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  • Philippine-European collaboration concludes at WVSU today

    By Hazel P. Villa and Antoniette D. Cortez

    ILOILO City — The Final Dissemination and Send-off of Project FORTH, a collaboration between Philippine and European universities that aims to empower teachers in challenged areas in the Philippines, concludes today, March 27, 2023, at the Cultural Center and Teleconference Room of the West Visayas State University (WVSU). This event is the second to the last leg of the project.

    Project FORTH was launched in WVSU in February 2019 and Iloilo was one of the pilot areas. It succeeded in obtaining the approval of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in 2020 for the offering of the degree Master of Teaching in Challenged Areas (MAEd TCA) which is now available at WVSU, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila, and the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City.

    Today’s activities, which start at 8:30 a.m., will involve the WVSU College of Education students as the audience. The program will include a Walkthrough of Project FORTH, a presentation of the impact of Project FORTH in Philippine Higher Education, and speeches by two principals and a student who have taken up MAEd Teaching in Challenged Areas. They will talk about the Imprints of Project FORTH in

    Philippine Higher Education. WVSU President Joselito Villaruz will also deliver a speech entitled “Ways Forward for WVSU.”

    The European partner institutions will share their experiences with their Philippine counterparts, and Project FORTH Designer Julia Gonzales will speak on “Changing the Narrative: Project FORTH Vision and Beyond.”

    The second part of the Final Dissemination and Send-off will take place at the Teleconference Room of the WVSU, where the participants will share their experiences of DepEd and University Partners. They will also discuss the outputs of FORTH, such as infusion in the Bachelor of Arts Program, majoring in Teaching in Challenged Areas, and materials developed and publications.

    The afternoon session will feature European and WVSU partners speaking on Project FORTH and Beyond,

    FORTH’s impact, and “Visioning the Association for Teacher Educators and Teachers in Challenged Areas.” The program will end at 3 p.m., after which the Project FORTH Team will proceed to Davao City for the last leg of the Final Dissemination and Send-off.

    On March 23, 2023, implementers, representatives of partner schools, officials of the Department of Education and CHED gathered for the formal send-off at the Savoy Hotel in Pasay City. A series of activities followed, including visits on March 24 to Centro Escolar University and PUP and their Manila partner schools and communities, March 25 in USLS Bacolod, March 26 at an Aeta community in Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental, March 27 in WVSU, and March 28 and 29 in USeP Davao and its partner community for a project called “Education behind bars.”

  • PH-EU collab helping teachers in challenged areas close to good reviews

    By Hazel P. Villa, Rosemarie Felimon, Anne Cortez

    PASAY City โ€“ A major collaboration between Philippine and European universities ended on a positive note with good reviews given its various successes on March 23, 2023 at the Savoy Hotel here.

    The 4-year collaboration is Project FORTH (Formation of Teachers in Challenged Areas) which seeks to empower teachers who are working in challenging areas and contexts that are out of the ordinary.

    A major achievement of the said Project is the approval of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in 2020 for the offering of the degree Master of Teaching in Challenged Areas (MAEd TCA) in the following universities: In Manila โ€“ the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP); and in Western Visayas โ€“ University of St. La Salle (USLS) and West Visayas State University (WVSU).

    In his speech, WVSU President Joselito Villaruz said, โ€œProject Forth has widened the horizon of what higher institutions stand for and that is to give impetus to the sector that has been left behind so that the gains of development shall be shared to the marginalized sector of this society.โ€

    Also present at the Send Off were representatives of the three European universities leading in educational reform and international organizations in Europe. They are the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, and the University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy together with the following institutions: Education for an Interdependent World in Brussels, Belgium which is the project co-coordinator and Fundacion Intered in Madrid, Spain that coordinates NGOsโ€™ development work in different parts of the world.

    The Final Dissemination and Send Off lasts until March 29, 2023 with key implementers and module coordinators visiting partner schools and communities on the following dates: March 24 in CEU and PUP and their Manila partner schools and communities highlighting their outputs as program in-charge, March 25 in USLS Bacolod, March 26 at an Aeta community in Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental, March 27 in WVSU, March 28 and 29 in USeP Davao and its partner community for a project called โ€œEducation behind bars.โ€

    Discussed in the March 23 Send Off were the projectโ€™s outputs, the impact of the FORTH partnership with Europe, the envisioning of the projectโ€™s future, the Department of Education’s experiences with the participating universities, outreach to the other universities, and โ€œvisioningโ€ the Association for Teacher Educators and Teachers in Challenged Areas.

