Strive for excellence and be a leader of change.”

This challenge was thrown yesterday by Lt. Gen. Victor Ibrado, commanding general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command, to graduates of Domingo Lacson National High School, in Bacolod City.

Ibrado also stressed that being poor should not be a reason not to strive for success.

Ibrado said there is basis for the accusations that the rich have caused more misery to the poor. He, however, said “We should not blame the rich why we are poor”.

While they may have the initial advantage, it is not a guarantee that graduates of exclusive schools will always excel, compared to most, if not all products of public schools, he said.

Ibrado, who spent his elementary and high school education in public schools, said he observed the state of deterioration in public school system. “Feeling sorry is not enough, we have to strive to restore the glory of the public school system,” he stressed.

What needs to be done is to bring being sorry to action, to convert regret to reform, to lift apathy to compassion, and to convert that into tangible development, Ibrado said.

Ibrado is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy.*GPB

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Teenage issues discussed

The Philippine Mental Health Association-Negros Occidental Bacolod Chapter, together with the Soroptimist International of Bacolod, recently launched a lecture-forum called “Teenage Issues” at the PMHA administration office, Cottage Road, Bacolod City, its press release said.

About 45 young people from the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines, Bacolod Girl’s Home, San Antonio Formation and Enhancement Center, and representatives from barangays participated in the event held in line with the Women’s Month celebration, the press release said.

Silay City Councilor Marie June Pavillar-Castro, program officer of the Development and Active Women Networking Foundation Inc., was the resource person, while Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chairperson of the Bacolod City Gender and Development Council, gave the opening message and Soroptimist president Pacita Adeva introduced the guest speaker, the press release added.*

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Silay to honor women

The Silay City Council for Women and Family will hold its culminating activities called “Padungog Sa Mga Kababayenhan” Monday, a press release from the city said.

It will recognize women government employees who rose from the ranks and are now division chiefs or department heads, and those who have served for more than 30 years. They will receive plaques of recognition after the flag-raising ceremony.

A mass wedding dubbed “Ang Dalisay Nga Paghigugma Part II” will be participated in by 101 couples from Brgy. Mambulac, to be officiated by Mayor Jose Montelibano at Sen. Jose C. Locsin Cultural and Civic Center, the press release said.

The council will sponsor a parade at 3 p.m. to be joined in by the 16 barangays and their local councils for women. At 7 p.m., the Search for “Super Nanay 2008”, a pageant on what women can do for society, will be staged at public plaza.

Judges are Rex Abello, Roderic Alba, Ver Pacete, Willy Hermosura, and Macarse Tionko. The pageant will feature special talents and skills of women, an evening fashion extravaganza, and glass-hour figure display, the press release said.*

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