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UST documents in ancient 'baybayin’ script declared a NationalCultural Treasure
By Edgar Allan M. Sembrano | Philippine Daily Inquirer

Owing to their outstanding cultural value, two 17th-century baybayin documents from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Archives were recently declared National Cultural Treasure (NCT) by the National Archives of the Philippines (NAP).

Baybayin is the ancient Filipino syllabary in use during the Spanish contact in the 16th century.

The declaration was made during the Second Baybayin Conference on Aug. 22 at National Museum of the Filipino People at Agrifina Circle in Manila. The conference was held in conjunction with the Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month) celebration.

“This is the first declaration made by the National Archives and the first paper document to be declared as NCT,” said UST professor Regalado Trota Jose, director of the UST Archives and a former commissioner of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

The formal declaration was made by National Archivist Ino Manalo.

Jose said the recognition highlighted the age of UST and its status as Asia’s oldest university and an historic institution.

He explained the ancient scripts should assist in the understanding of the history of the university and the Philippine nation, and highlighted the importance of the collection of ancient documents in the UST Archives.

Significance

The UST Baybayin Documents, said Jose, represent the longest and most complete documents handwritten entirely in baybayin, a Philippine script in use since pre-colonial times up to the present.

The two records are also the oldest of their kind, both as being written in baybayin and as examples of early deeds of sale, showing insights into the use of baybayin by different individuals living in and around Manila in the early 17th century and in the legal affairs of early Spanish colonization.

These documents, Jose explained, also provide insights into a particular stage of the orthographical and paleographical development of baybayin scripts and are very rare examples of 17th-century records in a fair state of preservation.

The deeds of sale also highlight the role of women in ancient Philippine society as landowners and entrepreneurs. Jose said ancient women apparently had the same power as men to own and sell land.

They provide insights on how much more prevalent was the use of baybayin then, since it was generally thought previously that baybayin was just limited to writing poems, accounting and signing of documents.

Deeds of sale

“These two documents are deeds of sale of lands. The first one is 1613 (Document A); the second one is 1635 (Document B),” said Jose.

He said Don Andres Capiit bought the land in Document A; married Doña Francisca Longar, who bought the land in Document B. Longar remarried after Capiit died sometime between 1613 and 1625. She married Don Luis Castilla, who sold some lands to UST in 1629.

A contestation ensued, and Castilla had to show Documents A and B as proofs of ownership. The documents were passed on to the university archives after the acquisition of the land from Castilla.

These deeds of sale were actually part of a book with baybayin documents, said Jose.

During the UST tricentenary in 1911 (the university was founded by the Dominicans in 1611), among the “treasures” exhibited by UST to the public were the baybayin documents.

The two documents were first published in 1911 on Libertas, the daily newspaper published by UST.

Conservation

“We are recognized as custodians of the NCT, but there’s the responsibility for these to be taken care of,” said Jose about the declaration. “So we have to have good (environment) to take care of these. Not only these but all other documents [in the collection]. These are to be kept for posterity, for the next generations, for other people and other countries to use and study later on.”

“So we have to train our staff to know how to handle the documents,” added Jose, who also teaches in the Cultural Heritage Studies program of the UST Graduate School.

The actual copies are not available for public viewing due to their fragile state. Replicas have been made and may be viewed at UST Archives bulletin board (5/F, Central Library). These will eventually be uploaded on the UST website along with important data.

'Tagalog ABC’

The baybayin is a pre-Islamic, pre-Spanish Philippine script with 14 consonants and three vowels. It is wrongly referred to as an alibata or alphabet.

Baybayin, explained Jose, “is the term used in the alphabet. If we are going to refer to the old Tagalog dictionaries, baybayin is the ABC of the Tagalogs. So ’di tamang gamitin ang alibata (So alibata is not the correct word). Alibata is a term invented in 1914. So it is not a traditional word. It was just invented to refer to this.”

The baybayin is still being used today by the Palaw’an and Tagbanua ethnic groups of Palawan and the Hanunuo and Buhid Mangyan of Mindoro.

A number of baybayin artifacts have been recovered through archaeological diggings or by accident all over the country. These are the Laguna Copperplate Inscription (Laguna); Calatagan Ritual Pot (Batangas); Intramuros Potsherd (Manila); Monreal Stone (Masbate); Butuan Tin Paleograph and Butuan Ivory Seal (Agusan del Norte).

The first book printed in the Philippines, “Doctrina Christiana,” published by the Dominicans in 1593, was also in baybayin, as well as in Spanish and Tagalog Roman scripts.

The new declaration may be the sixth recognition from the Philippine government for UST.

In 2011, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared UST a National Historical Landmark.

In 2010, in the run-up to the 400th anniversary of UST in 2011, the National Museum declared four sites on campus as NCT: UST Main Building, UST Central Seminary, UST Arch of the Centuries and UST Open Grounds.

Even much earlier, around the 1940s, the National Historical Institute installed a marker at the UST Press (now the UST Publishing House), naming it a National Historical Site. The UST Press is the second-oldest press in the world, after the Cambridge University Press of England.

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UST campus in GenSan delayed anew

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The longstanding plan for the University of Santo Tomas (UST) to be established here has again been put on hold pending action from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on the land conversion for the campus site.

DAR had already approved the conversion and previously issued two orders, the first in 2003 and the second in 2008, to extend the allowed development period of the campus by five years. The order expired on July 22, 2013.

UST, a pontifical educational institution and Asia’s oldest university, has filed a request for DAR’s reconsideration on the extension period, according to the city’s legal office.

“I had already made known my approval and unconditional support for the establishment of a UST Campus in the city but unfortunately, I was told some national agencies are yet to act on UST’s application for conversion,” Mayor Ronel C. Rivera said in his State of the City Address Aug. 5, amid the City Planning Office’s refusal to issue a permit, citing lack of documents on the reclassification of the land.

