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Enriquita Quillano Olitan, a 101-year-old woman from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, receives her birth certificate from OIC City Civil Registar Monalisa Tabujara (left) and PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Program (BPRAP) agent Jesirie Marie Gedorio at her residence in Barangay Tampalon.*PSA-Negros Occidental photoA 101-year-old woman from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, has finally obtained a birth certificate in official security paper (SECPA) through the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Birth Registration Assistance Program (PBRAP) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).Enriquita Quillano Olitan, who was born on Sept. 5, 1921, became the province’s oldest PBRAP beneficiary when she received her birth document at her residence in the remote Purok Nar...

Mapúa Malayan Digital College (MMDC), in partnership with the office of Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson, has announced the continuation and renewal of the MMDC Abanse Negrense Business and IT Scholarship.Initially launched last year, the scholarship was created in line with Abanse Negrense, a seven-point development agenda for Negros Occidental anchored on the principles of sustainable development and the attainment of the total human potential of all Negrenses. With education a key priority, this year, the scholarship will cover the tuition and miscellaneous fees of almost a hundred new and incoming college freshmen for their entire MMDC education, a press release from the college said.All types of students from Negros Occidental are eligible to apply, with t...

Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) held the Baccalaureate and Commencement Exercises of the Advanced Education Programs with the theme “Shaping the Future through Globalized Education for Sustainable Development” at Padre Pio Hall, Nature’s Village Resort on Saturday, July 8.A total of 63 graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Management and Accountancy, College of Education, and College of Industrial Technology were conferred their respective doctorate and master’s degrees, a press release from CHMSU said.The event kicked-off with the Baccalaureate Mass and Blessing and Hooding Ceremony, where the graduates’ thesis advisers donned their academic hoods. This was followed by the message of Commencement Speaker, Lizan F. Perante-Calina, Dean o...

STIWNU administrators led by EVP Dr. Ryan Mark Molina with officers of the Korean Institute for Culture and the Arts (KICA) Inhwan Shin, Suhyun Lee, Hyunsun Ju, Minyoung Kim and Jihwan Park.*Galuh University in Indonesia has entered into a collaborative agreement with STI West Negros University in Bacolod City.As an offshoot of the Memorandum of Agreement signed by administrators of the two universities, an International Law Conference was held virtually on Tuesday, July 11, a STIWNU press release said.The law conference entitled, “International Law in Sustainable Development Goals: Perspective and Challenges”, featured as resources speakers Prof. Hikmahanto Juwana, rector of Universitas Jenderal Ahmad Yani, Prof. Otto Hasibuan, chairman of the National Leadership Council of th...

The E. B. Magalona Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) rescued a juvenile hawksbill sea turtle (pawikan) that accidentally swallowed a large fishing hook about a month ago, took care of it every day, and released it back to the sea Tuesday, July 4.MENRO-designate Jojo Vargas said they were informed last June 7 that a fisherman from Barangay Manta-angan accidentally caught a young sea turtle that was struggling because it swallowed a fishing hook.“I immediately went to see the sea turtle and found that the fishing hook is still inside its mouth. The hook was embedded in its throat and the poor creature could not even open its mouth because of too much pain,” Vargas said.MENRO personnel initially brought the sea turtle to the Municipal Veterinary Office, bu...