Tag: November 15, 2011

NURSING senior Dan Erwin Bagaporo won first prize for his essay “Pride in Profession” in the youth category of the Goi Peace Foundation-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) International Essay Contest last Oct. 27.

The annual contest, which had the theme, “My story of inspiration,” drew over 7,000 international entries.

“I think what made my essay stand out was that it was about people who are in need of compassion, namely, the elderly,” Bagaporo said.

Along with the first-prize winner in the children’s category, he will receive the Minister of Education Award in Tokyo, Japan on Nov. 19 as part of this year’s Goi Peace Foundation forum.

A KOREAN university has tapped UST to provide English language training to Korea nursing students.

Thirty female students of Gyeongju University in South Korea will undergo an English language proficiency program for three months at the College of Nursing.

The memorandum of agreement was signed by Vice Rector Fr. Pablo Tiong O.P. and Gyeongju University president Soonja Lee last Sept. 20.

The program is part of the 2011 Autumn Semester project of the “7+1 Semester Abroad” program of Gyeongju University that will run from Sept. 19 to Dec. 9.

NEEDLESS to say, no incumbent president will ever allow a freedom of information bill to pass under his watch. Not even an electoral victor who vowed his countrymen the “good and noble” oath of transparency by giving access to public information.

Over a year after wooing the public of his grand and ambitious political agenda that catapulted him to the country’s highest office, President Aquino III seemed to have reneged on his promise to pass the proposed bill that had almost been promulgated in the 14th Congress if not for the House of Representatives’ failure to ratify the reconciled House and Senate versions.

FINALLY, shameful government officials will be sanctioned for shameless publicity.

Sen. Mirriam Defensor-Santiago recently introduced the “anti-epal bill,” which aims to forbid conceited politicians from donning themselves with laurels for every accomplishment—whether mundane or extraordinary—they’ve made during their term.

The word epal is a slang Filipino term that denotes people who craves for attention.

Once enacted, public officials who are guilty of placing their names on government projects will have to face six to 12 months of imprisonment.

“HELL is empty, all the devils are here.”

I feel this statement by William Shakespeare ‘s lurking more in my head than before—days after the infamous murder of former senator Ramon Revilla Sr.’s love child Ramgen Revilla. Another story of crime barged into our screens as Talk and Text bigman Ali Peek got shot on the neck after their training at the RFM gym, which (thank God!) did not gave him severe wounds but, as of press time the bullet is still lodged in his nape.

Right now, no one knows what is the gun man’s motive for shooting. The growing number of crime news each week makes me anxious of the “demons” playing our existence.

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FORMER president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s demand to travel abroad and seek medical treatment is an insult to physicians.

Despite the abundance of physicians, specializing in Orthopaedics here in our country, Arroyo has been seeking the approval of the Department of Justice to travel for her treatment. Her camp is claiming that there’s an absence of an expert in our country and medical facility to treat her condition called hypoparathyroidism and cervical spondylosis.

HINDI tulad ng mga naunang enrollment ko sa apat na taon ko sa USTe, naging masalimuot at nakadidismaya ang nakaraang enrollment—hindi dahil sa huling semestre ko na ito, kundi dahil sa pagkakataong ito, hindi na tinatanggap ang magpre-enroll o maski gumamit ng promissory note.

Ang balitang ito ay gumulat sa maraming estudyante na walang kamalay-malay sa bagong patakaran ng Unibersidad. Ito ay nagbunsod upang maraming estudyante (hanggang ngayon) ang hindi makapag-enroll ngayong semestre o ‘di kaya’y napilitang magbayad ng P1,000 late enrollment fee na ayon sa Commission on Higher Education ay napakataas.

WHAT does the word “beautiful” really mean?

Beautiful is often associated with an artwork, photograph, or anything that you may call “art,” which can look pleasing with a well-thought theme, complementing colors, and captivating layout, among others.

What dazes me is the exodus of a variety of executions—like installation art, performance art, and pop art—in the present era’s so-called “art” culture. But digital art is seemingly the most used art form today as it can be seen applied on most advertisements: Billboards, TV commercials, magazines and newspapers, and products. It is actually everywhere; from the time you eat breakfast, till you go to bed.

A NOBEL prize winner opened the UST’s Global Conference on Ethics in Science and Technology at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex last month, explaining that truth should not be pursued for truth’s sake without considering the ethical implications.

Professor Yuan Tseh Lee, who won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1986, said “scientists have a responsibility for the consequences of their actions,” stressing the importance of ethics in the scientific profession as a means to have “social responsibilities.”

JOURNALISM and writing are best learned through practical lessons, but who would mind getting tips from some the biggest names in Philippine media?

The 13th edition of Inkblots, the annual campus journalism fellowship organized by the Varsitarian, once again gathered prominent media practitioners, this time, under the theme “Uncover the Truth.”

From Oct. 13 to 15 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, some 200 fellows from all over the country interacted with speakers and were shown “how the pros do it.”

This year’s keynote speaker, former senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., opened Inkblots with an anti-reproductive health (RH) bill lecture delivered before more than 200 fellows.