Vice-Mayor Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles, a former city councilor, said a cease and desist order was also issued against the project by previous administrations.

But in 2013, the city council passed an ordinance reclassifying the land, as well as a resolution expressing support for the project.

“This [supposedly] removed the final obstacle to the realization of the UST campus in GenSan,” said Ms. Nograles.

The proposed campus will be located in an 82-hectare property in Barangays Ligaya and Katangawan.

The land is currently planted with coconut trees for a UST pilot project on virgin coconut oil.

“We need good schools here and UST is a premier educational institution that will not only target Mindanao students but also those from other countries,” Ms. Nograles said, adding that the university plans toy introduce medical, aquaculture and agriculture courses in General Santos. -- Carmencita A. Carillo

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UST campus in GenSan delayed anew

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The longstanding plan for the University of Santo Tomas (UST) to be established here has again been put on hold pending action from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on the land conversion for the campus site.

DAR had already approved the conversion and previously issued two orders, the first in 2003 and the second in 2008, to extend the allowed development period of the campus by five years. The order expired on July 22, 2013.

UST, a pontifical educational institution and Asia’s oldest university, has filed a request for DAR’s reconsideration on the extension period, according to the city’s legal office.

“I had already made known my approval and unconditional support for the establishment of a UST Campus in the city but unfortunately, I was told some national agencies are yet to act on UST’s application for conversion,” Mayor Ronel C. Rivera said in his State of the City Address Aug. 5, amid the City Planning Office’s refusal to issue a permit, citing lack of documents on the reclassification of the land.

Vice-Mayor Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles, a former city councilor, said a cease and desist order was also issued against the project by previous administrations.

But in 2013, the city council passed an ordinance reclassifying the land, as well as a resolution expressing support for the project.

“This [supposedly] removed the final obstacle to the realization of the UST campus in GenSan,” said Ms. Nograles.

The proposed campus will be located in an 82-hectare property in Barangays Ligaya and Katangawan.

The land is currently planted with coconut trees for a UST pilot project on virgin coconut oil.

“We need good schools here and UST is a premier educational institution that will not only target Mindanao students but also those from other countries,” Ms. Nograles said, adding that the university plans toy introduce medical, aquaculture and agriculture courses in General Santos. -- Carmencita A. Carillo

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UST Passes 2nd Surveillance Audit for ISO 9001:2008

The University of Santo Tomas recently passed the 2nd Surveillance Audit for the ISO 9001:2008 Certification. TÜV SÜD PSB Philippines’ lead auditor, Ms. Brenda Bathan-Estonanto, and scope editor, Ms. Pamela May Gunay conducted the audit.

Specific organizational units covered during the audit were the Office of the Rector, Office of the Vice-Rector, Human Resource Department, Office of Student Affairs, Facilities Management Office, Health Service, Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (STePS), Quality Management Office (QMO), Purchasing Office, Office of Public Affairs, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Faculty of Civil Law, College of Accountancy, and Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.

The 1st and 2nd Surveillance Audits were led by Assoc. Prof. Joehanna K. Ngo, PIE, ASEAN Eng, and Engr. Nestor R. Ong, PIE, ASEAN Eng with the collaborative efforts of the UST administrators, academic officials, Quality Management Representatives (QMRs), and Deputy QMRs. UST also passed certification for ISO 9001 standards back in 2012.

This is a validation of UST’s continued commitment to provide the highest level of operational standards, to further enhance the University’s competitiveness and to meet the needs and expectations of it’s customers–students, parents, clients, and stake holders.

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Hospital Eye Institute inaugurated
September 2, 2014 11:45am

UST Rector Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P. led the blessing rites and inauguration of the newly established UST Hospital (USTH) Eye Institute in a celebration coinciding with the opening of the Sight Saving Month last August 15 at the USTH Benavides Cancer Institute Auditorium.

The elevation of the USTH Eye Center to the USTH Eye Institute—a collaborative effort of Department of Ophthalmology Chair Dr. Reynaldo M. Javate, Eye Center Unit Head Dr. Jesus Eusebio, Jr., faculty, and staff—places the University hospital at the forefront of patient care, training, and research through its state-of-the-art facilities.

Through the Eye Institute, the USTH will be able to provide better patient care programs and develop an expertise marked by advancement and innovation.

By definition, an eye institute is a well-established organization bound by shared vision, objectives, and commitment to patient care, research, education—which includes residency training and fellowship—and community outreach. An eye center, meanwhile, is a place where diagnostic eye examinations and surgeries are performed.

Among the attendees of the opening were Director for Finance and Administration Ms. Isidora Lee; Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Regent Fr. Angel Aparicio, O.P.; Grants, Endowments, and Partnerships in Higher Education Director Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, O.P.; Pastoral Care Services Director Fr. Arturo Pestin, O.P.,; Medicine Assistant Dean Dr. Ma. Lourdes Domingo-Maglinao; Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna Fontanilla; Department of Medical Education and Research Chair Dr. Marcellus Francis Ramirez.

UST Rector Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., UST Hospital (USTH) Department of Ophthalmology Chair Dr. Reynaldo M. Javate, UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Regent, Fr. Angel A. Aparicio, O.P., together with school and hospital officials, open the USTH Eye Institute.

Also present in the event were the former chairs of the USTH Department of Ophthalmology, namely: Dr. Cosme Naval, Dr. Jose Oconer, Dr. Jacinto Bautista, and Dr. Jose Duran.

The USTH Eye Institute has it for its roots the USTH Department of Ophthalmology incepted in 1905 under the leadership of Dr. Severino Alberto. In 1949, the small unit launched and implemented its own residency program through Dr. Constantino Manahan.

In 1997, the USTH Eye Center, the immediate predecessor of the Eye Institute, was created under the auspices of Oconer.

