The two-phased project covers from December 2020 to January 2021 for Phase 1 and from February 2021 to April 2021 for Phase 2. The project intends to define the heritage district and develop the necessary conservation guidelines to uphold its cultural significance. Specifically, it will formulate infrastructure and activity guidelines based on historical and social research, comparative studies, community consultations, and fieldwork exercises to develop a meaningful conservation framework for the American colonial heritage zone.

The project is headed by CCCPET Director Assoc. Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo, Ph.D., together with Ar. Caryn P. Santillan from the UST College of Architecture and students from the UST Cultural Heritage Studies program. The team is in cohort with the San Pablo City Tourism Office, members of Advocates of Heritage Preservation (San Pablo Chapter), and the United Architects of the Philippines (San Pablo Chapter). The project envisions a thematic renaissance of its American colonial heritage through architectural forms, design, colors, and motifs.

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The 91性息港 Graduate School-Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (UST GS CCCPET) continues to provide valuable assistance to the Samar Provincial Government with the Samar Province Cultural Education Curriculum (SPCEC), part of the Cultural Heritage Values Interpretation Towards Education and Utilization for Community Development: A Cultural Mapping Continuing Project Phase 2.

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Dovetailing from the cultural mapping of Samar in 2017, which was facilitated by the CCCPET, the curriculum development guideline was submitted in January 2021, premised on the home, community, and the school as critical agents of empowerment.

The USTGS-CCCPET team, headed by its Director, Assoc. Prof. Eric Zerrudo, Ph.D., collaborated with the Curriculum Development Team, composed of faculty members from the UST Institute of Religion (IR), and universities in Samar. They were endorsed by (then) IR Director Fr. Florentino Bolo, Jr., O.P., and represented by Prof. Joan Christi T. Bagaipo, Ph.D.

Initially, faculty researchers from the UST College of Education were selected, but due to the heavy impact of the COVID-19 on the budget, mobility, and logistics led to a leaner UST team.听 The project is strongly supported by the Samar Provincial Government and the Department of Education Samar. 听

Phase 2 formulated a curriculum for Cultural Education based on the Samar Province Cultural Mapping Outputs in developing the cultural competencies of students in Basic Education and Adult Education. It linked the cultural competencies to the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) of the Department of Education and provided guidelines for the development of culture-based learning modules. The project covered the utilization of the cultural mapping data for crafting the SPCEC for Grades 1 to 12 and Adult Education as the basis for the development of cultural education modules and other relevant instruction materials.

Phase 3, set to begin in May 2021, will embark on module development and classroom training, which will be modified due to the mobility constraints brought about by the COVID19 pandemic.

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The award was given 鈥渢o an ambitious project of its kind that not only showcased student talent and skill in the realm of e-sports and video games but also became a platform for community building.鈥� The UST Minecraft map certainly fits the bill as it would be recalled that it enabled thousands of freshmen to virtually join a traditional gathering of the Thomasian community called the Thomasian Welcome Walk in August 2020.

Since 2002, freshmen have symbolically entered the University by walking through the historic Arch of the Centuries at the start of each academic year to signify the beginning of their Thomasian life. It is a social gathering that would not have been possible due to the pandemic-necessitated distancing protocols had it not been for the UST Minecraft Team鈥檚 initiative. By meticulously recreating each aspect of the Manila campus (and even the surrounding streets to ensure that the view is the same), the team鈥檚 80 student-members helped welcome the new Thomasians into the fold by letting them explore the iconic structures in a two-hour virtual campus tour.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 In an email interview, UST Minecraft Team Leader Charles Benedict Nobleza, a second-year student of the UST Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, said he was grateful for the Thomasian community鈥檚 help in nominating them and supporting their project.

鈥淭he team is proud of the aspect of creativity done inside a video game. Video games may have a reputation for being violent for being violent or having a bad impact on most of its users. Still, our team has shown that it has another side composed of imagination and innovation. We are proud of the fruits of our labor, and we are happy that we have represented the 91性息港 with UST Minecraft as The Project of The Year in the field of video games here in the Philippines,鈥� said Nobleza.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 After UST Minecraft鈥檚 launch in August and the initial media attention it gained, the idea of a virtual Paskuhan, UST鈥檚 Christmas Celebration, was in the early stages of preparation. However, with the devastation brought about by Typhoon Ulysses, the team quickly decided to reroute funds from hosting the server to giving relief goods instead. As of the time of publication, the server remains closed. But there is hope for re-opening the server.

