First Board Members of PNASLI

First Board Members of PNASLI

A General Assembly of both hearing and deaf sign language interpreters was successfully held last Saturday, May 21 at CAP Development Center in Makati City and attended by more than 100 interpreters and supporters.

This momentous activity was brought about by the inclusion of World Association of Sign Language Interpreters Asia Forum (WASLI) during the Asia Pacific Conference of World Federation of the Deaf held in the Tagaytay City, Philippines last November 2010 which was sponsored by Philippine Federation of the Deaf. During the forum, a group of Filipino sign language interpreter attendees brainstormed and decided to form a national sign language interpreters association in order to address the concerns raised. After that, a general get-together discussion was held at the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) on January 24 to introduce the idea of forming a said group.

Score Card Displayed on the Board

Score Card Displayed on the Board

Board Members from NCR: Alfredo D. Celada Jr., May G. Andrada, Febe S. Sevilla, Marie Therese Bustos, Joy L. Cristal, Maria Veronica T. Perez, Natividad P. Natividad and Remberto I. Esposa Jr.

Board Members from Outside NCR: Arturo V. Abrena Jr. (Baguio), Annabelle S. Catimbang (Camarines Sur), John Paul E. Maunes (Cebu), Fr. Peter Miles S. Sollesta, PMS (Cebu), Rossana Villanueva (Zamboanga)

Deaf Representatives: Julius G. Andrada, Leonides D. Sulse, Rey Alfred Lee (Ex-Officio- Phil.Federation of the Deaf President)

MCCID Training Director Esposa was not present during the election due to prior appointment.

Suggested names for the association was also voted upon. Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters won as the official name. Visit PNASLI’s official website here.

Note: Photos courtesy of PNASLI Official Website.

Because of a very low number of deaf people who took part in the recent presidential elections based on informal survey, MCCID College decided to launch its “Election Awareness Campaign” program last July 31 at MCCID Lecture Hall.

More than 50 second and third year deaf students attended the mini-lecture activity. This program will continue up to October 31, in time for the National Barangay Election, which will be held this October 25.

Deaf Student Omar Emata shared his experience voting in last May 2010 elections.

MCCID Administration together with MCCID Student Organization agreed to provide assistance and additional incentives to students who will be registering in their respective City or Municipal Election Offices. Among the perks of newly registrants include additional grades in their midterm for English, Deaf Culture, Current Issues on Disabilities and Values Education Subjects. They will also be excused from their subjects should they register on a school day.

Sir Jojo explains how to fill up the Voters Registration Form.

MCCID Training Director Jojo Esposa enumerated the many problems deaf people are encountering in the country like unemployment, inability to receive government services, closed captioning and sign language interpreting services and ignoring the 20% discounts on medicine and other vital services. He explained that by registering their vote, the government will become aware of the existence of the deaf community.

During the launch, Sir Jojo also explained to the students how to fill up the Application for Registration as well as the procedure and requirements for registering. He also gave a letter to the parents seeking their help in assisting their child when they register to their respective election offices.

For his part, MCCID Deaf Faculty Jerome Marzan shared to the students about his experience as a first time voter in the first automated elections last May. Other students also gave their experiences as well as problems they faced when their parents did not allow them to vote.

Here is the list of expected activities:

• Voting Orientation – July 31
• Voter Registration – August 3–15
• Voter Awareness of Barangay Candidates (Barangay Chairman and Barangay Kagawad) – Campaign Period to be announced later
• National Barangay Election – October 25
• Ballot guarding and watching TV about elections – October 25-31

[UPDATE]
52 deaf students from MCCID Cubao, Quezon City Campus have registered and voted during the Barangay Elections last October 25. The campaign was a success.

General Assembly

JOANNA O. TEVES was unanimously voted president while JEFFERSON JAVIER clinched the vice-presidential post during the annual Student Organization Elections held Friday, July 9.

After preparing for three days and campaigning Wednesday and Thursday, third year Diploma in Business Technology (DBT) student Joanna garnered nearly 60% of the total votes clobbering second year contender Kristel Manipol. Meanwhile, Javier, also third year DBT student, got the second spot narrowly beating Elizar Bic Pongos, a second year DACDT student

Student Alliance Party Candidates

Student Group Party

Joanna’s political party MCCID Student Alliance Party four out of ten slots. The rest of the winners are: JEPA KERENA T. BASILIO (STUDENT GROUP) – Secretary, GLAIZA F. CRUZ (STUDENT GROUP) – Treasurer, RICHEE G. BALATINSAYO (STUDENT GROUP) – Assistant Treasurer, REGINA R. LEONARDO (STUDENT ALLIANCE) – Auditor, ROBERT JAY V. GALERA (STUDENT GROUP) – PRO, OMAR JOLAS LAZARO (STUDENT ALLIANCE) – First Year Representative, CRISTEL M. MANIPOL (STUDENT ALLIANCE) – Second Year Representative and WILHEIN S. CHAN (STUDENT GROUP) – Third Year Representative.