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Endangered sites in Manila[/i]
By Edgar Allan Sembrano Philippine Daily Inquirer[/i][/b]

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Heritage conservationists are also concerned about the construction of condominium skyscrapers that are ruining the skyline of University of Santo Tomas, declared a National Historical Landmark and National Cultural Treasure.

One prominent building project is Torre de Santo Tomas, built right across the España gate by First Federated Properties, Inc.

“I guess no one really cares about the vista of a place until it’s gone,” said Marjorie Steffi Gaudier, who’s taking up Cultural Heritage Studies at the UST Gradate School.

“They realize everything’s wrong once it’s too late,” added Gaudier, also a faculty member of Colegio de San juan de Letran in Intramuros.

Another threat to UST’s vista is the planned Lacson flyover—a project of DPWH purportedly to ease traffic along Lacson and Espana Streets.

Still another threat would be the plan of DPWH to build a water catchment on the open grounds of the Pontifical University, supposedly to contain flooding around the Sampaloc district.

The proposal by DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson has raised the eyebrows of the Dominicans who have run UST since 1611. UST insiders say DPWH seems ignorant of the fact that the Philippine government itself has declared the open grounds of UST as a National Cultural Treasure for several historic events that took place there, such as mass assemblies convoked by visiting Popes Paul VI and John Paul II in 1970, 1981 and 1995.

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USTPublishingHouseleadsGintongAklatAwardswinners
By Ruel S de Vera Philippine Daily Inquirer

University of Santo Tomas led the winners at the Gintong Aklat Awards 2014 with three awards in ceremonies held Sept. 17 at SMX Convention Center.

The rites were held after the opening of the 35th Manila International Book Fair. UST Publishing House director Dr. John Jack G. Wigley received the awards on behalf of the publisher.

The Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) presented the awards in cooperation with the National Book Development Board (NBDB). Nine winning books were selected based on “quality of production, book design and content” from a field of 345 entries in ten categories. The Gintong Aklat Awards are chaired this year by Ani Rosa Almario, vice president at Adarna House.

Anvil Publishing, Inc., and Ateneo de Manila University Press each won two awards while three other publishers received one award.

“Established in 1981, the prestigious Gintong Aklat Awards are given out every other year to outstanding book publishers based on the quality of the books they produce year after year. Managed by BDAP, the Awards are meant to recognize excellence in bookmaking in the country’s book industry,” read the announcement from the BDAP.

The trophies were handed out by Almario, NBDB Chair Flor Marie Sta. Romana-Cruz and BDAP president Lirio P. Sandoval. The ceremonies featured performances by students from the Philippine High School for the Arts and were BDAP vice president Toots Policarpio.

The winners

Special Book for Book Design: “Kulinarya: A Guidebook to Philippine Cuisine: Expanded Second Edition,” by Glenda Barretto, Conrad Calalang, Margarita Fores, Myrna Segismundo, Jessie Sincioco and Claude Tayag; design by Ige Ramos and Aman Santos, Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Literature in Filipino: “Ang Makina ni Mang Turing” by Ramon Guillermo, University of the Philippines Press; “Canticos: Apat na Boses” ni Kristian Sendon Cordero, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

Literature in English: “Trafficking in Nostalgia: Essays from Memory” by Exie Abola, Ateneo de Manila University Press; “The Saint of Streets” by Luisa B. Igloria, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

Food: Special Book for Book Design: “Kulinarya: A Guidebook to Philippine Cuisine: Expanded Second Edition,” by Glenda Barretto, Conrad Calalang, Margarita Fores, Myrna Segismundo, Jessie Sincioco and Claude Tayag, Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Arts and Culture: “Songs of the Babaylan” by Grace Nono, Institute of Spirituality in Asia

Social Science: “A History of the University of Santo Tomas: Four Centuries of Higher Education in the Philippines (1611-2011)” by Fr. Fidel Villarroel, OP, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House

Natural Science: “Shades of Majesty: 88 Philippine Native Trees” by Pastor Malabrigo Jr. and James LaFrankie Jr., Project Brio Media House & Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.

Inspiration and Self-Help: “Inner Blossoming: An Asian-Transpersonal Approach to Learning, Growth and Healing” by Maria Lourdes Llaneza-Ramos, Ateneo de Manila University Press

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UST Conservatory of Music in 2 events at CCP
INQUIRER.net 11:44 pm | Thursday, October 2nd, 2014

MANILA, Philippines—The UST Conservatory of Music celebrates the 30th year of its much acclaimed “Sampung Mga Daliri atbp” at the CCP Main Theater on Saturday, October 4 at 7 p.m.

An annual showcase of the Conservatory talents highlighting various repertoire played on ten grand pianos by selected alumni, faculty, and students, the event also boasts of its outstanding ensembles including the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra/Symphony Band, Jazz Band, Guitar Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Voice faculty, Coro Tomasino and Liturgikon Ensemble that will be performing alongside the piano groups.

Featured pieces are “Invitation to the Dance” (Weber), “Rhapsody in Blue” (Gershwin), “Brasileira” (Milhaud), “Ang Maya” (Estella), “Inday” (Buencamino), “Take the A Train” (arranged By Emi Muniji), “Movie Themes” (arranged By Naldy Rodriguez) and culminates with the “Cuenco Medley” (arranged By Fr. Manuel Maramba, OSB), honoring the late National Artist and UST Faculty Ernani Cuenco who conceptualized “Sampung Daliri” in 1984.

Conductors include Herminigildo Ranera, Daniel Bartolome, Alberto Mesa and Ronan Ferrer.

On Sunday, October 5, the UST Symphony Orchestra, a resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, presents a unique symphonic concert entitled “Prism Rhapsody” at the CCP Main Theater at 6 p.m. with Daniel Bartolome as conductor.

