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  • Journal for Law Advocacy – Election related offenses and disinformation

    The WVSU Journal for Law Advocacy (JLA) is an academic journal committed to the development of legal scholarship for and from the Visayas Region and Southern Philippines.  The student-run editorial board adheres to a double-blind peer review process as its editorial policy to determine the quality of submission both from law students and legal practitioners.

    JLA’s inaugural issue carries the theme “Electoral Laws and the 2022 Philippine Election” and contains seven carefully selected chapters that provide important legal analyses of electoral issues that limit, if not hostage, the conduct of free and fair elections in the Philippines.  In preparation of the journal’s official launch by September 23rd 2022, online versions of the seven stand-alone chapters will be shared to the reading public. For this week, JLA is featuring the co-authored chapter of Prosecutor Victoria Heler and Theda Grace Gumban, faculty and student respectively of WVSU College of Law.

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    Entitled “Towards a Clean and Honest Election: Jurisprudence on Election-related offenses”, the authors revisit important provisions of the Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines and provide a discussion on frequent election violations and related jurisprudence. This includes vote-buying and vote-selling, conspiracy to bribe voters, wagering upon the result of the election, and coercion of subordinates among others. The authors provide a thematic discussion of offenses during voter registration, campaign, voting day, and canvassing. 

    Heler and Gumban also provide a rundown of special laws that govern the conduct of elections in the country and argue that while these laws are designed to ensure a peaceful and effective method of selecting political leaders, these laws have to face challenges arising from COVID-19 and disinformation networks in social media.

    The student editors, as well as contributing authors of this inaugural issue, hope that readers arrive at a more complete picture of the interplay of law, jurisprudence, and electoral reform in the Philippines. The different chapters of this volume earnestly put together provide at the very least, a diagnosis of each of the key areas of reform in the Philippine electoral system. For inquiries, please email the Journal’s Executive Editor – Clyde Gacayan at col_journal@wvsu.edu.ph

  • WVSU Shares Best Practices in Quality Management System with MBHTE -BARMM

    By Mary Angel Lou S. Tribiano and Elyn Joy B. Estimada

    West Visayas State University shared its best practices in Quality Management System (QMS) with the delegation from the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). WVSU hosted the QMS Executive Session last August 11, 2022, at the university campus.

    After the opening remarks of University President Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz, the vice presidents, unit heads, directors, and college deans participated as resource speakers. Dr. Villaruz defined quality management and how it impacts the university. He attributed the accomplishments of the institution to sound and effective quality management.

    Among the topics discussed by the resource speakers were the University Program Development, Teacher Education Program, Senior High School Implementation, Quality Assurance, Assessment, Customer Feedback Mechanism, Internal Quality Audit, Management Review, and Continuous Improvements. After the open forum moderated by Dr. Noemi B. Silva, a campus tour followed where the guests visited the College of Education, Basic Education School Laboratory, and QMS Room.

  • CHED hosts ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary kickoff

    by Gian Kyra A. Morones / ILLO

    August 8, 2022 – CHED hosts their first hybrid virtual kick-off ceremony for ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary. This year, ASEAN carries Cambodia’s chairmanship 2022 theme, ASEAN A.C.T. Addressing Challenges Together.

    The Assistant Secretary of ASEAN Affairs, Daniel Ramos Espiritu, opened the ceremony with his welcome remarks. In his speech, Daniel Espiritu highlighted how school closures due to the pandemic interrupted the development of education. With the sudden shift in traditional learning to online education, there had been a growing digital divide among students. By October of 2020, ASEAN leaders and experts created measures to promote digital literacy and development of transferable skills among youths and children. This is to ensure that education in the region is “equitable, inclusive and future ready”. Along with distance learning strategies, maximize e-learning platforms, open educational resources, and virtual peer exchanges in order to further improve the quality of education. He noticed that, “ASEAN remains united and strong even in the face of hardships”.

    “ASEAN remains united and strong even in the face of hardships.”

