Tag: May 20, 2008

TAKING the cue from the Department of Health’s (DOH) anti-dengue campaign, the UST Health Service has launched its own drive against disease-carrying mosquitoes with an efficient University-wide fogging operation.

The latest DOH bulletin listed Manila as having the highest number of registered dengue diagnoses in the National Capital Region (NCR), pushing the health department to initiate the “4-S Against Dengue” program.

In a letter sent to the Varsitarian, Dr. Ma. Salve Olalia, Health Service director, said the 185-percent increase in the number of dengue cases in NCR has prompted the University to “safeguard the health of the Thomasian community.”

“Our University is within the triangle of the dengue hot spots (in NCR) and with the (incoming) La Niña season, proactive measures have to be taken to secure UST from the disease,” Olalia said.

FOR KYOUNG-Min Park, a Korean student in the University, his “Konglish” needed serious polishing.

A sophomore Architecture student, Park decided to study in UST because of his desire to sharpen his English-speaking skill.

“In Korea, they do not teach English well. So I just came here for English classes,” Park said.

Park, who entered the University in 2006, was one of the 130 Korean students enrolled in the University last school year.