19/10/2026
📖 “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”— Proverbs 16:3
UBES SOARS HIGH: SECOND BEST PERFORMING SCHOOL IN DSPC 2026!💛💙🏆
More than 50 public and private schools. One division-wide competition. One proud UBES JOURNALISM FAMILY!📰✨
🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆 Upper Bicutan Elementary School (UBES) receives the title of SECOND BEST PERFORMING SCHOOL at the Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) 2026!🥈🎉
Competing against more than 50 public and private schools in Taguig City, UBES has once again proven that excellence in campus journalism is built on devotion, discipline, teamwork, and an unyielding commitment to truth.
🏆🏆🏆🏆 GROUP CATEGORIES
🏆 🥇 OVERALL CHAMPION COLLABORATIVE DESKTOP PUBLISHING FILIPINO
❤️❤️ RSPC QUALIFIERS
Ravena Curt Ordanza
Jhudea Carley Galvan Cabornay
Ezekiel B. Deada
Tyler Azriel Anedrei Cruz
Janine Olmedo
Randy Gripo
Lucas Matthew Centino
HEAD COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
CO-COACH: SAMUEL V. AMADO
🥈 2ND PLACE BEST NEWS PAGE
Ravena Curt Ordanza
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🥉 3RD PLACE BEST EDITORIAL PAGE/CARTOONING
Randy Gripo
Jhudea Carley Galvan Cabornay
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🥇 CHAMPION BEST FEATURE PAGE
Janine Olmedo
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🥇 CHAMPION BEST SPORTS PAGE
Lucas Matthew Centino
COACH: SAMUEL V. AMADO
🥇 CHAMPION BEST IN LAYOUT
Tyler Azriel Anedrei Cruz
Ezekiel B. Deada
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🏆🥈 OVERALL 1ST runner-up COLLABORATIVE DESKTOP PUBLISHING ENGLISH
Matthew Capistrano
Rumina Mayumi J. Cayanan
Rainghel John Loren
Khyle Drich Vargas
Joemarlie Valenzona
Margaux Aleighna Eunice R. Pascua
Enrique Marces
HEAD COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
CO-COACH: SAMUEL V. AMADO
🥇 CHAMPION PLACE BEST NEWS PAGE
Khyle Drich Vargas
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🥉 3RD PLACE BEST EDITORIAL PAGE/CARTOONING
Margaux Aleighna Eunice R. Pascua
Rumina Mayumi J. Cayanan
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🥈 2ND PLACE BEST FEATURE PAGE
Joemarlie Valenzona
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🥇 CHAMPION BEST SPORTS PAGE
Enrique Marces
COACH: SAMUEL V. AMADO
🥈 2ND PLACE BEST IN LAYOUT
Rainghel John Loren
Matthew Capistrano
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🏆🥇 OVERALL CHAMPION RADIO BROAD CASTING AND SCRIPT WRITING FILIPINO
RSPC QUALIFIERS
Althea Lynn De Guzman
Ruphia Bumatay
Francesca Laurio
Anne Maree Conrado
Ashley Gaspar
Trisha Mae Santos
Nikki Rose Deypalubos
HEAD COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
CO-COACHES: WILMER ORTIZ
MERALYNE ALVIS
ZACHARY GUILLERMO
SPECIAL AWARDS:
🥇 1ST PLACE BEST ANCHOR:
- Ruphia Bumatay
🥈 2ND PLACE BEST NEWS ANCHOR
- Althea Lynn De Guzman
🥇 1ST PLACE BEST NEWS PRESENTER
-Ashley Gaspar
🥈 2nd Place BEST NEWS PRESENTERS
-Francesca Laurio
🥉 3RD PLACE BEST NEWS PRESENTERS
-Anne Maree Conrado
🥇🏆 CHAMPION BEST INFOMERCIAL
Althea Lynn De Guzman
Ruphia Bumatay
Francesca Laurio
Anne Maree Conrado
Ashley Gaspar
Trisha Mae Santos
Nikki Rose Deypalubos
🥇🏆 CHAMPION BEST TECHNICAL APPLICATION
-Nikki Rose Deypalubos
🥇🏆 CHAMPION BEST SCRIPT
Althea Lynn De Guzman
Ruphia Bumatay
Francesca Laurio
Anne Maree Conrado
Ashley Gaspar
Trisha Mae Santos
Nikki Rose Deypalubos
HEAD COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
CO-COACHES: WILMER ORTIZ
MERALYNE ALVIS
ZACHARY GUILLERMO
🏆🥈 OVERALL 1ST RUNNER-UP RADIO BROADCASTING AND SCRIPT WRITING ENGLISH
Mite Villarde
Philip Buscher
