More than 10,000 student-delegates from various STI campuses in Metro Manila and nearby provinces joined the 11th National Youth Convention on the theme "Mission Possible: Shaping Your Future…Today!," at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, recently, an STI press release said yesterday.

The yearly convention was part of the Enrollment to Employment system or E2E System of STI, which tackled topics on information technology, entrepreneurship and personal enhancement.

The speakers were Mario Domingo, who discussed IT-Mobile Gaming, Dennis Evangelista - "Mind Your Own Business," and Rene Espinosa, who talked about "You Can Make a Difference," it said.

Also held was a raffle draw with a laptop computer with printer, two iPod Nanos, two cellular phones and a digital camera as prizes. Participants were also given information compact discs about the NYC topics and previous conventions.

The previous conventions were held in Baguio, Cebu, Ormoc, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro and Davao, it added.*

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Drivers receive insurance

About 1,900 tricycle drivers in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, received free one-year accident insurance amounting to P10,000 from the city government, a press release from the Kabankalan government said.

The drivers are members of various tricycle drivers associations in Kabankalan and are license holders.

Present at the distribution of insurance policies were Mayor Pedro Zayco Jr., Vice Mayor Raul Rivera, Councilors Delia Anacan and Ricardo Regalia Jr., and City Social Welfare and Development head Adelina Tomaro, the press release also said.*

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Kyoto Protocol photo exhibit,
mural signing slated at WNC

A photo exhibit and mural signing will be held this week by Solar Generation at the WNC campus, in Bacolod City, a Greenpeace press release said yesterday.

SG is the youth project of environmental group Greenpeace, in coordination with the student publication of West Negros College, the press release said.

This will be a commemoration of the first anniversary of the enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change, it added. Youth environmentalists in Negros Occidental continue to appeal to the local and national governments to uphold the commitment of the Philippines to the treaty, drawn in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, and for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the press release also said.

Several Bacolod schools have supported the Kyoto Protocol and the support for it by the youth all over the world was declared at a pre-conference summit on climate change in Montreal, Canada, recently, it added.*

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PMHA sets lecture-gab
on 'effective parenting'

The Philippine Mental Health Association Negros Occidental-Bacolod Chapter will hold a lecture-forum on "Effective Parenting", 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, at Room C-16, Cody Building, University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, a press release from the group said yesterday.

Professor O B Dañocup, consultant in special education and early childhood education of Jack and Jill School and Riverside College, will talk on "Understanding Children's Behavior, Misbehavior and Yourself as a Parent," and "Encouragement: Building Your Child's Confidence and Feelings of Worth," the press release said.

The activity is open to parents, teachers, guidance counselors, social workers and professionals.

Registration fee is at P120 and those interested may call Harold Villanueva and Maritess Benares at 433-8868, the press release added.*

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