The NORSUnian Vol.XXXIII Issue No. 14

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Norsunians heat up support for Kalayaan Island claim September 7-13, 2015

Vol.XXXIII Issue No. 14

By Jenifer L. Cenas

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housands of Norsunians from the different colleges and organizations unite with ‘Kalayaan Atin Ito’ movement in the call for unity against China’s creeping reclamation of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) Friday, September 4.

Partaking the nationwide caravan that was formed on May 15, Norsunians gather at the University Gymnasium during the information drive focused on the territorial dispute which was hosted by the movement volunteers.

Volunteer leader and retired Philippine Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon disclosed during the event the underlying grounds defying China’s claim over KIG. “The 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is our greatest defense against China,” said Faeldon. We do not need to use military exercise.”

Reportedly, the movement drums up the international community, especially China’s

allied countries, to pressure China over the Philippines’ claim in the disputed sea.

Vesting support for the youth-led advocacy, several NORSU student leaders signed up together with other youth volunteers from all over the country for a month-long immersion in the Kalayaan Islands which is slated from November 30 up to December 30.

Selected 30 students in each province are to converge at Palawan and sail towards KIG for leadership training, island-hopping and peaceful protests against the aggressive “taking over” of Philippine islands and reefs by the Chinese.

Delighted of the movement, NORSU Student Government Vice President Derry Deff Sampang said, “Ok kaayu nga niabot sila diri para ma-aware ang students sa NORSU…this activity helps eliminate student apathy.”

On the dubbed “patriotic voyage,” keynote speaker Faeldon told TN, “We don’t just ask the youth to participate…we encourage them to take the lead.”

CCJE celebrates crime prevention month

BRAVE VOLUNTEERS: Eight volunteers of the Kalayaan Atin Ito! Movement (KAIM) strikes a pose together with a Norsunian (5th from the left) during their visit in NORSU last September 4, 2015.

(Photo by Kent S. Mapula)

N O R S U Ti g e r s b a g s 4 consecutive wins in 3rd SSANO

By Maria Dominique P. Ferrolino

NORSU Tigers, A university varsity team claims four consecutive wins, so far, against other schools in Negros Oriental during the basketball games of the 3rd season of the Schools Sports Association of Negros Oriental (SSANO) this semester.

NORSU competes with Diaz College, Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alexandria (COSCA), St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD), Asian College of Science and Technology (ACSAT), Negros Maritime College Foundation Inc., and AMA University, marking eight competing institutions from the province.

NORSU Tigers won against Maritime College in the basketball game held in ACSAT For a cause. A BJMP personnel donates blood with the help of a Red Cross volunteer in celebration of the Crime Prevention Month held in the NORSU Gymnasium. (Photo by Ma. Angelica G. Ho)

By Irish Mae S. Cuaresma

The College of Criminal Justice Education (CCJE) celebrated Crime Prevention Month with the theme “Unity in Diversity” in accordance with executive order no. 461 series of 1994 by former president Fidel Ramos to be commemorated annually in the 1st week of September.

CCJE celebrates the occasion by organizing activities with the participation of national agencies with the help of the initiative from student leaders of Crime Prevention Council, Criminology Training Unit, CCJE Student Government, Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Provincial Highway Patrol Group, Red Cross for blood donation campaign, and all ROTC officers.

Fun Run for a cause was attended by 1000 participants held at Freedom Park to Main Campus 2 and tree planting at Candau-ay by the 4th year BS Criminology students on September 1.

Different out of the campus activities such as outreach and feeding program, giving of white gifts, and self-defense demonstration were conducted on September 2 at Candau-ay Elementary School.

Moreover, bloodletting activity through the help of Red Cross team, and university cleanup drive was made possible at the NORSU Sports and Cultural Complex in Main Campus 1.

The celebration was concluded with a Crime Prevention Seminar on Drug Education and a Culmination Program held at NORSU gym on September 3.

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dated August 23 with match of 106-59, and slammed COSCA with a score 108-43 last August 22 .

Moreover, the varsity team outstood SPUD with 72-28 match last August 16 in the Silliman gym, and bagged the pride with a stint of 120-20 versus AMA last August 15, after losing a game against ACSAT with a score of 59-62.

Sports and Atheletics Director Robeleo Padernal said the team prepared as early as May in the pursuit to garner greater feats.

“We had trainings, we recruited potential players from high schools and we had five days a week of intense summer trainings,” he said.