Cristine Espanyol
Jillian Nuqui
Sophia Louis Eclionel
Raven Negado
Athena Maglanat
HEAD COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
CO-COACHES: WILMER ORTIZ
PATRICIA SANCHEZ
MARICEL PASCUA
SPECIAL AWARDS:
🥉 3RD PLACE BEST ANCHOR:
- Philip Buscher
🥇 1ST PLACE BEST NEWS PRESENTER
- Jillian Nuqui
🥇 2nd Place BEST NEWS PRESENTERS
- Sophia Louis Eclionel
🏅 4TH Place BEST NEWS PRESENTERS
- Athena Maglanat
🏅 5TH PLACE BEST INFOMERCIAL
Mite Villarde
Philip Buscher
Cristine Espanyol
Jillian Nuqui
Sophia Louis Eclionel
Raven Negado
Athena Maglanat
🥇🏆 CHAMPION BEST SCRIPT
Mite Villarde
Philip Buscher
Cristine Espanyol
Jillian Nuqui
Sophia Louis Eclionel
Raven Negado
Athena Maglanat
HEAD COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
CO-COACHES: WILMER ORTIZ
PATRICIA SANCHEZ
MARICEL PASCUA
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
🥇 CHAMPION PAGSULAT NG BALITANG ISPORTS
RSPC QUALIFIERS
Francis NielPalmeroo
COACH: SAMUEL AMADO
🥈 2ND PLACE SPORTS WRITING
RSPC QUALIFIERS
Nick Jacob O. Macatimpag
COACH: SAMUEL AMADO
🏅 5TH PLACE SCIENCE WRITING
Rohan Jeremy Fontiveros
COACH: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
🏅 5TH PLACE PAGSULAT NG BALITA
Charie Stacey S. Germino
COACH: CECIL ACMAN
SCHOOL PAPER ADVISER IN ENGLISH AND FILIPINO: LIEZLE V. DATUGAN
This achievement is more than just a title. It reflects the numerous hours of preparation, intensive training sessions, innumerable edits, constructive criticism, and sacrifices that turned our young journalists into self-assured, creative, and ethical storytellers.
✍️ To our campus journalists: You are the core of this win! Your boldness to write, inventiveness to communicate, and ambition to excel have brought dignity and pride to our cherished school.
😇 TO OUR DEDICATED COACHES:Your patience, expertise, and dedication have turned potential into performance, and dreams into accomplishments. Every lesson, critique, and word of encouragement has contributed to our success.
💙 TO OUR SUPPORTIVE PARENTS: We appreciate your warm support for our team and your child.
❤️ TO OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR: Ma'am Erlinda Butcon, we thank you for believing in our young journalists and supporting the UBES Journalism Team during this trip.
💛 Ma'am Maria Ligaya Gepollo, our Public Schools District Supervisor, we appreciate your attendance and happy encouragement for our team.
💗 Emily Carrera and Jidda Son, my dearest friend and sister, you keep fighting for me, and I appreciate the thrilling DSPC.
💚 We share our success with my colleagues: grade five and six teachers, particularly Maam Mae Pascual, Sir Jomar Pascual, Ma'am Maricel Pascua,Maam Juliet Decena, Maam Margie Salcedo, and Maam Felipe, for allowing our kids to explore and broaden their horizons in journalism.
😍 To my special man: I appreciate your patience and support during my crazy schedule.
Earning recognition from more than 50 schools in both the public and private sectors is a proud testimonial to the strength of our journalism department and the joint effort of everyone who contributed to this accomplishment.
We may be celebrating our rank today, but our overarching goal remains the same: to train young journalists to preserve truth, integrity, responsibility, and excellence in every story they report.
🌟 UBES DOESN'T JUST MAKE HEADLINES—WE MAKE HISTORY!
Congratulations, UBES Journalism Team! May this achievement motivate us to aim even higher as we continue to represent our institution with pride, purpose, and enthusiasm.
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