UST-JPIA Partakes in 8th Literary and Arts Festival Triumph with a Second-Place Finish

Thomasian students from the UST - Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy notched an overall ranking of second place at the 8th Literary and Arts Festival (LAF) titled “Novella: Speaking Written Truth, Scribing Uttered Veracity” held on November 6 and 12, 2022.

The awarding ceremony took off via Zoom Cloud Meetings last November 12, with invitees from different Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA) chapters in the National Capital Region

Securing the lead in the Journalism category were first placers Yzabelle Francisco for Feature Writing and Albert Gomez for Photojournalism Landing second spot were Mark Baylon for Editorial Writing, Isabella Lacuna for Editorial Cartooning, and Galen Arzadon for Digital Newspaper Layouting On third were Hannah Andaya for News Writing and Michael Magdaog Jr for Sports Writing

Juan Delos Reyes finished third in the Elocution category with his impromptu speech In the Arts category, Juan Delos Reyes, Samantha Creencia, Trixie Cuevas, Angela Bautista, Hassanol Datudacula, Nicole Muere, Hannah Andaya, Angela Molina, Albert Gomez, and Eimery Tabuan bagged second place for the Short Film Competition with three special awards: Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and People’s Choice Award Leahnor Paclibar also got a second-place finish in the Photography subcategory

This year’s LAF was hosted by National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants - National Capital Region, JPIA local chapters from the Far Eastern University Manila, National University Manila, and National College of Business and Arts Fairview

The event concluded with the NFJPIA Hymn, Paragons, being sung The participants formed a large circle and held hands as they sang together

This year’s NCR Silver Anniversary ft 1st Year-End Homecoming was c0hosted by FEU-Diliman, De La Salle Araneta University, and co-presented by USTJPIA as one of the event’s volunteer publicity partners