“This is about image building. Our school could be popular through sports. Through NORSU TIGERS ... to page 4

DILG nags NORSU admin on unruly studes

By Syriyl Mae D. Mapili

t h e D e pa r t m e n t o f t h e Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office appealed to NORSU admin in a letter dated July 30, 2015 after observing unruly students loitering and smoking cigars at its vicinity.

As noted in a letter authored by DILG Provincial Director Dennis Quinones, the office has called the attention of several Norsunians who have been allegedly disrupting the office’s operations by loitering, smoking cigars, and littering cigarette butts at its premises.

However, according to Quinones, these disruptive instances have become even more infuriating urging DILG to call out for the

university’s action through the Office of the President officer-in-charge Dr. Peter. Dayot.

As ordered by Dr. Dayot, the University Security Management Office (USMO) director Rosalinda Abellon tapped with the Dumaguete City Task Force team to refute perpetrators in the light of the city’s ‘No Smoking’ ordinance.

Moreover, Abellon coordinated with the university Student Affairs Office (SAO) through its director Julio Ventolero to lay action on the matter.

In response, SAO posted out to public areas within the campus some poster copies of the complaint from the DILG warning students on the matter as entailed, “Please be informed that a Task Force in DILG NAGS ... to page 4

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September 7-13, 2015

Vol.XXXIII Issue No. 14

What is ours is ours!

‘Diva Justitia’: Where art thou?

Where is now the famous symbol of righteousness, impartiality, and integrity? Is she still holding the balance scale which represents the weighing of evidence? A sword that signifies punishment which held underneath the scale to show that evidence and courtyard has been detained before punishment?

Wearing a blindfold which symbolizes justice as objective, without fear of any errand, regardless of money, fortune and supremacy? Honestly, I couldn’t find her! If you happen to see this woman, please tell her to be in a hurry, for many people nowadays are in hunger for JUSTICE. Since childhood, I wanted to become a lawyer: practicing the profession in courts, litigation and other aspects pertaining to solving cases in criminal, penal, and civil in nature. It’s been a leading principle since my course also is indulging with various laws in business that also could be relatable to the Philippine Constitution. But, that perspective has vanished when I got disappointed with the judicial system in this country, the Philippines. Why? Let me cite my reasons.

Justice in the Philippines is at a snail’s pace for over a hundred of years now. Imagine how many years it will take after a certain case to be solved. How many centuries would pass until

Remembering our ‘Desaparecidos’ September 21 marks the 43rd Year of the Declaration of martial law in the Philippines. Many things happened during martial law, but lest I make inaccuracies about a time period I merely heard of, let me instead focus on one thing that I am sure has happened around that time – the appearance of the ‘desaparecidos’.

The term ‘desaparecidos’ is actually a Spanish word which means missing, or disappeared. But under that mere one-word translation, the term ‘desaparecidos’ holds a deeper meaning. It serves as the name for persons who are enforcedly or involuntary disappeared due to their opposition or activism against the government or those in rule. First coined in Argentina, it has been adapted for Filipinos who suffered the same plight; not just during martial law but also up until today.

According to the non-governmental organization (NGO) Desaparecidos-Philippines, a total of 1860 cases of desaparecidos have been documented from 1970 to December 2012. Without taking into account undocumented cases, that’s 44 families losing

the justice could be served? How many lives would be taken while the hearing in courts to endure the injustices?

Bet, you’re a witness of such.

Take a look of what happened to the ‘Maguindanao Massacre’ last November 23, 2009 where 58 individuals were kidnapped and brutally killed; the Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City that took 161 innocent lives.

The ‘Desaparecidos case’ which many activist during the Marcos administration were abducted and up until now the remains are not yet found; the ‘Payatas Tragedy’ wherein more than 300 people were buried alive when a mountain of garbage collapsed. And the ‘ULTRA Stampede’ where 73 people died and 400 people were injured during the first anniversary of the ABS-CBN noontime show, ‘Wowowee’.

Likewise, the Vizconde Massacre, Dacer-Corbito Murder Case, Plaza Miranda Bombing, Jabidah Massacre are among of those cases which until today, is still unresolved. Even media killings haven’t got its chance to pass through the gate of justice and rested. See? It’s so unfair! No one has ever been made responsible and punished for what had happened.

