MSU-IIT’s Negosyo Center conducts forum on name registration and business permit

MSU-IIT’s Negosyo Center conducts forum on name registration and business permit

by Gemie Densing, CBAA

TO FACILITATE the registration of business names and the getting of business permits, the Institute’s Negosyo Center partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Iligan to provide a venue where interested persons can get helpful information on the matter.

The forum on Business Name Registration and Business Permit that was held in August at the iDEYA: Center for Technopreneurship and Innovation attracted entrepreneurs from all over the Visayas and Mindanao.

Mrs. Ara Arain Amar Garay, Trade and Industry Development Specialist, gave an insight about the Business Name Registration and other agencies involved. 

She also discussed the two ways of registering a business. The first one was through the traditional way and the second one was online, which was implemented on May 20. 

Mrs. Judith Surmion, Business Permit Licensing Officer from the City Mayor’s Office, tackled the business process involving permits and licenses. 

As part of the said forum, the entrepreneurs asked questions regarding certain issues and how to help them excel in the business world.

Prof. Joana Marie C. Edera of the College of Business Administration and Accountancy and the faculty coordinator for the Institute’s Negosyo Center helped organize the forum.

The Mindanao Forum’s  June 2016, number 1 issue out

The Mindanao Forum’s June 2016, number 1 issue out

by OPI



The June 2016 no. 1 issue of The Mindanao Forum, the official journal of the MSU-IIT has been released.

The papers and their authors featured in this issue are:

“Reel Rendition: The Challenges and Prospects of Audiovisual Translation in the Philippines” by Honeylet E. Dumoran; “Lexico-Semantic and Morphological Analyses of Sebuano Lexical Items in the MTBMLE Learning Materials and Facebook: Towards Sebuano Modernization” by Nancy Q. Echavez; “The Filipinos in America in Filipino Fiction: Finding Spaces of Negotiation of Identity” by Nelia G. Balgoa and Rocelli Petriercci O. Lim; “Predicting the Suicidality of College Students and MSU-IIT from Personality Inventories and Demographic Data” by Odessa May Escalona, Cora E. Lim and Fermina Salazar; “Compliance with R.A. 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 in Iligan City” By David N. Almarez and Diannour N. Bucay; and “The Influence of Career and Development and Compensation on Employees’ Work Satisfaction at PT Pelat Timah Nusantara, Tbk” by Eddy Sanusi.

The MF is on its 29th year of publication and it is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Journal Accreditation Services. It is edited by the Acting Director of the Office of Publication & Information (OPI), Dr. Christine F. Godinez Ortega.

The MF’s December 2016 issue is also on its final stages of production work and will be distributed soon.  

Authors are urged to claim their complimentary copies at the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension (OVCRE). See Cherly S. Adlawan. – Official release by the Office of Publication & Information (OPI)

MSU-IIT hosts ASEAN University Forum at Gym on May 10

MSU-IIT hosts ASEAN University Forum at Gym on May 10

by Office of Publication and Information (OPI)

Chancellor Sukarno D. Tanggol, Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office and Director General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Harold E. Clavite, and the ASEAN Week Convenor Dr. Darwin Manubag will lead guests and participants to the ASEAN University Forum to be held at the Gymnasium on May 10, 2017.

The MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology’s (MSU-IIT) Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension’s Department of Extension hosts the ASEAN forum from 9:00 AM-11:00 AM at the Gym.

A Ribbon Cutting will also be held before the forum for the kiosk launch of the ASEAN Information Center and Food and Travel Expo at the lawn fronting the Administration Building.

Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia will deliver the opening statement at the start of the ASEAN Forum while Clavite will give the keynote address.

The opening speeches will be followed by invited speakers who will tackle various topics concerning the ASEAN: “AmBisyon Natin 2040” by Assistant Regional Director, NEDA-X, Mae Ester T. Guiamadel; “Overview of ASEAN 2017” by Belina SB Capul, PIA’s ASEAN International Relations Committee; “Freedom of Information” by Assistant Secretary, Presidential Communications Operations Office Maria Paz R. Banaag; “ASEAN Trade and Investment Opportunities” by Regional Director of the Department of Trade & Industry-X, CDO Linda O. Boniao.

