LAST Sunday’s (June 4, 2023) issue of this paper, caught the attention of some readers in the province.
Many were reacting to the discussion made by Short Cuts in his narration that the Blood Compact happened not in this City of Tagbilaran but at LGU Loay. They were one in saying that if Short Cuts’ discussion was backed with official records, then it’s time that it should be rectified, the soonest.
In effect, “the effigy depicting the celebration of friendship between the Spaniards and Filipinos (but most notably the Boholanos in particular) built in this city MUST be demolished,” they continued. “It should be reconstructed at the rightful place.”
If only to strengthen and justify Short Cuts discussion, he referred the callers to Bohol Chronicle’s SUNDRY CHRONICLE writer, Jes B. Tirol. Short Cuts truly believes that Jes B. Tirol is equipped with records to justify the claim. He was discussing this in one of his columns years back.
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Tomorrow, June 12, 2023, is Independence Day! This marks the country’s total departure from the clutches of the Spanish regime for quite a time. As a consequence, all college students in Short Cuts’ college days were required to take Spanish subjects.
No one was allowed to graduate in a two-year course without having earned twelve units and twenty-four units in a degree program.
It was, however, in the latter part of the 1970s when such requirement was scrapped out by the Commission on Higher Education.
As an independent country, however, these queries must be asked if only to test the country’s independence:
- How independent are the Filipinos in terms of food security?
- Are Filipinos not importing rice?
- How independent is the Philippines in terms of military security?
- Can the country resist foreign aggression once attacked?
These are only few of the many concerns that many Filipinos believe the country is not as yet truly independent.
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BIT International College is privileged to host this year’s eight visitors from Japan. Coming from the famous Ogiken Group of Companies, BIT International College had earlier inked a Memorandum of Agreement in 2019 that enabled BIT-IC engineering students to do paid internship.
Ogiken is primarily a construction firm in Northern Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. It recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary.
There were five engineering interns of the school that were dispatched to Japan in 2019. The second and third batches were dispatched with 2 and 9 students respectively.
To compose the fourth batch are eighteen (18) interns to depart for Japan either in February or March of 2024.
BIT- IC and Ogiken Group of Companies are looking into deepening their relationship by sending more interns in the years to come. In fact, BIT – IC is working hard to expand its internship program by sending not only engineering graduates in the next few years but also Hospitality and Tourism graduates.
Recent development reveals that graduated BIT-IC interns with commendable performance records are offered the chance to work in Japan on a work visa, NO longer an internship visa.
The team is composed of: 1. Mr. Norio Ogino, Chairman, Ogino Group of .Companies; 2. Mr. Masato Gotoh, Ogino Construction Company; 3. Mr. Toshiaki Aoki, Division Manager, Ogino Construction Company; 4. Mr. Naoki Nishida , President, Maruni Company; 5. Mr. Masaki Yamashita, President, Taisei Setsubi Company; 6. Mrs. Keiko Honjo (Japanese language teacher of the BIT-IC interns hired by Mr. Ogino; 7. Mr. John Richard (Husband of Mrs. Honjo, British National, very well-travelled, and having a business stint in Bali; and 8. Mr. Haruta Ogino, Mr. Ogino’s son.
The group is expected to visit BIT International College – Carmen in the morning of Tuesday, June 13 and take lunch at Badiang Hotel and Resort, Valencia.
To our beloved Japanese visitors, WELCOME!
