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The first Catholic school in Negros Occidental, La
Consolacion College in Bacolod City, will hold its 87th foundation
anniversary on March 11-12, that will be sponsored by its Commerce
department, an LCC press release said yesterday.
A Mass will be celebrated by the Augustinian
community at the San Sebastian Cathedral on the first day, and an
awarding ceremony for some retired personnel and teachers of the
school will be held then.
A jobs fair sponsored by the LCC College Alumni
Association and assisted by the Public Employment Services Office
of the Bacolod City Mayor's Office, will also be conducted by different
government and private agencies at the college ground floor.
The highlight on March 12 will be a college alumni
homecoming and reunion, and awarding of outstanding alumni, including
private entrepreneurs, who have excelled in their profession, the
press release said.
LCC-Bacolod was founded on March 12, 1919 by
a group of Augustinian Sisters who were invited by the first bishop
of the Diocese of Bacolod, Casimiro Lladoc, it also said.
Alumni may inquire from Nenette Padilla or Randie
Cuelo of the LCC Alumni Relations Office at 434-9661 or 0915-7829-050,
for more details about the activities, the press release added.*
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Airport
Lions Club holds
clean-up drive in Alijis
A clean-up drive was conducted at St Vincent's Village,
Barangay Alijis, in Bacolod City, recently, by the Bacolod Airport
Lions Club of District 301-B led by Dave Escalona, a press release
from the club said.
The activity was part of the commitment of the
club to community service and to the city government under the administration
of Mayor Evelio Leonardia, the press release said.
The group has been heeding the call of the city
government for its Clean and Green Program, in collaboration with
private and public individuals, non-government organizations, and
civic groups, it added.
Project chairperson of the clean-up drive was Glenn
Botavara, who was supported by 1st vice president Ernie Pestaņo
and other club members.*
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