    The event’s guest speaker, Senator Loren Legarda, mentioned her first bill in the 19th Congress, the ‘One Tablet, One Student Program’ seek to provide public schools, universities and colleges a tablet for each student for the purpose of helping them cope with the changes in their education. In coordination with CHED, Senator Legarda helped in assisting students’ education through developing laws that provide financial assistance to their education like UniFast, Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act and the Enhanced Basic Education Program. She stressed that, “Filipinos, especially from lower income families, should know that they have such opportunities”. She also stated a problem concerning the young population as they face a disproportionate level of unemployment and under employment in which she hopes to address if given the chance. “It is imperative that we build a more resilient educational ecosystem”. She proposed to ramp up the skills development in education, sustainable development, gender equality and inclusivity.

    SEAMEO Director, Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuela stated that “we must strengthen the implementation of open, flexible and distance learning” and provide more importance to distance learning. The new normal education paved the way to a reimagined new normal and hybrid higher education. This new development in learning and education must be valued and acknowledged in order to adjust and move forward with ease towards new learning modalities.

  • WVSU, Florida State University conduct ABC+ project

    by Gian Kyra A. Morones and Shanea Mae A. Nalaunan / ILLO

     

    West Visayas State University – College of Education (WVSU-COE) held the Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Workshop in preparation for pre-service teachers on August 8, 2022.

    The event was facilitated by Florida State University (FSU), as one of the technical assistants that provide one public university in each chosen region. West Visayas State University collaborated with international experts Dr. Ana Marty and Kate Schell, literacy specialists from FSU, on pre-service teacher education to develop syllabus and instructional modules for instructors and students, and train instructors who will deliver literacy courses. Its objective is  to create courses that focus on literacy development and beginning reading to be a part of the College of Education curricula for the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (BECE) and Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEE).

    WVSU will receive technical assistance from ABC+ for these courses to be taught. This project is holding another event this August 11 and 12, 2022 aimed to  develop and improve the early literacy training for pre-service teachers.

    The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, in collaboration with West Visayas State University College of Education, held the activity as part of their agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement ABC+: Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines—a 5-year project that aims to improve literacy skills, math, and social and emotional learning skills for Kindergarten through Grade 3 in Regions V (Bicol) and VI (West Visayas).

    Dr. Joselito P. Villaruz, WVSU President, handing the certificates to Dr. Ana Marty (left) and Kate Schell (right)

  • Inaugural Release of the Journal for Law Advocacy

    The WVSU Journal for Law Advocacy (JLA) is an academic journal  committed to the development of legal scholarship for and from the Visayas Region and Southern Philippines.  The student-run editorial board adheres to a double-blind peer review process as its editorial policy to determine the quality of submission both from law students and legal practitioners.

    JLA’s inaugural issue carries the theme “Electoral Laws and the 2022 Philippine Election” and contains seven carefully selected chapters that provide important legal analyses of electoral issues that limit, if not hostage, the conduct of free and fair elections in the Philippines.  In preparation of the journal’s official launch by September 23rd 2022, online versions of the seven stand alone chapters will be shared to the reading public. For this week, JLA will be featuring two chapters written by the Student Editors of JLA and by Dean Jose Mari BFU Tirol. 

     

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    The first chapter entitled “Back to the Future’s Part: An overview of the recently-concluded 2022 National Elections” provides the reader with both the historical and political context that has shaped election results. Co-authored by the seven student editors of the Journal (Clyde Gacayan, Edson Yap, Kirby Aguaras, Rene Aviles, Vanessa Silla, Theda Gumban & Mike Guillem) this chapter is a recollection of the most important events of the election which were revisited to provide context to the most pressing legal questions that surrounded the polls. This includes the pre-campaign period, where the rules on substitution of candidates have seemingly worked in favor of the Marcos-Duterte tandem. Further, the campaign period, which is regulated by Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9006 or the Fair Elections Act, was marked by legal challenges as to campaign spending and the use of different media platforms, such as social media and ‘Operation Baklas” of the COMELEC, against which the Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order as early as March 8, 2022. The May 9 polls, despite having a high voter turnout of 82.6%, were characterized by international observers as not meeting global standards for a free and fair election, as reports of election-related human rights violations surfaced. As early as the evening of election day, the landslide win of the Marcos-Duterte tandem became apparent yet unconvincing to many. What happened thereafter was unprecedented in Philippine electoral history. There were no pre-proclamation controversies nor election contests filed specifically against Marcos Jr., and his inauguration as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines went smoothly, overshadowing his family’s legal theatrics to escape liability from the 21-year dictatorial rule of his father, Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.. 

