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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.