  • WVSU COP joins Sinamba sa Regatta 2023

    By Joseph Nebres

    Grupo del Oeste of West Visayas State University College of Physical Education Sports Culture Arts and Recreation (PESCAR) showcased their lively dance performance during the Sinamba sa Regatta last Saturday, March 18, 2023.

    Dressed in their vibrant attires of the Grupo del Oeste put the spectators in awe during the street dance competition as they elegantly dance with the rhythm and the beats of the โ€œSaot kag Ambaโ€ the official dance fest theme song the along the streets of Iznart and Calle Real.

    During the main dance competition, the group displayed wide array of exceptional talent and skills in performing arts as they galvanize the stage with their radiant costumes, well-executed dance moves, and electrifying originally composed music showcasing the Universityโ€™s dedication and commitment in promoting excellence in culture and arts.

    The Grupo del Oeste won 2nd place along with two special awards namely best in Street Dance and best in Original Composition Award.

    This success was a result of the studentsโ€™ hard-work and perseverance with the exceptional guidance of Prof. Liberty R. Porras as the groupโ€™s choreographer and overall director together with Prof. Ruswil Ledesma and Prof. Ronie Libutaque as Musical Directors.

    In an interview Prof. Porras extends the College of PESCAR gratitude to the University Cultural Affairs Office for making this showcase of talents possible and to all those who showed their undying support during their journey from the preparation until the event. ย 

    Grupo el Oeste performed again the following day on Villa Beach Iloilo during the Paraw Regatta 2023 highlight activity.

    The Sinamba sa Regatta is an annual samba dance competition held during the celebration of Paraw Regatta Festival.

  • WVSU CAT: SANA ALL

    by Leo Almonte, MDC

    Itโ€™s this time of the year when WVSU conducts its College Admission Test (CAT). As early as seven in the morning, droves of examinees started to converge at the entrances of WVSU along Luna Street, causing medium-to-heavy traffic in the vicinity.

    Walking inside the campus, the examinees exuded a silent and determined aura, like gladiators stepping into an arena. For most of them, enrolling at WVSU is their first giant step toward their life-long goals. The students know: they are going through the proverbial eye of the needle. WVSU (Main Campus) will only accept 1,500+ from the 10,300+ applicants.

    The examinees came from the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, and other regions, including Mindanao. Walking through the corridor of Quezon Hall, the students are dead quiet, and nothing seems to exist but their test papers. Taking the test while in their zone, I could almost hear their heartbeats during that never-wracking moment.

    I observed a late student running through the campus toward the New Academic Building. He stopped for a while, took deep breaths, looked up at the sky, and made several signs of the cross before proceeding to the testing room.

    So much is at stake, especially for those parents who cannot afford to send their children to college. Such an awareness adds to the pressure of taking the CAT since making it to WVSU is a life-changing milestone. Outside the university, relatives wait patiently under the sun amidst the smoke and noise of passing vehicles.

    I saw mothers standing on the sidewalks, looking at the university buildings from a distance as if whispering prayers for their children while they took the examination. Fathers were ready to hand over their โ€œbaonโ€ to their kids as soon as they exited the gate.

    We say โ€œsana allโ€ with a mixed tinge of hope, regret, and even envy when we experience social and economic disparities or personal shortcomings.

    If only the university could accept more applicants but limited resources hold it back. Yet, WVSU is never stagnant. It continues to pave a road map towards expansion so more students can benefit from its academic services.

    We can all work to create a future where fewer Filipinos are saying โ€œsana allโ€ because more of us are accomplishing our goals and achieving what we want in life. So, when the result of the WVSU CAT is out, I still say (not with regret) but with hope -: SANA ALL.

  • WVSU Hosts Futures Thinking Seminar-Workshop

    by Leo G. Almonte, MDC

    The West Visayas State University hosted the 2nd Futures Thinking Seminar-Workshop last February 17, 2023, at the Diversion 21 Hotel,Iloilo City.

    Aklan State University, Capiz State University, Carlos Hilado Memorial State University, Central Philippines State University, Guimaras State University, Iloilo Science and Technology University, Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology, Northern Iloilo State University, Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology, University of Antique and West Visayas State University participated in the high-level workshop represented by their university presidents and vice presidents.

