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CES holds system-wide training on leadership and values

The News Letter 0f

John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Arevalo

Community Extension Service

The system-wide

CES conducted a two-day training on leadership and values on March 4-5, 2013

at JBLFMU- Eco Park Igang, Nueva Valencia Guimaras. Participants

from JBLFMU- Arevalo composed of 3 faculty members namely: Dr. Emi-

lie Coo, Mrs Elena Francis-co and Engr. Dolores Sibonga. There was one (1)

from the accounting - Mr. Gilbert Pirante, and three (3 ) from CES

office to include Dr. Shirley G.

Hampac , Ms. Janice C. Camag and Ms. Eva Padernal. Six (6) from

the student sectors also attended

the seminar after they were

identified as active CES stu-

dent volunteers.

The activity was meant to

improve faculty, staff, and

students’ participation in the

university extension program.

JBLFMU- Arevalo joins coastal clean-up for World Water Day

JBLFMU-Arevalo celebrated

the World Water Day through a

coastal clean-up in Brgy. Sto. Nino

Sur, Arevalo on March 23, 2013.

Spearheading the activity were the

faculty, staff and students of the uni-

versity. Joining them were the Brgy.

officials of Sto. Nino Sur, DENR per-

sonnel, and students from different

schools in the city .

JA-CES was able to mobilize

at least 300 ROTC cadets and 20 CES

student volunteers. The coastal clean-

up is part of the annual students’

learning service in relation to mari-

time education with emphasis on ma-

rine resource preservation and mari-

time pollution.

JBLFMU- Arevalo joins coastal clean-up for World Water Day

January2013-December2013 Volume 4 No. 1 & 2

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JA-CES yearly vacation bible school conducted

A four-day va-cation bible school class was conducted on May 14- 17, 2013 at the school’s AVR 3. This was open to all children from 7-17 years old coming from the school’s partner community. Bible verses and stories were used as a spring-board for this values- inculcation program by Dr. Emilie Coo, a faculty member, and Mrs Mirazol Dionson,

a guidance counselor.

The four -day activity which

was attended by more or less 50 chil-

dren was a collaborated effort of facul-

ty, staff and students. Hence, Dr. Eme-

lie Coo, a faculty from English depart-

ment took the responsibility of facili-

tating the story telling and energizers

of the day-to-day activity. On the other

hand, Mrs Mirazol Dionson, a

guidance counselor provided in-

puts on health as well as energiz-

ers. Mdpn Carlo Christian Amar,

Mdpn Aldren Tanatan and Mdpn

Nel Andrew Llano were CES

student volunteers who also

shared their expertise in storytell-

ing to the kids. Other tasks were

facilitated by CES personnel and

student aides.

JA Celebrates Family Day and Christmas Gift- Giving with SNS residents

With the support of JBLFMU-

Arevalo employees, the JA Christ-mas 2014 dubbed as “Family Day with SNS Folks” was successfully

celebrated on December 20, 2013 at the Sto. Nino Sur Elementary School (SNSES). There were 26

identified families considered as marginalized who were glad to re-ceive their gifts from the different

sponsoring departments/offices.

Several offices showed en-thusiasm about the activity and cheerfully gave their gifts to the

elderly and marginalized families . They were as follows: accounting, cashier, administration, services

and facilities, purchasing and prop-erty custodian, IS, and AAO/

JTAC. Also present to hand over their gifts were representatives of the registrar, HR, academic coordi-

nator, library and SAS. From the faculty, there were several who shared their blessings through the

subject area heads of languages-

Mrs. Eppie May Frial and math

and science-Dr. Teresita Paragon who personally gave their gifts to their target beneficiary who is an

old woman. There were some indi-

vidual donors like Dr. Geneva Eler, 3/M Venerando Lamasan, and Mr. Lowe Blanco. Some student organ-

izations who also showed unity during this family day with their gifts and presence were the CES

volunteers, KAPARIZ, AMICUS, NSA Cadet Circle, and

THIDIFSA. The highlight of the

day which caught the interest of many recipients was the bingo so-cial game sponsored by the labora-

tory team headed by 2/M Rene Fullon. Prizes which were given away for the game were all donat-

ed by the laboratory staff who also facilitated the mechanics of the bingo from the start to the finish.

