, but losing oneself for others. That’s what we call excellence in a humane way. As long as we do not step on the rights of another person, we’re doing it the right way.

Perfection is being right, whereas excellence is the willingness to be wrong.

We must admit that as human beings, we have the capacity to commit mistakes. Each of us is bounded by his/her own set of limitations. It is up to us then on how we are going to translate this weakness into something positive.

Mistakes are actually points of reflection…points of reconsideration. As they say, “from a bit of failure is a spark of learning.” A person who learns from his/her mistakes is less likely to repeat the same mistakes over again.

From our shortcomings, we learn…from our learning, we improve…and from these improvements, we succeed.

The secret there is constancy of purpose. We must not be disheartened by our failures but rather, we must take them as stepping stones in life.

What counts is not how many times we stumbled down our path but how many times we stood up and moved on.

Indeed, one can never understand the real meaning of success until he learns the value of failure.

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EBP, interviews to be conducted soon Aubree Jan Y. Dumdum

READY FOR THE CHALLENGE. University personnel entertains and interviews USePians wannabe.

PCO conducts retreat Aileen Mae M. Ambag

February 30, The Guidance Service Center of Tagum has conducted the retreat for Peer Counselor’s and graduating students with a theme” SelfAffirmation: A way Towards Positive Psychology and LifeLong Learning.” The recollection was held at the Usep-AVR. The retreat was facilitated by the guidance facilitator of Usep Obrero Mrs. Emily Madrona and the Peer Counselor’s Organiza-

tion Adviser Mrs. Frauline Silva. Mrs. Emily Madrona inspiringly led the students to touch their life’s aspects especially centering spiritual growth. The recollection day is for the students to be replenished from the old past experienced that has not been already healed and fixed. It was the time to release their deep emotions of pains and failures in life beyond struggles they encountered.

Admin builds pathway Aileen Mae M. Ambag

The USeP Tagum- early February during rainy weeks, the administration has come up to build the new pathway near Panadera going to the the school.

It was constructed by Jeli Escoto and Bebot Cabanial both Usep workers.

The new pathway was early used but only those dry parts. Student’s said” wow! The pathway is already cemented we don’t need to walk with mud.

The students really benefited the new pathway, according to them” we can walk farter and with poise. On the other hand Mr.

Quirante said that “this new cemented pathway has well done in fact it was already finished. However, the trees near it will be cut especially the eight to nine coco trees. This will be cut for students safety and so that the cemented part will not be broken. He said” the pathway has stop and not to be continued in extending of it because for the fact that someday the whole pathway near usep will be all asphalted. If the project has to be continued the budget from the administration will be wasted.

However, the project has done for the students good.

“The schedule for interview is on April 12, 2010 and the English Bridge Program (EBP) starts on April 15, 2010” Organization of Student Affair’s Head, Sir Reynaldo S. Duran has said.

“The interview for the examiners is departmental. When the examinees get their rate form of entrance examination, they should proceed to the course or program they want to take.” OSA Head added.

For freshmen-interviewees who prefer education, they are to be interviewed in General Education Department, so do the other interviewees will proceed to the department where their courses or program has appropriated.

Each department will interrogate the personal background of students taking their respective program. For Education department, they include the different skills and talents of every upcoming freshman as part of their criteria in judging the competency; for agriculture freshmen, the capability to face generally with different

environment; and for Information Technology students, their talents in coping with computer literacy with the fast-pace of change globally. However the most significant in this interview is the willingness of every student to take up there preferred course no matter how difficult it is.

On the other hand, The English Bridge Program (EBP) is to be enrolled by the USePAT examinees who got the passing rate or higher as qualification. The EBP is a program that polishes and improves the skills and abilities of the examinees.

“I think the EBP will be scheduled on April 15 or 19, 2010 and we still have training,” Professor Milagros A. Pedrosa has said.

The University of Southeastern Philippines endeavors for the success of EBP and Interviews in each department and the freshmen-interviews do well too. For the following events, University of Southeastern Philippines accepts another generation of freshmen soon.

USEPians wannabe’s take entrance exam

Jerramie D. Suan

The University of From different Southeastern Philippines provinces, schools and vilschedules the Entrance Ex- lages come out the various amination on these dates, faces of examinees. Under February 3, March 20 and multitude of screenings, the April 7 this year 2010.The aspirants to be USePians Guidance Counselor of the hold papers, ballpens and university endeavors for pencils. the schedule. In this, many The examinees are freshmen would like to on the rooms of the PECC pursue in this season.

Gymnasium. Outside the

The USePAT takes rooms are parents or guardseveral batches passed to ians waiting for them. After retain the consistency of the the examination, other exschool. The standardized aminees take arm-chairs for test is the written testing ma- their turn. When all of them terial before more screening have done, they go home such interviews and English with the hope of passing the Bridge Program as well. exam.

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GM So is RP’s highest-rated woodpusher in history

FILIPINO teen Grandmaster Wesley Barbasa So continued his meteoric rise in the rankings after he gained 9.3 points in the March 2010 RP-FIDE rating list to become the highest rated Filipino chess player ever.

The 16-year-old Bacoor, Cavite whiz kid, the seventh youngest in the world to obtain a GM title, gained 9.3 points for his sterling performance in the Corus B event in the Netherlands where he reached the quarterfinals and in the Aeroflot Chess in Russia to improve to 64th this month from 77th last January with 2665 Elo points.

GM So is also the No. 2-ranked Under-18 player in the world and No. 1 in Asia in the same category. But the talented youngster is not about to rest on his laurels.

“I would like to break the 2700 Elo barrier,” said So, who successfully defended his junior title in the recent Aeroflot Open.

His accomplishments last year merited him a major award from the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) during its annual Awards Night last Monday.

“I’m sure he (So) would

have a chance to break the 2700 barrier because we have more international tournaments lined up for him,” said National Chess Federation of the Philippines president/ chairman Prospero “ Butch” Pichay Jr. Meanwhile, the Philippines slid two notches lower to No. 33 from No. 31 the last time out.

Twelve-time national open winner GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr., GM Darwin Laylo, IM Rogelio “Banjo” Barcenilla Jr., GM John Paul Gomez and Asia’s First GM Eugene Torre are the next top RP players with ratings of 2572, 2527, 2518, 2507, and 2506 respectively.

Meanwhile, GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway retained his No. 1 ranking with 2813 Elo points after adding 3.0 points this month. GM Judith Polgar of Hungary is still on top in the distaff side with 2682.

Tagum spearheads summer workshop Charissa Mae Clarin

The City Government of Tagum and the City of Tagum Tourism Council, DANECO, Tagum Water District, Kalinawa Arts Foundation in Makati City and the Canon Philippines is working closely in delivering services to the people of Tagum City in various ages on the advocacy to take care of our Planet Earth.

This movement is on the interest of safeguarding our natural world and dubbed as the eARThfest SUMMER WORKSHOP 2010 wherein participants are encouraged to further developed their talents and skills in painting, photography, dance, music, theater and production mounting with the aim of that their output will call an attention for the people to be affectionate and believer in caring our natural

habitat.

“It is a vital for us Tagumeños to play the role of being an environmentalist aside from being our usual undertakings so that we will able to sustain our lives of living in a peaceful, healthy and wealthy surroundings,” according to Mrs. Alma Uy the Chairperson of the City of Tagum Tourism Council who spearheaded this project for the second time around.

According to Mrs. Uy, the output of their workshops will be exhibited in 3 days at the Gaisano Grand Mall of Tagum for public information, and the participants will join a tree planting and watering activity at the accretion areas as developed by the city government along the Hijo River