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Subject: Re: issue versus henry lañada Author: mpc nagdurusa (sad) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05:31:58 02/27/10 Sat In reply to: ssc ginamit 's message, "Re: issue versus henry lañada" on 05:29:48 02/27/10 Sat >> >> >>Surigao students call for >>college president's exit >> >> >>By Ben Serrano >>Sun.Star Caraga Correspondent >> >> >>SURIGAO CITY -- Faculty members and students of the >>state-owned Surigao State College and Technology >>(SSCT) demanded the ouster of its president, Engineer >>Henry S. Lañada. >> >>The students and faculty insisted that Lañada failed >>to disclose that he ran but lost in the mayoralty race >>in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro last May 2004. >> >>Petitioners, mostly officials of the faculty >>association and supreme student government, claimed >>that Lañada was appointed SSCT president last March 4, >>2004, two months short of the election laws' >>prohibition to appoint anyone seeking an elective >>position to public office. >> >>For that, faculty member Edwin Gumatao, SSCT Civil >>Technology instructor, filed last December 5, 2006 an >>administrative complaint against Lañada before the >>Ombudsman. >> >>Late afternoon Wednesday, the school's Board of >>Trustees held a meeting inside the Education and Media >>Resource Center of the school with Commission on >>Higher Education Commissioner Dr. Nona S. Ricafort, >>the current SCSCT Board of Trustees chair. >> >>During that time, 40 students held a lightning picket >>rally calling for Lañada's ouster and conducted a >>vigil outside the school premises. >> >>A melee almost ensued when policemen called up by >>Lañada started to disperse the ranks of the rallyists >>estimated to be composed of more than 80 placard >>bearing students. >> >>One of the organizers of the rally, SSCT Student >>Supreme Government president Feddilane Apole said that >>had it not been for the dispersal of the policemen >>many could have joined the picket demanding Lañada's >>ouster. >> >>SSCT faculty president Dr. Esperanza Dumaicos and >>faculty union president Jose Balili support the move >>for Lañada's ouster. >> >>They said Lañada displayed a "dictatorial attitude" >>towards his subordinates, which caused most of the >>faculty members to complain. >> >>"He (Lañada) is not a good leader and team builder, he >>presumes to know everything that's why he failed to >>consult us, his subordinates," the two faculty members >>said. >> >>Both claimed they were expecting the Board of Trustees >>to discuss in their meeting Tuesday night the signing >>bonus it has been asking for months now "but they >>seemed to play deaf and mute about it." >> >>The two officials said SSCT has about 288 teaching and >>non-teaching staff with more than 6,000 students >>mostly coming from poor families who wanted to avail >>of low tuition fees. >> >>Unlike other private schools here, which charges P250 >>to P300 per unit, SCSCT only charges P80 to P150 per >>unit, SSCT Administative Officer Jocelyn T. Medina >>said. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date ssc ginagamit mpc 05:47:03 02/27/10 Sat