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“YOU did everything to endure what it takes to succeed. I congratulate each of you in your perseverance in your academic journey through thick or thin,” Fr. Gerardo Ma. De Villa, OSB, SBCA Rector President, said in his homily during the Tertiary Schools Baccalaureate Mass held today at St. Benedict Chapel.

THE School of Arts, Sciences, and Education (SASE) concludes the academic year with strong achievements in its programs and student organization activities, from international partnerships to student-led initiatives. These accomplishments reflect the school’s continuous efforts to uphold academic excellence.

LAST academic year, The Bedan Information Technology Society (BITS), alongside the newly founded Junior Bedan Engineering Society (JBES), led a formative ripple of innovative events and partnerships that set into motion numerous breakthroughs both in the academic and professional field within and beyond the School of Engineering and Technology (SET).

“WE saw the distinctiveness of the school continuing in its second year,” Atty. Juan Ruffo Chong, former Dean of the School of Business, Accountancy, and Management (SBAM), said in an interview with THE BEDAN HERALD. As the next academic year approaches, the Dean of SBAM and its co-curricular organizations reflect on the collective achievements and challenges faced by the school.

DESPITE the “complete” truce mediated by US President Donald J. Trump between the hostilities of Israel and Iran, which posits halting all forms of military operations, unprecedented attacks from both parties continued hours after, violating the ceasefire agreement. President Trump still claims that the ceasefire is holding, but official peace talks between the two parties have yet to take place.

AS the new school year is on the horizon, the Student Executive Council (SEC) adjusts and prepares for what is ahead. “Reflecting our commitment to clear communication, responsible leadership, and keeping the Bedan community engaged and informed,” the caption said in a post on the Facebook page of SEC as it shared the minutes of the meeting and the attendance of the officers of its recent meeting held last June 2.

“LONG live The Herald, long live student journalism,” Em Endo (IV-BACMS), Volume 30’s Editor-in-Chief (EIC), said during Noblesse Reassemble—a grand homecoming that celebrated three decades of The Bedan Herald’s legacy and ushered its upcoming volume alongside current members, alumni, and former moderators—last June 13 at Many Reyes Hall.

THE Student Internship Program (SIP) concludes this academic year with the Lion’s Pride Accolade, celebrating exemplary student interns and recognizing partner institutions. The event, organized by the current SIP Coordinator, Prof. Adrianna Quioyo, aims to appreciate the interns who embodied the “Ideal Bedan” core values. The event also acknowledged the support of Host Training Establishments (HTEs) through their mentorship.

HONORING the graduating students and introducing the incoming Bedan Psychological Society (BPS) Executive Board for the following academic year, BPS held its annual Pinning and Turnover Ceremony at the Manny Reyes Hall last May 26.

RUFFY Biazon, Muntinlupa Mayor, was found guilty of graft by the Sandiganbayan’s Special Seventh Division, the anti-graft court of the Philippines, upon violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. He was sentenced to six to eight years in jail with perpetual disqualification from public office.