The NORSUnian Vol XXXIV Issue 3

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VOL XXXIV ISSUE NO 3 JUNE 20-24, 2016

MAKE WAY. Faculty members on their motorcycles passing through the narrow pathway beside the Science and Technology Building together with students flocking in and out.

Norsunians oppose on campus parking VPAPD explains fund pool JENIFER L.CENAS

“We are not sleeping over with what we are doing.”

Thus was the answer of Vice President for Administration, Planning and Development (VPAPD) Noel Marjon Yasi in relation to the collection of fees and sluggish use of accumulated funds as reported in an editorial published on The NORSUnian.

According to the VPAPD, “Ang student development dili man na nimo siya ma-allocate dayon

[kay] daghan ang needs.”

“Kon gibutang siya sa P.E. (Physical Education), P.E. ra gyud na siya, bisag STF (Special Trust Fund) na siya dili na pwede magamit sa lain.”

Yasi clarified, “This [miscellaneous fee] is Board-approved, maong ga-collect mig tag-600 para naa tay magamit dayon kay kinahanglan tang maliquid para sa operations, kon wala na siya, wala tay para building and MOOE (Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses).”

On the P149.7M

unexpended balance dated 2014, he eWxplained, “… restricted man na kaayo, mo-agi pa siyag Board of Regents per project basis, kinahanglan specific nga dili ma-disallow. Dako kaayo ang kwarta pero dili mapagawas dayon kay strikto kaayo ang COA (Commission on Audit).

Moreover, Yasi pointed out the use of miscellaneous fees to pay for the salaries and wages of about 30,000 teaching and nonteaching [including part-time] workforce in the university VPAPD/ to page 4

SYRIYL MAE D. MAPILI

The parking area for faculty members at the back of the College of Industrial Technology (CIT) building risks student safety and causes inconvenience Norsunians complained.

“Dili mi mosugot kay lisod na man gud maagian diha pag moadto og LS ug CEd samot nag mag ulan, malibog mi asa moagi kay naay mga motor na ga-park sa alagian,” second year Education student Jan Marie Yunsay said.

Yunsay added, “Kuyaw pud na maligsan ang mga estudyante pag mag pamuhiay.”

In agreeing with Yunsay, Mark Regalado, fourth year

QUAMC sees PSV success

Quality Assurance Management Center (QUAMC) Director Cesar Estrope is positive of the results of the recently concluded Preliminary Survey Visit (PSV) of some academic programs, June 6-9.

“The preliminary survey is really an indicator that we faculties and stakeholders of NORSU have the positive attitude towards accreditation … the baseline for this protocol now is continuous improvement,” Estrope said in an interview.

Accreditor from Cebu

Technological University (CTU) Christeodoflor Ramos emphasized, “NORSU is not okay, it’s more than okay,” testifying that other universities can tell NORSU offers decent quality education.

With Ramos, team leader Dr. Aquilino Enriquez from CTU and accreditors Prof.

Archer Campoy and Dr. Sergio Tabiliran Jr. from Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) assessed the different programs of NORSU. The programs are now challenged to work on six months to one year of preparation to achieve level one status with an average

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LIFEEL GLEEDZ G. RAGA

CPP-NPA GOING...

THE DISCOURSES OPINION|SEE PAGE 2

BS Computer Science student, testified after witnessing a recklessly driven four-wheeled vehicle in the campus while he was on his way to the cashier office“Gapakusog siya og drive unya hapit niya maligsan ang duha ka bayi.

Wa jud ko ganahi kay daghan biyang estudyante galakaw.

Usa pod, naa siya sa sulod sa eskwelahan unya gapakusog ra siya,” he stated.

After getting wet from the rain, BS Industrial Technology student Jeanette Villareal stressed, “Imbes ang estudyante kay didto mopasilong, ang mga motor man nuon ang nakapwesto.”

To note, due to the Provincial Governor’s issued memorandum to

remove illegal parkers along Kagawasan Avenue, Buildings and Grounds Director Julius Ausejo and University Security and Management Office (USMO) Director Rosalinda Abellon approved the parking space behind CIT building for the vehicles of the faculty and staff.

After hearing the student complaints, Ausejo explained they only follow the orders from the President and had no choice but use the spaces in the campus for parking lots.

With regard to the inconvenience, Abellon clarified the parking area behind the CIT building is only temporary until the original planned parking area

KENNETH CARLORIO SURILLA

Corazon Addily Utzurrum said.

