ISSN 2094-3991 Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2013

BUCEng produces 28 new Mining Engineers

The President’sO U T B O X

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Ang Pamantasan ng Bikol ay masigasig na tumutugon sa hamon ng pagpapalawak ng ating pakikipag-ugnayan sa ibang bansa upang matamo ang pangarap na internalisasyon. Ang gawaing ito ang lalong nagpapaigting sa ating pagkamakabayan at kamalayan sa ating sariling kultura. Ito’y isang gawaing hindi panandalian subalit isa nang bahagi ng buhay sa pagsusulong ng pandaigdigang kalakalan at relasyon. Ang ASEAN 2015 at nalalapit na, kaya dapat walang nasasayang na sandali. Sa larangan ng ating akademikong pangkahusayan, muli nating natamo ang manguna sa mga pambansang pagsusulit at sa pagkakataong ito, nanguna ang pangkat ng mga enhinyero sa pagmimina! Kaagapay natin ang ilang ahensya ng pamahalan para sa makalidad na mga programa sa ating komunidad tulad ng pagsasanay ng mga lokal na opisyal at kasangguni ng pamahalaan, sa tangkilik ng programang pandaigdig tulad ng AFS interkultural na palitan ng programa at pandaigdigang jamboree. Gayunpaman, ang pagkamakabayan ay tunay na nasasalamin sa pamamagitan ng patuloy na paghangad ng kahusayan sa lahat ng ating mga ginagawa, kaya’t ang lahat ng ito ay sumisimbolo sa kaunlaran ng bansa, tungo sa pandaigdigang pagkilala. Gayundin ang pagsasabuhay ng apat na mithiin ng kahusayan, inobasyon, at kahusayan sa pamiminuno.

Nivero is 8th, Ajon 9th placer

Bicol University’s pioneer Mining Engineering class produced 28 new engineers, with two among the

top ten placers, in the Licensure Examination for Mining Engineers given by the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Mining Engineering in Manila last August 13-15. Dailyn Asuncion Nivero placed 8th with a rating of 84.9 percent and Sarah Mae Bañares Ajon who ranked 9th with a rating of 84.8 percent. BUCEng graduates had a 93.33 percent

passing with 28 successful examinees out of 30 takers. They were among the 117 who passed the exam with a national passing average of 83 percent. The examinees came from only eight

schools offering the mining engineering course. Both Nivero and Ajon finished among the top four of the mining engineering graduates last academic year. T w e n t y - e i g h t successful engineers were among the 30 pioneer graduates of the course which was initially offered during school year 2008-2009 with an enrolment of 39 students.

BU supports Scouts Int’l Jamboree

T h o u s a n d s of students, teachers, councils of the Boy

Scout of the Philippines (BSP), members of the Association of Southeast

Asian Nations (ASEAN) Councils of Teachers, schools administrators, supervisors and staff from all over the country and abroad attended the gathering. With the heme “SCOUTS: Help Save Mother Earth,” the jamboree particularly sought to raise the participants’ knowledge on climate change adaptation and mitigation practices, disaster preparedness, and risk reduction and management; create awareness on the state of Philippine Ecology and the link between the environment and human health; acquire a positive response from students

Four-hundred students from various units represented Bicol University in the Scouts for Environment

International Jamboree held August 21 to 25 at Kawa-Kawa Natural Park in Tuburan, Ligao City.

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Flags of participating countries are raise as participants pledge the scouts pledge last August 21 at Kawa-Kawa Natural Park, Ligao City.

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Naging panauhing pandangal si Dr. Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya, SUC President IV ng Pamantasan ng Bikol, sa pambungad na

palatuntunan ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa na may paksang “ Wika Natin Ang Daang Matuwid “ noong Agosto 6, 2013 sa Bicol University College of Arts and Letters (BUCAL) Amphitheater. Binigyang-diin ng pangulo sa kanyang mensahe ang buong-pusong pagsuporta sa Departamento ng Filipino sa adhikain nitong patuloy na paunlarin at palaganapin ang wikang Filipino. Tunay na maipagkakapuri ang ating pangulo bilang matatag na sandigan ng pamantasan. Idinagdag pa niyang maging bukas ang isipan sa pakikipagtalastasang pang-akademiko para maabot ang puso`t isipan ng bawat isa kaugnay sa mahusay na pamiminuno at walang kinikilingang pamamahala. Hindi hadlang ang pagkakaroon ng maraming wika bagkus ito ay udyok sa

higit na pakikilahok ng bawat komunidad at tanggapan tungo sa daang matuwid. Kaugnay nito, naging panauhin din sa nasabing pagdiriwang si Dr. Helen M. Llenaresas, Pangalawang Pangulo sa Gawaing Pang-akademiko ng pamantasan

gayundin, si Dr. Ma. Julieta B. Borres, dekano ng BUCAL. Si Dr. Leticia M. Lopez na puno ng departamento ang punong tagapanumpa sa katungkulan ng mga bagong

halal na opisyal ng samahang Pinagkaisang Mag-aaral sa Filipino (PIMAFIL). Tampok sa naturang palatuntunan ang iba`t ibang pampasiglang bilang kagaya ng sayawit, sayaw pangkultural, sabayang pagbigkas at malikhaing presentasyon na sinanay pa ng mga propesor sa

