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A pleasant morning to everyone! My respect to our distinguished Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Yolanda V. Carpina. I also exhort the admirable woman and the reason for Cavite ’s glorious moments in Campus Journalism, to Dr. Elpidia B. Bergado. Another year had passed and we find ourselves once more in our traditional DSPC here in Tanza Elementary School in preparation for the next exhilarating, back braking, nerve-wracking but should I say victorious year of Campus Journalism just like before. For myself, I call this event a defining mission of a school paper adviser which is also a vital instrument to open the eyes of our young pupil journalists for positive social change and nation building. Campus Journalism is not just a tool of information inside the school in the hands of the school paper adviser and student journalists. When it is used by those deeply imbued with the spirit of truth and driven by a passion to serve so many, it can transform attitudes...

E veryone loves trips, vacations, tours – whatever you call it, traveling is always a welcome pursuit. It really proves that human is basically nomadic and a natural wanderer. O pportunity blended with luck and prayers was given to us, the 20 selected Information and Technology (ICT) Master Trainers from the Division of Cavite to travel and visit the famously known as “Land of the Morning Calm” – South Korea for the 10-Day Training in Information and Communication Technology. After the tedious screening of who will be included in the fifth batch of the lucky delegates, I finally uttered a sigh of relief when I received my roundtrip airplane ticket together with the passport and the authentic South Korean visa. U pon the directive of our delegation head, Dr. Elias A. Alicaya, the Education Supervisor in Information and Communications Technology of the Division of Cavite, most of us came very early on the scheduled time which is 7:30 in the morning at the main lobby of Robinson’s Mall in...