The Lifeline

The Lifeline The Official Student Publication of West Visayas State University - College of Nursing.
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๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒIn times of crisis, preparedness can save lives. Every ...
06/12/2025

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ

In times of crisis, preparedness can save lives. Every ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฒ, the Philippines observes National Health Emergency Preparedness Day, a nationwide call to strengthen readiness for medical and public-health emergencies. This reminds every Filipino that emergencies can strike without warning, and the best defense is preparation.

According to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), about ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. This means that nearly half of emergency cases could have been avoided with early detection, routine check-ups, and consistent health education.

Furthermore, the country continues to face major health threats. The leading causes of deathare largely non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as ischemic heart disease, cancers, and stroke, that often present as sudden, life-threatening emergencies. In 2022 alone, ischemic heart disease caused more than 114,000 deaths, making it the top killer among Filipinos.

Anytime, these diseases could strike. They give little to no warnings. ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€:

โœ… Build an emergency kit with water, non-perishable food, a first-aid kit, medications, flashlights, radios, hygiene items, and important documents.

โœ… Stay informed and alert. Emergencies evolve quickly, and timely updates from authorities can guide life-saving decisions.

โœ… Learn basic first aid and CPR so that help begins even before professionals arrive.

This yearโ€™s call to action echoes the guidance of global and national health agencies. Preparedness should be strengthened at all levels, starting from the grassroots. The World Health Organization emphasizes improving surveillance, risk communication, and rapid response capacities, while local agencies continue to encourage Filipinos to โ€œprepare, plan, and stay informed.โ€

National Health Emergency Preparedness Day is more than a reminder; itโ€™s our responsibility. By preparing today, we protect ourselves, our families, and our communities from the worst tomorrow.






Words, Research and Layout by Lj Orpheus Soriano

๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ || ๐—ž๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜: ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒFueling the fire to ke...
06/12/2025

๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ || ๐—ž๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜: ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Fueling the fire to keep ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†-๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€™๐˜€ (๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จ-๐—–๐—ข๐—ก) winning streak burning, students from ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ bagged major awards in the recently concluded ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป held at Novotel Hotel in Quezon City, December 3-4.

With the theme, โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™™๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™€๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š,โ€ ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐— . ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ and ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป established the momentum for the college by ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ - ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, respectively.

Under the mentorship of ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป, Blandoโ€™s team for their study titled โ€œ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จโ€™ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎโ€ consists of ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——. ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ, ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š. ๐—•๐—ฎรฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—Ÿ. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–. ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ, and ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—š. ๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ.

Behind the scenes, Catipunanโ€™s team, consisting of ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐˜„๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ก. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ. ๐——๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป, and ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐——. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ with the expertise of their adviser ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—–. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ, worked hand-in-hand for their study titled โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™› ๐™€๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‡๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.โ€

๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‡ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—•. ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ also ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, followed by a ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡ ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ข. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

Sevillenoโ€™s teammates, ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฃ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ผ, and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ, headed by their advisers ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐— . ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—ฅ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ ๐—š. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถรฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€, completed their study titled โ€œ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™–๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.โ€

Meanwhile, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† for their study titled โ€œ๐™†๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š, ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™‹๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.โ€ Together with ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ. ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–. ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ, ๐—•๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐— . ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—ข. ๐—ฌ๐˜‚ conducted the study under the guidance of their advisers ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—™. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ and ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ.

For the group category, a team composed of ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‡ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—•. ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— . ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜‡, ๐— ๐—ฎ. ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—–. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ง. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ made a podium finish after being awarded as ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ - ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† (๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ) for their study titled โ€œ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™ฎ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™• ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ: ๐˜ผ ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎโ€ led by their research adviser ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—–. ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ.

The ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ was also clinched by ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—•. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—•. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—•. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ ๐—”. ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—น๐—ผ for their study titled โ€œ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š-๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™จ: ๐˜ผ ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ฎโ€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ-๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.

With over 200 participants from across the globe, the two-day conference was organized by the ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, aiming to reinforce nursing research and global health.

As these latest accolades join its enduring catalogue of research triumphs, WVSU-CON once again proves why it is regarded as the ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”.








