RMC Takes a Stand for Health: HIV/AIDS Symposium

๐‘๐Œ๐‚ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก: ๐‡๐ˆ๐•/๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ โ€œ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก: ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐โ€

Rizal Memorial Colleges, Inc. (RMC) hosted a crucial HIV/AIDS Symposium on November 11, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the RMC Gym Arena, operating under the theme: “๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก: ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐.” The event underscored RMCโ€™s commitment to public health by offering FREE HIV Testing & Counseling. The program, which began with official opening ceremonies and a message from ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐š ๐Œ. ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ณ, ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ, followed by an inspirational address from ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐. ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š, was skillfully guided by Masters of Ceremony ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‡. ๐’๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ณ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง๐ž ๐„. ๐€๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ณ๐š, ๐๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ/๐‚๐“๐„ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.

The symposium featured two core educational sessions. The first, on HIV/AIDS, was led by ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ƒ. ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ข๐ญ, ๐Œ๐€๐, ๐‘๐, ๐‚๐‚๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ˆ๐• ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ, who was introduced by ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐๐จ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐๐ซ๐š๐ง (๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐€๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐๐’๐“๐ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ). Following an intermission by the ๐‘๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, the focus shifted to Abstinence Education. ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐ข๐ค๐ก๐š๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐Œ. ๐€๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐จ, ๐‘๐๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž/๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง/๐†๐€๐ƒ ๐…๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, introduced ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐“. ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ, who then delivered the talk on Abstinence Education.

A subsequent intermission featuring ๐„๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐จ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐จ (Duet) preceded the highly engaging Open Forum, which was moderated by ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ž ๐“. ๐‚๐š๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ , ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž. This segment provided a vital platform for student questions and dialogue with the experts. The event then concluded with the Awarding of Certificate of Appreciation by ๐€๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ง/๐‘๐ƒ๐’๐’๐š๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ง/๐‚๐‚๐€๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž/๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž/๐๐’๐“๐ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, and a heartfelt Message of Thanks from School Nurse ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐š ๐๐š๐ซ๐›๐š๐ซ๐š ๐“. ๐Ž๐œ๐จ๐ง, ๐‘๐.

Overall, the symposium was a resounding success, effectively utilizing the expertise of its speakers and the organized structure of its program to inform and empower the Rizalian community on critical health and wellness issues.

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