Just recently, the news about the ‘Lumad Killings’ or killings of indigenous people which involves the assassinations of two tribal leaders and a school head uproar on news last September 1, 2015. I don’t have the right to say this but since it’s an opinion writing wherein it is free to critic, I do believe that the root cause of this is about the right to land, ancestral domain, and discrimination of one’s ethnicity.

Why should took the lives of those tribes whereas, they are the ones whom until today, valued and preserved our culture? Of equal importance, they serve as the main core of our country. The administration or the government or whoever involve to this, should entails, even a little or ‘DIVA JUSTITIA’... to page 4

a loved one every year. The uncertainty for the fate of their ‘disappeared’ loved ones is a daily stab in the heart in as much that discovering their dead bodies would have been a great consolation for these families.

Clearly stated in the Philippine Constitution of 1987, Article III, Sec 18 (1) says, “No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs and aspirations”.

Again, these 1860 cases show how the ‘supreme law of the land’ is being blatantly disregarded by those in power.

Take into consideration the case of retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, also known as ‘The Butcher’ or ‘Berdugo’. Four different bodies (Melo Commission, UN Special Rapporteur Alston, the US Senate, and Netherland-based Permanent People’s Tribunal) have investigated on his participation to numerous extrajudicial killings during his time. All of four have concurred that at the very least, he should be accountable due to command responsibility. Yet up to now, no one has been convicted.

I will not play judge and say Palparan is guilty. But there is a clear delay in serving justice! As the cliché goes, justice delayed is justice denied. The fact that this is a cliché is sad.

Now you ask me, how then, could we honor our desaparecidos? I say we use our liberties wisely. We owe it to them, who have lost their liberties because of fighting for what is right, to use our freedom to ensure the good of all.

The deadline for registration of voters is fast approaching. Let us exercise our right to suffrage and participate in our country’s affairs.

What I am simply asking is for us to stop merely watching, and fight.

Brushing off apathy among youth on the boiling territorial dispute between China and Philippines over the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), Filipino youth advocates united in the Kalayaan Atin Ito movement reached out to Norsunians last September 4 in its call for unity against China’s creeping reclamation of the West Philippine Sea. Vesting support for the youth-led advocacy, several NORSU student leaders signed up together with other youth volunteers from all over the country for a month-long immersion in the Kalayaan Islands which is slated from November 30 up to December 30.

As recounted, the youth-led movement gears at forming an army of youth, being the most feasible sector to help on this issue by alleviating panic among those who have not fully understood the issue and by igniting those who are apathetic.

Reportedly, in gradual and succeeding course, China have built artificial islands on our territory, harvested natural resources on our seas, and damaged our protected coral reefs.

They have been harassing Filipino fishermen, and our citizens from the municipality of Kalayaan are being threatened by the Chinese’s presence in the area.

Moreover, China vehemently pronounced in a position paper regarding the dispute to the United Nations its aggressive claim that it is by whatever means not giving up the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) which they alleged to be illegally occupied by the Philippines.

The arbitration initiated by the Philippines could have been one of the biggest hopes in driving out the Chinese in our territory hence, China made clear that they will neither accept nor participate in the arbitration.

As we can see, the government is exhausting everything in this battle for sovereignty hence apparently, victory is yet a sky afar to claim. Clearly, citizen empowerment will always be the government’s ultimate weapon against intruders, however the first step would be so heavy to take when communities are left beaten by apathy.

With this, the voice of the youth will always resound the loudest. The youth plays the greatest role in empowering citizens by informing them of what really is at stake over this dispute. If everyone understands the cause of the fight, then we will be ready to act whatever happens.

No amount of persuasions can mobilize nationalism as strongly as the principle, “What is ours is ours!”

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September 7-13, 2015

“1.5 million babies die every year because they do not receive optimal nutrition from breastfeeding. Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding is a public health issue that needs everyone’s attention and support. I may not know it all but one thing I am 100% sure of is this: breastfeeding is the best start in life for you and your baby”. – Clarisse Kay Masa-Sy, blogger and breastfeeding advocate.

In August, women from all around the world celebrate Breastfeeding Awareness Month. The said activity hopes to empower women by showing that babies who are exclusively breastfed for six months are less likely to develop ear infections, diarrhea and respiratory illnesses, and may be less likely to develop childhood obesity.

In the Philippines, an online support group of over 55,000 mothers called “Breastfeeding Pinays” hosted Hakab Na! throughout the different cities in the country in participation of the worldwide activity called The Big Latch On. In an article published by rappler.com, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Philippines is one of the 37 countries that fully implements the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes through its Milk Code.

