An art exhibit called "Harvest" featuring sculptures and paintings by the student-artists of Binhi Creative Arts and Crafts and Crafts Workshop Inc. opened yesterday, and will run every Saturday of school year 2006 to 2007, at the VSB Building, fronting the Capitol Lagoon, in Bacolod City, a press release from the group said.

The exhibit is a charity project that offers a free Saturday art workshop for to 45 underprivileged children and youth of Brgy. Banago, it also said.

The exhibit, Harvest, is a gathering of the fruit of the earth.

The group, "Binhi," coined from a Hiligaynon term for "seed," is a group giving a free education through the arts, to the children and the young, the press release said. Its goals are to help these children grow up and to develop them emotionally, intellectually, culturally, and spiritually, among others, the press release added.

Inquiries on the exhibit and activities of Binhi may be made with Jet Divinagracia at 709-2260 or 09063682725, the press release also said.*

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Governor lauds
Negros women

Negrense women were lauded by Gov. Joseph Marañon at the 2006 Provincial Women's Day celebration on the theme "CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women) ng Bayan: Karapatan ng Kababaihan," held in Bacolod City, recently, a Capitol press release said.

Marañon was guest speaker at the activity participated in by about 200 PCW officers and members, the press release said. A motorcade around the major streets of Bacolod was held, followed by a program at the Social Hall of the Capitol Building.

Andrea Si, PCW provincial sector representative, said the CEDAW is an international bill of rights of women adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 18, 1979, the press release also said.*

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USLS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Pioneer batch to
graduate April

The pioneer batch of the University of St. La Salle College of Medicine, in Bacolod City, will hold its graduation rites Sunday, at the university coliseum, a USLS press release said.

There are 24 in the batch led by Clarissa Uy-Patrimonio as the top graduate. The USLS College of Medicine opened in 2002, with Dr. Greg Medalla as the founding Dean. College Dean now is Dr. Carmelo Canto.

It has two campuses - the main campus at La Salle Avenue where the Lecture Halls and Health Science Library are located, and a satellite campus adjacent to its main affiliate hospital that houses its laboratory facilities, the press release said.

The College is also affiliated with two government hospitals: Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod and Dr. Jose Locsin Provincial Hospital in Silay City. Its private-based hospital is the Our Lady of Mercy Specialty Hospital also in Bacolod, the press release added.*

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Graduation at
BCC set tomorrow

The 6th Commencement Exercises of the Bacolod City College will be held, tomorrow, at the Bacolod Arts and Youth Center, in the city, a BCC press release said yesterday.

A Baccalaureate Mass will be offered at 8 a.m. to be officiated by Msgr. Victorino Rivas and Fr. Tomas Rito, to be followed by a Recognition Ceremony, it also said.

The graduation rites will start at 3 p.m. with Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, chairman of the BCC Board of Trustees, as the guest of honor and speaker.

Leonardia will also confer the degrees and titles on the graduates.

To graduate are a total of 334 students enrolled in four courses the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, BS in Industrial Technology, BS in Office Administration, and Teacher Education, with graduates in the latter two courses as first batches.

The top graduate is Ma. Corazon Alfiscar (TED) who will finish magna cum laude, the first produced by the school.

The cum laude graduates are Gretchen Joy Ermeo (TED), Ivan Lobaton (BSIT); Jezrel Golez (BSIT), Ma. May Shelle Escobar (BSOA), Jade Essence Beroncal (BSIT), Julius Esparas (TED), Felesie Mari Salva (BSOA), and Ginavie Limbaga (BSOA), the press release added.*

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