Tag: August 11, 2007

ACCOUNTING students will soon get training on a widely used business software, boosting their chances of being employed in big companies and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms.

German business software giant SAP has agreed to give the license for free, while a consulting firm will provide training and modules. Germany’s Deutsche Bank, which has BPO operations in the Philippines, will give financial assistance.

UST leaped the bar of excellence anew, registering impressive performances in three licensure examinations while making ripples in the individual test rankings.

Thomasian graduates stamped their class in the Pharmacy, Architecture, and Nutrition board examinations to reaffirm the University’s status as one of the best academic institutions in the country.

With four Thomasians landing in the top 10, UST emerged as the top-performing school in the Pharmacy board exam, posting a 91-per cent passing rate compared to a 57-per cent national passing mark.

THE LATEST in eye treatment technology that would free people from using eyeglasses and contact lenses is now available at the UST Hospital.

The Allegretto Wave Excimer Lasik (Laser-Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis) System, which the UST Hospital bought from Germany last April, boasts of an 8.5-second refracting ability which can restore a person’s vision to 20/20 with minimal risk of corneal drying or swelling due to bacterial infection.

THE FATE of the Human Security Act of 2007 rests in the hands of the Supreme Court amid apprehensions on the anti-terrorism law from Church leaders and human rights groups.

The government has started implementing the law despite appeals from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and other groups for a thorough review.

“Many voices are apprehensive about the law on the basis of constitutionality and provisions that may legalize objectionable methods of quelling opposition,” the CBCP said in a statement last July 8.

ONE QUESTION that struck Fr. Giancarlo Bossi’s mind during his 39-day ordeal in the hands of an Islamic armed group was why he was treading the wilderness of Lanao del Norte alongside a band of “poor fishermen.”

He wondered: “Are we both praying to the same God?”

A BOLD plan by the University to build a well-trained, values-oriented pool of teachers and revive the country’s deteriorating basic education system has gained support from the Arroyo administration, with Malacañang pledging an initial P1 million for a scholarship program with the UST College of Education.

President Macapagal-Arroyo made the commitment over lunch with UST Rector Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. at the Palace last July 17.

“It is the University’s prayer that the scholarship graduates will help in the social transformation of the country,” Arceo said in an interview.

Contributions have begun to pour in with the launching of UST’s Quadricentennial Initiative for Philippine Education (QIPE), a program aiming to produce quality teachers and stem the exodus of basic educators, by financing the college education of promising high school graduates who want to join the country’s teaching force.