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Seventy-six lay rescuers and health care providers attended the Basic Life Support (BLS) Training at the Convention Center of the Visayas State University (VSU) on March 14-16, 2012. This was spearheaded by the Office of the Director for Administration and Human Resource Development (ODA-HRD) and the VSU Hospital. The participants came from the hospital, Security Force Office, College of Nursing, dormitory advisers, laboratory personnel and service providers of VSU, and the City Health Office of Baybay. The seven-man training team, on the other hand, were BLS trainers headed by Dr. Fidelita Dico, Coordinator of the Regional Health Management Service of the Department of Health Regional Office (DOH 8).

Honorable Jose Carlos L. Cari, Congressman of the Fifth District of Leyte, distributed on March 9, 2012 the scholarship certificates to some 265 students of VSU who availed of the "Cong. Jose Carlos L. Cari Scholarship." The event was held at the VSU's Center for Continuing Education.

Engr. Peter Billard, a Mechanical Engineer working at the Fichtner Consulting Engineers in Stuttgart, Germany, conducted on March 26, 2012 a seminar on "Renewable Energy Sources for Rural Development at the PhilRootcrops Training Hall.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) conducted an orientation/hands-on workshop on the Government Management Information System (GMIS) Web-Based Application System for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) on March 19-20, 2012 at Bayview Park Hotel Manila.

Honorable Jose Carlos L. Cari, Congressman of the Fifth District of Leyte, gave inspiration to the new graduates being the guest speaker of the 37th Commencement Exercises of the ViSCA Foundation Elementary School (VFES) on March 29, 2012 at the VSU Convention Center.