Tacloban City—three young musical artists, whose families are rooted in Eastern Visayas, shared their respective talents and skills during the Leyte Samar Heritage Center’s (LSHC) 24th Anniversary presentation entitled, “Pasundayag: Promoting and Enhancing Cultural Education in Eastern Visayas.” These musical artists include Miss Mary Jeane V. Egloso, an alumna of the internationally-acclaimed Philippine Madrigal Singers, Mr. John Raymond V. Sarreal, a multi-awarded and world class flutist, and Miss Chariss Dumlao, a Tacloban-born pianist who continues to pursue a successful professional career in Europe.

The 5th International Conference on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences was held at Summit Hotel in Tacloban City on November 6 and 7, 2019.

The University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) produced one topnotcher and garnered a 96.30% passing rate in the Psychometrician Licensure Examination administered by the Board of Psychology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in various parts of the country last October 27-28, 2019.

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Close to 400 people gathered to participate in the DEVTALK 2019: Ideas Forum on Local Development Planning at Diversion21 Hotel on October 31, 2019. Organized by the Office of Continuing Education and Pahinungod of UP Visayas, in partnership with DILG Region 6, Support for the Local Governance Program (SLGP) and Local Governance Regional Resource Center VI, the DEVTALK 2019 is a celebration to highlight the partnerships of DILG, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Government Units (LGUs) to enhance local development planning in the Philippines. DEVTALK 2019 is also an activity to cap off the 28th Local Government Code Anniversary celebration.

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For the nth time, UP Visayas, through the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, is the top performing school in the recently released result of the Fisheries Technologists Licensure Exam given in the month of October.

“I will find or create opportunities for the School of Technology. Together with able faculty and staff, we will repackage and introduce SoTech to the industry and community partners and possible collaborators locally and abroad.”

Eight College Librarians of UP Visayas attended the UP Libraries Conference and Planning-Workshop held at David M. Consunji Theater, Institute of Civil Engineering, and University of the Philippines Diliman on July 29-30, 2019.

The UPV Health Services Unit received four pieces of stainless waiting chairs, a cabinet and side tables on October 28, 2019 from the UPMASA alumni group.