Featured soloist is prize-winning Japanese marimbist Yukiko Ishihara who will be performing the Prism Rhapsody of renowned marimbist composer Keiko Abe. Other numbers in the programme include Overture from “La Gazza Ladra” by Rossini, Suite from “Star Wars” and “Battle of the Heroes” by John Williams, featuring special visual and sound effects.

Tickets to both events are available at the UST Music Office (731-4022), CCP Box Office (832-1125), and at the CCP lobby before curtain time.

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PBSP joins UST NGO fair
October 7, 2014 5:03pm

Hundeds of Thomasians eagerly trooped to the booth of Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) during the annual Non-Government Organization (NGO) fair last September 17-18 at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) to know more about its programs and sign up for volunteering activities.

Students were oriented on PBSP’s flagship programs in the health, education, environment, livelihood (HEEL) sectors as well as its Project New Dawn campaign to help in the long-term rehabilitation efforts of Typhoon Yolanda survivors in the Visayas, and the Inclusive Business Imperative initiative which integrates the poor in a company’s value chain.

Titled “Be Involved: NGO 2014,” the event which gathered over 20 local and international NGOs at the UST Plaza Mayor aimed to expose the youth to the NGOs’ diverse advocacies which could broaden their involvement in social responsibility.

“The NGOs will help cater to their interests and give them avenue to contribute to society in anyway possible.” said Krystyna Nicole Feliciano, vice-president for external affairs, Faculty of Arts and Letters Student Council.

PBSP’s Corporate Affairs team shared the foundation’s advocacies through fun-filled activities and games. They also identified the various events where Thomasian students can volunteer to gain a rewarding experience in the social development sector. Students also expressed themselves in the PBSP freedom wall where they wrote their statements and personal advocacies.

“The freedom wall specifically gave the students the chance to express their willingness to volunteer and participate. The memory game was fun and I also heard good feedback as the cards lay on the floor. It attracted the students to be oriented by the NGO,” Feliciano added.

Participating NGOs in the event included Amnesty International, Ibon Foundation, Greenpeace, World Vision and Yabang Pinoy.

About Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)

Established in 1970, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is the largest business-led social development organization in the country committed to poverty reduction. With more than 250 large, small and medium-scale companies as members, PBSP helps uplift the lives of Filipinos through social development programs that focus on Health, Education, the Environment, and Livelihood & Enterprise Development (HEEL). Since the start, PBSP has been at the forefront of advocating for stronger corporate citizenship with the aim of supporting inclusive national development.

PBSP has been influencing the Philippine business community to integrate CSR practices into their core businesses and advocating the application of business strategies in addressing poverty.

In 2010, PBSP began looking at the concepts of Inclusive Business and the need to use the Collective Impact framework when tackling big societal challenges.

Promotion and development of Inclusive Business models for the strategic Platforms for Collective Engagements (PlaCEs) in the areas of Health, Education, Environment and Livelihood and Enterprise Development (HEEL) are at its core program agenda.

PBSP is also continuously observing trends in Overseas Development Assistance and partners with both international and local nonprofit and aid organizations to promote inclusive national development. Because of its extensive experience in social development, PBSP has cultivated relationships with both the government and the private sectors that it leverages to participate in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) that empower communities around the Philippines.

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Weekend warrior’ PH Dragon Boat team looks to conquer Korea anew

This week, a crew of 33 paddlers will leave behind their family and work responsibilities to represent the Philippines in the Fourth Open Busan International Dragon Boat Festival

Ryan Songalia

MANILA, Philippines - They’re moms and dads. They own businesses, raise families and still find time to get out on Manila Bay for training.

They’re the Solid Aqua Fortis Batch 1 Dragon Boat team, more commonly known as SAG-1 (pronounced sagwan). This 33-person team comprised of “weekend warriors” will travel to Busan, South Korea this week to compete in the Fourth Open Busan International Dragon Boat Festival from October 8-12. They’ll compete in 8 events in the standard and small boat competitions and look to build off their four silvers from last year’s competition.

UST alums

The team started in 1992 as the paddling crew of University of Santo Tomas, competing as college kids as far away as Taiwan. Many of them still paddled together until 1999, when the reality of post-collegiate became something they couldn’t put on the back burner anymore.

The next generation, or batch, took over the UST team but the love for the sport never left the original group. In 2010, a few of them came together for a “reunion row,” as team captain Wendell Florentin puts it.

The get-togethers are like little class reunions; they meet up at dawn, chat and eat breakfast together, reminiscing on their times in school. “Sometimes you forget you’re there to train for the competition,” said Florentin, who works as an architect by day. “But at the end of the day we’re just happy to row. We don’t mind being a member of any federation; we just row because we love the sport.”

SAG-1 celebrates their gold medal finish in Taiwan. Photo courtesy Wendell Florentin

They got the team back together, trained as much as they could and headed to Thailand for the 2010 Thailand Swan Boat Race but didn’t medal. That experience rekindled an old passion inside that got them wondering: “With a little more practice, could we win?”

The following year, they competed in the Second Busan Open International Dragon Boat Festival and brought home a bronze for the mixed 500 meters event. Then in 2013 they went to Kaohsiung City, Taiwan and won silver in the 500 meters traditional boat mixed event and gold in the 500 meters mixed standard boat event.

They also returned to Busan, this time grabbing four silvers in the small boat competitions.

This year’s competition will be their last in Busan; next year they’re looking to conquer Osaka, Japan after receiving an invitation to compete.

Paddling abroad comes with a price, literally. Their accommodations for the duration of the upcoming event will be covered by the event organizers, says Florentin, but the team has to pay for its own airfare.

With no funding from the Philippine Olympic Committee or the Philippine Sports Committee, the expenses pile up. They have to pay terminal fees and travel tax up front and wait to have it reimbursed.

“It feels great because every time we’re there we’re not SAG-1; we’re the Philippines."