Words by Dominic Maraรฑon
Photos via Dr. Elmer Bondoc and JPEP

๐‚๐Ž๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž || ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟWhat was once feared as a death sentence is now a chronic and manageable condition. What w...
01/12/2025

๐‚๐Ž๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž || ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

What was once feared as a death sentence is now a chronic and manageable condition. What was once met with stigma is now dealt with understanding.

This December 1, we commemorate ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ๐——๐—ฆ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† to raise awareness and spread facts about this disease condition. This yearโ€™s theme,โ€œ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ๐——๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ,โ€ calls for sustained political leadership, stronger international cooperation, and human-rights-centered approaches to address the pressing issues that HIV and AIDS continue to bring.

To understand the urgency, we first need to look at what HIV and AIDS truly are.

It starts with the human immunodeficiency virus, more commonly known as HIV, the virus that causes HIV infection. AIDS, on the other hand, is the most advanced and severe stage of this infection. This happens when the immune system becomes too weakened to keep up with the virus, leaving the body with little defense. HIV gradually attacks the bodyโ€™s protective mechanisms, and once these are severely disrupted and can no longer function properly, the condition progresses to AIDS.

The number of people infected can be greatly reduced if even one part of the transmission cycle is broken. Contracting HIV becomes a high risk when a person is exposed to these transmission routes. However, the bigger concern is the lack of awareness about how HIV is actually transmittedโ€”and just as importantly, how it is not transmitted. Despite the long history and wide spread of the virus, many still have limited knowledge about the real ways HIV can and cannot be passed on.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฉ ๐—ถ๐—ณ:

- You have a**l or vaginal s*x with someone who has HIV without protection
- You share needles, syringes, or any drug-injection equipment with someone who has HIV
- It is passed from a parent to the baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding

On the other hand, you cannot get or transmit HIV from activities that donโ€™t involve contact with infected body fluids. HIV does not survive long outside the human body and cannot reproduce outside a human host.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต:

- saliva
- tears
- sweat
- insects like mosquitoes or ticks
- sharing dishes
- shaking hands
- hugging
- being near someone (air transmission)
- closed-mouth kissing
- sharing toilet seats

Complete treatment may still be out of sight, but thanks to recent technological and medical advancements, dealing with HIV and AIDS has become far more manageable. It is no longer an instant death timer, but a chronic condition that can be controlled with proper care.

๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜† (๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง) is the standard way to manage HIV. It is a combination of medicines used to treat the infection. It works through several mechanisms to prevent the progression of HIV into AIDS, including suppressing viral replication, strengthening the immune system, and keeping the bodyโ€™s defenses functioning. The primary goal of ART is to achieve viral suppression, at which point the amount of HIV in the blood becomes so low that routine laboratory tests cannot detect it.

When a person maintains an undetectable viral load, they have effectively no risk of transmitting the virus to a s*xual partner, a public health principle known as ๐—จ=๐—จ (๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ = ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ).

Managing this contemporary challenge does not rely solely on medical interventions or technological advancements. It also requires approaches based on acceptance, awareness, and prevention. We can all contribute by educating ourselves and others, by supporting those living with HIV, and by practicing safe behaviors to prevent its transmission. In this way, we help create a society where HIV is better understood, preventable, and no longer feared.






Words by Vince Carl Sicatin
Research and Layout by Ma Carmela Joan Espartero

๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐„๐†๐„ ๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€True are the words that ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€; yet Batc...
01/12/2025

๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐„๐†๐„ ๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€

True are the words that ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€; yet Batch Avani gathered in humility and gratitude following a historic feat in this year's November Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination (PNLE), December 1, 2025.

Presiding, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ. ๐—™๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ, chaplain of West Visayas State University - Medical Center offered a simple reflection on his homily, that โ€œ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.โ€

โ€œAbundance grows from the earth of humility,โ€ he continued, โ€œGather, not for the downpour of blessings, but to give thanks.โ€

The Thanksgiving Mass follows the historic achievement of Batch Avani with a 100% passing rate, with 36 topnotchers, extending the college's continuous streak of a perfect passing rate while also producing board exam topnotchers.