However in the Philippines, only 34% of infants under 6 months are exclusively breastfed. The UNICEF ‘s 2014 State of the World’s Children report also shows that only 34% continue breast milk intake until two years old.

Dagit Dumaguete, a Facebook-based community blog upheld its advocacy to promote breastfeeding in the city by pioneering

Hakab Na! 2015 along with Rotary Club of Dumaguete in the City of Gentle People.

What is Hakab Na? Hakab Na! is a breastfeeding activity where mothers come together and simultaneously latch their babies and toddlers for one minute. It also seeks to create awareness of the health and economic benefits of breastfeeding, promote the importance of providing proper support to breastfeeding mothers and ultimately, create a breastfeeding nation.

How the Philippines Support Breastfeeding – In the Philippines, Republic Act 10028 was established in 2009 to expand the promotion of breastfeeding. This law provides incentives to all government and private health institutions with rooming-in and

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breastfeeding practices.

Through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Order 143 series of 2015, companies and government offices are ordered to establish lactation stations and give additional break time for breastfeeding mothers who are at work.

In 2014, the Philippines logged a total of 1,772 mom-and-baby pairs. This year, more than 2,000 mothers from Philippines alone, latching their babies simultaneously at exactly 10:30AM. Dumaguete, Hakab Na! 2015 recorded 62 successful latch yesterday among the more than 80 participants who registered for the event.

With reference from dagitduma.wordpress.com and fitpregnancy.com indestructible compared to smartphones today. 9Gag, a website who puns and uses meme pictures for entertainment, posts that when an iPhone falls to the floor, it breaks its screen; when a Nokia 3310 falls to the floor, it breaks the floor. Make sense right?

A big factor of battery life is also an issue to many smartphones nowadays. An iPhone would have 3% of battery life three or four hours later after being fully-charged; a Nokia 3310 would have 100% of battery life after three days from being fully-charged. This may sound ludicrous but it actually does picture out the truth.

Moreover, Nokia is also nicknamed as the ‘brick phone’ of all time since it would resist from an incessant heat of a burner from hundreds of degree Celsius and can be used again no matter how many times you dropped and threw it on the ground.

“Tititit-ti-tit-tititit,” a phone rang from the corner. Everybody’s eyes were at me. They suddenly burst out laughing. I knew it.

My phone just entertained another crowd. I hastily took it to avoid the eerie attention. And while I was about to answer the call, it fell. As expected, it rang, again. Despite being shattered, it continued ringing.

This was how loud the standard tone of an outdated yet durable Nokia phone hums like since it first debuted all over the world. Today, Nokia 3310 has been thriving, living for around 15 years; stayed sturdy compared to any modern android and apple smartphones prospering today.

Operating system? App store? Browser? These features may not be found in this phone but it got the best games ever created – the Space Impact, Pairs II, Bantumi, and Snake II. One note, you could personalize your sound setting to create a more comfortable and preferable customization. And who, on earth, would refute that this has not been everyone’s craze and dose before the existence of smartphones today?

Smartphone users are still perplexed why this has been the phone of all time. Nokia 3310 was first released in September 1, 2000, exactly 15 years today, from a TeleCompany in Finland, the Nokia. It was dubbed as one of the blockbusting phones worldwide selling a massive distribution of about 136 million units – according to Nokia’s press release in 2005.

Compared to any other type of modern smartphones today, Nokia 3310 is seemingly and apparently got distinct exceptional features that you would surely giggle remembering about.

Like any of its several variants, who would forget the ever loved games by millions across the globe, as aforementioned? It also comprise many utilities like calculator, Nokia network monitor, stopwatch and a reminder function. Plus, a great influence of doodling graphics in drawing.

Bag it! It’s ‘Indestructible’ People may have seem disregarded that this phone is way

He blamed me for his daughter…

I’ve known Alex all my life... He was a very stubborn, charming, and sweet guy. He’d tower me as if I were a midget.

He has this piercing eyes, proud nose and lips so kissable, you’d imagine how it would feel like being kissed by him.

He was my childhood sweetheart. We did almost everything together back when we were little children. Our houses were just a block away from each other and our mothers were best friends since childhood, needless to say we were able to go in and out of each other’s house and sleep-over as if it were our own home.

