UNCean wins 2nd place in NSPC ‘06
Joseph Edwin L. Bascuña, third year student of the University of
Nueva Ceceres (UNC), brought honor to the Bicol region, to Naga
City, and to his school when he won second place in News Writing
(English) during the recently concluded National Schools Press
Conference (NSPC) 2006 held last February 20-24 at Kalibo, Aklan.
Bascuña, after winning first and second place in the division and
regional levels respectively, qualified and managed to win in the
said national event.
He was the only winner from the Bicol region and Naga City
division in the secondary level during the awarding ceremonies for
individual contests held February 23 at the Aklan Catholic College
Gymnasium.
Bascuña, News Editor of Trailblazer, the official high school
publication of UNC, attended the five-day conference together with
co-staffer and qualifier Paul John F. Barrosa, who contended in
News Writing (Filipino), and coach, Rosita SB. Virtus, Trailblazer
adviser.
The said event was participated in by over 1,000 student writers
coming from different public and private schools from all over the
country.
The NSPC 2006 was geared by the theme “Responsible and Quality
Campus Journalism: Gearing Up to the Challenges of the Schools
First Initiative.”