“We just have to get it later. That’s 1,800 pesos for one person, 550 for the terminal fee for travel tax. An extra 2,300 pesos and 30 paddlers, that’s over 70,000 pesos. That’s about $1500,” said Florentin. “We just try to go there and compete and represent our country, how hard is that to understand?”

Their training comes whenever they can get away from work and familial duties, which is usually about once or twice a week. By comparison the national team trains four to five times a week.

But all of those hurdles seem to fade when the race is over and they’re able to hoist the Three Stars and the Sun above their heads in victory.

“It feels great because every time we’re there we’re not SAG-1; we’re the Philippines. Every time we win it’s winning something for our country where not most people can do so.” -Rappler.com

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UST among world's 'most beautiful' schools
ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 01/17/2015 6:20 PM

MANILA – On January 18, Pope Francis will visit what is considered by a website as one of the most beautiful universities in the world.

A website called Profascinate has included the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in its list of “Top 15 Most Beautiful International Colleges,” ranking 13th.

It said of the Philippine university: “In the sprawling urban jungle that is Manila, UST stands out as a beautiful sanctuary. The private college is one of the world’s largest Roman Catholic colleges, making it a popular destination for popes to visit. It was established in 1611, yet its older buildings maintain their beauty and blend flawlessly with their newer structures.”

Below is the full list of “most beautiful” universities, according to Profascinate:

1. University of Oxford, England 2. University of Mumbai, India 3. University of Otago, New Zealand 4. University of Cape Town, South Africa 5. Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland 6. University of Cambridge, England 7. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 8. Xiamen University, China 9. Aarhus University, Denmark 10. University of Rostock, Germany 11. University of Salamanca, Spain 12. Tsinghua University, China 13. University of Santo Tomas, Philippines 14. Trinity College, Ireland 15. University of Bologna, Italy

The Pope will meet religious leaders and members of the youth sector at UST on Sunday morning. Selected roads will be closed to vehicular traffic during the event, which is also open to the public.

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University of Santo Tomas Introduces NetSuite Cloud To Undergraduate Degree Program
Published: Feb 23, 2015 9:00 a.m. ET

MAKATI CITY, Philippines and SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSuite Inc. N, -1.83% the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced that the University of Santo Tomas (UST), a Catholic university with over 40,000 students in Manila founded more than 400 years ago, has joined the NetSuite SuiteAcademy program, an educational program designed to bring cloud-based business management solutions to university classrooms worldwide. UST is among a growing number of universities and colleges to partner with NetSuite through the SuiteAcademy program, which offers no-cost NetSuite licensing, resources and training to help schools equip students with the next-generation cloud IT and business skills prized by today's employers.

"SuiteAcademy provides us with a world-class product to reinforce the key concepts and principles we are teaching, and we no longer have to purchase, install and configure software for our business-related classes," said Alex Santos, Department Director, UST Institute of Information and Computing Sciences. "Additionally, our students get to experience NetSuite's leading technology and gain relevant training and skills that increase their value in the job market after graduation."

SuiteAcademy has reached more than 25,000 students worldwide since its introduction in 2011 and has partnered with some of the world's leading educational institutions including Purdue University, UCLA, University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Far Eastern University in the Philippines. For more information, please visit www.netsuite.com/suiteacademy.

The UST Institute of Information and Computing Sciences incorporated NetSuite cloud ERP into the undergraduate degree curricula in the first semester of 2014 as an elective class, with the pilot class attracting over 70 third-year students pursuing BS Information Systems degrees. The initial offering was led by Gem Yabut, a UST faculty member and Managing Director of CloudQwest, a NetSuite Solution Provider headquartered in Quezon City. The program gives UST students and professors new flexibility for anywhere/anytime learning over the web, liberating them from the need to access on-premise software in classrooms and labs, and broadens education beyond campus boundaries. UST's participation in SuiteAcademy aligns with a shift towards cloud computing in the Philippines and Southeast Asia as a whole, as organizations deploy cloud solutions for greater cost-efficiencies, visibility and business performance.

To build on the success of the pilot class, the UST Institute of Information and Computing Sciences plans to deliver a NetSuite-based cloud computing curricula to approximately 200 students for the first semester of the school year 2015, to be led by faculty members trained in the use of NetSuite cloud ERP. UST anticipates the number of participating students and faculty will increase as the new program matures, and expects expansion across the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences' core programs of computer science, information technology, and information systems. The Institute is also collaborating with other departments, including the UST College of Commerce and Business Administration, to weave SuiteAcademy-based curricula throughout other educational offerings from UST.

"We're delighted to collaborate with UST and help deliver hands-on use of today's leading cloud business technology to tomorrow's business and IT leaders," said James Dantow, VP for Worldwide Support and General Manager for the Philippines at NetSuite. "SuiteAcademy definitely helps make UST graduates more attractive to employers in the job market, and it also makes UST more attractive to students looking for education in next-generation technology."

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[School of the year]

UST named 'School of the Year' anew in Quill Awards

March 10, 2015, 6:20 p.m. - FOR THE second consecutive year, the University was named "School of the Year" in the prestigious Philippine Quill Awards of the International Association of Business Communicators.

UST earned the most number of recognitions in the Student Quill division, beating Angelicum College, Bataan Peninsula State University, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde for the top prize.

“They say that the students are the communicators of the future. This is just an affirmation of the professional training that [UST gives] to the students. I think that is our advantage, we train our students professionally,” UST Media Studies Department Chair Jose Arsenio Salandanan said in an interview at the sidelines of the Philippine Quill 2014 Awards Night at the Crowne Plaza Galleria in Ortigas Center Monday.

UST bagged a total of thirteen awards: five Awards of Excellence and eight Awards of Merit.

The Varsitarian garnered four awards: an Award of Excellence in the publication category, Awards of Merit for “UAAP Season 77 Infographics” and “Typhoon Glenda Devastates UST Campus” communication creatives, and “Mindanao Campus to Rise Soon” in the writing category.