“After deliberating the assistance to the typhoon victims, the city government decided to relocate them to GK Village, Talay instead of Candau-ay,” Utzurrum added.

“We could give something out. Even if we are just students, we can partake for the betterment of the society. Thanks to GK and to us [volunteers], new houses for the needy are built,” 2nd year Education student Froilan Dandoy said

Norsunians join GK Freedom Build ‘16

N o r s u n i a n undergraduate and graduate students participated in Gawad Kalinga’s (GK) Freedom Build 2016 to hasten construction of the 50 houses intended for victims of Typhoon Sendong last 2011 located in GK Village, Talay, Dumaguete PRELIM SURVEY. Accreditors take a look at NORSU Pamplona City on June Campus during the 3rd day of their stay on June 6-9, 2016.

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Health, Special Education and range from 2.7 to 4.0.

“We are The evaluated programs Early Childhood Education there to officially w e r e S c i e n c e T e a c h i n g , under Master of Arts. help them,” Graduate Programs from Master of Filipino, History, Psychology, School Extension Vocational Education, Public Coordinator QUAMC/ to page 4

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STUDENT GUIDE..

FEATURES|SEE PAGE 3

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GS/ to page 4

MARCOS BURIAL? UNIVERSITY POLL BACKPAGE|SEE PAGE 4

OPINION

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VOL XXXIV ISSUE NO 3

JUNE 20-24, 2016

EDITORIAL It has already been 12 years since the conversion of Central Visayas Polytechnic College (CVPC) to Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) through Republic Act 9299. From childbirth to adolescence, noticeable changes and improvement inside the university were materialized.

It cannot be denied that the university is all around Negros Oriental, providing education to about 29, 000 students for the last academic school years. As a matter of fact, with nine strategically-situated campuses, value education for underprivileged students is promising. This large number could undeniably attest how our university holds education worthwhile to the poor.

However, for the last couple of years, despite growth, the university has failed to be at par with these numbers. Affairs, linkages and development has been moving slow. Albeit quality instruction provided by proficient instructors, the lack of facilities, scarce instructional equipment and unmaintained rooms are still bothering the progress of the largest university in the province of Negros Oriental.

For a state university, subsidized by the government and competing against renowned established schools around the country through excellent instruction in various areas of sciences, adolescence is a best way to start. And just like an adolescent growing up, the impact of the things surrounding us could greatly affect our goals for the future.

The university does not grow itself. It needs competent leaders. It needs dedicated instructors. It needs progressive students. In order to improve, it must be willing to undertake struggles – with one that could assess its sturdiness or one that could inevitably challenge another demeanor. This is a “conquer or be conquered” battle. And as end users, students must not settle for less. We might be paying less but we deserve better.

Apt for this year’s Charter Celebration is the theme, “Nurturing NORSU: Cutting Boundaries, Building Bridges, Embracing Change.” With the new administration, it is with great hope that we surge on a mission to become a better ‘grownup’ institution. The changes the university will be experiencing along the way would surely, in effect, influence its future.

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Charged to adulthood

CPP-NPA going full revisionist?

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has definitely made ripples when he announced that he is giving the Lefts the opportunity to head four Cabinet posts: Department o f S o c i a l We l f a r e a n d

Development (DSWD), D ep ar t ment of Ag rar i an Reform (DAR), Department of Environment and Natural R e s ou rc e s ( DE N R ) , an d Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Where roads meet students accidentally I s f o r t i f y i n g o n e’s insurance a boon or bane?

I fortuitously overheard as I passed by some of the students at the hallway during enrolment retaliating after paying insurance outside the school that it is trite and jaded to collect personal insurance upon enrolment. Did these students eat much of their breakfast at that time?

We do usually say that ‘insurance’ is a truce in which one person makes a payment to a company or government sectors and that the consort promises to pay money if the person is incapacitated or dies. In a state university like Negros Oriental State University, it is highly needed that one should secure an insurance especially with the

growing, intolerable number of students who inadvertently get into accidents, as also mandated

by Board of Regents Resolution No. 12 series of 2016.

R e cent ly, dur ing t he enrolment in this academic year 2016-2017, the collection of personal insurance has been the talk of everyone, intriguing me in some points as well.

