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BICOL UNIVERSITY PH.D. STUDES VISIT BUTUAN CITY
Thursday 19th of July 2012
BUTUAN CITY, July 19 (PIA) -- Doctorate students of Bicol University Graduate Studies Camp Crame Extension Program composed of officers from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) with professors recently visited this city on their educational tour.
In consonance with their subjects PhD PASA 311: Moral Recovery and Peacekeeping and PhD PASA 344: Individual, Family and Society, the educators taking up Doctor of Philosophy in Peace and Security Administration and their professors arrived in Butuan on July 13, 2012. A courtesy call followed at the office of Mayor Fer...
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06Feb2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- CSC Statesman, the official tertiary student publication of the Catanduanes State Colleges, and its student writers bagged 11 top awards in the recent Region V Tertiary Schools Press Conference (RTSPC) and are all off to the Luzon-wide edition of the competition on February 8-10, 2012 in Balanga City, Bataan. As in the past years, CSC maintained its top standing in the RTSPC individual writing competitions, specifically in the accumulated points...
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01Feb2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The carefree lifestyle of many are taking a toll on their health -- diabetes, hypertension, and other kinds of diseases are on the rise needing expensive medical equipment. AKO BICOL partylist turned-over a dialysis machine to theEastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) last Janauary 28, 2012. The donation came after the group observed a considerable number of patients with kidney-ailments from Catanduanes have been flocking to mainland Bicol&...
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29Jan2012LEGAZPI CITY, Jan 29 (PIA/DILG) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) provincial office here has cited the local government units (LGUs) of Tabaco City and the towns of Camalig, Jovellar, Malilipot, Manito, Oas, Polangui, Rapu-Rapu, and Sto. Domingo for passing the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) third round assessment and validation. The Seal of Good Housekeeping is a program designed to recognize local governments with good performance in internal housekeeping ...
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18Jan2012LEGAZPI CITY, Jan 18 (PIA) -- Newly installed Police regional director for Bicol Chief Supt. Jose Arne M. Delos Santos said that he will aggressively pursue the 10-point Agenda of Police national chief Nicanor A. Bartolome during his almost only one year and four months tour of duty as Bicol regional police chief. During his inaugural speech during last Monday's turn-over ceremonies, presided by Bartolome, De los Santos stressed that he will be guided by the 10-point agenda of the PNP ...
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14Feb2011LEGAZPI CITY, Peb. 13 (PIA) -- Bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng ika-285 Foundation ng Bato Camarines Sur, isang medical at dental mission ang isinagawa ng AKO BICOL (AKB) Party List noong Sabado (Peb. 12) sa LRV Covered Court, Bato Camarines Sur. Katulong at kaagapay ng AKB sa naturang aktibidad ang local government unit (LGU) sa pamumuno ni Alkalde Jeanet Bernaldez. Ang AKO BICOL ay nagpahayang ng taus pusong pasasalamat sa LGU at sa Municipal Health Office perso...
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