“Meet Alex, my boyfriend.” That was how it all started. I introduced him as my boyfriend to a group of friends that teased me as a tomboy since I acted as if I was one of the boys. I hated being teased as I’ve always known I was straight.

Of course, I already briefed him that he was just a pretend boyfriend, but I never expected that a couple of weeks after that, he’d court me. I turned him down, and a hundred times after that, but he’d always return the next day, with his best smile and attitude.

Our parents wanted us to be a couple. I thought that back then, the rest of the world does except for me. We were just teenagers.

I didn’t want to have a relationship until I was mature enough. He told my mother he’d wait for me. He told her that it didn’t matter how many guys I’d be with in the future because in the end, he’d make sure we’d be together.

What they don’t know was this: I’ve been wanting to marry him since the night he stole my first kiss away from me. That night,

The best things about 3310 Ever since it was substituted by many phones today, the attention of using it was diverted into another type of phone. Apart from this are the things what we surely miss about this phone.

You could play the games with just a tap of your thumb unlike a wide assortment of touch screen smartphones at present; you could choose awesome tailored, modified cases upon changing its phone’s case; the interminable, never-ending battery life has never been a problem to millions of users; it’s easyto-repair system; the readable screen in direct sunlight unlike the vague, modern LED screen of smartphones today; it fits just inside the pocket and easy to use; virtually indestructible and durable.

So, trying to recount those sweet, amusing memoirs of your Nokia 3310 before? It’s quite facetious to think that this has been enduring behind the great impact of Apple and Smartphones until today. Again, it is indestructible and still counting.

when he thought I was asleep, he kissed me and whispered these words, “Why can’t you open up your heart for me? I’ve been in love with you ever since I could remember. Please, please, just love me.”

I didn’t want him to know I was awake because I didn’t know how to react. I didn’t want to shout because my father was in the other room. So I pretended I was asleep and said nothing about it the following day.

Fast forward, 7 years after. He just graduated from college. I had to stop during my last semester as I can no longer afford the tuition (I was a self-supporting student). I was living in another city then when he asked me if he could visit, I said yes.

After 3 days and 2 nights of his visit, he popped the question again, if I can be his girl. He told me about the plan he had laid out for our future but I just didn’t see the realization of it. I thought he was still immature and was incapable of handling a relationship. So I told him the words that surprised us both. “Don’t ever communicate with me. Don’t ever call me, or text me, or go to our house even if I am not there. Just stop.” And so he did.

Ten months after, I went home for his grandfather’s funeral.

We were civil with each other. That’s when I learned that he was to become a dad in a month’s time.

Two months after the funeral, he begged for us to talk, and so we did. He was crying and was blaming me for becoming a dad.

He said he wasn’t prepared and he didn’t want to have a baby REGRETS AND... to page 4

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September 7-13, 2015

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Norsunians call for amphitheater repair NORSU to procure Php3.5M

science, technical equipment

By Mary May M. Saguban

Noted as the favorite lounging place in the university, the amphitheater now poses imminent danger with its dilapidated state urging students to call out for immediate repair.

Freshman BS Midwifery student Reshel Jay Solano noted the hoary state of most bleachers due to the cracks.

“By the looks of it, kahugnuon na gyud sya…it is very dangerous,” she said.

Sharing her observation on the way the bleachers were constructed, third year BSBA student Edralyn Infante commented, “Ang mga materials nga gigamit seem just for temporary use, dili pang long-lasting.”

Meanwhile, first year BS Accountancy student Xena Hyacinth Estinoso pointed out the need for reconstruction of the amphitheater considering the inflating students’ population. “Kinahanglan gyud syang ayuhon kay daghan byang estudyante sa NORSU, dili man makasaigo ang mga tigtambayan sa usa raka bench,” Estinoso suggested.

Buildings and Grounds office director Julius Ausejo mentioned certain technical violations on the construction of the amphitheater in 2010.

By Alec Benjamin G. Ramirez

Call for an Action! Due to some damage benches, students now call an immediate reconstruction of the NORSU amphitheater. (Photo by Mayette Hanna F. Diez)

Allegedly, apart from the use of substandard materials, Ausejo said proper construction processes and monitoring were not observed disproving the projects’ durability as it faltered after just five years.

“Mao na siyang ingun ana kay ang persons concerned do the monitoring after the project, though it should have been before, during and after the project,” Ausejo disclosed considering the location of the amphitheater which was once a dump site back-filled for the project.