First off, this unprecedented collecting of indemnity is not just a collection but an obligation that each student should have their insurance for future unpredicted instances like accidents. In a place wherein the school is bounded by major roads side by side, making more private and public vehicles rushing in hasty hours is already a sign that every time you hit the road, your life and property

This move has obviously been well-received by the C ommunist Par ty of the Philippines (CPP), with its founder Jose Maria ‘Joma’ Sison mulling a return from his Netherlands ‘exile’. While many have praised this ‘healing’ decision, even La Salle’s Julio Teehankee dubbing it as a ‘stroke of genius’, a contradiction must be surmounted before actual unification takes place.

The present CPP was f o u n d e d by Jo m a S i s o n i n 1 9 6 9 to “a d d re ss t he exploitation of the peasantry by capitalism and to achieve true independence from US imperialism”. Espousing Mao Tsetung’s philosophy, the CPP through its militia wing the New People’s Army (NPA)

has been waging Asia’s longest ‘protracted people’s war’ until the present. Quoting from Sison’s Philippine Society and Revolution (PSR, written under the nom de guerre Amado Guerrero), “There is no solution to the peasant problem but to wage armed struggle, conduct agrarian revolution and build revolutionary base areas.”

This is precisely why I find CPP’s positive response on the cabinet posts eyebrowraising. Sison has blasted the ‘revisionist’ Lavas, leaders of the old CPP, for opting for a ‘parliamentary struggle’ over Mao’s protracted people’s war.

Clearly, cooperation with the government is a turn-away from Sison’s and the CPP-NPA’s staunch Maoist philosophy.

are at stake.

In 2015 report on road safety, the World Health Organization says 1.25 million people have died globally due to road accidents, with motorcyclists comprising 23% of deaths. More than half of those who die in road accidents in the Philippines are motorcycle riders, as said accordingly.

Nowadays, it is never enough that you follow traffic rules or practice safe driving before. One great example are the student motorists here in NORSU that leads us to the second reason. There are innumerable motorists in the main campus alone who travel and hit the road at any given time from distant places. Accident as per se, is an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally leading life to death. Now who says that insurance is already bane, and for some cases an impractical today?

Though this so called insurance is not for a lifetime, it is never made useless by these agencies and establishments who spent sweats and tears to come up with this beneficial idea that if at any case, someone gets into an accident, he will somehow be

aided financially according the terms and conditions stated in his insurance. I guess it is somewhat too much to think to get in return in that way, right?

Let’s say, most of us do not have private vehicles but accidents may happen in any forms – which simply means walking alongside the street of the school, doing strenuous activities inside the campus, a student who accidentally skidded in a slippery floor inside the classroom while cleaning are just some of those. Not to mention a student got sprawled on the stairs while rushing to go in his class in avoidance of tardiness. And how about if one of you got accidentally incurred these things? I mean these scenarios are usually prevailing and unintentional but can we control and dictate chances? Neither facts nor possibilities will agree upon on you; and tell me at this time that insurance is hell a useless thing.

The bottom line here is just forthright; never underestimate the simplest, ‘impractical’ thing that could further help you bigger and extend your life at risk. So is it boon or bane?

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The Other Half

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STUDENT GUIDE 101 CARYL J. SAPEPE

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You rush from place to place. You feel weighed-down by your what-to-do list. Your heart is beating fast as you gaze at the clock, sweating nervously. You feel uneasy because it turns out that you have many things to do yet you are pressed for time.

Psychotic brother You pause for a while, wanting to cry but you realize that crying will not help you finish the tasks on time.

Talking about beating the supposed deadlines, most people cram. It could be either a report in the office that should be Life would never be the same without him. He was my strength. He was my savior. But everything changed when submitted or a required project for a certain subject in school. Perhaps, you’ve experienced procrastinating until the last minute white-uniformed men came and said that they needed to and had to stay up all night to finish the given task.

How about considering these tips to make a change? These ways may keep you going with the pressuring everyday jobs. bring him somewhere safe.

Nobody really explained to me why they took him.

Perhaps, I was too young to understand the situation back 1. Organize your timetable. of today’s latest trend. You Adding music to work could Before anything else, wouldn’t want to be outdated, boost moods and focus. then. I’ve waited patiently for his return in the first few days, patiently glancing from time to time at the door. Days turned prepare in advance. Expect for right? This may help you Studies out of the University the pros and cons of your work build your communicative of Birmingham, England to weeks. Weeks turned to months.