Words by Nicholas Miguel Ignacio
Layout by Johnritz Gabriel Ruiz
Photo by Mary Andrea Zamora, Miles Tambanillo, and Cha Maglente

๐”๐๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡: ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จโ€œ๐™’๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช'๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ...
01/12/2025

๐”๐๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐’๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡: ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จ

โ€œ๐™’๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช'๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ 36 ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™’๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™–๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ.โ€

Those were the words of ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, to the new registered nurses (RNs) from the College of Nursing (CON) Batch Avani - Class of 2025 during their homecoming ceremony, December 1.

โ€œYou have made us all proud. This is not just a product of luck, but this is a product of determination, resilience, and hard work,โ€ Dr. Villaruz acknowledged the batchโ€™s efforts to attain a 100 percent during the November 2025 Philippine Nurses Licensure Exam (PNLE). In his words, the achievement is something unprecedented.

Moreover, the president expressed his only worry over the possibility that the feat is not duplicable but remained optimistic to Batch Vesta, saying, โ€œI have high hopes that the next batch will produce three rank 1, and 50 topnotchers.โ€

He ended his speech by challenging the whole university to level up their game plans and trusting the CONmmunity in achieving more.

Meanwhile, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ, ๐™‘๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ, thanked and expressed her pride for the batch. She hoped that the achievements of the batch could serve as inspiration for batches to come.

โ€œSa akon ya, for the past 13 years of students of CON, and even the COM, wala man gid kami ya gaexpect ka 36 topnotchers. We donโ€™t want to give you that much pressure,โ€ VP Gellada assured.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—š. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ, ๐™‹๐™‰๐™‡๐™€ ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  1, debunked the common acronym PUSHโ€”Pray until Something Happens, saying, โ€œeven in the very moments we utter our prayers, the Lord is already making something happen.โ€

Acevedo highlighted the role of prayers in waiting, exemplifying herself and the rest of Batch Avani as products.

โ€œFrom a postponed PNLE to the delayed release of results, we have waited. And, God am I glad we did, because our prayers have been amplified to the unprecedented feat you see today,โ€ she attested.

She shared a light-hearted conversation she had with her friends on the early morning of November 4โ€”the supposed first day of the NLE, where she said, โ€œSige lang. Lord. Basi maka-Top 10 or Top 9 palang ko subong. Sa November 6, ya ma-Top 1 nako.โ€

Meanwhile, still of the same rank, ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง. ๐—˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐™‹๐™‰๐™‡๐™€ ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  1, shared his success coming from humble beginnings.

โ€œGrowing up in a family with limited means, I faced many challenges and difficulties that at times felt impossible to overcome. There were moments when I doubted whether I could reach this stage, or even go to college,โ€ he shared in his speech.

He notes that to reach success, it takes precision over perfection.

Earlier in the flag ceremony, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, Dean of CON, presented Batch Avani composed of its 122 passers with 36 topnotchers.








Words by Yancy Emmanuel Aguilar
Layout by Johnritz Gabriel Ruiz
Photo by Mary Andrea Zamora, Miles Tambanillo, and Cha Maglente

๐‚๐Ž๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž || ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ"La, sakit lawas ko...'' I whispered in agonizing pain. Lola then held my hand and I bra...
30/11/2025

๐‚๐Ž๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž || ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ

"La, sakit lawas ko...'' I whispered in agonizing pain. Lola then held my hand and I braced myself for a trip to the doctorโ€™s clinic. Instead, Lola's firm hand guided me not to a hospital, but to a quaint house filled with the comforting aroma of home-made ๐™—๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™จ. That's when I realized, my grandma brought me to our trusted ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ.

Alternative and traditional medicine is deeply rooted in the blood of most Filipinos. When the sharp edge of pain cuts through, the wisdom of our ancestors often takes center stage.

Traditional Health Care refers to using natural remedies, manual therapy, and holistic approaches to maintain health and treat illnesses. Whereas, Alternative Health Care refers to non-mainstream treatments that are used either alongside or in place of modern medical practices to support healing and overall wellness.