Nobleza shared, 鈥淲e are partnering with media organizations such as the Tiger Media Network to host our famous traditional events in the University. We are currently planning to host the Baccalaureate Mass for the graduates and welcome the next batch of freshman students with a (Minecraft) surprise!鈥�

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The 91性息港 Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (UST GS CCCPET), in collaboration with the UST College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (UST-CTHM) recently concluded Phase 2 of the Technical Assistance for the Nomination of Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

USTGS-CCCPET Director Assoc. Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo, Ph.D., a former UNESCO Philippines Commissioner for the World Heritage Convention, and the Focal Person for Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention of the Philippines, heads the project supported by UST CTHM team represented by its Dean, Atty. Gezzez G. Granado, DCL.

The UST team coordinated online meetings and monitored the collation of documents despite the limited mobility due to the COVID 19 pandemic. 听The SINP World Heritage campaign is a concerted effort composed of the three Samar Island Provinces- Samar, Eastern Samar, and Northern Samar valuably endorsed by the SINP Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region VIII, and Department of Tourism (DOT) Region VIII.

The SINP Project highlights the biodiversity and endemicity of the Park worthy of UNESCO World Heritage conservation standards.听 Phase 1 of the project, which ended in May 2020, investigated on the cultural mapping of the Samar Island. Phase 2, which ran from August 2020 to February 2021, produced the initial draft of the nomination dossier including the sustainable tourism and strategic development plan for Samar Island Natural Park.

Phase 3 is programmed to start in May 2021. In this phase, the USTGS-CCCPET continues and expands collaborative efforts with UST-CTHM and the UST College of Science to profile the biological significance of the property.

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91性息港 Graduate School student Br. Rocky Ni帽o L. Manire, O.P., presented a paper during the Online Asia Pacific Conference on Curriculum Studies, and Instructional Designing (APCCSID) held from February 25 to 26, 2021.

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Manire,听 a student under the Master of Arts in Education program majoring in Educational Management and Leadership (MAEd-ELM), presented the research paper titled “Promoting Learning amidst Pandemic: A Thematic Content Analysis on the Curriculum Management Aspect of DepEd’s Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP).” The same research paper has also been accepted for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal.

The research, according to Manire, was conducted to uncover the aspects of curriculum management of the Department of Education鈥檚 BE-LCP for the public education program. He utilized Thematic Content Analysis and highlighted in his paper the uncovering of the four phases of the Curriculum Management of DepEd’s BE-LCP anchored in the adjustments made in the four aspects of learning 鈥� correcting phase (learning content); connecting phase (learning delivery); coping phase (learning management), and collecting phase (learning assessment). Three department orders (D.O #12 s.2020, D.O. #18 s.2020, D.O. #31 s. 2020) underwent cool and warm thematic analysis to realize the desired objectives of the research.

听The research suggested the need to provide comprehensive seminars, training, and orientations to teachers, and parents, and guardians as regards their responsibility in the learning process in the blended learning environment for a better internalization of their participatory role in the realization of learners’ 21^st-century skills amidst the threat of COVID-19. He concluded his presentation with an appeal to DepEd to further refine its curriculum management strategies in all phases to effectively integrate the 21st-century skills to the streamlined curriculum in the new normal setting of Philippine Education.

With the theme “Curriculum Studies in Current Challenges: Designing for the Future,” APCCSID Online was spearheaded by the Asia Pacific Research Association on Curriculum Studies (APRACSI), an organization composed of the international board from different countries, especially from the Asia Pacific region.

Initially scheduled in September 2020 in Thailand, the supposed 4th on-site conference, APCCSID 2020, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was decided by the board members of APRACSI听听 to be an online conference, according to Dr. Amelia Fajardo, APCCSID Conference Chair.听 It was attended by educators mostly coming from the Philippines and other countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. Dr. Murray Print, a renowned professor and Chair of Education at the University of Sydney, delivered the keynote speech. He argued in his recorded presentation, accessible at the events management system (EMS), that the challenges brought about by the pandemic could be opportunities for educators to renegotiate and redirect school curricula towards providing a stronger foundation of democracy.

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Silva highlighted the role of intentionality in committing plagiarism such that plagiarism may likely occur when more effort is done to manipulate the text through textual changes. He then explained the different plagiarism strategies, namely, verbatim copying, copying with alterations, plagiarism and translation, and translingual plagiarism.