After a year and a half, he came back. We were inseparable list to avoid disappointments. skills, self-confidence and self- show that music is effective in raising efficiency in repetitive during his stay and it were the best days. But Dad told me The importance of using your respect. work; adding some tunes that he needed to leave again, reassuring that it won’t be as organizational skills is to have when mindlessly checking long as before. He needed to be treated so that his “episodes” a greater feeling of control. So, 4. Be in a clutter-free online work-related stuffs or workplace. wouldn’t come. I was confused. What “episodes” was Dad start your day early.

Keeping a clutter-free reading scanned documents talking about?

He came back, but I’ve waited longer than before. I was 2. Withdraw unproductive workplace will greatly motivate could make you work faster you in work. A disorganized and lively. preparing for my 12th birthday when we met again. I was meetings.

Meetings could be time- place is time-consuming and happy, but there was uncertainty deep within. Was he back for good? It was the look on my parents’ face that made me demanding and money- may cause frustration. Take 7. Consume healthy foods.

The things you eat affect anxious at times. They looked very concerned at us— siblings. draining. If the group can time handling those broom, As I remembered, all of us were tired for the Christmas achieve the desired purpose dustpan and feather duster the way you think, feel and preparation when I noticed that some things went missing, without a gathering, why and observe proper hygiene. work as it enters to your cells including my pets, Lucy— the cat and Cody— the dog. When should it be necessary? Yes, cleanliness is next to and releases energy to your body. According to the World Dad noticed that kitchen knives went missing, he started Withdrawing unproductive godliness.

Health Organization, you can getting overprotective towards us. We helped one another, meetings is a practical way looking everywhere. We found none and settled to the of saving effort, money and 5. Utilize the advancement of boost your brain power by as much as 20% with a healthy conclusion that they just ran away together. And the utensils? time. Alternative ways to today’s technology. communicate with the group Using the advancement food consumption.

They were found the next day where they were hidden.

8. Exercise They gave me two new pets for me not to be lonely, but include chatting them online, of today’s technology may The health benefits of they went missing weeks before my debut party. I did not cry texting or calling them via help boost your effectiveness towards work. In this physical activity is hard to when I lost them though, because he was beside me. My twin phone and sending e-mails. generation, most people use ignore. Exercising stimulates was my happiness. But I noticed that Dad was monitoring him, taking notes of the medicines he has been drinking. I 3. Interact with the people apps to help them remain on various brain chemicals that task and stay focus. Just keep would make you feel happier tried asking him what those tablets were but the answers were around you.

Perhaps, introverts searching for apps on the net and relaxed. Also, it makes always the same— “his episodes”. your body deliver oxygen and It was on my debut when the same white-uniformed men wouldn’t understand this. But that would suit your needs. nutrients to your tissues and came back. Dad said, “We found one of your dogs, sweetie.” a person needs to interact help efficiently function your “It’s in your room, hidden in the compartment under his with other people to freely 6. Listen to good music. exchange productive ideas Who says the world can cardiovascular system. Are cabinet. He killed it brutally.”

STUDENTS/to page 4 THE/to page 4 and to be more knowledgeable exist without music? Nobody.

CAMPUS IMAGE LIFEEL GLEEDZ G. RAGA

Tr y i n g t o r e l e a s e himself from the shackles of loneliness, a young lad walks in the midst of darkness. Only sunrays conquer the field as he continues to walk along this crooked path. He seems okay, but he is struggling deep inside.

This 22-year-old smarty looks simple, clad in a blue shirt printed with his favorite cartoon character wearing a pair of blue jeans. He is not the typical one who spends time greeting other people, nor is he the head-turner type of a guy. He is Dennish Cubalan— a Bachelor of S cience in Psychology student, catches his classmates’ attention through his charming intellect

in class.

“Don’t stop dreaming until butterflies learn to walk,” he said.

Ever y day, he usually walks 3 kilometers from their house to the bus terminal going to Dumaguete City and another walk going to NORSU. He always thought of having a part-time job to help his mom financially, but his mom wouldn’t allow him to work and just asked him to focus on his studies.

His neighbors discourage him to continue with his studies, because they think that his family won’t be able to suffice his school needs.

Nevertheless, those thoughts did not penetrate his whole

being to lose his hope for another course of his life.

His mother now acts as the head of the family, since his father unfortunately died last February because of Diabetes, wherein hospital bills were paid by mere donations from their relatives. It wasn’t that easy for him, knowing the fact that his mother— the bread winner of the family, only sweeps the streets in their locality to support their everyday needs.

The saddening experience made him almost quit schooling.

He was not able to go to school regularly, and his teachers were dropping him off the subject.

There were times when he goes to school with no money,

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having just enough money for transportation fare and going home with no food to eat.

