For details about the available accommodations in Dumaguete City, please click here.

Food for the gentlefolk

Dumaguete locals are finicky about their food. It’s a trait shared with all Filipinos, this love of good food, but it’s a telling fact that when the first mall in the “city of gentle people,” Robinsons Place Dumaguete, opened last November, the biggest sales of the day were home appliances and KFC.  Read more…

Silliman University, our partner-host for the 2010 PSS National Conference. For more details about Silliman University, please click here.

 Delightful Dumaguete

The urbane spirit of this scenic university town is reflected in its big new mall
DUMAGUETE IS A QUAINT, RUSTIC province in Negros Oriental where people lead a laid-back lifestyle.

But that’s not saying the place is boring. It is a smart city, a hub for artisans, writers, conservationists, educators, and is also known as a “university town” because it houses the famous Silliman University and other academic institutions. Perhaps the view of the ocean by the Rizal Boulevard, the town’s plaza, serves as a fine inspiration for learning. Read more…

To view conference poster please click here.

The PSS Board elected its officers during the Board Meeting on 07 December 2009. The Board, elected during the General Elections on 17 October 2009, will serve for two years effective January 2010. The officers and members of the Board are:President: Dr. Cynthia Rose B. Bautista (University of the Philippines-Diliman)Vice-President: Dr. Virginia Miralao (Philippine Social Science Council)

The Philippine Sociological Society elected its new Board of Directors on 17 October 2009. The members of the Board, who will serve from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011, are:

Dr. Filomeno Aguilar Jr (Ateneo de Manila University), Ms.  Zona Hildegard Amper (University of San Carlos), Dr. Ma. Cynthia Rose Bautista (University of the Philippines in Diliman), Ms. Leslie Lopez (Ateneo de Manila University), Ms. Lorna Makil (Silliman University), Dr. Virginia Miralao (Philippine Social Science Council), and Dr. Emma Porio (Ateneo de Manila University).  Immediate past president, Dr. Manuel Diaz, will also join the Board.

The PSS Board would like to thank the members who participated in the nomination and election processes. Serving in the 2009 PSS Elections Committee were Dr. Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, Dr. Esmeralda Sanchez, and Fr. Delfo Canceran.

Please click here: PSS National Conference Program and About the Plenary Speakers.

The venue of the 2009 PSS National Conference on 16-17 October 2009 has been moved from UP Baguio to the Philippine Social Science Center in Quezon City.

The heavy flooding and threat of landslides brought about by the typhoons have made travel to Baguio very difficult and unsafe.

Should you have concerns and questions, please call the PSS Secretariat at 929-2671.

 The 2009 National Conference of the Philippine Sociological Society will take place on 16-17 October at UP Baguio. For  information about accommodation and travel, please click conference-travel-advisory.doc.