Filipino ng nabanggit na kolehiyo na isinagawa pagkatapos ng isang parada at banal na misa. Nagbigay din sa nasabing palatuntunan ang timpalak-kagandahan ng mga lakan at lakambini sa iba`t ibang seksyon sa unang taon. Nagkaroon ng paligsahan sa iba’t ibang gawaing pasulat tulad ng pagsulat ng tula, tigsik, sanaysay, gayundin

sumusunod na linggo paligsahan naman sa iba’t ibang gawaing pangtangahalan kagaya ng dagliang talumpati, masining na pagkukuwento, talumpati inihanda at monologo. Noong Agosto 31, isinagawa ang pampinid na palatuntunan na naging tampok sa palatuntunan ay mga mag-

aaral mula sa iba’t ibang kolehiyo ng Pamantasan ng Bikol maging mga dayuhang mag-aaral sa Filipino1, 2, 3 at Conversational Filipino sa pamamagian ng iba’t ibang pampasiglang bilang tulad ng sayaw, monologo, dula, awit, sabayang pagbigkas at dula-dulaan. Ang naturang gawain ay itinaguyod ng departamento ng Filipino na pinamumunuan

ni Dr. Leticia M. Lopez, puno ng departamento sa pakikiisa ng mga propesor mula sa iba`t ibang departamento. Nakipagtulungan ang pamunuan ng PIMAFIL sa nabanggit na gawain sa pamumuno ng mga tagapayo nitong sina Dr. Evelyn N. Bautista at Prof. Abel Remoral. (Leticia M. Lopez/CAL)

Pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika 2013

Hindi hadlang ang pagkakaroon

ng maraming wika bagkus ito

ay udyok sa higit na pakikilahok ng bawat komunidad

at tanggapan tungo sa daang matuwid.

and teachers towards environment and health issues and concerns; and instill values including environmental service and leadership in the participants, for them to

join and be involved in worthwhile programs and projects for the environment. Earlier in March, BU President Fay M. Lauraya signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the

BSP, together with the Mayon (Albay) Council, the Provincial Government of Albay (PGA) and the City Government of Ligao in support of BSP’s advocacy for Climate Change Adaptation.

According to Dr. Lauraya, Bicol University fully supports all environmental endeavors of the BSP and will continue to partner with them for future programs and projects. (MGM/OP)

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Students in barong and filipinianas sit in front as Pres. Lauraya gives her keynote message last Aug. 6, at the BUCAL Amphitheater.

ERRATUM: The BUzzette would like to make corrections in the news “BU confers honoris causa upon Lagman” found on page 2 of its June 2013 issue. Bicol University Academic Council unanimously approved for endorsement to the Board of Regents the proposal of BU-Tabaco Campus to confer honoris causa upon Honorable Edcel C. Lagman. We apologize for the mistake made.

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The course was offered by virtue of its approval by the BU Board of Regents thru its BOR Resolution No. 009 Series of 2008 upon the recommendation of the BU Academic and Administrative Councils. The decision to offer the course was a result of a feasibility study conducted by BUCEng last 2007 in response to Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order No. 12 s. 2006 which identified Mining Engineering as one of the Priority Courses from AY 2006-2007 to AY 2009-2010. The BS Mining

Engineering program is being actively supported by the mining and the coal industry notably the Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project (RRPP) under the Mining Technology and Geosciences Development Program (MTGDP) with 44 scholars, 12 of whom are recent board passers. Nivero and Ajon are among the recipients of the cited program which is being handled through RRPP’s Community Relations (ComRel) department. As provided by the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and the DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2010-13, mining

companies are mandated to develop mining technology and geosciences. Likewise, Rock Energy International Corporation’s Scholarship Program benefited five other scholars. Academic support has been provided by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau RO V, the Philippine Society of Mining Engineers Albay Legazpi Chapter and the various mining companies who provided part-time faculty and Mine Internship to the senior students. Both the RRPP and the Rock Energy

International Corporation supported their scholars by providing allowances for tuition and miscellaneous expenses, formal review and examination fee and allowances. As part of the scholarship benefits, the RRPP scholarship program requires its graduates and board passers to render at least two years of service in the government while Rock Energy International Corporation will directly employ its five grantees at its main office and mine sites. (Engr. Medel E. Aligan/BUCEng)

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Delegates from Region V attended the 7th Philippine National Health Research System (PNHRS) Convention on

August 7-9 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte.

