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Monthly community newsletter of the University of the Philippines Los Baos

February 2013

UPLB celebrates 104th Foundation Day

UPLB will honor its outstanding
teachers, researchers, extension
specialists, and administrative staff
during its 104 th Foundation Day on
March 6 at the Seniors Social Garden.
Guests include Secretary of Science
and Technology Mario G. Montejo and
UP President Alfredo E. Pascual.
This years outstanding teachers
are Dr. Marco F. Reyes, College of
Veterinary Medicine or CVM (junior
faculty) and Prof. Neilyn O. Villa, College
of Arts and Sciences or CAS (senior
faculty) for biological sciences; James
Roldan S. Reyes (junior faculty) and Dr.
Felino P. Lansigan (senior faculty), both
of CAS, for physical sciences; and
Michael David T. Lopez, CAS (junior
faculty) and Dr. Yolanda T. Garcia,
College of Economics and Management
or CEM(senior faculty)for social
sciences and humanities.
The outstanding researchers are
Dr. Aimee Lyn B. Dupo (junior

researcher) and Dr. Ireneo L. Lit (senior

researcher), both of CAS. The
Agricultural Mechanization Development Program of the College of
Engineering and Agro-Industrial
Technology (CEAT) bags the
Outstanding Research Program. Getting
the outstanding extension program
award is the Tinig ng Agrikultura sa
Barangay Radio Program, members of
which come from various units of UPLB.
The outstanding administrative
personnel are Sancho E. Nerpio, CAS
(blue collar); Reynaldo E. Lorida, Office
of the Vice Chancellor for Community
Affairs or OVCCA (professional); Edison
A. Cosico, Museum of Natural History
(office personnel); Pablo V. Quilao,
James Roldan S. Reyes

OVCCA (technician/craftsman); and

Leticia C. Latade, College of Forestry
and Natural Resources (supervisor).
The Foundation Day celebration
kicks off with a commemoration
program on March 6 at 6 am at the
UPCA Foundation Site or Pook
Pinagtatagan by the CA, the mother
college of what is now UPLB. A trade
fair exhibit will be held on March 6 to 10
and symposia from March 7 to 9 at the
CA AgriPark. Topics for the symposia
include coconut farming, SNAP
hydroponics, edible landscaping, food
processing, enhanced potting
preparation technology, and planting of
herbs and spices. (JAA Oruga)
Dr. Marco F. Reyes

Dr. Felino O. Lansigan

Dr. Yolanda T. Garcia

Prof. Neilyn O. Villa

Outstanding Teachers

Michael David T. Lopez

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Outstanding Administrative Staff

PAEP, CRVOC honored at turnover

ceremony
Pablo V. Quilao

Sancho E. Nerpio

Edison A. Cosico

Leticia C. Latarde

Reynaldo E. Lorida

Outstanding Research, Extension & Professional Staff

Agricultural Mechanization Development Program (AMDP)

Dr. Aimee Lyn B. Dupo

Dr. Ireneo L. Lit

Tinig ng Agrikultura sa Barangay Radio Program

CRVOC creates SWM body

Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz has
issued Administrative Order No. 030 on
Feb. 1 creating the UPLB Solid Waste
Management (SWM) Committee. The
eight-member committee chaired by
Prof. Rex B. Demafelis of the College
of Engineering and Agro-Industrial
Technology (CEAT) will be a permanent
University-level committee that will help
implement UPLBs policies and
programs on SWM.

The SWM Committee will oversee

the performance of the University in
implementing the SWM system; plan
and propose budget for services and
activities; and take necessary actions on
related issues.
The SWM Committee members
are Dr. Ma. Theresa H. Velasco, dean
of the College of Development
Communication; Dr. Leticia E. Afuang,
director of the Office of Student Affairs;

Dr. Ma. Larissa Lelu P. Gata, chief of

the University Housing Office; Dr.
Marilyn P. Reao, director of the
University Health Service; SO4 Gonzalo
C. Barraquio, office-in-charge of the
University Police Force; Engr. Edgardo
N. Paras, superintendent of the Physical
and Plant Management Services Office;
and Engr. Joseph A. Pagtananan, UPLB
pollution control officer based at the
Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Community Affairs. (JM Bo)