The program was opened with an invocation followed by a Pam-bansang Awit led by the CES choir

who was trained by Mr. Gilberto

Pirante, a CES staff volunteer.

Ms. Edna Dominguez, the

school principal of the SNSES

warmly accommodated the

JBLFMU-Arevalo group to her

school by requesting her staff

members to prepare the sound sys-

tem and the setting arrangement

earlier for the JA Christmas.

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A river clean-up was conducted on June 29, 2013 at

Batiano River mobi-

lizing school employ-ees and CES student and faculty volun-

teers. The undertak-ing was part of the

quarterly clean-up of

JBLFMUArevalo in the said river. School participants observed

that although there were no community members joining the

river clean-up, there were groups of women cleaning on

the streets and on their backyard.

At least 20 student volunteers from YSOS and SEC joined

and helped in the distribution of leaflets or IEC materials on

“Alerto Tips kun may Bagyo” and “Pag-amlig sa Suba. Spearheading the clean-up

were members of the non-teaching staff from CES and the never-ending assistance of

Engr. Dolores Sibonga, the university’s Pollution Control

Officer.

Synchronized River Clean-up conducted

A needs assessment survey

was conducted on July 18, 2013 in

Brgy. Sto. Nino Sur among fisher-

folks in the said community. At

least 50 fisherfolks were present

and signified their interest to be

organized as one sector. Ms. Janice

Camag of CES facilitated the ad-

ministration of the needs assess-

ment activity.

Needs assessment conducted for fisherfolks

Dr. Shirley Hampac con-vened the various sector represent-atives of Brgy. Sto. Nino Sur at the

school’s mentoring room on July 3, 2013 . Also joining the group was Brgy. Captain Nestor Espinosa of

Sto. Nino Sur.

The activity was purposely carried out to identify the needs of the community in relation to safety

and security. Primarily, it aimed to partner with fisherfolks so that the school would be able to work

with them in developing their skills on maritime safety and oth-er safety skills used during fish-

ing. It was also meant to deter-mine the safety skills and aware-ness of drivers of jeepneys, tricy-

cles and pedicabs .

CES holds consultative meeting with multisectoral representatives of Sto. Nino Sur

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A seminar on paper briquette-

making and a neem tree-based anti-dengue lotion was conducted on August 31, 2013 at the JBLFMU-A

mentoring room. The activity was

organized by JA-CES.

Engr. Dolores Sibonga ,a

member of the faculty and at the

same time the Pollution Control

Officer of this university, was the

resource person of the undertaking.

The purpose of the activity was to

provide residents the skills of pro-

ducing paper briquette which they

can use as substitute fuel for char-

coal and also as a means of generat-

ing income. It was also aimed to

teach them the recycling process

for paper to minimize paper trash in

the school level.

The anti-dengue lotion

which was extracted from neem

tree was also introduced to the

community residents to prevent be-

ing infected by dengue fever or its

worst form– the hemorrhagic fever.

The participants were members of

the cooperative in Sto. Nino Sur

organized by the university.

Seminar and training on briquette-making and anti- dengue lotion-making conducted

for coop members

The vertical gardening contest

sponsored by CES JBLFMU-

Arevalo was launched in Sto Niño

Sur, Arevalo, Iloilo City on August

12, 2013. There were twelve (12)

residents who responded by sub-

mitting their application form to the

Barangay Hall which were then en-

dorsed to CES on August 13, 2013.

JA-CES launches vertical gardening contest

A summit on River Develop-ment Project was held at CPU and

was attended by 15 ROTC cadets who showed alertness in the dis-cussion and open forum. This was

held on August 10, 2013 with Ms. Janice Camag from CES and Dr. Dolores Sibonga as their technical

support staff.

The discussion centered on

the Iloilo City’s yearly plan for the

development of Iloilo Batiano

River and the city coastal areas.

Iloilo City river summit attended by JA studes

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An orientation and core group

formation of student volunteers was conducted on August 13, 2013 at

the school’s Mentoring Room.

The main objective was to

elect officers for volunteers and to provide students insight about CES

program as their point of entry.

Similarly, on August 15,2013

the faculty and staff who signified as CES volunteers were also given brief orientation about the CES

thrusts for SY 2013-2014. The un-

dertaking which was done at the same room was aimed toward or-ganizing a CES committee with

faculty and staff as members. The committee is automatically chaired

by the CES coordinator.

