December 16-Monday, I was on the field together with Malou as being permitted by Madame Elena with our reporter Sir Jun Veliganio and cameraman Sir Jun Solon. We left the station around 2:00 PM and went to the regional office of Commission on Higher Education. Supposedly we will be conducting an interview with CHED - 7 Vice Chairman Aytona ( Sorry, I forgot his first name) regarding the status of Mandaue City College owned by Dr. Paulus Mariae Cañete. But according to the security guard, Mr. Aytona is attending a seminar. After, we immediately went to Mandaue City Hall to get the side of the city government with Dr. Cañete's MCC. We arrived there around 3:00 PM. Mr. Roger Serna, Public Information Officer, accommodated us and negotiated with the lawyers of Mayor Jonas Cortes in order to conduct an interview with them. First, we had interviewed Atty. Francisco Amit who is the legal consultant of the mayor. Right after Atty. Amit, the legal officer of Mandaue City government in person of Atty. Eliseo Ceniza was interviewed next. According to Atty. Ceniza, the city government is not part of the closure order handed by CHED to MCC of Dr. Cañete. Aside from that, another issue was brought up regarding the Association of Barangay Council or ABC election that will kick-off tomorrow morning. In Mandaue City, the slot for presidency is uncontested with only Subangdaku Brgy. Capt. Ernie Manatad is running for the position. According to Manatad, he felt so flattered and honored with the support of his fellow barangay captains from 27 barangays of Mandaue City during the interview. For sure, it's gonna be a win-win victory. On our way back to the station around 4:00 PM, we got the chance to conduct an ambush interview with Vice-Chairman Aytona of CHED - 7 across the road of a hotel in Panagdait, Mabolo, Cebu City. It's really God's glory!
December 8-Wednesday, it's a special day for the Catholics especially to the devotees of Immaculate Concepcion. This day also marked the birthday of my "kaigzu and kabayet" Pearl Jade Bello. Happy Birthday Pearl! Anyways, good thing we don't have a class for our school because our school is also observing the celebration being a Catholic institution. With that, I got the chance to have a whole day of duty. Truly a privilege! hehehe..... I am really excited. I know I could learn a lot of things in the field. I was with Sir Alan Domingo and cameraman Sir Joel Bajinting.
Our first pit stop was the Cebu Provincial Capitol where we conducted an interview with the Provincial Health Officer Dr. Christina B. Giango. The interview was about the numerous cases of typhoid fever in Alegria. According to her, 13 out 16 prospects were already positive of typhoid fever both in barangays Sta. Filomena and Poblacion. The declaration of the outbreak will immediately follow. After the interview, we proceeded to the Provincial Court to foresee a hearing session with Tata Negro's case but it was being canceled and moved to December 16. So we immediately went to Alegria, southern part of Cebu. The more I am getting excited because it's gonna be my baptism of fire to be with a reporter in an out-of-town assignment. Most likely, the travel to Alegria from the city would take four hours. I just kept on peeping into the window seeing the beauty of the southern part of Cebu. I truly appreciated the love of mother of nature and God. The green lavish mountains is still highly visible. The road structure in the South is really hassle-free to the public. 
Around 1:00 PM, we already arrived in Alegria. Our first location is their gymnasium where people were flocking the area in order to seek for assistance. The common denominator is that parents`who brought their children suffering from fever within 1 to 2 weeks. According to the municipal physician Dr. dela Peña if the fever is within 1 or 2 weeks already would be very alarming and subject to typhoid fever positive. Right afer, we went to their water reservoir which is believed that the water content is contaminated with toxic and harmful materials. It is located in a mountainous barangay which the road is very sloping. It would be hard in going up and gravity is pulling in going down. I love the experience! Now I know how difficult it is to seek for truth.....to seek for what the pubic deserves to know.
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