    The student editors, as well as contributing authors of this inaugural issue, hope that readers arrive at a more complete picture of the interplay of law, jurisprudence, and electoral reform in the Philippines. The different chapters of this volume earnestly put together provide at the very least, a diagnosis of each of the key areas of reform in the Philippine electoral system. A total of five more papers will be released online in the next 5 weeks tackling on issues about anti-political dynasty legislation, the party-list system, election-related offenses and rules on substitution. Thereafter, a print copy of the Journal will be made available for distribution.

    For inquiries, please email the Journal’s Executive Editor –  Clyde Gacayan at col_journal@wvsu.edu.ph .

  • WVSU Prepares for the 2022 World Research and Innovation Festival

    By Leo G. Almonte, MDC

    WVSU is preparing vigorously for the forthcoming World Research and Innovation Festival (WRIF), a virtual global research conference from October 17 to 19, 2022. Being a hub of creative works and innovative ideas, the university takes on the challenge of gathering 600 participants from various colleges and universities worldwide for the research festival.

    Dr. Greta G. Gabinete, Vice President for Research Extension and Training, heads the WRIF Organizing Committee. The preparation requires the collaboration of almost all the units and departments of the university.

    With an apt theme “Connecting the Global Community Through Research”, WVSU aims to create a productive and fruitful event where global researchers and innovators can share their ideas and new-found knowledge in their respective fields. 

    “The World Research and Innovation Festival is an opportunity for the different units in  WVSU to work together and bring out the innovative ideas from global researchers,” Dr. Gabinete said.

    According to the WRIF website, the festival is a  multi- and inter-disciplinary conference that provides a venue for local and international researchers to disseminate and exchange ideas on the latest trends and advances in research and innovation. Areas of interest are education, social sciences, pure and applied sciences, medical, health and allied sciences, business, tourism, and hospitality management.

    International experts and academic leaders, as well as outstanding WVSU alums spread around the world, will serve as keynote and plenary speakers during the research festival,

    For more information about the World Research and Innovation Festival, visit https://wvsu-wrif2022.org/


  • WVSU Sends Delegation to PASUC Midterm Convention

    By: Stephanie Dillera

    A contingent from West Visayas State University attended the 2022 Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) Midterm Convention at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City from July 27-29. The event also celebrated PASUC’s 55th Founding Anniversary.

    The Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) is an association established to strengthen academic advancement and maximize institutions’ potential to thrive in an ever-changing, inter-connected, and diverse world.

    Around 600 representatives from various universities and colleges, government offices, partner agencies, and local and international stakeholders attended the convention with the theme “SUCs as Innovation Leader for Global Competitiveness”. 

    Convention delegates from West Visayas State University included University President Dr. Joselito F. Villaruz, Dr. Celina G. Gellada (Vice-President for Medical and Allied Sciences), Dr. Greta G. Gabinete (Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Extension), and Dr. Proferio J. Barlas Jr. (Vice-President for Administration and Finance). 

  • WVSU Hosts CHED Writeshop and FGD Participants

    By: Jeandelle Amistad

    The West Visayas State University (WVSU) participated in the writeshop and focus group discussions (FGD) commissioned by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) entitled “Patterns of and Pathways to Transformation in Philippine TEIs: The Role of Institutional Leadership in Focus.” The event was held at Richmond Hotel, Iloilo City, from July 27 to 29. 

    CHED’s three-part scoping study intends to describe the role of leadership in producing teacher quality through gathering narratives from the selected institutions. Participants aim to create a framework for designing and delivering more opportunities to drive the responsiveness of teacher education.