Dr. Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya, Bicol University president and chair ofthe Bicol Consortium for Health Research and Development (BCHRD), led the group of eighteen. With her were the

BCHRD director, committee chairs, members, and regional project staff, BU students and faculty who submitted entries to the Department of Science and Technology search for best scientific research papers, and

the incoming dean and assistant dean of the soon-to-open BU College of Medicine. According to the PNHRS website, around 500 participants representing all 17 regions of the Philippines were expected to attend said activity. The bulk of the participants were officers,

members and project staff of the 17 regional health research and development c o n s o r t i a (HRDC), as well as members and staff of the DOST-PCHRD headed by Executive Director Dr. Jaime C. Montoya. Region 1 HRDC was the host of the event, headed by its chair, Dr. Lourdes K. Otayza, who is also director of Mariano Marcos

Hospital and Medical Center. Activities during the 3-day convention revolved around the theme “People at the Center of Health and Health Research.” The highlight of the convention was the presentation by Dr. Montoya of the background and implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the newly enacted PNHRS law, or RA 10532. The PNHRS Act of 2013 “seeks to protect and promote the right to health of the people, instill health consciousness among them and improve the quality of life of every Filipino through health research and development initiatives.” According to Dr. Montoya, the Philippines is the first country in the world to institutionalize health research. In order to realize its aims, the PHNRS is relying among others, on the regional health research systems, including the BCHRD. (Maria Vicenta Corazon Guidote/BCHRD)

BU joins Bicol delegates to PNHRS

Jamie C. Montoya, Executive Director of PCHRD, smiles for a picture with the BCHRD members last Aug. 7-9 at Plaza del Norte Hotel and Convention Center, Laoag, Ilocos Norte.

ERRATUM: In the article “BUGS, IPESR hurdle accreditation” on page 3 of The BUzzette June 2013 issue, the undergraduate program of IPESR is Bachelor of Physical Education—not BS Physical Education—and was evaluated for level II. We apologize for the mistake made.

Editorial BoardEditorial Head: Dr. Ma. Celina G. Meneses Managing Editors: Ms. Merly J. Loria Photojournalist: Earl Epson L. RecamundaAssociate Editor: Prof. Vineth G. Morcozo Circulation Manager: Ms. Mary Ann M. See Writer: Rey Anthony D. Ostria Editorial Consultants: Dr. Helen M. Llenaresas • Dr. Reina O. Habalo Overall Consultant: Dr. Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya

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BU, DAP, BCDI launch Executive Development Course for LGU officialsThe Bicol University Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Local Governance (BUJMRILG), together with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and the Bicol Consortium for Development Initiatives (BCDI), jointly sponsored anExecutive Course on Local Governance, Leadership, and Development Program from August 29 to 31 at the Concourse Convention Center. Honorable Ma. Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo, representative of the 3rd district of Camarines Sur and wife of the late DILG Secretary Jesse M. Robredo, keynoted

the event themed “Integrity, Innovation, and Excellence in Local Governance.” She zeroed in on

the “Tsinelas Leadership” exemplified by her late husband as a governance framework that is sure to achieve good results. Other resource

persons for the various course topics included Albay Governor Joey S. Salceda, Sorsogon 2nd District Representative

Deogracias B. Ramos Jr., Legazpi City Mayor Noel E. Rosal, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” J. Soliman, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) V Director Romeo C. Escandor, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) V Director Blandino M. Maceda,

Department of Agriculture (DA) Consultant Edicio de la Torre, Development

Academy of the Philppines (DAP) President Antonio D. Kalaw, Jr., DAP Senior Vice President Gloria J. Mercado, DAP Managing Director Jonas George S. Soriano, DAP Senior Fellow Gabriel Ma. J. Lopez, Bicol Consortium for Development Initiatives(BCDI) President Fr. Jose Victor E. Lobrigo, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) Executive Director Sonia R. Lorenzo and Bicol University (BU) President Fay Lea Patria M. Lauraya. Some 170 mayors, vice mayors, administrators, planning coordinators, department heads and other LGU staff from all over Bicol Region attended the three-day course. Thirty-four of the participants are BCDI scholars. The Executive Course is but the first phase of a two-pronged Capability Building Project for LGU Officials and their key staff, as prepared by the sponsors. Phase 2 of the project will be Customized Training Courses for LGU Officials and their Staff, which will be short-term courses ranging from one day to two weeks tailor-made to the training needs of each LGU. (Ma. Celina G. Meneses/OP)

Dailyn Asuncion Nivero, rank 8, 84.90; andSarah Mae Bañares Ajon, rank 9, 84.80.

Bicol University congratulates the passers of the August 2013 Mining Engineer Lincensure Examination, especially the two who are among the nation’s topnotchers:

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Rep. Leonor G. Robredo talks about her husband’s Tsinelas Governance during the Executive Course on Local Governance, Leadership, and Development Program last Aug. 29-31 at the Concourse Convention Center.