CPAf celebrates 15th Foundation Day

anniversary
The College of Public Affairs and
Development (CPAf) celebrated its 15th
Foundation Day anniversary with the
theme, Excellence in Governance and
Development on Feb.19.
As part of the celebration, the
College
highlighted
the
accomplishments of the CPAf faculty
and staff through various activities such
as the recognition of the Colleges
outstanding personnel and retirees,
launching of publications, and awarding
of sports fest winners.
It also became an opportunity to
formally welcome Dr. Josefina T. Dizon,
Professor 1, as the CPAfs new dean
effective January 24, 2013 and thank Dr.
Agnes C. Rola, outgoing dean during the
formal turn-over ceremony.
In the afternoon, CPAf sponsored
a seminar entitled ADBs Support to
Microfinance in Selected Countries as
part of its commitment to advance the
theory and practice of governance and
development theory and initiatives.
The resource speakers were Mr.
Binh T. Nguyen and Mr. Eiichi Sasaki,
Senior Evaluation Specialist and Senior
Financial Sector Specialist of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB), respectively.
Mr. Nguyen presented the results
of an evaluation on microfinance sector
performance and client welfare impact
of the ADBs support to various
Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the
Philippines, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam)
from 2000 to 2010. The welfare impact
evaluation focused on Pakistans
Microfinance Sector Development
Program and Vietnams Rural Enterprise
Finance Project.

Mr. Sasaki, on the other hand,

presented the summary of the ADBs
assistance to the Philippines, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and
Thailand. The microfinance programs or
activities were in the form of financial
assistance, technical assistance, and
capacity building, which were based on
the needs of a particular country. The
support hoped to develop the
microfinance sector and formulate
enabling policies and regulations that
include wider financial inclusion and
customer protection.
The seminar was attended by 130
participants from the Center for

Agriculture and Rural Development

Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARDMRI), CPAf constituents, and some
UPLB faculty and staff.
From its creation in 1998, the thenCollege of Public Affairs (CPAf) has
made its mark in the field of
development and governance studies.
Through the years, CPAf has produced
a significant number of graduates and
a body of knowledge along institutional,
policy and governance issues in the rural
sector, in general, and in the agriculture
and natural resources sectors, in
particular. (MJC de Roma)

Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz, who was a special guest during CPAfs 15th anniversary celebration,
formally welcomes Dr. Josefina T. Dizon as the new dean of the College during the turn-over
ceremony. (Photo by DG Reforma)

Philippine Forests Rich in Food says Ethnoecologist

palm hearts, ferns, snails, and ants that
they process into hot sauce, de Beer
said. According to him, the Negritos way
of life is sustainable and beyond
organic or organic plus because there
are no inputs. Forest resources are
simply allowed to regenerate after
harvesting these forest foods.
Part of de Beers work is helping
the IPs to realize the full economic
potential of the food that they eat in
the same way that truffles in Italy and
caterpillar mushroom in China have
become very expensive when sold in
classy restaurants.
This is challenging work because
there is mainstream derision here in the
Philippines about the kind of food that
the IPs eat. This attitude, intrusion by
lowland culture, and overall forest
degradation have made some Negritos
abandon their way of life, and thus their
culture, he explained.
de Beer is the lead author of the
1989 and 1996 editions of the seminal

publication The Economic Value of

Non-Timber Forest Products in
Southeast Asia. He is executive director
of the NTFP Exchange Programme
South and Southeast Asia, which is a
network with partners in six countries
including the Philippines where its
secretariat is based.
UPLB through the CFNR has been
working on establishing an NTFP sector
among its other initiatives such as
biotechnology and nanotechnology. The
initiative to unlock the potentials of and
mainstream NTFPs is spearheaded by
Dr. Ramon A. Razal, who with Dr.
Armando M. Palijon, wrote the book
Non-wood Forest Products of the
Philippines published by UPLB and
PCAARRD in 2009. That same year, Dr.
Razal also presented the lecture
Fulfilling the Promise of Non-Timber
Forest Products: A Case for Bridging the
Science Gap in NTFP Policies for his
UPLBFI Science and Technology
Professorial Chair. (JM Bo)