There are different kinds of treatments that are under the umbrella of alternative and traditional medicine that is being practiced up to this day. Such as:

๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ - supports well-being by using massage, body manipulation, and energy-balancing techniques to relieve pain, reduce stress, and improve physical harmony.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ - promotes well-being by using plant-based remedies that may have natural therapeutic effects such as easing cough, reducing inflammation, or supporting bodily functions.

๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ - enhances well-being by inserting fine needles into specific points on the body to reduce pain, improve circulation, and stimulate the bodyโ€™s natural healing processes

From the experiences and expertise of our ancestors, traditional remedies can provide accessible, affordable, and culturally familiar ways to relieve common ailments and promote well-being using natural or holistic methods. However, like any other good thing, it has its limitations. Traditional remedies may lack strong scientific evidence, have inconsistent dosing or quality, and can sometimes cause side effects or interact with modern medicines if not used properly.

While our Filipino identity is deeply rooted in traditional healing practices, we must consciously ensure patient safety by integrating scientifically proven modern medicine, thereby preserving our identity without compromising well-being.

To safely combine traditional therapies with modern medicine, individuals must adhere to three core steps:

Consult Licensed Health Professionals: Always seek advice from doctors, especially when dealing with chronic or serious conditions.

Disclose All Remedies: It is vital to inform your doctor of all traditional or herbal remedies you use, as these can cause harmful interactions or delay necessary modern treatment.

Follow Evidence-Based Advice: Prioritize practices and remedies that have undergone scientific scrutiny and follow professional advice to ensure both efficacy and safety.

This health month encourages informed, safe, and culturally grounded choices by promoting awareness of traditional practices, teaching proper and responsible use, and reminding the public to balance cultural healing with scientific medical care.







Words By: Arnie Rose Andreo
Research By: Franchezka Ballener and Samantha Ciudadano
Layout by: Johnritz Gabriel Ruiz and Franchezka Ballener

๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ || ๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จ-๐—–๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€Remaining true to ...
30/11/2025

๐‚๐Ž๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ || ๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จ-๐—–๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€

Remaining true to its vision of becoming a top research university, the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† - ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จ-๐—–๐—ข๐—ก) emerged as one of the standout institutions at the ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ), held at Sarrosa International Hotel, Cebu City, from November 28โ€“29, 2025.

The college was distinguished as the Most Active Research Institution, reaffirming its lead in nursing scholarship and evidence-based practice.

WVSU-CONโ€™s delegation also brought home multiple awards across both professional and student categories. In the Professional Category, ๐— ๐˜€. ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ฎ, under the mentorship of ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ, ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น for โ€œ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™‘๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‚๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™• ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™จ: ๐˜ผ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ญ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™™ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.โ€

Meanwhile, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—š๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป for their study โ€œ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ: ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™‰๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™„๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ,โ€ co-authored with ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‡, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ, ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.

In the Student Category, the team of ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒรฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—น๐—ผ, ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ secured ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น for their qualitative study, โ€œ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™จ,โ€ under the mentorship of ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ-๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ. Their study explored the career benefits Filipino professional nurses perceive as an attribute to preservice leadership experiences.

WVSU-CON was a co-host of ICONS 14, with Day 1 opened by ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ, who seamlessly guided the flow of sessions. ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ delivered his well-applauded endnote speech on Day 2, further highlighting the collegeโ€™s leadership and active involvement in the conference.

Centered on the theme โ€œ๐™€๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™€๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š-๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™‰๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š,โ€ the conference convened educators, practitioners, and student-researchers from across the country and abroad.

The WVSU-CON delegates extend their gratitude to ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—– ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ฉ ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜‡, ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฐ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ. ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฒรฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—”, and the ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฉ๐—ฆ๐—จ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† for their unwavering support in cultivating a vibrant research culture.

Their achievements reflect the collegeโ€™s commitment to excellence and the growing impact of its student and faculty researchers on the nursing profession, effectively maintaining its title as a ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’„๐’†๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†.







Words by Lanz Dave Rumbines
Photos via Dr. Ayesha Penuela

๐‚๐Ž๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž || ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎYou hear that distinct buzzing, reminiscent of a ...
30/11/2025

๐‚๐Ž๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž || ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ

You hear that distinct buzzing, reminiscent of a mosquito dancing around its prey. Driven by flight-or-flight, you swat your hands together to capture the insect โ€” right before it strikes!

