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Thursday, October 30, 2014

IN THE KNOW: Familia Luzuriaga Cemetery Interesting Facts





1.    The cemetery is accorded the distinction in the Guinness Book of World Records as “the only cemetery in the world at the intersection of two highways.”

2.    The cemetery is included in Ripley’s Believe it or Not’s list of all weird things.

3.    The cemetery is listed in the "Philippine Book of Amazing Places."

4.    The cemetery is situated at an island of Lopez Jaena Street which intersects with Burgos Street, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

5.    The cemetery became locally known as Bangga Patyo (Cemetery Corner).

6.    The cemetery is privately owned by the prominent Ruiz de Luzuriaga family in Negros who donated the property to the city government under one condition, that is, the cemetery must remain there.*

7.    Other prominent members of the clan include movie director Peque Gallaga.

8.    The cemetery is lined by rows of frangipani (kalachuci) trees whose white flowers which produce strong scent was believed to protect the spirit of the dead.

9.    The cemetery is surrounded by graves of prominent families:  To the east of the Familia Luzuriaga Cemetery is the Bacolod Public Cemetery. Across the public cemetery is the Mausoleum of the Lopez Family. Then, to the west of the Luzuriaga Cemetery is the Mausoleum of Jayme-Gamboa.

10. The cemetery is guarded by a sturdy fence and barb wire whose gate padlocked the whole year round except during All Saints Day and All Souls day when the caretaker of the cemetery opens the gate and allows visitors to have a quick tour.



 *The first Ruiz de Luzuriaga was Don Eusebio Ruiz de Luzuriaga who settled in Bacolod in1840. He had two sons, Luis and Jose. His son, José Ruiz de Luzuriaga, a rich sugar businessman, became part of Philippine history when he was appointed the President of the Constituent Assembly of the short-lived Negros Republic that existed in 1899 following the Negros Revolution or the Al Cinco de Noviembre against the Spanish colonial government. The remains of Luis are still buried in the cemetery, while Don Eusebio’s remains are now laid to rest at the San Sebastian Cathedral. The whereabouts of Don Jose’s remains are still unknown up to this day.


 


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References:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Cemetery-at-the-Middle-of-the-Street&id=7684574
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/lifestyle/2011/11/05/visit-familia-luzuriaga-cemetery-188838

Monday, October 27, 2014

UNO-R LET Passers (August 2014)

JANICE G. ALISON
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
UNO-Recoletos Batch 2014 Summa Cum Laude
4th Placer, August 2014 Licensure Examination for Teachers – Elementary Level





CONGRATULATIONS
To Our New UNO-R Licensed Teachers!

Note: This list will be regularly updated as soon as the names of all UNO-R LET 2014 Passers will be identified.


BEED

Alison, Janice 
Barroca, Rowela
Bascones, Annabelle
Bayer, Ma. Theresa
Cacnio, Gareb Von
De La Cruz, Kathy Jill
Ditchella, Aiko
Gelantaga-An, Chienna
Guerrero, Althea
Maestrecampo, Janette
Marquez, Myra Roffa
Mendrez, Kristine Joy
Monloy, Razel
Oebanda, Janel
Onio, Maria Vanessa
Pagunsan, Cherry Rose
 Patrimonio, Veronica Jovita
Puerto, Beverly

Rodriguez, April
Salandaguit, Elbert Jan
Tagacay, Julie Ann
Teologo, John Rey

BSED

Bullos, Alpha Chayne
Estocado, Dave
Gulpany, Dave
Ignacio, Ana Mae
Jagocoy, Anna Marie
Labajo, Edilyn
Lachica, Aprille Joy
Libo-On, Kevin
Moyana, Princess Ann
Nepangue, Mayhesa
Palomo, Ronil

Perales, Manilyn
Perez, Rexomar
Pintor, Alexa

Pitalla, Veronikka Carmela
Ramos, Gil Aldrin
Rosales, Efren Jr.
Sigue, Ma. Leonora
Subong, Liezel
Tiangson, Frances Kaye
Tsuchiya, Evalyn
Turbela, Lea Mae
Valero, Maricar
Vecino, Hannah
Villagracia, Jay-R
Zamora, Joy


 SUPPLEMENTALS

Araneta, Joanne 
Dequita, Ma. Zita Vanessa
Ferrer, Maria Christina
Flores, Peace
Niepes, Paterno III Cornelio
Pecha, Eugene
Reyes, Sheila Mae
Villaflor, Roanne





Valedictory Address of Ms. Janice G. Alison*


JANICE G. ALISON
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
UNO-Recoletos Batch 2014 Summa Cum Laude
4th Placer, August 2014 Licensure Examination for Teachers – Elementary Level

*This Valedictory Address was delivered during 68th COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES last March 22, 2014.



