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Official Seal of Benguet Province source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/en/8/80/PH_seal_benguet.png        Last Monday, I went to the Benguet Capitol to cover the Provincial Board Meeting. It was my first covering the board meeting so I was very nervous and somehow clueless. Luckily, ate Annalyn, a SunStar intern under Ma'am Malen, was also there. I also met Sir Larry from Baguio Chronicle.      The meeting started a bit late. I got a copy of the meeting's agenda and I looked for an interesting story. Unfortunately, nothing was news worthy enough. However, vice-governor and presiding officer Crescencio Pacalso read the urgent request of governor Nestor Fongwan to approve the donation of Php 200,000 for the Pablo victims in Mindanao. I thought that it would be a good story.       In the afternoon, we went to the Municipal hall of La Trinidad to cover the Council Meeting. It was also my first time to actually cover the meeting. They  didn't have a council me

     I was sent to cover the presentation of the draft of provincial communications protocol and early warning system at the Benguet Capitol last week. The presentation was set at 9 in the morning, but I came in late because I had a class until 10:00 A.M. plus the travel time took 30 minutes. Rosemarie Melencio from PDRRMO presents the communication protocol draft.    I was at lost when I came in. Since I was late, they were already at the second part of the presentation. Moreover, the presenter and the guests were speaking in English and Ilocano, I could not understand most of what they were saying since they mostly conversed in the dialect. After a few minutes, I finally picked up the flow of the discussion and was taking down notes. A guest asked me what company I was representing (in Ilocano so I had to ask him to speak in Tagalog) and I said I'm a SunStar intern. He was a little surprised. I was wondering why he why he such a reaction after hearing I'm from SunSt