To address the matter, Ausejo already passed a proposal for repair to the Board of Regents (BOR) in 2013 but, was not approved due to lack of budget.

However, Ausejo said, “I’ll propose total reconstruction to the BOR para ma-apil na sya sa sa Annual Procurement Plan next year.”

As of the present time, Ausejo advised students to be cautious around amphitheater and refrain from lounging there if possible.

The required modules includes Curriculum Integration, Patent Search 1 and 2, and Patent Drafting 1 and 2, all part of the planed ITSO training for 2015.

Since the said course is a way of introducing ITSO to the university, participants were Campus Administrators, Deans, Instructional Materials (IM) Director, and teachers of advance research courses to prepare them for the second phase which is curriculum integration.

NORSU’s ITSO invited guest speakers Mr. Dindo O. Dumali, Intellectual Property Rights Specialist II of DITTB Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL), Dr. Jesus Emmanuel Sevilleja, Patent

Agent (Mechanical and Chemical) of UP Manila ITSO, Mr. Harris Fulo, Intellectual Property Rights Specialist III of DITTB IPOPHIL, and Mr. Adrian Hablan to impart their expertise in relevance to the concept of Intellectual Property” (IP).

“If the ITSO of NORSU will produce licensed patent searchers and patent drafters, therefore, the university will benefit. Aside from the school will earn, they can assist students to come up with technology that will be commercialized,” Patron added.

To note, the schedule of the first of the series training was supposedly on April 6-8, however, because of the unavailability of the speakers it was moved to August 6-8.

B i d s a n d Awa r d s Committee (BAC) declared HYTEC Power, Inc. as eligible for post qualification regarding the supply, delivery and installation of brand new office, technical and science equipment with the approved budget of 3.5 million pesos during the Bid Evaluation held on September 2, 2015 at the University Research Center.

NORSU would procure one Standard Penetration and Soil Test Equipment, and one Non-Destructive Test Equipment for concrete and rebar.

Aside from these, included in the budget is the acquisition of a 100 kVA generator set for the College of Engineering and Architecture Building located at Main Campus II in Bajumpandan.

Dr. Virginia Lacuesta, BAC Chairperson told The NORSUnian HYTEC’s bid will still be thoroughly examined by the Technical Working Group (TWG) headed by Edwin Pabuaya during post-qualification in order to ensure that their bid complies to the requirements.

Lacuesta stated that once the bid would pass the post-qualification process, being the only eligible bidder, BAC would recommend the awarding of the said contract to HYTEC Power, Inc, which offered a bid of Php3,211,000.

As stated in the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9184 Annex “C,” the post qualification process to the issuance of notice for the winning bidder to proceed should take, as the latest allowable time, only up to 65 calendar days.

However, Lacuesta forewarned that there might be delays since there are steps in the bidding process which needs the approval of the Board of Regents (BOR).

Despite the possible delay, Boy Lido Pagente, a 4th yr. BS Mechanical Engineering student, still expressed his approval for the said procurement, as it would enrich the engineering students’ practical skills.

“I think time na gyud na mupurchase ana nga items, ma-dako jud na kaayu’g tabang sa mga students para sa actual. We know maayo kayo ta [students] sa theory but lack jud tag skills,” Pagente said.

Bakus!

NORSU-ITSO complies pre-requisite module LSO to stage Aaah the Department of Education (DepEd)

The Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO) of Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) conducted its First University-Wide Training on ITSO Foundation Course as compliance of the pre-requisite to the succeeding training modules, last August 6-8 at PHCCI Conference Hall, Dumaguete City.

NORSU Intellectual Propertty (IP) Research Director, Dr. Pedrina Patron said, “Participants are required to undergo the modules for them to prepare on taking licensure examination for patent searchers and patent drafter.”

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Dumaguete City is implementing the No Smoking ordinance. Penalty will be imposed.”

C o r o l l a r y, r e m i n d i n g o u t students on appropriate actions, BSED student Melanie Caducoy commented, “Maka-ulaw pod biya nga mu complain ang mga Government Offices sa NORSU,” hence she opined, “but there is no assurance nga plainly Norsunians ra tanan ang naka-create ug disturbances sa maong office.”

More so, the letter points out other concerns like piled trashes, disorderly-parked motorcycles blocking the driveway, motorcycles without mufflers thereby creating disturbing noises.