They may have less in life, but he did not regret nor blame all the hardships to God. He knows that whatever he receives is a blessing and a gift. Life is not exactly what you want it to be.

Some people are blessed with all the needed luxury while others just got the entire contrary. We don’t have any idea how God sets our life, but no matter where you are currently standing it is God’s gift for you.

“I may be poor, but I have dreams I want to achieve,” he shared. “I will do everything no matter what, because this is for my mother who thought of nothing else but our sake.”

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Dgte imposes ‘Oplan RODY’ (PNP), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and Local Government Units (LGUs) are the three relevant government organizations tasked to monitor the implementation of the ordinance.

Barangay officials were asked to inform the residents about the said policy in the

local level.

“This policy is good because it increases more jobs and lessen thief rate crisis here in Dumaguete City,” Tingson said.

Sophomore Psychology student Corin Mae Acabo said the curfew policy helps minimize crimes in the streets that involve minors.

NEWSBITS

QUAMC/from page 1

Infographics by Judeel Cuevas

Science include Agriculture and Library Science and Master of Public Health. Under the Master in Technological Education are the programs Civil Technology, Electrical Technology, Electronics Technology, Mechanical Technology and Industrial Graphics.

From the Doctor of Education, the majors evaluated are Instruction, Science Education, Filipino and

VPAPD/ from page 1

with the government providing only 300 plantilla.

Yasi set the renovation of the Comfort Rooms with limited personnel as an example, “dugay ug hinay ang mga trabaho kay administrative, gipaugatan nalang namo siya og patrabaho kay gi-pressure mi sa Presidente para naay malihok since atong summer pa.”

As standard operating procedures, Yasi emphasized that the university must abide to the government process which could lengthen the time period for projects to finish.

“Dugay kaayo kagawas

ang supply tungod sa regulatory requirements sa PhilGEPS (Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System), posting, canvass para sa supply ra, wala na namo gipakontrata kay magpabidding, mas madugay, gaapas mi og time,” he added, “mahuman rana siya pero not as expected like sa private nga dali.”

“Complicated ang government operations, in fact we are losing time with our families,” he ended hoping that students will understand the administration’s situation.

VTHE/from v page 3 I was left dumbstruck when Dad spoke again, “You will not be seeing him anymore. He will be kept somewhere safe. A place where we will be safe from his episodes.”

I silently cried as Dad wrapped his arms around me. I cried not because I was sad with what happened to my dog but because my brother— my twin brother, was taken away from me again on our birthday party.

They thought he was having “episodes”.

I excused myself from the party, grabbing a black bag on my way to my room.

I immediately cleaned my cabinet. I hid the fact that Lucy and Cody were still there. That the other dog was hidden under the last step of the stairs to the attic.

I cleaned as fast as I could and returned all the knives

hidden in my bathroom’s medicine cabinet.

I realized life will never be the same without him.

I cannot freely scrap any stray dogs’ chest and do my experiments anymore.

Nobody else will be blamed for the missing neighboring pets. Oh, I miss the pleading cries of those dogs, cats and frogs. I have to pretend that it is me who is perfect and sane; not him. Life will never be the same without my “Psychotic” brother.

This story was sent by Psychotic brother who was released from the institution after his sister was caught as the real insane child of the family. His sister is detained in the same institution that has been taking care of him for years. Psychotic brother is now travelling the world after graduating from NORSU.

from the Doctor of Philosophy Educational Management and Mathematics.

Bachelor of Arts (AB) and Bachelor of Science in Biology (BS BIO) were also evaluated.

Moreover, a seminar for NORSU accreditors and faculties will be held, introducing the new instrument Outcomes-based Quality Assurance (OBQA) in preparation for the upcoming formal visit this August.

NORSUNIANS/ from page 1

behind the Admin’s building will be cemented after due process.

“Lisod man pud og sa gawas na pa-parkingon ang faculty kay ang mga estudyante napud ang dili ka-parking, kay i-prioritize man na makapark ang faculty,” Abellon explained.

Concerning the student’s safety, Abellon requested the faculty who parks within the campus “to drive slowly within

the campus kay basin makaigo sila og estudyante.”

Abellon also added she is disappointed with some faculty members who would impatiently enter Gate 2, not considering that the guard still has to log every vehicle entering the university premises.

However, it caused inconvenience and safety risk to a number of Norsunians who pass by the area.

