Tag: December 7, 2012

When it comes to academic honors, the more the merrier.

A total of six graduates topped their respective licensure examinations: Kristel Blancas (Interior Design), Hannah Paulyn Co (Nutrition), Roxanne Trinity Lim (Nursing), Heidi Rose Tanjueco (Pharmacy), and Celaica Vibar and Bren Cruz (Accountancy).

Vibar and Cruz were tied at first place in the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examinations, an unexpected feat for them.

Vibar admitted she had to deal with so many distractions while reviewing for three period. Cruz credited her success to deep motivation and focus.

AMID the demands of the medical profession, two Thomasian doctors managed to give more than enough for charity.

It began earlier in medical school when Maria Luisa Ticzon and Ana Vida saw the need to extend some help to indigent patients.

Ticzon set up Lingkod ER Foundation, Inc., a non-government organization that raises funds through donation for poor patients in the emergency room.

The foundation started in 1997 when Ticzon, then 21, volunteered at the emergency room of the Philippine General Hospital and saw patients not getting sufficient care for lack of money.

THE FORMER head of the Dominican Province of the Philippines was installed as the 12th Rector of the UST Central Seminary last Nov. 7, the feast of all Dominican saints.

Fr. Quirico Pedregosa, O.P., who headed the Filipino Dominicans for 12 years, said he did not expect any major responsibilities after his term as Dominican provincial, but added that his instincts told him to accept the new designation.

"The presence of the whole University is an indication of how important the Seminary is in the life of the University. The [Central] Seminary actually is one of the most important services of the University offers,” Pedregosa said in his address. “Formation is a demand of discipleship.”

THE PHILIPPINES’ high rate of pornography demands Christian re-evangelization, said a priest in a lecture titled “You and the Year of Faith” at the Iraya Study Center in Sampaloc, Manila last Nov. 7.

“Our way of culture and doing has changed. That’s why we need the Year of Faith. One of the reasons why some [people’s faiths aren’t] healthy is because people now base their thinking and acting not on faith anymore,” said Fr. Manuel Belarmino, S.Th.D., executive secretary of Theological Centrum, a group that trains secular priests.

According to Tech Media Network, an international research and advertising website, the Philippines ranked No. 8 in the world in terms of revenues from pornography ($1 billion) in 2006, tying with Taiwan and Canada.

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle was made a cardinal last Nov. 24 in Vatican City, making him the second youngest cardinal in the world at age 55.

"To be called to collaborate with the Pope as a cardinal both consoles and terrifies me. I am consoled by the trust and love that the Pope shows to me, to the Archdiocese of Manila and, indeed, to the whole Church in the Philippines," Tagle said following the consistory called by Pope Benedict XVI.

Other prelates elevated to the College of Cardinals were James Michael Harvey of the United States, Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi of Lebanon, Baselios Cleemis of India, John Onaiyekan of Nigeria, and Jesus Salazar Gomez of Columbia.

“Personally, I’m really against the death penalty. No one has the right to take [away] life kasi isa lang naman ang nagbigay ng buhay e. Siya lang ang may karapatan na mag-take ng life. Humans don’t have the right to take something na hindi naman nila ibinigay.”
-Christian Apego, 4th year, Accountancy

“Oo, [dapat ibalik ang death penalty] para madisiplina ang mga tao. Sana `yung gumawa [ng pagpatay kay Cyrish Magalang ay] parusahan talaga ng death penalty para naman matuto 'yung iba.”
-Acaya Ganabat, 1st year, Hospitality and Restaurant Management

The oldest Filipino bishop succumbed to internal bleeding last Nov. 20, three years before the Golden Jubilee of the diocese he had led for 28 years. He was 92.

San Pablo Bishop Emeritus Pedro N. Bantigue, JCD, D.D., was the last living Filipino council father of the Second Vatican Council.

Bantigue was ordained priest on May 31, 1945. Upon his consecration as bishop on July 25, 1961, he became auxiliary bishop of Manila and titular bishop of Catula.

Bantigue was named the first residential bishop of San Pablo by Pope Paul VI on April 18, 1967 and remained in the office until July 12, 1995. He retired at the age of 75.

Archbishop Rolando Tria Tirona, 66, was installed as the new archbishop of Caceres last Nov. 14.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed Tirona as the successor of Caceres Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi, O.P., the first Filipino rector of UST, last September.

Tirona, a Carmelite, was born on July 22, 1946 in Kawit, Cavite. He was ordained priest on April 21, 1974.

In 1996, he was appointed Bishop of Malolos and served the diocese for six years, before being transferred to the Prelature of Infanta in 2003. Gervie Kay S. Estella

SA PAMAMAGITAN ng paggamit ng Internet, hindi na kailangan pang umuwi ng mga Pilipinong nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa upang makita sa huling pagkakataon ang kanilang kapamilyang yumao.

Ayon kay Froilan Alipao, propesor ng Sociology sa Unibersidad, malaki ang pagpapahalaga ng mga Pilipino sa kanilang pamilya kaya’t tinitiyak nilang sila’y naroon hanggang sa huling hantungan ng kanilang mga kamag-anak.

“Dati, mabigat sa kalooban ng mga nasa ibang bansa ang hindi sila makadalo sa burol o libing ng kanilang mga kamag-anak,” ani Alipao. “Pero dahil na rin sa mga makabagong paraan, hindi na nila kailangan pang umuwi. Makikita na nila ang bawat eksena at mga pumunta sa lamay.”

PINAMUNUAN ng Departamento ng Filipino ng Unibersidad ang “Hasaan 3: Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Pagpapaigting ng Kadalubhasaan sa Wika, Panitikan at Teknolohiya” noong Oktubre 23 hanggang 25 sa AMV-Multi-Purpose Hall.

Pinagpala ni P. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P., Rektor ng Unibersidad, ang pagbubukas ng komperensiya sa kaniyang pambungad na pagbati na sinundan ng pambungad na pananalita ni Jose Laderas Santos, tagapangulo ng Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF).

“Ang komperensiyang ito ay isang makabuluhang gawain sapagkat sa mga pagsilip, pagsusuri, pagbubukas, at pagpapahayag ng ganitong pakikipagtunggali ng wika mauunawaan natin ang ‘ka-akohan’ [o pagkakakilanlan] ng isang lipunan na gumagamit nito,” ani Dagohoy.