October 2011

The Young Navigators Club and Seamanship and Safety Club in partnersship with the Supreme Student Government organized and commemorated the Maritime Day last October 6 with the theme "Piracy: Orchestrating the Response."

The day started with a series of talks. Talk 1 was on Piracy: Orchestrating the Response with Capt. Rene Gomez as the speaker. he talked about possible responses for future seafarers when the time comes that their vessels are assaulted by pirates. C/E Edwin Saplada shared his thoughts and experience as a seafarer during Talk 2: Expedition of Life. Talk 3 was about Experience of life at Sea with Capt. Voltaire Lapore as the speaker. A forum followed afterwards. The afternoon affair was apportioned for different competitions and the Search for VMA Top Model of the Year.

A series of tours organized by the Tourism students kicked off last October 2. Their clienteles were the BSHRM, BSTM and SC/SC students.

86 students from the HRM and BSTM left at around 8:00am last October 3 for their Negros Occidental-Oriental Tour. First stop was in Sipalay City-famously known as "little Boracay of Negros." The group strolled in the beach, took pictures and took a dip in the intricately designed pools of Nataasan Beach Resort and Robinson@cruse Resort. Zamboangita Zoo was the destination the next day and then off were to Dumaguete City for their City Tour. They group went on Dolphin-watching in Bais City and took a swim in Manjuyod Sandbar on their last day.