The activity was a venue for

members of the CES committee to

make suggestions as part of the

CES annual plan for implementa-

tion this school year.

CES holds orientation and core group formation of CES student volunteers

and CES faculty / staff committee.

2/M Rene O. Fullon ,chair of Safety and Security Committee

gave a lecture on the “Rules of the Road” for more than 25 fisherfolks based in Sto. Niño Sur last August

31, 2013 at the schools’ AVR.

The topic was all about

“Panakayon kag Seguridad sa

Dagat”. After the lecture with 2/M

Fullon, Dr. Shirley Hampac of

CES presented the results of the

needs assessment which was ad-

ministered to them in the previous

month through a focus group dis-

cussion (FGD). The main purpose

was to validate the results and to

make them aware of their status.

Fisherfolks attends seminar on the “Rules of the Road”

JBLFMU-Arevalo CES

student volunteers had a demon-stration on the basic first aid and knot-tying for Arevalo District girl

scouts on September 7, 2013 held in Sto. Niño Sur Elementary School. The facilitators were John

Kenneth Toledanes, a registered nurse and employee of Iloilo doc-tor’s hospital and Mdpn. Rome Ar-

naiz. Both explained the im-portance of basic first aid and its

uses aside from demonstrating to the participants the proper way of

execution.

On the other hand, Mdpn. Ed-

ward Trasga and Mdpn. Joshua Alfred Dela Cruz demonstrated

various types of knot-tying and al-

so its application.

These activities are part of the university’s annual plan of action in the said partner school which the

boy scouts and girl scouts look for-

ward to every year.

JA students facilitate knot tying and basic first-aid

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Two NV schools given seminar –workshop on BLT sustainability and Marine Resource Management

The BLT parents, brgy. offi-

cials and faculty of Salvacion Ele-mentary School and Igang Elemen-tary School of Nueva Valencia,

Guimaras were given seminar on Marine Resource Management and workshop on BLT sustainability on

November 19, 2013. The facilita-tors were Mr. Lowe Blanco and Ms. Lizel Quibot, both BLT offic-

ers of the university. In the morn-ing, the seminar was held in Salvacion Elementary School, Nue-

va Valencia, Guimaras to parents and teachers of the said school. In

the afternoon, the same activity was carried out in Igang Elementary School of the same municipality.

The purpose of the activity was to

educate men and women on the proper care and use of the natural

resources especially the marine re-source because this is where they

get their daily sustenance. The sem-inar according to the participants proved to be interesting because of

its relevance to typhoon “Yolanda”

which has just hit Visayas regions.

Guimaras was not affected , howev-er, according to the participants the said seminar has informed them

about their responsibilities in caring the environment. One of the Brgy officials at Salvacion also gave ad-

ditional inputs regarding the results of studies of UP on the improper garbage disposal that resulted to

coral destruction. His inputs shed light to many residents why some seashells and fishes are getting

scarce in the area. After the lecture and discussion on marine preserva-

tion, Mr. Lowe Blanco continued his presentation on BLT sustaina-bility assisted by Ms. Lizel Quibot.

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After the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) learned about the

init iat ives of the JBLFMU systemon relief operation for the “Yolanda” victims, Ms. LA Aba-

los-Cruzat -the foundation’s pro-gram manager advised JA-CES of-fice to get 12 sacks of rice from the

JGF’s supplier at the TSK Cooper-

ative store in Jaro, Ilolo City.

The 12 sacks of rice then formed part of the total resources

collected from the faculty and staff of JBLFMU Arevalo who also pledged an amount through the ac-

counting office for the typhoon vic-tims. The accounting office re-

leased the fund the day before the actual relief operation on Novem-ber 20, 2013 in the three barangays

of Carles, Iloilo.

The relief operation for the vic-

tims of super typhoon was initiated

by the Chief Executive Officer of

JBLFMU-Dr. Ronald Raymund

L. Sebastian who urgently advised

all units to respond to the pressing

needs of the survivors. Heeding his

call, all units through the CES of-

fices started to engage in a solicita-

tion and fund-sourcing activi-

ties from which the proceeds

were pooled for the whole system

to address the survivors’ immediate

needs. Thus, JGF being a tie-up

agency of the university was also

tapped for the said endeavor.

JGF donates 12 sacks of rice for “Yolanda “victims