    WVSU President Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz welcomed the participants in his address, while Dr. Raul F. Muyong gave a message afterward. Mr. Emmanuel De Guia, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Networking PhilsFutures, provided an overview of the activity and expected output, together with Ms. Jalaine Joyce Malabanan, PhilFutures Chief.

    The seminar-workshop aims to produce capstone projects on each institutionโ€™s research niche anchored in the Sustainable Development Goals and regional development priorities. Participating HEIs in the region came together to identify an emerging Futures Agenda, mainly geared towards institutional capstone projects.

    Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz presented WVSUโ€™s capstone project entitled โ€œMental Wellness for Resilient Filipinos,โ€ a research-based initiative to institutionalize solutions to mental wellness in the region. The presentation identified the problem, competitive landscape, solutions, framework, work plan, timeline, and key metrics.

    Participants came up with recommendations to sustain the Futures Agenda and ensure the implementation of their action plan. Building a โ€œFutures Thinking cultureโ€ through the facilitation of seminars among faculty, research enthusiasts, and students; and enhancement of middle managersโ€™ skills in risk management and governance are among the recommended action points agreed upon by the participants.

  • Japan to partner with WVSU for better science education

    By Shenette T. Lape and May Joy S. Olmido, SILAK Media

    With an aim to introduce science experiments in a way that children would understand, Japan Outreach Team, in collaboration with Philippine Science High School โ€“ Western Visayas Campus (PSHS-WVC), extended its scope of alliance to West Visayas State University (WVSU) in developing better science educators.

    In partnership with the Federation of World Youth (FoWY) and Japanโ€™s Educate and Develop (EDULOP), an initial meeting was held on Feb. 27, 2023, 2 p.m. at the WVSU Conference Room discussing the initial plans of pushing throughย  โ€œProject Re: TaNarau 3.0โ€, a collaborative science outreach activity headed by students from PSHS-WVC and students from universities in Japan — aiming to yield better scientists and entice children to get into the field of science.

    โ€œIโ€™d like you to continue to interview schools that are open for collaboration and we continue with the project. You will enhance the students and the entire university โ€“ you educate people,โ€ said Mr. Kouichi Hasegawa, head of International of EDULOP Japan.

    Moreover, the team plans to conduct science experiments through the Universityโ€™s pre-service teachers in the College of Education with the Japanese educators exposing them to science education strategies that are used in Japan.

    โ€œIt is all about promoting science education. It is the best channel in the College of Education for their practice teachers โ€” not only for the community but also for students who are aspiring to be teachers,โ€ said Prof. Edel Carmela Subong-Csoka, director of the WVSU International and Local Linkages Office.

    Furthermore, Dr. Aris Larroder, research unit head of the PSHS-WVC, highlighted that Project TaNarau 1.0 enabled students to conduct home-based science experiments despite the absence of a school laboratory during the pandemic, while Project TaNarau 2.0 enabled them to design supplementary materials to show animated science concepts with the aid of paper only and not electricity.

    โ€œScience education is inclusive to the learners and here in Project Re: TaNarau, learning materials are designed by the learners for other learners. We simply integrate pedagogy, as we have to make sure that at a very young age, the students can already contribute to the learning gaps,โ€ Dr. Larroder added.

    A follow-up meeting is said to be held soon, hoping to make WVSU a part of the third installment of this project./END

  • UN rapporteur pushes for teaching of mother tongue in the face of Houseโ€™s suspension of Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education

    By Gizelle Amour Tagabi

    UNDERLINING the value of languages and their diversity in the Philippinesโ€™s education system, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, emphasized the teaching of children in their native tongue because this will guarantee their right to education without discrimination.

    He emphasized that Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) should be in the long term because quality education in the mother languages take time and investment and not only three years.

    De Varennesโ€™s statement made on Feb 22, 2023 at the West Visayas State University (WVSU) comes on the heels of the House of Representatives approving the suspension of the Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) on Feb. 6, 2023.

    Varennes, speaking in a conference with officials of WVSU and SILAK Media, the official college publication of the WVSU College of Education — urged that quality education in the mother languages requires more time to give the children the best results possible in exercising their language rights within the classroom.

