TPAV EIC bags gold in COPRE 2022

JUDE ANGELO V. GONZAGA

Freddie Laureano Jr., Mechanical Engineering senior and editor-in-chief of The Philippine Artisan Visayas (TPAV), snatched the first place in Copyreading and Headline Writing - English category in the College Press Conference (COPRE) and Awards held at the Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City, last Dec. 21.

Laureano competed against representatives from 55 various colleges and universities in Western Visayas, where a total of more or less 500 campus journalists participated in this year’s COPRE.

“I was joking with my other teammates about being unranked,” Laureano admitted. “But when my name was called, I was seriously shocked and couldn’t believe what just happened.”

Laureano concluded that his skills were put to the test as his last experience in the event was in his junior high school, where he represented the Negros Island Region in the 2017 National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) held in Pagadian City.

“It was my first and last face-to-face Press Conference in college, and I was a bit nervous and worried as my last experience in this event was way back in my final year in junior high. But God is really good as He answered my prayer and made me the tchampion,” Laureano added.

Together with Laureano, the delegates who represented the Technological University of the Philippines Visayas were Yvette Sophia Cuizon, Deanne Dejella, Hilary Joy Torrecampo, Jude Lao, Jude Angelo Gonzaga, Amy Grace Algara, Reyan Remilla, and with their adviser, Ms. Apraille Dee Josephine Anglo.

COPRE is an annual event conducted by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Region VI to recognize the performance of school publications and individual writers in the field of development journalism.

OVERALL CHAMPION TUPV rules ‘22 JSONO Olympics

The Technological University of the Philippines Visayas (TUPV) was hailed as the overall champion in the 2022 Junior Safety Organization of Negros Occidental (JSONO) Olympics at Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod (CSA-B), Nov. 26.

After topping the SONO Quiz, placing second in the promotional video contest, and placing third in Fire Extinguisher Relay, House Roll and Couple Relay, and the Personal Protective Equipment Relay events, the 16 sophomores and juniors who represented TUPV defeated nine other participating colleges and universities around Negros Occidental under the supervision of their adviser, Engr. Marc Francis Siason.

The TUPV winning delegates were: Rhenz Cedrick Leaño Ablero, Carlo Balucos, Sean Duke Bernadas, Perry Albert Capalar, Marjon Castro, Jacque Anne Cawaling, Ludy Ann Dela Cruz, Dynn Gabriel Demegillo, Sean Andre Despojo, John Rey Ganaba, Jamie Anne Losauro, Riel Mather, Sheldriek Naquita, Gellin Sarrosa, Rex Ramir Simple, and Nico John Ventanilla.

“Being one of the coordinators, we only had little time to prepare for the competition but even though with the significant disadvantage, our team, still persevered and fought valiantly with the other fierce competitors,” Sean Andre Despojo, Fire Extinguisher Relay Coordinator, shared in an interview with The Philippine Artisan Visayas.

“I am very proud, not only to the extinguisher relay players but of the whole JSONO team that participated, we really didn’t expect to win but to our astonishment, we became overall champions and brought home awards that will forever signify the unity and the reliability of our organization to serve and educate the TUPV community,” Despojo added.

The Safety Organization of Negros Occidental (SONO), under the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) mandate, is a recognized Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) organization that branched the Junior Safety Organization of Negros Occidental (JSONO) in 2017 which aims to assemble students who are eager to deepen their understanding of safety and become future safety officers.