(Photo from www. science.ph)

Forest foods in the Philippines are

important non-timber forest products
(NTFP) that have potential economic
value, pointed out Jenne de Beer, an
ethno-ecologist during his talk held on
Feb.21 at the Dr. Armando Villaflor
Lecture Hall, College of Forestry and
Natural Resources (CFNR).
de Beer, who has lived with
indigenous peoplesin Asia before his
involvement with the Negrito cultural
revival and empowerment initiatives in
the Philippines, shared how IPs use
NTFPs as food, as source of income
when there is surplus, and as a buffer
during food shortage.
His work focuses on the
preservation and revival of the rich
Negrito traditions in relation to forest
foods and their empowerment from the
sustainable use of these forest foods.
Some of the common forest
foods consumed by the Negritos include
yam, nipa syrup, nipa seeds (flour),
fruits, forest honey, wild mushrooms,

(Photo from www.123rf.com)

(Photo from www.123rf.com)

Philippine yam

Ferns (pako)

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15 HKNU students finish four-week

basic English course at UPLB
Fifteen students from Hankyong
National University (HKNU) South
Korea recently finished the four-week
basic English course conducted by the
UPLB College of Arts and Sciences
(CAS)Language Instruction Toward
Excellence (LITE) program.
Aside from classroom training in
English conversational fluency,
pronunciation improvement, and oral
presentation skills, the course featured
a one-day Laguna cultural trip, where the
Korean participants were exposed to the
rich cultural heritage of Laguna province.
The Koreans also had a chance to
regularly interact with selected UPLB
student-facilitators who served as their
tour guides around the campus and
acted as conversation partners.
During the closing program held
on Feb. 15, Dr. Zita VJ. Albacea, dean
of CAS and manager of the LITE
program, congratulated the graduates
and thanked HKNU for trusting the CAS
in training the HKNU students in English
for years. She also said that these
initiatives are consistent with UPLBs
thrust towards globalization.

Prof. Mabini Dizon, CAS LITE coordinator, Dr. Jean Loyola, OIL director and CAS Dean Zita
Albacea (2nd row, L-R) graced the graduation rites of the LITE program for HKNU. (Photo courtesy
of CAS)

The occasion was also graced by

Dr. Jean O. Loyola, director of the Office
of Institutional Linkages, who expressed
hope that the relationship between
UPLB and HKNU will be strengthened
by more collaborative undertakings.

Cinema Rehiyon 5 features Filipino film makers

Award-winning films from previous
film festivals were also featured. From
Cinema 1 Originals were Kevin Dayrits
Catnip, Christian Linabans Aberya,
Gym Lumberas Anak Araw, and Arnel
Mardoquios Ang Paglalakbay ng mga
Bituin sa Gabi ng Madilim. Metro Manila
Film Festivals The Strangers by
Lawrence Fajardo, Cinemanila
International Film Festivals Jungle
Love by Sherad Anthony Sanchez,
and Cinemalayas Diablo by Mes de
Guzman were also shown.
Other prominent filmmakers who
participated in the film festival were
award-winning director Peque Gallaga
with his Bayi sa Aparador, Sineng
Pambansa winner Teng Mangansakan
with Qiyamah, and Palanca Hall-ofFamer Peter Solis Nerys Gugma sa
Panahon sang Bakunawa.
An estimated10,000 viewers
including UPLB students, faculty, and

from p. 6

staff, students from nearby schools,

filmmakers and cinephiles from
neighboring cities, and members of the
immediate community flocked to the two
screening venues.
The opening program of the
Cinema Rehiyon Festival was held at the
Makiling Botanic Gardens Pavilion on
Feb. 5. It was attended by UPLB
Chancellor, Dr. Rex Victor Cruz; Los
Baos Mayor Anthony Genuino; NCCA
Executive Director Emelita Almosara;
and National Committee on Cinema
head, Dr. Mike Rapatan.
Katrina Ross Tan, a faculty
member of the Department of
Humanities and coordinator of
pelikuLAB, served as this years festival
director. The curators for this years
Cinema Rehiyon were Teddy Co for
Luzon, Gabby Fernandez for Visayas,
and Teng Mangansakan for Mindanao.
(EBV Bernardo)