    Dr. Ma. Asuncion Christine Dequilla, WVSU Vice President for Academic Affairs, opened the event with a welcome address, followed by the self-introduction of the participating delegates.

    CHED   selected  university representatives  for the data gathering on Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs).  The participants include West Visayas State University,, Mariano State University, Saint Louis University, Marikina Polytechnic College, Thomas Claudio Colleges, University of Makati, Adventist University, University of San Jose Recoletos, Bago City College, Holy Name University, Southern Leyte State University, Hercor College, Bukidnon State University, Capitol University, St. Benedict College of Cotabato, MSU-GenSan, Davao De Oro State College and St. John Paul College Davao.

    Dr. Roberto Sagge Jr., WVSU Director of the University Learning and Assessment Center, gave a brief overview of the workshop and FGD, followed by an orientation by Dr. Edison Fermin, Co-Chair Person and Technical Panel for Teacher Education.

     WVSU provided a city tour around Iloilo and gave the guests a rousing welcome upon campus arrival. Cultural dancers of the Cultural Arts Office and PESCAR performed lively dance numbers as the guests walked into the lobby. University administrators led by Dr. Dequilla hosted a dinner for the guests at the campus.

    Day Two highlighted the plenary briefing workshop (by cluster) and sharing of writing experiences, while the last day focused on the refinement of cases, submission of the draft and institutional cases, and the distribution of certificates.

  • WVSU Attends SEAOHUN Strategic Planning Workshop

    by Leo G. Almonte, MDC

    West Visayas State University attended the South East Asia One Health Network (SEAOHUN) strategic planning workshop at the function room of Microtel Hotel in Pasay City last July 4 and 5, 2022. Represented by Dr. Celina C. Gellada, Vice President for Medical and Allied Sciences, and Dr. Maria Kristina Gonzalez-Almonte, College of Medicine Faculty, the university is expected to take an active role in supporting the advocacy of  SEAOHUN.

    WVSU is a Philippine One Health Network member, part of the  Southeast Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN). According to their website, PhilOHUN and the entire SEAOHUN aspires for a future with minimal threat from preventable diseases through the One Health approach. They believe that joining hands with their neighboring Southeast Asian countries will allow us to move a step closer to this goal.

    SEAOHUN’s Dr. Vipat Kuruchittham (Executive Director) and Ms. Gabrielle Iglesias (Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer) served as speakers while Professor Benjamin Sandoval facilitated the strategic planning workshop. As the funding organization of SEAOHUN, Chevron Corporation was represented by Ms. Dee Bourbon, Mr. Joel Gaviola and Ms. Analyn Caindoy.

    The workshop’s objective is to produce a five-year strategic plan to strengthen PhilOHUN’s identity as a One Health-centered organization in the Philippines. In attendance to the two-day workshop were representatives from member universities  Central Luzon State University, Partido State University, Pampanga State Agricultural University, University of the Philippines Los Baños, University of the Philippines Manila, Visayas State University, University of Eastern Philippines, Central Mindanao University, West Visayas State University, Chevron and SEAOHUN. 

    *Photo Source: PHILOHUN Website at https://www.philohun.org/   

  • WVSU explores collab with KMUTT in Thailand

    West Visayas State University continues to expand its reach in the fulfillment of its mandates in instruction, research, and extension.
     
    With its International and Local Linkages Offie (ILLO) Director Prof. Edel Subong-Csoka , VP for Research, Innovation, and Extension Dr. Greta Gallo Gabinete, campus administrators Dr. Dominador Lisao of the College of Agriculture and Forestry (CAF) and Dr. Mary Josephine Bautista (Lambunao), and CAF Internationalization focal person Prof. Rod Reynan Gallego Laspiñas, WVSU had a discussion with King Mungkot’s University Of Technology Thonburi in Thailand regarding possible collaborations between the two institutions.
     
    The WVSU delegation was welcomed by KMUTT led by Dr. Julapot Chiravachradej.
    The vision for a sustainable society is shared by both schools. #