REGRETS AND.. from page 3

with someone else, but I’ve hurt his feelings so much that he tried to find comfort with someone else.

I was hurt, of course, but like always, I’ve kept it. I told him I was sorry for hurting his feelings.

I told him he can blame me for the pain, but not for the baby. I told him to take responsibility for his actions. That whatever future he had laid out for us, he should just put all his efforts towards his daughter.

He left, weeping. I was crushed too. But I too, had to take responsibility for my actions.

Dan Nah is a fourth year student who loves to read, write and cook. More than anything else, she loves to sleep. And yes, she has already gotten over Alex.

NORSU TIGERS... from page 1

collegiate competitions, it is a proof that we can go to national competitions,” Padernal added.

However, he said the SSANO is not the NORSU Tigers’ ultimate goal, “SSANO serves as our training ground for State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA).

Experience help hone abilities. And we wanted to be national champions,”

he declared.

With their continuous success in the first semester basketball games of the 3rd SSANO, Padernal is happy to see the improvement of the team.

“We have a very competitive team and people even say that we might be the champions this year and grab the crown. I am looking forward and I am very excited for that.”

‘DIVA JUSTITIA’... from page 2

better, more respect to the indigenous communities.

As quoted in Aquino’s speech to media, “There is no campaign to kill Lumad people. We are serving the people. Serving the people does not mean killing its citizens.”

Then with due respect, Mr. President, prove to us that you are worthy of the position the people gave

you. That justice should be served to the ones who deserved it.

I believe that today, the woman that I’m talking about is still desperate of seeking justice for anybody. She lost her path along ‘daang matuwid’ but I will be hoping that she soon find justice for everybody. https://en.wikipedia.org/ http://archive.sunstar.com.ph

CCJE CELEBRATES ... from page 1

When asked about the preparation, adviser and Research Coordinator of CCJE Dan Jerome Barrera said students from CCJE SG officers conducted activities for fund raising where the money collected was divided: “30% to be donated to PNP for

crime prevention, 10% for Foundation University (FU) crime prevention seminars, other 10% for Barangay Candau-ay, an adopted barangay in the university, and 50% remaining used

by CCJE expenses of the activities”, Barrera said.

By Lifeel Gleedz G. Raga

To uphold children’s rights, Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) League of Student Organizations (LSO) takes action as a major benefactor in supporting an educational musical play entitled Aaah Bakus! through the leadership of LSO President Rojan Talita.

The premiere of Aaah Bakus!, produced by the Youth Advocates Through Theater Arts (YATTA), is scheduled on November 6 at the Negros Oriental Convention Center, matinee and gala, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm with an admission worth Php10 for high school students and Php15 for college students.

The play is a part of the cultural campaign to promote positive discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment by the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) – Advocate Right to Safety (ARTS) Zone Project, partnered with YATTA, began the initiative more than four years ago in Metro Manila, and which has since expanded to other parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

In an interview, Talita said, “It was a privilege and a blessing that LSO had a chance to sponsor the viewing of the musical play. Organizing this kind of activity is new and surely we’ll learn a lot and establish networks with other institutions.”

Furthermore, it is given assistance and took primary concerns from Dr. Salustiano T. Jimenez, Superintendent of

of Negros Oriental, Myla B. Abellana the head of Provincial Tourism Office and Dr. Peter T. Dayot NORSU Officer –in-Charge.

Moreover, the play is an adaptation from the original production of the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) entitled Rated PG, a story of a family that tries to find a different way of instilling discipline even as they struggle to work with various issues at home, in the community and in school. The play is in Bisaya, and runs for about one hour.

An open forum will follow each performance that will allow the audience to share their reflections and experiences on the issue.

In connection to this, everyone is invited to watch not only to acquire knowledge but also to showcase the unique talents of Dumagueteños and Negrenses in theater arts.

The proceeds from the show will be spent for the upcoming array of activities in line with NORSU’s Founder’s Day Celebration and Booth Stock Festival and also to numerous outreach programs for selected beneficiaries. In addition, the tickets that will be sold by each organization in NORSU will serve as their registration fees.

“As a member of the organization, I strongly believe the advocacy will enlighten Norsunians to keep up harmonious relationships within the institution especially with the administration, faculty and staff,” Talita said.

QUESTION: Do NORSU comfort rooms provide enough comfort and sanitation?

total respondents: 97 students

By Ritchel T. Noay