In 2012, UPLB Chancellor Dr.Rex

Victor Cruz and HKNU President, Dr.
Sunjin Kim, signed a memorandum of
understanding to develop academic
and educational cooperation and to
promote mutual understanding between
the two universities. (MDG Dizon)

OICA holds 2nd Arts

Festival from p. 6
contest and seminar spearheaded by
the UPLB Writers Club, was held on
Feb. 26-27. Students from different high
schools and universities around
CALABARZON participated in the twoday activity. Discussions and
workshops were given by distinguished
writer and National Artist Bienvenido
Lumbera.
Fourplay, a series of one-act
plays by the UP Communication Arts
Society,was held on Feb. 27-28 at the
NCAS Auditorium. Included in the
performances were the plays Lipstick,
Paperclip, Reunion, and Ang Huling
Rekado ni Emyong. The month-long
celebration, spearheaded by OICA
director Prof. Maria Teresa Arejola,
culminatedin a program on March 5 at
the DL Umali Auditorium. (RB Quizon, MH
Lacatan)

OICA holds 2nd Arts Festival

The Office for Initiative in Culture
and the Arts (OICA) launched the
Southern Tagalog Arts Festival on Feb.
1 to mark National Arts Month in
activities that engage the community in
a celebration of the pluralistic and
dynamic Filipino culture.
Giving the keynote message was
Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist for
Literature, during the opening program.
Chancellor Rex Victor O. Cruz
welcomed the attendees and enjoined
everyone to take part in the activities.
During the program, students
representing the UPLB Choral
Ensemble, Filipiniana Dance Troupe,

Harmonya: The String Ensemble of

UPLB, and the UP Writer s Club
performed in intermission numbers.
Earlier that day, a parade was led by
students of Humanities 2 and
Humanities 170.
From Feb. 1 to 2, OICA staged
Colonial, a transcontinental dance
concert. UPLB faculty members Dennis
Gupa and Marie Angelica Dayao
collaborated on the project with Co.
Erasga, a contemporary dance
company based in Vancouver, Canada.
Cinema Rehiyon, a week-long film
festival featuring the work of local
independent filmmakers, was hosted by

Students joined the parade that kicked-off the Southern Tagalog Arts Festival. (Photo by JL Roble

pelikuLAB in collaboration with the

National Commission for Culture and
the Arts.
On Feb. 11, the Department of
Humanities Speech Communication
and Performing Arts Division sponsored
a speech choir competition. The piece,
Love by Jose Corazon de Jesus, was
interpreted by the different sections
enrolled in Speech Communication 1.
The following Calabarzon-based
cultural organizations showcased
performances from Feb. 12 to 22: Rizals
Lead School for the Arts Teatro
Kalayaan, Nuno Dance Troupe; Arts
Noveou; Las Cuerdas de Angone;
Quezons SINAG Banahaw; SLSU
chorale; Lagunas Sining Katutubo
Dance Assembly; Philippine High
School for the Arts Sanghiyas Pangkat
Mananayaw; and Artist Inc.
A play entitled Ang Paglalakbay
ni Sisa-Isang Noh sa Laguna, a fusion
of Filipino literature and traditional
Japanese Noh was also staged on Feb.
15. The play was written by Amelia
Lapea- Bonifacio and based on Sisa,
the iconic character in Dr. Jose Rizals
Noli Me Tangere.
Harmonya: The String Ensemble
of UPLB performed in a concert entitled
Sini-la-ngan: Sining Laan sa Sinilangan
that ran from Feb. 20 to 23 at the NCAS
Auditorium.
Pandiwa:Panitikan at Diwa para
sa Kulturang Pagbabago, a literary
OICA, page 5

III)

Cinema Rehiyon 5 features Filipino film

makers
To promote regional cinema to the
public, the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in
cooperation with the UPLB Foundation,
Inc. (UPLBFI) and pelikuLAB, the media
arts division of UPLB Samasining,
presented Cinema Rehiyon 5 on Feb.
5-8 at the UPLB campus.
Cinema Rehiyon, the flagship
project of NCCAs Cinema Committee,
is an annual non-competition film festival
held every February that showcases the
works of filmmakers from various
regions outside Metro Manila. It is part
of the Philippines Arts Festival held in
celebration of the National Arts Month.