听Silva stressed the importance of linguistic evidence in detecting plagiarism even with the use of different plagiarism software.

The event, attended by more than 500 participants from 24 countries, was moderated by UST Department of English Chair Dr. Rachelle B. Lintao.

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The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) and the Catholic Bishops鈥� Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Episcopal Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (ECCHC) supported the partnership. The weekly webinar began on January 20 and closed on March 10, 2021.

The series highlighted the crucial contribution of Fr. Francisco Ignacio Alcina in defining the history of the islands of Samar and Leyte. Fr. Alcina, a Jesuit missionary chronicler, travelled to the islands of Samar and Leyte in the 17th century. His documentation has been enshrined in a three-volume work 鈥楬istory of the Visayas Islands鈥� published by the 91性息港, and provides a clear illustration of the people鈥檚 lifeways.

In addition, the webinar aimed to impress the value of extensive research and documentation in developing meaningful community tourism programs, to illustrate the holistic approach of cultural heritage studies traversing the past, present, and future dimensions, utilizing various credible sources of information and contributing to the quin-centenary narrative of the national government.

The episodes featured specialists and researchers, mostly alumni of the UST Cultural Heritage Studies, where it discussed themes that have been sourced from Fr. Alcina鈥檚 historical accounts. The lectures highlighted the discoveries of Alcina during his missionary work and how these elements are evident until today in their original, modified, or derivative Bisayan forms and expressions.

The roster of speakers included: Dr. Rolando Borrinaga (Unpublished Alcina鈥檚 works), Dr. Cheek Fadriquela (Wood), Dir. Cora Alvina (Weaponry), Mr. Emil Justimbaste (Townships), Fr. Gilbert Urbina (Evangelization), Asst. Prof. Leo Almeria (Jewelry), Ms. Kinna Mae Kwan (Diplomacy), and Dr. Francis Navarro (Documentary Heritage).

The podcast took place every Wednesday through Zoom and live-streamed on the Facebook pages of USTGS-CCCPET, Department of Tourism Region VIII, and the CBCP ECCHC.

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Serving as speakers were: UnionBank Chief Economist Mr. Ruben Carlo Asuncion, Lina Group of Companies (LGC) Chairman and Bureau of Customs Commissioner Mr. Alberto Lina, and UST Department of Economics Chair Assoc. Prof. Carlos Manapat, DBA.

Based on a joint team analysis conducted by UnionBank Philippines (UBP) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), Asuncion鈥檚 talk was titled 鈥淎re we there yet? A return to a pre-COVID-19 PH economy鈥�. While he forecasts that the Philippine economy is on the path to recovery based on the annual gross domestic product (GDP), it is in 2022 that the Philippine economy will likely reach pre-pandemic levels. It is expected that Gross Capital Formation will grow rapidly in 2021, to be led by public construction because private sector sentiment remains subdued.

Asuncion added that if vaccines are distributed widely, election spending may boost private consumption and will likely return to pre-COVID levels in 2022. Hedging that the AEV-UBP joint research is conservative compared to other forecasts by groups such as the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Asuncion posits that it is possible to reach pre-COVID levels in 2021 after widespread vaccination if the government would meet its spending target, the teenage demographic would be able to go out and spend, and private construction would resume normal activity by the second half of 2021.

Manapat鈥檚 lecture was titled 鈥淓conomic situation amidst pandemic and the road to economic recovery.鈥� He briefly summarized the state of 2020 Philippine economics in which gross national income, gross capital formation, OFW remittances, direct foreign investment, exports, and imports, among others, drastically decreased in the second quarter of 2020.

As the Philippines moves forward to the 鈥榖etter normal鈥�, Manapat says that he agrees with figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that a 鈥榲-shaped recovery鈥� is feasible. Based on his research, he forecasts a 鈥減ositive 1.2 percent in GDP growth rate by the second quarter of 2022.鈥�

                Lina spoke on the topic 鈥淭he Philippine Logistics Industry in 2020 and the 2021 Outlook.鈥� Over the last 40 years, the Lina Group of Companies (LGC) has been heavily involved in logistics, among other industries, and has facilitated the flow of goods, people, and information. The Chairman, fondly calling LGC 鈥淎ng Kargador ng Bayan鈥�, said that the Philippines has the highest logistics cost in Southeast Asia due to high shipping costs and incidental charges like terminal container handling charges (THCs), container deposits, unexplained shipping lines charges, and inimical transport policies.

