Mayor Janet Torres yesterday congratulated the Bago City Dance Sports winners who participated in the 2006 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet in Roxas City.

The Bago City Dance Sports Secondary Level won the first place (Champion) in the Modern Standard Category, while the Elementary Level won the second place in the Latin American Category.

The winners and their coaches, with Wenceslao Narazo, Kenwee Alipato, Jude Anthony Demiden, Madel Magbanua (Champion, Secondary) Melinda Udani, Genesis Soque, and Aiira Udani (2nd Place, Elementary Level), Yonnie Makilan and Noralie Gustilo met with the mayor yesterday.*

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Jaycees sets mass
induction of 4 chapters

The Jaycees national board meeting, mass induction of four chapters, and launching of the Ten Outstanding Young Men will be held at the Bacolod Casino Hotel on April 8, national president Ismael Penado said yesterday.

The chapters that will hold their mass inductions are from Escalante, Sagay, Cadiz and Bacolod, he said.

Penado led the Jaycees in paying a courtesy call on Gov. Joseph Marañon yesterday to check on the programs they can implement in Negros.

The Jaycees is a leadership development organization so our programs are geared toward youth development, Penado said. He added that they will conduct leadership trainings for Sangguniang Kabataan members nationwide together with the National Youth Commission and the Department of Interior and Local Government.

The Jaycees will also bring a major surgical mission to Negros for children with cleft palate problems in May or June.*

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Meeting slated for
Victorias alumni homecoming

All class presidents and representatives of the different batches of Don Felix Montinola Memorial College in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, are being called to a meeting at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, at the DFMMC quadrangle, to discuss the General Alumni Homecoming set April 22, a press release from the alumni association said.

The event will be hosted by Batch '81, the Silver Jubilarians, it also said.

Inquiries about the alumni homecoming may be made with Regina Trestiza-Magallanes, president of Class '81, at 09195201165, or John Peter Balomit, of Batch '74, and president of the Don Felix Montinola Memorial College General Alumni Association, at 09173002131, the press release added.*

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GSIS scholars increase

The Government Service Insurance System increased the number of its college scholars from 48 to 120 starting this school year, and has made the scholarship program easier for applicants, a press release from the Philippine Information Agency said.

The changes in the scholarship program will not entail any additional expense on the part of the state pension despite the number of beneficiaries, GSIS president and general manager Winston Garcia, said in the press release.

The press release also said that the GSIS removed the competitive examinations which used to be the basis for selecting scholars, and the savings it generated from administering the exams is used to support more scholars.

Garcia also said in the press release that scholarship slots are now determined by a raffle where all active GSIS members may participate by filling out an application form, and submit it to the GSIS office or through an accredited GSIS liaison officer.

Inquiries about the scholarship program may be made with all GSIS branches and offices. The deadline for submission of application forms is at 5 p.m. on April 21, the press release added.*

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