With the theme Nurturing

Cinemas of Home, the film festival
featured 88 films - 17 full-length and 71
short films - at the UPLB Dioscoro L.
Umali Hall and at the Southeast Asian
Regional Center for Graduate Study and
Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)
Umali Auditorium.
On its fifth year, the festival aims
to nurture our cinemas of home,
wherever that might be and however one
defines it. The ambiguity of the term
allows it to be inclusive of various
expressions of our diverse cultures in
cinematic form.

The four-day festival featured

films, which came from different parts
of the Philippines such as , Nueva
Vizcaya, Kalinga, Albay, Antique,
Bacolod, Iloilo,
Iligan, Davao,
Maguindanao, and Sulu.
The festivals opening film was
Gorio Vicuas The Gospel According
to Da Kid, a short documentary tribute
to the late filmmaker Celso Ad Castillo.
Los Baos very own Matt Baguinon
showed his documentary entitled
Rochel, which narrates the case of
Rochel Geronda, the 14-year-old high
school student from Los Baos who was
found raped and murdered in 2012.
Cinema, p 5

COLONIAL Solo Dance

Concert Shows Filipinos
Transformations
UPLB hosted the showing of the
Philippine premier of the solo dance
concert entitled Colonial on Feb 1 and
2 at the D.L. Umali Hall. The critically
acclaimed solo dance concert, which
was shown in Vancouver and Northern
Canada, was brought to UPLB by the
Office of the Initiatives for Culture and
the Arts (OICA) and Co. Erasga, a dance
company based in Canada.
Colonial was conceptualized by
UPLBs very own theater director and
faculty member, Prof. Dennis D. Gupa
of the Department of Humanities,
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and
the renowned Filipino-Canadian artist
and theater director, Alvin ErasgaTolentino.
Tolentino, the shows solo artist,
also choreographed the dance concert,
while Prof. Gupa handled the
dramaturgy.

Tolentino describes Colonial as

a multi-sensorial and transcultural piece
that brings to mind the Filipinos colonial
past and shows how the Filipinos are
rediscovering their strength as a nation.
The concert shows how the body
transforms in three portraits: that of a
primordial Babaylan, a healer cum
priestess;to the Katipunero/Katipunera,
bloodied warrior; and finally, to Sinag, a
light personifying hope and a ceremonial
invitation to enlightenment.
The performances indigenous
dance forms that were drawn from
historical, mythical, and political (as well
as personal) themes left surreal but vivid
images of our cultural heritage and
colorful history.
Behind the successful show are
dedicated artists: musical artist Marie
Angelica Dayao, a UPLB faculty

member and alumna; costume and

production designer John Carlo
Pagunaling; videographer John Lazam;
and lighting specialist Jonathan Chang.
Colonial will be also shown at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines as well
as in universities in Metro Manila and in
the Southern Tagalog region including
UP Diliman. (JAA Oruga)

Harmonya Delights with Guitar, Banduria,

and Violin
Harmonya: The String Ensemble
of UPLB, held a concert entitled SINILA-NGAN or Sining Laan sa
Sinilangan as part of UPLBs
celebration of the Southern Tagalog Arts
Festival. The concert, sponsored by the
Office of Initiatives for Culture and the
Arts (OICA), showcased different
performance segments for guitar,
banduria, and violin instruments.
Harmonya rendered their string
version of 12 famous Filipino music as
a tribute to the Filipino culture. Their
song
selections
included:
Pandangguhan by Antonio J. Molina,
arranged by Darwin Landicho; Sa
Kabukiran by Manuel P. Velez, arranged
by Maricar dele Cruz; Serenata by
Dominic Salestiano, arranged by Mark