Thomasian Cable Television was given Awards of Excellence in the social media/technology category for UST Tiger Radio, and communication campaigns “Balik-USTe,” “Halalan 2014," and “Color Your Today." It also received Awards of Merit for “KWARTO” (audiovisual) and “Tomcat Rebranding” (communication creative).

“UST: Sa Unibersidad, May Seguridad Ba Ang Tomasino?,” “Tomas, Sinong Iskolar,” and “Kilalanin Baybayin,” all special report audiovisuals produced by Journalism seniors, were given Awards of Merit.

Meanwhile, “Rainbow X,” a short film made by Letran students that tackled the rising cases of hate crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders, won the Top Award in the Student Quill division. UST won last year's Top Award.

Salandanan encouraged other Thomasians, especially those in the College of Commerce and the College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD), to join the Student Quill, saying there were other student-initiated projects that could be recongnized in the annual awards.

“We should motivate them more,” he said. “I’m sure we have campaigns from Commerce [and] CFAD so we should also encourage them to join, para mas marami tayong entries.”

The Student Quill is the junior division of the Philippine Quill Awards, recognizing outstanding communication-related works by students nationwide.

The award-giving body follows the rigid 7-point scoring system of the International Gold Quill Awards, the worldwide honor given to top corporations across the globe.

To obtain an Award of Merit, a student entry must obtain a score of 4.75 to 5.25. Those with 5.26 to 7 are given the excellence award. The top five winners are automatically nominated for the Top Award.

The competition is divided into six categories: social media, publications, communications campaign, writing, communication creatives, and audio-visual.

The annual awarding ceremonies are organized by the 30-year-old Philippine chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators or IABC, a global network of around 15,500 business communicators in 80 countries.

“As your winning Quill entries have proven, communication is a game that can uplift businesses and also change lives,” said IABC Philippines President Kane Errol Choa in his opening message.

“There’s one group that strongly believes in that and is determined to remind and inspire us all the time to strive for excellence when using communications a business strategy, that is, IABC Philippines.” Lord Bien G. Lelay

[#LTS]

BIR loses tax cases against 2 hospitals
Business World March 15, 2015

THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) has lost two separate tax cases against teaching hospitals, after the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) voided in both instances the notices that allowed the deficiency tax assessments.

In a 12-page decision dated March 2, the tax court’s Third Division granted the petition of University of Santo Tomas Hospital against a P171.5-million deficiency income tax assessment for 2005-06.

The CTA division through Associate Justice Lovell R. Bautista voided the letter of authority issued to two regional revenue officers by the BIR Revenue Region No. 6 (Manila) in March 2007, two months after the nonstock, nonprofit university was transferred to the Large Taxpayers Service (LTS).

The ruling said that the letter allowing the officers to examine the hospital’s accounting records “did not have any force and effect having been issued when petitioner was already transferred to the jurisdiction of the LTS. Thus, when the Region proceeded with its assessment it did so without the necessary authority.”

The court said a new letter of authority should have been issued by LTS for the audit investigation to continue, instead of proceeding despite the advice from then-Commissioner Jose Mario C. Buñag to the university in June 2007.

Having voided the letter of authority that led to the assessment, the court decided not to discuss other issues raised.

[#jolly jolly]

A ‘jolly’ cooking contest
Jessica Pagiwayan Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:01 AM | Tuesday, April 14th, 2015




“Dream on while keeping your eyes wide open.”

This was the message of chef Sau del Rosario to culinary students at the Jolly University Grand Culinary Challenge held recently at Midtown Atrium in Robinsons Place Manila. The chef was one of the judges in the competition.

Defending champion University of Santo Tomas, represented by Team Epicure composed of Christopher Elijah John Asiddao, Rian Wilfred Cajiles and Monique Siguenza, once again won the grand prize with Bulacan Longganisa Pastilito de Kalikis with Jolly Mix Mushroom Garbanzos Water Chesnut and Kesong Puti.

The winning team received P15,000 and Jolly products.

Team Epicure will also participate in some Jolly projects, including recipe development.

Dream Team from the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) was first runner-up. Members Wilnor Bataller Jr., Nieliza Beriso and Marvic Malenab prepared the Malunggay Waffle Cake. They won P10,000 and products from Jolly.

Colegio de San Juan de Letran, represented by Ancel Jeff Beso, Cyril Jerome Manning, and Queen Mary Ann Boliche of Team ND Knights, was second runner-up with Paella con Champiñones. The team received P5,000 and products from Jolly.

“Jolly University aims to develop future industry champions who are jolly, passion-driven and values-oriented,” said Marilou Acuna, senior product manager of Jolly Food Line.

All competing teams had to come up with the best dish that could be served or sold in an actual food business. At the Midtown Atrium, where the competition was held, participating teams were given more than an hour to cook their special dishes using Jolly products before a live audience that included media people, parents, students from different universities, shoppers and the judges.

Nine other higher education institutions joined the competition: San Sebastian College, St. Louis College Valenzuela, Perpetual Help College of Manila, Far Eastern University, Universidad de Manila, Arellano University, La Consolacion College, Polytechnic University of the Philippines and National University.

All participants received medals and Jolly products for joining the grand culinary challenge.

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[#LuminaPandit]

Corporate social responsibility comes to the aid of cultural heritage
Lito B. Zulueta Philippine Daily Inquirer

In 2010, during the run-up to the quadricentenary of University of Santo Tomas (UST)in 2011, its Miguel de Benavides Central Library mounted an ambitious exhibit of its rare-book collection that included first or rare editions of European classics in the sciences and humanities.

They included the original 1543 edition of Copernicus’ seminal work on the heliocentric theory; an incunabula, a book printed before 1500: the 1492 Seville edition of the Spanish translation of Josephus Flavius’ “The Jewish War”; and a very rare copy of the Plantin Polyglot Bible, printed between 1569 and 1573 under the patronage of King Philip II of Spain, other extant copies of which could only be found at the Vatican, British Museum and Huntington Library of America.