    “There should be at least a 10-year program or 20-year program to develop the materials to make sure that you start and you progressively build stronger and stronger programs,” he said, on top of stressing the importance of committing to the MTB-MLE.

    He called upon education and government authorities to “take this program seriously” by investing in training, resources, and materials for teachers to effectively teach in mother languages.

    “You have to look at this long-term as an investment, which will take time before you see really good results,” he said, adding that the lack of materials shouldnโ€™t be a reason for suspending the MTB-MLE program.

    Prior to the conference, Varennes spoke from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to about 1,500 students and faculty of the said university in a Symposium on Language Rights and Education in observance of the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) along with multilingual education and MTB-MLE advocate, Firth McEachern, who raised awareness on human rights through language rights in education.

    โ€œYou all have the right to learn and use your language in the classroom at any level. So donโ€™t let other people tell you, โ€˜No, hindi pwedeng gumamit ng Hiligaynon kasi we have to be English-speakingโ€™ โ€” that is against your rights,โ€ said McEachern, a Canadian national who can fluently speak Philippine languages including Filipino and Hiligaynon.

    Photos by Pretty Pearl Kate Serilo, Shane Salao, and Mark Lawrence Articuna

  • Tukib Kinaadman, a 2-day arts and research workshop

    Let’s celebrate the arts! Join Tukib Kinaadman, a 2-day arts and research workshop for teachers and students brought to you by the College of PESCAR and the University Cultural Affairs Office.

    For pre-registration, please click the link: https://forms.gle/SMKBnvV3SDEuhKBy7

  • CONGRATULATIONS WVSU COLLEGE OF LAW DEBATING TEAM!!!

    By: WVSU Law Student Council

    WVSU-COL Debate Team qualified for the quarter finals and ranked 2nd in the elimination rounds out of 26 participating Law Schools in the 1st Justice Hilarion Aquino National Memorial Debate Competition.

    1st Elimination Round

    Best Speaker – Stephene Barredo

    Best Debater – Vanessa Silla

    2nd Elimination Round

    Best Speaker – Edson Chase Yap

    Member

    Agripino John Patrick Ga-an

    Coach

    Atty. Federic Loise Regencia

    College of Law Dean

    Atty. Pauline Grace Alfuente, CPA

    College of Law Associate Dean

    Atty. Ian Thomas Besana, LLM

    The team will advance to the quarter finals which will take place tomorrow. The entire college wishes you the best of luck!

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    Basta taga-West, the Best!

    #WVSUCOLDebateTeam

  • ๐™’๐™‘๐™Ž๐™๐˜พ๐™Š๐™ˆ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฉ 11๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™ˆ๐˜พ-๐™Ž๐™‰ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ

    By: Stephen Ranie Belascuain and Everild Dominique Camique

    Photos by: ย Everild Dominique Camique

    ย Medical students from Roxas Hall showcased their unrivaled academic prowess and cemented their status as one the leading medical school in the region by bagging four out of five categories in academic competitions in this yearโ€™s Regional APMC Convention, held at the Diversion 21 Hotel and Iloilo Convention Center last February 9-11, 2023.

    ย This yearโ€™s theme was โ€œLARGAโ€ with a paraw sail that centers on the ebbs and flows of our medical journey. This convention was spearheaded by Paolo P. Guisado of Central Philippine University along with other representatives and student leaders from various medical schools in the region including our very own Medical Student Council and APMC representatives Andrea Philline Barros and Wendellyn Bragat, with Academic Competition Head, Marc Christian Sausa and Mr. and Ms. APMC head, Kenneth Ynchausti.

    ย โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณโ€ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€˜๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜บโ€™ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ดโ€ Ms. Barros said in an interview.

    ๐‘ช๐’๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’-๐‘ท๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†

    ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Despite being the last to present, the WVSU-CPC team, comprised of Shaun Andre Tan as Team Captain, Rogelio RR Tariman as their speaker, along with Joshua Tomas and Lee Iverson Buelis, was crowned Champions and awarded with Best Presentation, and Mr. Tariman as Best Presenter.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ , ๐ผ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘  ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ -๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ฝ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ด๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘›, ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ก, ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž, ๐บ๐‘’๐‘Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘šโ€™๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ โ€ Mr. Tariman said in an interview with the VS staff.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  After the presentation, the team was praised by the panel of judges for exceptional demonstration, well-crafted slides, and an on-point breakdown of the case. They were also able to answer with ease the questions and inquiries of the panel due to the excellent mentoring of their coaches, Dr. Ansarie Salpin and Dr. Noe Bataga.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย  Since this is his last CPC along with his teammate Joshua Tomas, Shaun Andre Tan, the Team Captain says that he is very happy that they were able to successfully defend the title and for the chance to compete in the National Conference.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘ƒ๐ถ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ โ€“ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘’’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘›’๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ , ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž. ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›’๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก. ๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ; ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ !โ€ Tan further said.

    ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’๐’๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’

    ย ย ย ย ย  With a resounding win, the WVSU-HCI team was hailed champions against three other excellent entries with their auspicious โ€œProject: Ready, Prep, Go!โ€. The team includes Mark Arnel Gacho, Anavie Clarise Sia, Christine Joy Susana, and Parvane Mae Lagon, all of whom are third-year medical students.

    ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’. ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.โ€ Ms. Susana said

    ย ย ย ย ย  The project takes inspiration from patients suffering from HIV and AIDs and those who succumb to the disease. Its main objective is the education of the masses, especially those in far-flung areas about the disease and its prevention strategies with an emphasis on Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP.

    ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐ท๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก, ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก. ๐‘Š๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ข๐‘ .โ€ Ms. Lagon said

    ย ย ย ย ย  This project has three phases namely: Ready, PrEP, and Go! (1) The READY phase aims to increase knowledge regarding HIV and AIDS in grassroots communities. (2) The PREP phase corresponds to the project’s main objective, which is to increase the use of PreP among high-risk individuals in the community. (3) The GO phase, or “re-echoing” phase, aims to encourage the newly-registered PrEP user to encourage other members of the community to do the same.

    ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  3-๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘›’๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’. ๐ต๐‘ฆ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘’๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘.โ€ Ms. Sia said

    ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰: ๐‘ช๐’๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’๐’“๐’š

    ย Further displaying the prowess of the college in the academic field, the WVSU-COM Research team, composed of Alyssa Feb Sanchez, Raychel Arriesgado, Justine Dela Riarte, and Ely Roy Melizo Jr.,ย  also gained the title of Champion in the Research Presentation for the Clinical and Community Category and Best Poster Award for their study, โ€œKnowledge, Attitudes and Practices Toward COVID-19 of Residents Aged 18-59 in Iloilo City and Iloilo Province.โ€

    ย With its conceptualization last 2021, The study focused on the finding out the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Ilonggos regarding COVID during the introduction of vaccines and the gradual decrease of restrictions. It took almost two years to complete, and it got delayed by the pandemic, along with conducting the research itself, and gathering participants for the survey, was a challenge for the researchers.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘ƒ๐‘€๐ถ, ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐ผ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘›’๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ด๐‘š๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘˜๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘” ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›,โ€ said Alyssa Feb Sanchez, the leader of the research team,ย  โ€œ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐ผ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . ๐‘Š๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ 33-โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ .โ€ Ms. Sanchez said

    ย ย ย ย ย  Sanchez further stated that the difficulty of balancing their clerkship rotation and completing the submissions for the research competition took a toll on the whole research team; but what kept her going was the thought of the studyโ€™s results would go to waste, if it wasnโ€™t shared with the academic community.

    ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.โ€ said Sanchez.

    ๐‘ด๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’”

    Facing against teams from the Cebu Institute of Medicine (CIM), Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine Inc. (MHAM), and the University of Cebu School of Medicine (UCSM), the WVSU-COM Debate team emerged victorious, garnering the title of Champions in the Interscholastic Medical Debate, with CIM as the 1st Runner-up, and coming in with a tie for 2nd Runner Up was MHAM and UCSM.

    ย โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ (๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ). ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ,โ€ said Cyril Jay Villanueva, one of the debate team participants.

    ย Along with Villanueva from Batch ASP, the team was composed of Josh Oliver Branal and Maio Vendell Sabidong from Batch Dagitab, Swing Member Hannan Andrea Sagsagat, and their coach Atty. Roberto Villanueva, MD, with Cyril Villanueva and Josh Oliver Branal awarded as the Third Best Speakers of the competition.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย  โ€œ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ-๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฅโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›. ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.โ€ said Villanueva.

    ย ย ย ย ย ย  These teams from each category will represent the Visayas Region in the upcoming APMC National Convention in Cebu this March.