Victorias City - Governor Eugenio Lacson declared that there will be no mass gatherings in Negros Occidental today, November 5, 2020, in commemoration of the 122nd Negros Day as a necessary measure in order to protect the people by preventing the spread of the virus. Negros Day, which is also called Cinco de Noviembre, the event when Negros fought and was freed from the Spaniards in 1898 has been an annual celebration for Negrosanons but according to Lacson’s speech shared by the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental Facebook page, the Covid-19 pandemic has given us a new battle to fight this year. “Right now, we are again in a middle of a war, not against [the] conquistadores but against an unseen and novel enemy, the COVID–19,” Lacson stated. However, Lacson also said that in celebration of the event, the government will be giving out 100,000 pesos to 30 listed centenarians. “Despite the pandemic, November 5 remains to be a momentous and remarkable day for all of us,” Lacson added. November 5 is a special non-working holiday in Negros as stated in the Republic Act 6709. Source: inquirer.net
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La Castellana, Negros Occidental - As students need more pad papers and writing materials during modular learning, an educational initiative called Eskwelanihan Project was introduced by the Sangguniang Kabataan council in Barangay Robles, La Castellana last October 30, 2020. ESKWELANIHAN PROJECT aims to help schools and students basic educational needs like pencils, pens, paper, and more and was publicly announced through Facebook. In an interview, SK Chairman Christine Thel Geollegue shared the project’s purpose to promote and cultivate the importance of creating programs that are data-driven, consultative, collaborative and youth-centered, in order to collect data regarding the basic needs of the students in their community who engages on new normal set up of learning. She added that the project is not included in their Annual Barangay Youth Investment Plan, but as the pandemic continues, their SK council wanted to promote the bayanihan spirit in education amidst COVID 19. Indigent students were the prioritized recipients of the initiative coming from the different sitios, haciendas, and puroks of Barangay Robles that have been identified with the help of the youth leaders of each community. "Now, more than ever is the great time to fortify our synergy in fulfilling our shared vision for the education of our youth despite the uncertainties arising from this challenging time," Geollegue said as the Eskwelanihan Project opens for donations from individuals who want to donate in kind or in cash to reach and help more students.
La Castellana, Negros Occidental. - To deal with the culture and difficulties of virtual communication, a Filipino Sign Language workshop was launched by the University of St. La Salle College of Arts and Sciences with the Communication Department, via Zoom, on Friday 23 October 2020. The event was called Senyas Sanay. According to Mr. Hector Gloria, director of Center for Marketing and Communications in USLS and one of the organizers of Senyas Sanay, the workshop was initiated to find ways to communicate better in the digital arena. "We are exploring creative ways to communicate better, in the online environment where connectivity is a concern, instead of just using one mode of communication, i.e. verbal, we are incorporating sign language to enhance the learning experience", Gloria said in an exclusive interview with TCI. John Baliza, a news interpreter for media networks such as GMA and ABS-CBN, and Bernadette Infanta, a deaf facilitator from the School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies of De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, were the resource persons of the workshop. Baliza and Infanta taught the audience basic Filipino Sign Languages that can be used during online communication, specifically the Filipino alphabet and some basic greetings. Dr. Jade Snow Dionzon, the Communication Department Chairperson of the university, shared the objectives of the said workshop in a written interview with TCI. "To provide an alternative language for virtual use and second is to support the campaign of DLS College of St. Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies to promote a Filipino Sign Language Learning Program which encourages the general public to learn to communicate using sign language which integrates visual-gestural strategies with community interaction so as allow the physically challenged to navigate easier in our community", Dionzon said. Furthermore, the workshop will be released as instructional video material with subtitles and will be shared for USLS faculty and students' use.
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