VALUE OF ETHICS. Atty. Gina Crucio reorienting campuses faculty and staff about work values and ethics.

NORSU reorients faculty on ethics

Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) Main and External campus faculty members were reoriented on Work Values and Ethics at the College of Nursing, Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences (CNPAHS) Audio-Visual Room on June 14.

Human Resource personnel Mary Lou Nocete said the orientation was to “remind or reorient the faculty of Republic Act 6713 and Republic Act 3019” as part of the 2016 University – Health, Awareness, Nurture, Empowerment and Productivity (U-HANEP) program of NORSU. RA 6713 is the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees and RA 3019 is the AntiGraft and Corrupt Practices Act. In a TN interview, Civil Service Commission Negros Oriental Field Office Director II Gina Crucio stated, “When they [faculty] are already armed with the knowledge and commitment to live with the ethical standards, then they can be good examples to the students.”

“And they can create a positive vent in the life of the students,” she concluded.

GS/ from page 1

Dandoy participated in the painting of the house walls and lifting of sacks of sand to make concrete.

Meanwhile, another Norsunian, 4th year BEEd Krisila Mari Magos shared, “Happy kay nakatabang mi sa mga nangahinanglan og tabang namo and dili ra kay gi-require mi ani nga para paanhion diri sa Talay.”

Considered as “the beginning of the spirit of volunteerism,” Gawad Kalinga Head of Negros Oriental Bonifacio Pilas said the activity is “helping people

in the community as a whole.”

Pilas said the activity aimed to aid the completion of the first 20 out of 50 shelters to relocate the 22 target families.

According to Utzurrum, GS plans to return on June 18 for another extension project.

Recording approximately 800 volunteers, students from Silliman University, Saint Paul University, Foundation University, including students from NORSU and other GK groups from neighboring towns joined the cause.

STUDENTS/to page 4

you busy at student-related sleep your way to success. stuffs? Don’t worry. Just do brisk walking during lunch 10. Take a break. time. Never forget to groove Our mind and body and move. needs time to rest and recharge to be more creative.

9. Sleep Even a machine needs to Sleeping more increases stop working for a while your workday productivity. to prevent overheating and Take a minimum of 6 hours its destruction. Vacations of deep sleep, and notice that without work-related the daily information coming connections are a must-have at you are more likely to stay for you to be relaxed and longer in your mind. So, worry-free.

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Loitering minors and street drinkers caught on the streets of Dumaguete City shall face corresponding sanctions in accordance with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s curfew policy, effective on June 2.

Dumaguete City Police Inspector Vann Joel Tingson said cops under inspection section started to do Oplan Raid on Drinkers and Youth (RODY), a sample raid to save minors from drinking and loitering in public places without parent’s consent.

According to Tingson, a curfew policy already existed in a 2006 local ordinance but was not strictly imposed by

then. Due to the results of Duterte’s leadership in Davao City, this policy is going to be reinforced closely.

City Police Officers on night duty assist the representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to administer the policy for the protection of minors.

Any minors caught during the curfew period are sent to DSWD’s custody. Curfew hours are from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM. First offense permits officials to turn over minors to their parents while minors caught for second and third offense are submitted to community services.

Philippine National Police

NEW START! Orientation for SHS students took place in the gym for them to cope-up with the new school system and policies.

Photo by Ma. Angelica G. Ho

IRISH MAE S. CUARESMA

802 SHS studes gets orientation As the pioneering batch of the Senior High School (SHS) of Negros Oriental State University (NORSU), 802 Grade 11 students were oriented on their first day of classes in the University Gymnasium on June 13.

The orientation centered on the reputation NORSU upholds and the quality education it offers to its students.

Furthermore, SHS students were informed about the rules and regulations implemented in the university and how their classes are to be conducted.

To guide them along, Vice-President for Academic Affairs Rose Marie Pinili introduced the students to the SHS Chairpersons in the university.

Serving as both the principal and the assistant-principal for Academic track of the NORSU-SHS is Dr. Carlou Bernaldez and as assistant Principal is Jessie Cecilia Leyva for the technical vocational track.

Introduced to the students were the University Registrar Reymil Cadapan, Students Affairs Office Director Julio Ventolero, Librarian Ma. Felecris Bokingkito, University Dentist Marites Electona, Security Chief Officer PNP Ret. Rosalinda Abellon, and Quality Assurance Management Center Director Cesar Estrope.

Classes of SHS formally started on June 15 while a general assembly for all SHS parents and guardians took place on June 18.