A Haven of Experience

Oh, to be back in that astonishing haven. The home of the mighty and Brahminy eagle. The basin of the cool waters of Malagsum Lake and the threshold of the jarring and dazing Mahagnao Volcano, a gateway of fun, experience and excitement!

My heart was beating harshly, as if it would jump out of my rib cage as we arrived at the barrio.

My eyes were full of awe and my feet were itching to explore this wonderful place. The urge to try everything all at once was so strong that I couldn’t contain myself.

Well, who wouldn’t be excited to try kayaking? As I rode the small orange boat, the fear of falling into the deep abyss of the lake was growing in me. “Lub, dub, lub,dub, lub,dub”…. I could hear my heart pounding, but the thought and determination of cruising the lake was way bigger and quite stronger.

Tik…tak…tik…tak…….

Hours. Minutes. Seconds. Time has passed, yet I still wasn’t exhausted! I still wanted to try and experience new things. So, I did! My breath was hitching and I couldn’t feel my feet anymore. But that didn’t stop me from seeing the stunning and captivating Mahagnao Volcano.

After all those extreme activities, going for a refreshing swim is the best finale. Oooohhh!!!! The cloud nine feeling that I felt as I dunked my body at the cool water of the pool was indescribable.

It made me think of how grateful I am that I can witness this. It felt like a dream! A dream that I wish would come true , as I lazily stretched my arms, and comfortably lay here in my bed looking at pictures of the haven I wish to experience!

BCNHS bolsters disaster preparedness through quake drill

To boost their awareness of what to do before, during, and after an earthquake, Burauen Comprehensive National High School conducted the CY 2023 Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) at the BCNHS plaza on March 9, 9:00 a.m.

The quake drill was participated in by 20 faculty and staff, 129 teachers, and 3693 students at BCNHS.

This simultaneous nationwide earthquake is intended to capacitate all school personnel and students on disaster risk reduction, especially during earthquakes.

One of the highlights of this activity is the drill proper, in which participants, especially the students and all the faculty and staff, practice the safety measures taught to them by the drill instructors, who are from the Bureau of Fire Pro- tection (BFP) and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) personnel.

After the drill proper, SF01 Arvin C. Mercurio from the BFP gave his impressions and observations on the conduct of the earthquake drill. He delivered his message on disaster awareness and preparedness.

This was followed by Sir Arwyn D. Abuyot from the SDRRMO, who discussed the proper conduct of a drill, particularly the execution of the earthquake safety protocols.

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“Earthquake drills must be conducted, not just quarterly, but it will be conducted even if it’s an unannounced drill because it is important for us to know and be prepared on what to do in case an earthquake will happen,” said Sir Arwyn Abuyot.

The drill ended with words of gratitude coming from the SDRRM coordinator, and a certificate of recognition has been awarded to our stakeholders by Maam Elizabeth Y. Abinguna, MT-II, assisted by the SDRRM coordinator.

LGU initiates fogging vs possible rise of dengue cases

Acting on this issue the Local Government Unit (LGU) together with the Rural Health Unit (RHU) of Burauen conducted a fogging twice in school on March 2023.

“This is the preventive solution of LGU and RHU to lessen the population of mosquitos in school and even in the nearby barangays”

School Disaster Risk Reduction Management Coordinator, Arwyn Abuyot said.

The purpose of this operation is to eradicate the mosquitos in every affected area in Burauen and to decrease the number of cases of this viral disease.

“BCNHS is also conducting regular clean-up drives to prevent a possible upsurge of dengue,” Abuyot added.

With the increasing number of dengue cases and Leyte being in a state of calamity, the Rural Health Unit (RHU) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) convened for a fogging activity in schools and different barangays.

On March 17, the RHU and LGU in coordination with the School Disaster Risk Reduction Management (SDRRM) coordinators, conducted a fogging activity in the school as an intervention for the rise in dengue fever cases

“The purpose of the fogging is to eradicate the mosquitoes, especially the dengue-causing mosquitoes on the campus,” said SDRRM Coordinator Arwin Abuyot

“Although they aren’t totally gone, at least with the fogging, their population would lessen,” Abuyot added.

Fogging was conducted in highly affected areas like BCNHS, San Diego Dist. 9, Dist. 2 Dist. 4, Dist. 3, and Dist. 5, including schools where there are a lot of people

It was also done in accordance with National Disaster resilience month, in coordination with different DRR Coordinators and school heads.

“There were no problems met with regards to the first fogging since there were no students and only little teachers were present, the fogging went smoothly,” was Abuyot’s last statement.

95% or 114 Grade 11 students have high-level of awareness on the effects of vaping

SOURCE: Practical Research Students Survey

Grade 11 studes highly aware of the effects of vaping, survey shows

In the latest survey By Grade 11 Practical Research students, 95% or 114 out of 120 randomly selected Senior High School students have a high-level awareness of the effects of vaping among youths.

The study conducted on February 6-10 is likewise aimed at finding the correlation between sex and vaping profile. The survey revealed that students are aware of different setbacks of vaping except the alarming number of adolescents engaging in smoking activities every day, which is now estimated at 300.

“I was actually shocked to know that 300 [adolescents] daily became smokers,” Aron Sant Ezekiel Alisa, a Grade 11 student.

On the contrary, the number of smokers in the Senior High School Department is not decreasing despite the level of awareness.

“I guess it’s about time that we implement strong smoking or vaping regulations and conduct seminars and symposiums,” Aimee Caimbre, research head said. Glendale Lamiseria, the

Principal stated that the ban on smoking and vaping in public places such as schools will be strictly implemented.

“This campus will remain smoke-free and students caught smoking will be punished accordingly,” Lamiseria elaborated.

The study was conducted as a partial fulfillment of their research subject.

Eastern Visayas records rising number of HFMD cases

There have been 116 reported cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Region * from January 1 to February 25, 2023.

The Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office said that the increase is clear because in the same period of the year, only 22 people were affected by the same disease.

Among the symptoms of HFMD are fever, sore throat, skin rash, lesion on the tongue and inside the mouth, weak health, and loss of appetite.

It is said to spread through saliva and nose discharges from the affected people that can be inhaled by others.

DOH further clarified that this is not Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) from livestock that can be transmitted to humans.

JHS studes grab gold in ‘23 Chem Olympiad

In celebration of Chemistry The event was held and hosted by Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) Tacloban last February 15, 2023

Questions were given to them orally from easy, moderate to difficult.

According to Antido, “we were so nervous since we were able to see the other contestants and they looked so profound like they knew all the answers.”