Gerald Perez; Payapang Daigdig by

Felipe Padilla de Leon, arranged by
Daniel Estrellado ; Ang Pipit by Levi
Celerio, arranged by Alejandro Dabu III;
Tayoy mga Pinoy by Heber G.
Bartolome, arranged by Stud Neil P.
Jader; Masdan mo ang Kapaligiran by
Cesar Baares, arranged by Adrian Paul
Marcelino; Anak by Freddie Aguilar,
arranged by Liezel A. Dizon and Jerome
Jay C. Sabado; Ngayon at Kailanman
by George Canseco, arranged by
Alejandro T. Dabu III; Awitin Mo at
Isasayaw Ko by VST & Co., arranged
by Kian Beltran; and APO Medley by Apo
Hiking Society, arranged by Elisha
Beltran, Pauline Mendoza, and Daniel
Estrellado.

Video presentations in between

song segments highlighted past and
contemporary experiences such as the
effects of globalization and foreign
influences in our music preferences.
The artistic committees were
composed of Rica Cynthia V. Maddawin
as the violin section head, Pauline A.
Mendoza as the guitar section head, and
Maricar R. dela Cruz as the banduria
section head. Adrian Paul A. Marcelino
served as student musical director and
Marie Angelica A. Dayao as musical
director.
SINI-LA-NGAN closed with the
songs Sinilangan by Marie Angelica
Dayao and Kay Ganda ng Ating Musica
by Ryan Cayabyab, both arranged by
Marie Angelica Dayao. (KE Araguas)

USC holds annual Feb Fair, promotes

political awareness
The UPLB University Student
Council (USC) held the traditional
February Fair (Feb Fair) with the theme
#Youth Trend: Unifying our Stand for
Change on Feb. 12-16 at the UPLB
athletic field. The Feb Fair featured
musical presentations and activities
hosted by the USC and various student
organizations to promote social, cultural,
and political awareness among students
and the community.
The February Fair that the UPLB
community knows today actually began
in turbulent times when UPLB students
camped out in September 1972 to
protest against the declaration of Martial
Law at the spot referred to nowadays
as the Freedom Park. The Katawang
Tagapag-ugnay ng mga Mag-aaral, the
forerunner of the University Student
Council, started commemorating the
event every February. The fair continues
to serve as a venue for fostering greater

interaction and cooperation among

UPLB constituents and the community.
An evening dedicated to raise
environmental awareness among the
UPLB community with the theme Stop
Earths Destruction, Ensure the Next
Generation Environment featured a
flash mob, a fashion show, and a
concert.
UPLB students led by Gabriela
Youth performed in a dance to show
support for the global campaign One
Billion Rising that calls for justice,
gender equality, and an end to violence
against women.
Boni at 150, a special musical
extravaganza, commemorated the 150th
year of the hero Andres Bonifacio.
Other activities emphasized the
youths right to education. These
included a cultural night and a program
to support Ten Moves, a campaign that
aims to look for 2 million Filipinos who

will commit to donate 10 pesos a day

for 10 months to build 10,000
classrooms in the country.
The UPLB Feb Fair is also a
celebration of music. This years fair
showcased the annual Star in a Carillion
singing contest and Class Distraction
battle of the bands. The battle featured
popular bands such as Segatron, Up
Dharma Down, Ebe Dancel, Rivermaya,
and Giniling Festival.
Other attractions in the Feb Fair
grounds included the student
organizations booths, concessionaires
food stalls, fun rides, extreme
adventures like wall climbing and a zip
line, and specialty booths for henna
tattooing and souvenir items. During the
Feb Fair week, the Mens Residence
Hall, Womens Residence Hall, YMCA,
and Veterinary Medicine Residence Hall
also opened the house for visitors. (EBV
Bernardo)

Singer-songwriter Ebe Dancel rocked the UPLB crowd during the Boni at 150 concert. (Photo from facebook.com/UPLBFebFair2013)