 “Teachers open the door, you enter by yourself”. This is a famous Chinese proverb that entails a lot of meaning for us.  Today, embarks the end of our journey in college, but a fresh start to begin a career.

Setting first our foot in this institution, gave us a feeling of assurance that we were all in good hands. We were assured of having that kind of quality education,  embedded with the Augustinian Recollect style  of education, which completed  the equation,  in order to produce optimally-developed graduates, that we are today.
         
In behalf of all graduating students, it  is  with great pride, honor and privilege, that I was given the chance to express our heartfelt gratitude to you, our dear parents and families. It is because of you, our parents and families, who have chosen this University to be our training ground  for us to learn wisdom, develop our skills and hone us with the UNO-rian  core values; it is because of you who have sacrificed  so much for us, that we are receiving our diplomas today. If not because of your sacrifices, even, depriving yourselves of your own needs, just to support our education financially despite of many adversities.
         
To you our dear parents and family members, we may not always have the chance to tell you how grateful we are for having you as our parents, but, deep within us, you will always be valued.
          
 Fellow graduates, let today’s ceremony be a strong reminder of  how great  is the love of our parents and families for us, on how they prepared the way for us to be strong and  be ready  for whatever challenges we shall meet in the future. 

Whatever life brings us in our journey, we are assured that it is because  the journey of our lives is not just about the destinations we have reached. Our wisdom, education, and personal growth come from people we meet, the paths we choose to follow and the lessons we have learned along the way were highly influenced by our parents and the significant others in our lives.

Words are not enough to say thank you to you, not only  because of  all your efforts  to make us receive our awards and diplomas today, but more so for the  love, devotion and  care you have endowed on us all these years.

Fellow graduates, let us  continually give  importance to our parents; because in each and every moment of our  lives,  as we were busy growing up, we have forgotten, that they  are also growing old.

Our experiences with our mentors may sometimes be painful,  but our elders tried to do their duties in their commitment and their desire to give what’s best for us. In their  aspiration to provide us opportunities and challenges for us to excel in our own field, to attain our own interest and  work in our own pace; sometimes, forgetting that we are all diverse individuals. Our mentors serve as our parents here in this University, sometimes, hurting us in the process, so we will be able to see the light of rightness; they provide us  with all the necessary information that we need to know but at the same time, they coupled it with an eclectic approach that will best suit our diversities.

Our teachers are our heroes because they helped  us realize our dreams, they have bridged the unfolding of  what’s inside us and they have awakened  our hunger for intellectual knowledge. To you, our dear teachers, a million thanks, because without you, we can’t be what we are right now.

 Indeed, along with our parents is our University, and  our respective colleges- who provided  us with the opportunity to make our dreams turn into reality. It is through the guidance and supervision of our ever supportive, Religious and Lay Administrators, Deans, Faculty members and support staff that strengthened our characters, making us proud Uno-r graduates today. Dear  administrators and teachers, you have paved the way to make  our personal and professional dreams come true.
          
Moreover, our experiences  would  not have been  complete as it should be, if these were not  shared by other people and with our friends. They say, people come and go, you’ll never know who’s with you and who’s not. Let us value the people who walked with us in this journey  in our  lives, let us  cherish them like gems in jewelry boxes.

To all of our friends and classmates, all of us, we do sincerely thank each one of you - for the genuine friendship  that you’ve shared with us for four long  years, even five years for the graduates of the Engineering programs; maybe shorter or much longer for the Graduate School  and the College of Law. No matter how long or short is our stay in our Alma Mater, Im sure, we have  beautiful memories to remember by.

All of us have reasons to thank  all our  friends and batchmates from other colleges, because we have shown our oneness as students of this University-  the company, time and friendship, smiles we show to one another as we meet at the lobby, the oratory, the University Park- these will always be worth remembering.
         
I know also that you are one with me in believing that all these things will not be possible if not for the grace of our Almighty God. He deserves all the glory and honor for He is the author of our lives and the sole provider of our knowledge. Indeed, God works in mysterious ways; sometimes, we can’t comprehend the way He did nor question His will in what has happened to us during our student days; though, if we have the heart that is patient enough to listen and the mind that is willing to understand, we can see  what  God has wanted us to be.

I just hope and pray that as we leave the portals of our dear Alma Mater, we will always have that kind of character that defines a true UNO-Rian- competent and capable to continuously  reach for  excellence.

In behalf of all graduating students 2014, we praise the Lord for giving us significant people in our lives who inspired us not to walk  in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers;  but for us, to delight  in the law of the Lord, UNO-rians who have imbibed the core values taught to us hopefully, for us to have developed a strong prayerful life,  one who  can  meditate on the  law of God everyday.