CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

F. Ramos Street, Cebu City

OFFICE OF THE SUPREME STUDENT COUNCIL

CIM-SSC OFFICERS
2019-2020
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Dr. Martiniano Zanoria
Mc John Ybañez
President
Dean
Cebu Institute of Medicine
Kristina Jean Pragados F. Ramos St., Cebu City, Cebu
Internal Vice President

Edward Louie Ignacio

External Vice President Dear Dr. Zanoria,
Kurt Raymond Cabahug With the 2020-2021 academic year on the horizon, the enrollment period is set to
Secretary
begin. In light of this, the CIM-SSC would like to bring up some concerns raised by
Paola Jean Pragados the students regarding the tuition fee and miscellaneous expenses, as seen in the
Treasurer
picture below:
Giovanni Sergius Talili
Auditor

Mary Ysabelle Castillo

APMC Junior Representative

Danielle Remedio
PIO

Adrian Go
1st Yr Batch Representative

Daniel Petralba
2nd Yr Batch Representative

Marielle Villanobos
3rd Yr Batch Representative

Robert Edwin Capatoy

AMSA-SOMA

Jeremiahdominic Balbin
AMSA-SOMA

Katrina Chloie Anislag

Alpha Mu Sigma Phi Total Expenses for 1ST Semester A.Y. 2020-2021 for Clinical Clerks
Klarissa Concepcion
Caduceus
The student body would like to request for a tuition fee breakdown including the
justification & rationale for the different fees. This concern has arisen due to the
Kyle Joel Bilbao
CIMphony
current situation that the community is facing and the financial constraints that
this same situation has put on our students. The student body has been
Alfonso Yap III
The Saline Option
overwhelmed with the imposed expenses, an example of which is that of the
library fee and we would like to understand the current expenditures.
Alexis John Masucol
TORCH Brotherhood As the representative of the student body, we would like to appeal to the
Pauline Julia Talili administration to evaluate these expenses and put into consideration the
TORCH Sisterhood reduction of these payments. Furthermore, we would also like to appeal to allow
a staggered payment plan for our students as consideration to the families
whose businesses and jobs have been greatly affected by this pandemic.
 CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
F. Ramos Street, Cebu City

OFFICE OF THE SUPREME STUDENT COUNCIL

On another note, to aid our students in this financial aspect, Caduceus, the official
CIM-SSC OFFICERS student publication of Cebu Institute of Medicine, has made a proposition to
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lower the publication fee. Please see attached document from the publication
for the details of this proposal.
Mc John Ybañez
President We have nothing but great respect to the administration and the council is looking
Kristina Jean Pragados out for both the institution and to the student body to whom our utmost service lies.
Internal Vice President We hope these inquiries and concerns will be attended to. We are looking forward
Edward Louie Ignacio to a better year ahead.
External Vice President
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Kurt Raymond Cabahug
Secretary

Paola Jean Pragados

Treasurer
Yours truly,
Mc John Ybañez
Giovanni Sergius Talili
Auditor President
CIM-SSC 2019-2020
Mary Ysabelle Castillo
APMC Junior Representative
Noted by:
Danielle Remedio
PIO

Adrian Go
1st Yr Batch Representative KRISTINA JEAN PRAGADOS EDWARD LOUIE IGNACIO
Internal Vice-President External Vice-President
Daniel Petralba
2nd Yr Batch Representative
CIM-SSC 2019-2020 CIM-SSC 2019-2020

Marielle Villanobos
3rd Yr Batch Representative
KURT RAYMOND CABAHUG PAOLA JEAN PRAGADOS
Robert Edwin Capatoy
AMSA-SOMA
Secretary Treasurer
CIM-SSC 2019-2020 CIM-SSC 2019-2020
Jeremiahdominic Balbin
AMSA-SOMA

Katrina Chloie Anislag

GIOVANNI SERGIUS TALILI MARY YSABELLE CASTILLO
Alpha Mu Sigma Phi
Auditor APMC Junior Representative
Klarissa Concepcion CIM-SSC 2019-2020 CIM-SSC 2019-2020
Caduceus

Kyle Joel Bilbao

CIMphony
DANIELLE REMEDIO
Alfonso Yap III PIO
The Saline Option
CIM-SSC 2019-2020
Alexis John Masucol
TORCH Brotherhood

Pauline Julia Talili DR. NEIL WAYNE SALCES

TORCH Sisterhood
Chairman
Student’s Affairs Office
June 30, 2020

Dr. Martiniano Zanoria

Dean of Medicine
Cebu Institute of Medicine
F. Ramos St., Cebu City

Dear Dr. Zanoria;

Salutations!

We would like to thank you for your support during the past academic year, and together we have
successfully published the first issue of the fifth volume of the publication. We have continued working on the second
issue that we would release as an electronic copy, due to difficulties with the printing and other logistics.

As the new academic year begins, The Caduceus, Official School Publication of CIM, also renews its thrust
to providing journalism and literary avenue to medical students of our institution. However, in the light of the recent
COVID-19 pandemic we would propose that the school publication would adopt the electronic format instead of the
traditional printed magazine for A.Y 2020-2021. The reasons for this is that there might be delay in the printing with
the publisher as well as the concern of the transport of the material during the community quarantine, which may
extend in to the middle of the academic year. We are also anticipating that mass gathering will still be limited in the
near future and distribution of the printed magazine might be hampered.

In line with this, we would like to appeal for the school publication fee to be reduced to Php 100.00 – 150.00,
instead of Php 400.00 since we would not be producing any printed copies. We would only be using our personal
equipment and limit the financial subsidy to other materials such as an internet provider.

We always have in the forefront of our minds that above all we are medical students and our academic
excellence is our priority. But at the same time, as socially responsible and socially active members of the CIM
community, we would like to help our fellow students in this difficult times. We are looking forward to working with
the administration this academic year.

Hoping for your kind consideration.

Sincerely,

Klarissa C. Concepcion
Editor-in-Chief