The Institute’s Cultural Troupes, the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG), the Kalimulan Cultural Dance Troupe, the Kalilang Music Ensemble and the Octava Choral Society are performing during the ASEAN program at the Gym. – Official Release of the Office of Publication & Information

Topics : ASEAN  university  forum

Pioneering Culture-Arts Program takes off with forum series

Pioneering Culture-Arts Program takes off with forum series

by (contributed news)

MSU-IIT’s contribution to Culture, Art, and Performance Studies has taken off with three successive events in four days. Participating were over 300 teachers, practitioners, and students conversing on “evolving a Philippine School-of-Thought”.

Three colloquiums that marked the auspicious progress of our Culture and Arts Studies, the only one in the country today, gauge the state of disciplines envisioned by the Program.

First was the seminar on “Arts Administration in the Philippine Context” opening the series last March 8. Arts Manager Carmencita Jasareno-Bernardo of the Cultural Exchange Department, Cultural Center of the Philippines, lectured and facilitated a workshop on strategies on how art and cultural resources may be managed.

In the second day on March 9, seven graduate students presented papers using their innovative methodologies that described the form and directions the pedagogy and their productions will take. Performance specialist Dr. Jazmin Llana, Ph.D, Associate Professor of De La Salle University and alumna of the Aberystwyth University keynoted the forum discussing the possibility of a Philippine school-of-thought.

Both Bernardo and Llana are with the faculty of the Studies.


U.P. Diliman through its Office for Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA) co-hosted the third event on March 10 and 11. Titled “Theatre and Cultural Performances in the Philippines (Focus on Mindanao), the UP team also presented its large-scale project “Digital Humanities” to involve the MSU-IIT in gathering all possible information through digital media in these disciplines.

The third forum had theatre specialist Dr. S. Anril P. Tiatco, Ph.D (“Performance in the Philippines”), UP Dean Amihan B. Ramolete, Ph.D (“Puppetry in the Philippines”), Dr. Christine Godinez-Ortega, DFA (“Mindanao Epics”), Prof. Hobart P. Savior, MA (“Dramaturgy in Contemporary Mindanao Theatre”), and the Studies Founder Dr. Steven P.C. Fernandez, DFA (“Performing Arts in Mindanao”).

Distinguished panel members who critiqued the proposals were Dr. Nelia Balgoa, DHS, and Dr. Victor Sugbo, Ph.D.

Since its launch in August 2015 (with endowment from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts), the program has taken the first steps in establishing an inter-discipline taking off from paradigms of European and American academic and performance studies centers. It sets directions for Philippine scholarship, production, and the management of cultural-performance resources.

Last year, the MSU-IIT Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Culture and Arts Studies Center with Fernandez as Founding Director. The Center’s goal is to establish a hub for Culture, Performance, and Arts Studies situating such initiatives in locations where intersecting cultures make these studies dynamic.

Contributing resources for the establishment of this program are the Integrated Performing Arts Guild – Artists Resource Management, Inc., Dept. of English, School of Graduate Studies, Cultural Development Office, and the NCCA. – Contributed news

Topics : culture-arts  program  pioneering  forum  series  culture and arts studies

Mindanao Forum December 2014 issue out

Mindanao Forum December 2014 issue out

by OPI

Mindanao Forum December 2014 issue out

The December 2014 issue of the Mindanao Forum (MF), the official journal of the MSU-IIT is out. This Ched-accredited journal is published by the MSU-IIT Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

The journal is edited by Dr. Christine Godinez Ortega, Acting Director of the Office of Publication and Information.

The papers and their authors featured in this issue are: “Incorporating Indigenous Conflict Resolution into the Philippine Justice System as a Means of Resolving Family Feuds among Muslim Filipinos” by David N. Almarez, Nikki Morshid M Dalidig, Hafsah M. Dimaronsing, Sheham S. Lucman, Elaine Q. Lumba and Mariam Allyssa M. Pacote; “Understanding Rido and the Maguindanao Massacre: Perspective from the Social Sciences” by Jamail A. Kamlian; “Eradicating Child Labor: A Challenge to the Philippine Bureaucracy” by David N. Almarez, Faisah R. Pandita and Jan Lianne M. Ozaraga; “Mindanao’s Child Laborers: A Proposed Intervention Program Design for the Community, GO’s and NGO’s by Alma G. Maranda; “Factors Affecting Health Care Expenditure” by Lady Lu D. Marapao; and, “Sidewalk Management in Support for an Environmentallyy Sustainable Transport (EST) Initiative” by Metodia M. Trinidad and Jose A. Castro.

Topics : Mindanao forum  publication