While these factors are not new, the community quarantine also increased demand and difficulty in transport and delivery of goods in unprecedented ways. For 2021 and beyond, LGC expects a continued spike in e-commerce and express delivery services. It will result in 鈥渃oope-tition鈥� among different logistics companies in the form of collocated warehouses, shared spaces and services, and subcontracting.

Over 170 UST students and guests virtually attended the three lectures.

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Attended by over 100 students and professors from UST, the webinar aimed to introduce to its participants the current trends in qualitative research designs and how they are used in the field of education across the globe.

In her lecture, Dr. Priyadharshini strongly warned her audience on how researchers misuse qualitative research. She noted that interpreting qualitative research like quantitative research, poor analysis, and inconsistency with underpinning philosophical assumptions are errors researchers should watch out for. She then discussed the place of qualitative research in the continuum between science and social science in the lenses of ontology, epistemology, and methodology.

Priyadharshini also presented different qualitative research designs while sharing her own experiences in applying these designs herself and by her colleagues and students. She centered on mainstream qualitative research designs such as narrative research, qualitative case study, ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, and participatory action research. She also presented two new emerging designs: speculative design and affective/sensory design.

The lecture was followed by commentaries from the Panel of Reactors composed by Graduate School students Mr. Marwin Obmerga, Mr. Christopher Paulo Manlapaz, and UST Graduate School faculty member Prof. Aleli Sevilla, Ph.D. An open forum followed.听

The program was facilitated by Master of Arts student Ms. Gerby Parra, and was organized by students and faculty members of the UST-GS Education Cluster spearheaded by Assoc. Prof. Rodrigo Litao, Ph.D., and Asst. Prof. Gina Lontoc, Ph.D.

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The main theme of this one-month online conference revolved around the current crises of higher education. Four papers were presented each Saturday by keynote speakers, Bob Brecher of the University of Brighton, United Kingdom; Paolo Bola帽os of the 91性息港, Philippines; Sensei Adorador of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, Philippines; and Gerardo Lanuza of the University of the Philippines 鈥� Diliman.

The topics discussed were: 鈥淭he Neoliberal Agenda for our Universities,鈥� by Bob Brecher,听 鈥淪peed and its Impact on Learning: Preliminary Notes on a Dromology of Education by Paolo Bola帽os, 鈥淭he Funnel System of Education: Why the University Loses its most promising鈥� by Sensei Adorador, and, 鈥淣eo-Fascism as the Apparatus of Neoliberal Attack on Education: Toward a Pedagogy of Resistance by Gerardo Lanuza.

In the first session held on February 6, Brecher explained the challenges engendered by the neoliberalist revolution to higher education in the United Kingdom. Through the UK-model, he explained how neoliberalism has wrecked the very possibility of knowledge in the university.

Meanwhile, the succeeding presenters provided more concrete explanations and prognoses of the effects of the neoliberal market economy on Philippine higher education. In Bola帽os鈥檚 lecture held on February 13, he explicated the implications of the supremacy of the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach through Quality Assurance (QA) in the university. Using Virilo鈥檚 theorization of 鈥榮peed,鈥� he critically opined that the obsession of universities with accelerated procedures, measurable outcomes, and 鈥渞anking badges,鈥� among others, has debased the very integrity of the university. As a recommendation, he proposed a kind of 鈥榖ecoming-slow鈥� in relation to educational management, faculty development, and student learning. In the third plenary,

Adorador elucidated on February 19 how the funnel system in education has aggravated the pre-existing predicaments in Philippine education. He narrated his experiences as a public school teacher in the province to further explore the nuanced effects of neoliberalism in Philippine higher education. Lastly,

Lanuza, for his part, discussed on February 27 how the peculiar alliance of Duterte鈥檚 neo-fascist rule and neoliberal ideology have created a repressive society in general and a debased higher educational system, in particular. In conclusion, he emphasized the significance of humanities education as a foundation for an anti-fascist pedagogy inside and outside the classroom.

The 2nd Kritike Conference was convened by members of the Kritike Editorial Board, and some members of the UST Philosophy Department. It was made possible by the gracious support of the Department of Philosophy and the UST Graduate School and some technical assistance from the Concilium Philosophiae.

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