Aside from the rare-book collection (now called the Antonio Vivencio del Rosario UST Heritage Library), the exhibit “Lumina Pandit: An International Exhibit of Historical Treasures” also displayed ancient documents from the UST Archives and natural and cultural relics from the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences.

“Lumina pandit” means “spreading the light,” and the showcase of the rich collection of educational, typographical, archival, natural and cultural heritage artifacts should illustrate how the Pontifical University, according to Fr. Angel Aparicio, OP, UST’s prefect of libraries, has been spreading all these centuries “the light of knowledge and wisdom.”

Unfriendly conditions

Although it had not been a secret that UST had amassed quite a collection of rare books across the centuries, the exhibit and the massive volume published to act as a catalogue to the exhibit, as well as an anthology of essays commenting on different aspects of UST’s cultural and scientific heritage, shocked many.

Part of their shock should owe to the common knowledge of the unfriendly conditions toward the adequate upkeep of a library in a country that lands right smack at the Pacific and nearly right smack at the equator.

Moreover, the vicissitudes of history have not been kind to books and heritage. Had UST not transferred from Intramuros to Sampaloc, its vast historical treasures would have been totally destroyed by the carpet-bombing of Old Manila during the Japanese invasion and the subsequent American liberation.

UnionBank chair and chief executive Justo A. Ortiz saw the exhibit and the catalogue and he was so impressed that the top bank gave UST an endowment to digitize as well as restore and conserve its collection.

The scientific restoration and conservation work done on the collection is detailed in Chapter 4 of the new book “Lumina Pandit Continuum” (2015; UST Miguel de Benavides Library and UnionBank of the Philippines; 487 pages), which will be launched tomorrow at the UST Library.

In two articles by the country’s foremost restorer, Maria Bernardita Maronilla Reyes, the beginnings and development of scientific conservation in the Philippines is traced through the work done all these years on the UST collection; as well as the preventive measures undertaken to arrest the deterioration, especially since the UnionBank project involves saving a collection of 30,000 volumes!

‘Three Filipino Jewels’

As its title implies, the book is a continuation of the original “Lumina Pandit” exhibit and book of 2010-2011. It names the “Three Filipino jewels” of the UST collection—the three first books printed in the Philippines by the Dominicans in 1593: “Doctrina Cristiana en Lengua Española y Tagala,” “Doctrina Cristiana en Letra y Lengua China” and ” Pien Cheng-Chiao Chen-Ch’uan Shih-Lu.”

(The last has been discovered only recently and is subtitled “Apologia de la Verdadera Religion”; it was obviously a book meant to be used by the Dominicans in their missionary enterprise in China and among the Chinese in Binondo and the Parian.)

But the focus of the book is not the start of Spanish colonization but its end at the turn of the 20th century.

“This book’s title is ‘Continuum’ because it attempts to give shape to this fact in the history of our institution, its continuous uninterrupted service to the Filipino nation,” writes Fr. Aparicio, editor and co-writer of the book. “And to do it we have chosen a most crucial moment in its existence—the independence of the Philippines from Spain and the beginnings of the American administration.”

The tumultuous historical transitions occasioned a reckoning of the Spanish record, especially of the legacy of the Dominicans and other missionary orders.

‘Ignorant, uncivil rude’

For Wenceslao Retana in his 1907 book on the life and writings of Jose Rizal, the record was notorious, saying that Rizal himsellf had written in his novel “Noli Me Tangere” that “only the worst products of the (Iberian) peninsula” were assigned to the Philippines.

Philosopher Miguel de Unamuno, a member of the Generation 1898 of post-empire Spanish writers and intellectuals, seconded Retana: “And what kind of Spaniards must Rizal have known in the Philippines? And above all, what friars! For the friars are generally recruited here in Spain from the most ignorant classes, the uncivil and rude, those who have abandoned the plow and the soil to prosper in a convent.”

Through “Continuum,” Father Aparicio submits a belated rejoinder: “In this book we present half a dozen of those ignorant, uncivil, rude friars who entered the convent to prosper and who came to the Philippines to abuse the simple, ignorant and fanatical natives.”

The six were contemporaries of Rizal, Retana and Unamuno, and alumni of UST: Cardinal Ceferino Gonzalez Diaz Tunon, OP (1831-1894); Fr. Casto de Elera (1852-1903); Fr. Valentin Marin Morales, OP (1860-1921); Ulpiano Herrero de Sampedro, OP (1864-1920); Julian Malumbres Muñoz, OP (1858-1932); and Fr. Cipriano Marcilla, OSA.

Controversial, belligerent

Essays in the book discuss the contributions of these six friars—five Dominicans and an Augustinian—to the rise of Christian civilization in the islands to disprove the claims of Rizal et al.

Maria Svetlana T. Camacho of the University of Asia & the Pacific discusses the “Cagayan Histories” of Fray Malumbres (1858-1932), who wrote extensive accounts of missionary and socioeconomic labors in the three new provinces carved from the Cagayan Valley—Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela and Cagayan—in the middle of the 19th century. Camacho notes that Malumbres’ “Histories” are “suffused with missionary zeal.”

Jorge Mojarro of Instituto Cervantes de Manila introduces Fr. Marin’s “Ensayo de Una Sintesis de los Trabajos Realizados por las Corporaciones Religiosas de Filipinas,” a highly polemical work, published by the UST Press in 1901, defending the record of the missionary orders in Philippine history.

As Mojarro writes: “Impartial, controversial and sometimes belligerent, it must be understood today in the context of an intellectual reaction against the anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish propaganda being carried out by several newspapers in the archipelago under the wing of the newly established American government, which was especially hard on everything that had to do with the role of the religious orders.”

