The Municipal Health Office of the Municipality of Candoni will hold a caravan tomorrow to open the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Month, or the Heart Month, in line with the activities of the Department of Health, a press release from the town said.

The caravan will be led by Mayor Cicero Borromeo and municipal health officer Dr. Bien Eli Nillos and will be participated in by representatives from the barangay, Department of Education and non-government organizations.

Aerobic exercises are set during the “Hataw” days, Feb. 15 and 22, at the plaza grounds. Other activities are blood-letting at the Rural Health unit grounds to be conducted by the Provincial Health Office - Feb. 18; and the First Candoni RHU Mountain Marathon Open Tournament – Feb. 29, the press release added.*

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2 Bacolod schools
SWEEP winners

Students from two universities in Bacolod City won major awards during the 4th SMART Wireless Engineering and Education Program Innovation and Excellence Awards held in Cebu City recently, a press release from organizers said.

Delman Alagao, Mark Paolo Salada, Paul Edward Alvarez, Francis Xavier Parcon and John Kimwell Laluma of the University of St. La Salle, aided by their faculty mentor Constancio Legaspi Jr., placed first with their entry “Geo-specific Public Warning System Using Cell Broadcasting”.

Edward Warren Torres of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos was also champion of the PalaECEpan quiz bee, where he competed against 37 other student contestants.

The winning team from the University of St. La Salle received P500,000 cash prize, a trophy and a Cisco Certified Network Administrator training scholarship from Trends.Net Inc. The school, in turn, received a P500,000 grant from SMART, the press release said.

In second and third place were entries both from the Ateneo de Manila University, with corresponding prizes of P300,000 and P150,000 respectively. The school also received equivalent amounts in the form of grants.

Torres won the final round over four other finalists: Don Joven Agravante from the University of San Carlos in Cebu City , Nerissa Dupale Saludar from Systems Plus College Foundation in Angeles City , Daryl Aaron Gaerlan from Ateneo de Manila University and Kristoffer Sy Laiz from Ateneo de Naga University.

Torres received P40,000, a mobile phone and an ECE Review Scholarship from EDGE Review Specialists, one of the event sponsors.

Running on its fourth year, the SWEEP Awards program of Smart Communications Inc. was on the theme “Going Wireless for Disaster Preparedness”, the press release said.

Ten entries were shortlisted from out of 59 submitted by SWEEP partner schools nationwide and reviewed by a panel of judges that included Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr., Director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology; Tatsu Kono, Chief Operating Advisor of NTT DoCoMo and a member of the PLDT Board of Directors; and Ronaldo Reario, National Disaster Response Advisor - Philippines, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNDP. Dr. Estrella Alabastro, Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, was keynote speaker during the opening, the press release added.*

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NOPSSCEA cultural tilt
champs in PRISAA '08

The Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural and Educational Association was the overall champion in the cultural competitions of the 2008 Western Visayas Private Schools Athletic Association Meet, held recently at the Augusto B. Legaspi Sports and Cultural Complex, in Kalibo, Aklan, a NOPSSCEA press release said.

Iloilo and Aklan were first and second runners-up, respectively.

Phoebe Mojeno of Riverside College was champion for Talumpati; Adrian Bobe (University of St. La Salle) - Dagliang Pagbigkas; Edison Guitche, Jr. (University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos - English Impromptu Speaking; Hadasa Camporaso (USLS) - Vocal Solo-OPM; Dexter Montalvo and Generosa Adolfo – Colegio San Agustin - Dance Sports-Modern Standard; Leoniel Enopia and Elizabeth Dazo (CSA-B) - Dance Sports-Latin American; and the CSA-B Kagayon Dance Troupe for Contemporary Dance, the press release said.

First runners-up from NOPSSCEA were Edison Guitche, Jr. - Binalaybay and Princes Lean Banias ( West Negros College ) - Oration. Second runners-up were Blessy Pabuaya (USLS) - Declamation, USLS - Philippine Folk Dance; Reynaldo Alayon and Catherine Porter - Duet-OPM.

The NOPSSCEA cultural delegation was headed by Rudy Reveche, chairman of the Cultural Task Force, and Cultural Task Force-tertiary level commissioner Novella Radislao.

They were accompanied by Fr. James Bumangabang, NOPSSCEA treasurer; Fely Porter- executive secretary; Mildred Esmillaren of the tabulation committee; and staff member Grace Porter, the press release added.*

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