Joanna Teves

Vice President Jefferson Javier

Student organization elections are held yearly to teach and experience democracy to the students and at the same time take a more responsive role in all of the school’s activities. Teachers’ Bethsaida Lumangyao, Jerome Marzan, Annalyn Delgado and Ervin Reyes officiated the activity and counted the ballots.

Official Oath taking of winners will be held on August 28 during the annual Acquaintance Party where the students will meet their schoolmates from Tiaong, Quezon and San Fernando, Pampanga for the first time.

Students assist in the tallying of votes on the board.

LUCKY MCGILL S. PALTEP was unanimously voted president while ELEAZAR M. FANCUBIT clinched the vice-presidential post during the annual Student Organization Elections held Monday, July 13.

After preparing for three days and campaigning Thursday and Friday, third year Diploma in Arts and Computer Design Technology (DACDT) student Lucky garnered 88% of the total votes clobbering second year contender Jepa Kerena Basilio. Meanwhile, Eleazar, also third year DACDT student, got the second spot narrowly beating last year’s Assistant Treasurer Jefferson Javier.

Lucky’s political party COLLEGE TECH nearly swept the entire slots save for three, the vice president, secretary and first year representative. The rest of the winners are: JOANNA O. TEVES (STUDENT ALLIANCE) – Secretary, JASMINE D. BUNDALIAN (COLLEGE TECH) – Treasurer, MARICRIS B. SIPING (COLLEGE TECH) – Assistant Treasurer, ADRIAN RAY C. SABULAO (COLLEGE TECH) – Auditor, ANGELINA D. LAGASCA (COLLEGE TECH) – PRO, LOVELY B. SORIANO (COLLEGE TECH) – Assistant PRO, KRISTEL F. FERRANCOL (STUDENT ALLIANCE) AND ELIZAR BIC C. PONGOS (COLLEGE TECH) – First Year Representative, JOAN L. MACALINTAL (COLLEGE TECH) – Second Year Representative and MADONA G. HERMOSURA (COLLEGE TECH) – Third Year Representative.

Student organization elections are held yearly to teach and experience democracy to the students and at the same time take a more responsive role in all of the school’s activities. Teachers’ Bethsaida Lumangyao, Jerome Marzan, Charmagne and Ervin Reyes officiated the activity and counted the ballots.

Jerome F. Marzan was again voted president while newcomer Andrew J. Calaycay Jr. clinched the vice-president during the annual Student Organization Elections held last Friday, July 11.

After preparing for two days and campaigning last Wednesday, Jerome received 82% of the total votes clobbering second year contender Vincent Adecer. This is Jerome’s second term as president. Meanwhile, Andrew got the second spot narrowly beating last year’s vice-president and highly favored candidate Mark Sampang. His classmates said this was a disappointing loss for Mark considering that he did very well last year. Andrew got 57% of the votes cast.

Jerome’s political party PCDITECHSOD almost swept the entire slots save for one, the 2nd year representative. The rest of the winners include: BRIAN F. PANLILIO (PCDITSOD) – Secretary, ACE B. DIAZ (PCDITSOD) – Treasurer, JASMINE D. BUNDALIAN (PCDITSOD) – Assistant Treasurer, JEFFERSON H. JAVIER (PCDITSOD) – Auditor, GIBSON A. CRUZ (PCDITSOD) – P.R.O., LUCKY MCGILL S. PALTEP (PCDITSOD) – Assistant P.R.O., WILHEIN S. CHAN (PCDITSOD) – 1ST Year Representative, JEFFREY A. CASIGURAN (PCDITECH SHEPHERD) – 2ND Year Representative, LORENZO B. BARAOIL JR. (PCDITSOD) – 3RD Year Representative.

Student organization elections are held yearly to teach democracy to the students and at the same time take a more responsive role in all of the school’s activities. Teachers’ Dianne Salazar, Oscar Purificacion and Ervin Reyes officiated the activity and counted the ballots.