First scientific catalogue

Accused of obscurantism by Masons, liberals and ultranationalists, UST, however, keeps the oldest and most extensive natural-history collection in the country, which is documented in the massive three-volume work of the Dominican scientist Fray De Elera, “Catalogo Sistematico de Toda la Fauna de Filipinas” (published in 1895 and 1896).

The catalogue is discussed in the essays of Arvin C. Diesmos of the National Museum and Mae Lowe L. Diesmos and Rey Donne S. Papa of the UST College of Science.

They declare that the work “is one of the earliest, if not the first, attempt at compiling a comprehensive systematic listing of the faunal diversity of the Philippines.” De Elera himself may be one of the first scientists to declare the incomparable natural riches of the Philippines. As he declared, “We do not hesitate to say it: neither in its flora nor its fauna do the Philippines need to envy any other region in the world.”

Aside from their contributions to the sciences, the friars were world-class intellectuals and thinkers, as shown by Cardinal Gonzalez, who came to the Philippines when he was just 18 years old and acquired all of his academic degrees in UST and, going back to Europe, became adviser to Pope Leo XIII and triggered the Neo-Thomism movement. His philosophical and theological works, particularly “Estudios Sobre de Filosofia de Santo Tomas,” published by the UST Press in 1864, and the overall Dominican intellectual legacy are discussed by Maria Liza Ruth Ocampo of the University of the Philippines.

Friar-prisoners

The anti-friar campaign reached its peak during the Philippine revolution and the American invasion. Published in 1900 by the UST Press, Fray Herrero’s “Nuestra Prison” is, according to historian and teacher Ma. Eloisa G. Parco de Castro of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters, the longest and most comprehensive account of a very controversial aspect of the Philippine Revolution.

At 31 chapters and over 800 pages, “Nuestra Prison” is, according to the American Jesuit historian Fr. John N. Schumacher, “the fullest account we possess” of the friar ordeal during the Revolution.

Meanwhile, against the charge by the likes of Trinidad Pardo de Tavera that Spain and the friars did not conserve Philippine culture, Morraro tackles the work of the Augustinian Fr. Marcilla, whose “Estudio de los Antiguos Alfabetos Filipinos,” published in 1895, collected and reprinted the Ilocano and other lexicographic studies of his Augustinian confreres from the 17th century.

Cecilia Espinosa of the UST Computer Center writes about efforts of the UST Library to cope with the challenges of technology. Former UST rector and Commission on Higher Education chair Fr. Rolando V. de la Rosa, OP, speculates whether printed books would survive in the future.

The book closes with a retrospective essay by Regalado Trota Jose on the 16th-century document in baybayin script from the UST Archives. Recently declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Archives, the document in ancient pre-Hispanic syllabary has survived and endured in the vaults of the UST collection all these centuries.

It should now cast—to use the title of Jose’s essay—“Lux Aeterna” or “eternal light”—on the formidable legacy of Spanish civilization to and friar evangelization of the Philippines.

UST Rector Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy and UnionBank chair-CEO Justo A. Ortiz will lead the formal launching of the book “Lumina Pandit: A Continuum” on May 26, 4:30 p.m. at the Miguel de Benavides UST Central Library. Open to the public. Call 7409709.


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[#Varsi]

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[#Papal coffee table book]

UST publishes coffee table bok on Pope Francis’ visit

June 20, 2015 8:11 pm

by CATHERINE TALAVERA REPORTER


WHEN Pope Francis visited the Philippines in January, one of his most memorable encounters was with the Filipino youth. Held at the University of Santo Tomas, the Pope made time to hear the sentiments of students and homeless children like little Glyzelle Palomar. She asked him, “Bakit po pumapayag ang Diyos na may ganitong nangyayari . . . kahit walang kasalanan ang mga bata [Why does God allow these things to happen to us . . .
 even if we are not at fault]?”


Clearly moved and pained, the Vicar of Christ replied, “Glyzelle is the only one who has put a question for which there is no answer, and she wasn’t even able to express it in words, but rather in tears . . . When the heart is able to ask itself and cry, then we can understand something.”


This is just one of the many memorable moments that UST, the oldest university in Asia, aims to immortalize through the coffee table book Pope Francis@ UST: Bringing Christ to the Youth.


Launched on Wednesday at the UST Blessed Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P., Building, the 160-page book compiles vivid photographs of His Holiness in UST, along with the inspiring, touching and blessed messages he had for the youth and the rest of the country.


UST rector Rev. Fr. Herminio Dagahoy, O.P. captured the significance of Pope Francis visit to the school when he said, “The university is the place where we learn the greatest lesson in life, and that is love. May this coffee table book be a source of genuine inspiration as its pages remind us of Pope Francis.”


He also thanked the team behind what is sure to become a collector’s item, as well as everyone who supported and took part in the papal visit.


“Our heartfelt gratitude goes to those people who have been part of this historic event in the University of Santo Tomas—volunteers, participants, even to those who wanted to come into our grounds but were never able to make it in… deep in our hearts we would like them to be a part of this historic event,” added the rector.


When asked what he thinks Pope Francis would say if he sees the coffee table book, Fr. Dagohoy replied, “I think he would just smile and he will remember everything.”

Appreciation


The book launch also coincided with a media appreciation gathering for members of the press who covered the Papal Visit in the Royal and Pontifical University.

Representatives from different media outlets for print and television were recognized for their support, and were given a copy of the newly launched coffee table book. The Manila Times president and CEO Dante “Klink” Ang 2nd was present at the event.


Members of the Catholic Church who greatly contributed to the success of the papal visit were further recognized led by the guest of honor Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, D.D., who also had the distinction of receiving the very first p copy of Pope Francis@ UST.

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[Tom A. Saiyan]

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[Tom A. Saiyan]

[#USTGS]

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