As part of the week-long celebration of the SDCA’s 19th Founding Anniversary, the whole community participated in igniting the vision further by beating the heat on an early morning exercise while fostering unity and positivity, while helping the adopted communities as well.

Dominicans proved that they are not just academically prepared but also have what it takes to show how physically healthy they are in the Zumbayanihan Contest 2022, where different departments represented by 25 students each danced their way to winning the inter-school competition at SDCA Grounds, November 26.

This activity was organized by Ms. Amelia Bañega, the chair of the said contest. With the theme TikTok Mashups, representatives from five schools along with the assigned faculty members, were given approximately one week to prepare for their moves to the most popular dance compilation trend in Tiktok, a shortform video hosting service consisting of a variety of user-submitted videos.

The overall champion of the Zumbayanihan Contest was snatched by SNAHS with the supervision of Prof. Alejo Lupac;, followed by SMLS under Prof. Ma. Isabel Mojica; SASE spearheaded by Prof. Armand Aton was awarded 2nd Runner Up, SBCS was 3rd Runner Up by Prof. Marvin Palce; and SIHTM bagged 4th Runner Up with Prof. Quilbert Mercado’s direction.

Indeed, Dominicans showed how talented they are as they uphold the core value of dynamism, which was exhibited throughout this activity.

The program started in the runway with the candidates wearing their casual wear and uniforms to express their respective advocacies about awareness, health issues, social issues, social media issues, education issues, and environment issues.

The program was filled with loud cheers and applaud of the students from different programs to support their representative/candidates from the School of Business and Computer Studies (SBCS), School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences (SNAHS), School of Medical Laboratory Sciences (SMLS), School of International and Tourism Hospitality Management (SITHM), and School of Arts and Sciences Education (SASE).

The candidates slayed the stage during the fashion show wearing fashionable custom-made clothing of Bricks Edrozo, Michael Miano, and Rannie Raymundo.

The winners at the coronation night are Maxine Fernand Abad of BS Tourism Management and Daryl Anne Malang of BS Pharmacy as 4th runnerup, Jairus Eumage of BS Hospitality Management and Chrystel Faith Aikman of BS Tourism Management as 3rd runner-up, while Jet Wilson Casulit of BS Physical Therapy and Allyssa Mae Casing of BS Nursing got the 2nd place; and the first runner-up are Brent Santera from BS Information Technology and Mariko Diaz from BS Business Administration.

The winners of Mr. SDCA Ambassadors of Goodwill are from SNAHS and SBCS, John Gabriel Orlanda of BS Nursing and Nicolle Franzine Delicana of BS Accountancy respectively.

Written by Reevah Angue

Dominican community stormed the SDCA grounds last Friday night, November 25, as the Battle of the Bands (BOTB) 2022 returns and made its debut after a 2-year lockdown due to pandemic.

BOTB 2022 was participated by Senior high school (SHS) bands namely: Nagazaki of Grade 12 STEM Copernicus, and Grade 12 STEM Blaise Pascal. The Seniors of Grade 12 TVL John Whitney Sr. performed different Original Pilipino Music (OPM) covers and proved that the heart of Filipino music truly lies within every Filipino.

Each participating band was given 15 minutes to perform a covers and to impress the audience and judges. Nagazaki led the first gig and hyped the crowd with Kamikazee’s classic hit Halik, and Martyr Nyebera . This was followed by the serenade of The Seniors Band with their slow rock-themed track that started off with Zack Tabudlo’s awardwinning song called Nangangamba, succeeded by a touching cover performance of Calein’s Umaasa, and Come Inside of My Hearts of the loved band of this generation, IV of Spades.

Amidst the dazzling lights that circled around the stage, the audience jammed with “all-time favorite’’ pop songs, which was the event’s highlight. NAPI heightened the vibe further by performing the trending song “Jopay” of Mayonnaise a five-piece Filipino alternative rock band,, where the crowd gone wild followed by Ikaw Lang by Nobita, and Hanggang Kailan by Orange and Lemons.

NAPI was declared the overall winner for this year’s Dominican Rockpublic: Battle of the Bands and bagged Best Vocalist (Gian Franco Gonzaga). Meanwhile, Nagazaki was awarded 1st Runner Up, People’s Choice Award, Best Lead Guitarist (Rikk Yanong), and Best Drummer (Jose Mari Mamuri), then The Seniors won 2nd Runner Up and Best Bassist (Adrian Echepari).

The event lasted for three hours from 7 PM to 10 PM with in-between raffle draws, intermission numbers by Reds in Motion, the dance troupe of the basic education department, and the announcement of Quincine Filmmaker Winners.