Congrats, you may have saved yourself from being a host to the parasite in the guts of an ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด female mosquito!

Malaria remains life-threatening among the tropics, affecting an estimated 290 million individuals yearly and a death toll of 400,000 people worldwide. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ carried by its primary host, female ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด mosquitoes. These little creatures then transmit the infection to humans via bite, and rarely โ€” be transmitted via blood transfusions, shared needles, organ transplantation, or from mother to fetus.

With continuous support from initiatives such as The Global Fund, the malaria epidemic in the Philippines has been curved to declare most provinces as malaria free. A majority of the cases reported having been caused by ๐˜—. ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ (~85%) and ๐˜—. ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜น (~15%).

Like its disease carrier, the symptoms of the disease first appear to be unsuspecting and minute. Nonspecific flu-like symptoms such as fevers, chills, headache, and general malaise manifests, which do not instantly alarm you.

Left untreated, your symptoms may escalate into extreme fatigue, impaired consciousness, seizures, difficulty breathing, dark urine, jaundice, and abnormal bleeding. In worst cases, malaria leads to multi-organ failure especially in vulnerable health populations โ€” young children, pregnant women, and those with weakened immunity.

Thus, to defend yourself against harmโ€™s way, focus on reducing exposure with mosquito vectors. Use mosquito repellents on exposed skin, and sleep under an insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) in a malaria-risk zone. Ensure doors and windows are screened and kept closed. Secure house vicinities by removing standing water in containers suspected of retaining water frequently. If traveling to malaria-endemic areas, consult healthcare providers about preventive antimalarial medication.

Mobilizing communities remain vital in promoting environmental efforts to limit mosquito breeding sites and awareness of malaria health implication. In the Philippines, campaigns supported by government and partner organizations help distribute mosquito nets, educate people about prevention, ensure early detection and treatment, and reach remote or indigenous populations who may lack access to health services.

Through these campaigns, families become more informed about simple protective steps; health workers can reach high-risk areas; and surveillance for malaria improves โ€” which helps push toward elimination.

Stay vigilant, stay alert, and stay aware of Malariaโ€™s silent perpetrator.







Words by Darlene Angel Grace Miranda
Layout by Gabriel Angelo Tutanes
Research by Maegan Rexzel Pa**ligan

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ || ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ก-๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—” ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธProving that nurses excel beyond scrubs, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ student nurse-journ...
29/11/2025

๐ˆ๐‚๐˜๐Œ๐ˆ || ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ก-๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—” ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ

Proving that nurses excel beyond scrubs, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ student nurse-journalists clinch places during the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† (๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—”) ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฃ๐—๐—ง๐—ฆ), October 1-3.

๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–, ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, emerged ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ during the workshop. Moreover, the publication led by ๐™๐™ฎ๐™ฏ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™…๐™ค๐™๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค, ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, was recognized as ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜. Miranda and Blando are SNs under ๐™‡๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก 4 - ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™‘๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–.

This yearโ€™s theme, โ€œ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ,โ€ focuses on the proactive role of student publications in disaster risk reduction efforts.

Catering publications across WV and Negros Island Region, PJTS precedes the annual College Press Conference and Awards (COPRE).







Words by Yancy Emmanuel Aguilar
Layout by Devean Paul Gonzales

๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, the official college student publication of ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ...
29/11/2025

๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, the official college student publication of ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† - ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, participates in the ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ (๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜) hosted by the ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† - ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜€, at the Iloilo Grand Hotel, November 27.

From taking home both of the coveted ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜€. ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ crowns, to winning in individual and publication categories, take a look at some of the publicationโ€™s moments of triumph as its editorial board represented the โ€˜๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.โ€™

As this yearโ€™s COPRE concluded, The Lifeline successfully showcased its commitment to its threefold mantra: Inform. Involve. Inspire.







Words and Layout by Jericho Francesco Jandongan
Photos by Cha Maglente

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