Krokis

Krokis The Official Student Publication of
Bicol University Institute of Design and Architecture

The Official Publication of
Bicol University
Institute of Architecture

๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž | The First Day Fight brought together representatives from various Bicol University organizations and publications...
10/08/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž | The First Day Fight brought together representatives from various Bicol University organizations and publications on Monday, August 10, at the BU College of Social Sciences, led by BUeรฑos Kontra Korapsyon (BKK) and the University Student Council (USC).

Participants in the rally called for scrapping of Pax Silica, a plan to construct artificial intelligence (AI) hubs in New Clark City, Tarlac. The event also served as a platform for broader rights advocacy, as marchers rallied against censorship and called for the defense of free speech and press freedom.

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๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž l BICONEX 2026 EXPANDS CONSTRUCTION INSIGHTSThe Bicol Construction Expo (BICONEX) 2026 brought back together profes...
09/08/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž l BICONEX 2026 EXPANDS CONSTRUCTION INSIGHTS

The Bicol Construction Expo (BICONEX) 2026 brought back together professionals, students, and construction stakeholders for a 3-day event from August 6-8, 2026, featuring seminars, product presentations, professional development sessions and industry discussions.

The three-day expo covered a wide range of topics, including Architectural Practice, Construction Safety, Hardware and Construction Standards, Real Estate, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Occupational Safety and Health and Construction Monitoring. The event also featured product presentations from participating exhibitors, providing attendees with opportunities to learn about new products, technologies and industry solutions.

The event culminated in a closing program on August 8, recognizing the exhibitors and collaborators who contributed to the success of BICONEX 2026.

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๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž | In preparation for the academic year's student activities, officers of the Bicol University Institute of Design a...
08/08/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž | In preparation for the academic year's student activities, officers of the Bicol University Institute of Design and Architecture's recognized student organizations โ€“ CSC, UAPSA, BUASA, KROKIS, A3 and other organizations, convened for a joint coordination meeting on August 7 to align plans, discuss the timeline of upcoming college events, and reinforce inter-organizational collaboration for cohesive program implementation.

The discussion also covered initial concerns and established clearer communication channels among the student groups in preparation for the series of activities lined up for the semester.

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๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ | BUIDeA holds Faculty Enhancement Activity, welcomes new directorThe Bicol University Institute of Design and Arch...
07/08/2026

๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ | BUIDeA holds Faculty Enhancement Activity, welcomes new director

The Bicol University Institute of Design and Architecture (BUIDeA) faculty members, together with Dr. Baby Boy Benjamin D. Nebres III, held an enhancement activity at the BUIDeA Annex Building on August 6, 2026. The activity focused on outlining key institutional directions, discussing academic policies, and addressing the collegeโ€™s concerns.

The event also highlighted the official turnover of the institute of directorship from Ar. Maureen Sia to Ar. Delfin M. Mirabete Jr., marking another chapter of leadership and commitment for the institution.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Bsi677BuZ/

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๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž | The Bicol University Institute of Design and Architecture (BUIDeA) took part in the university-wide earthquake dr...
07/08/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž | The Bicol University Institute of Design and Architecture (BUIDeA) took part in the university-wide earthquake drill at the East Campus today, August 7, 2026, as part of the Regular Quarterly Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED).

Guided by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Daraga, BUIDeA students and faculty performed the "Duck, Cover, and Hold" procedure upon hearing the alarm while safely evacuating to the designated open area.

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๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง | Conduct of University Fire and Earthquake DrillAll Bicol University (BU) students, faculty members, and p...
05/08/2026

๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง | Conduct of University Fire and Earthquake Drill

All Bicol University (BU) students, faculty members, and personnel are advised to participate in the University Fire and Earthquake Drill on August 7, 2026, in accordance with Administrative Order No. 0451, series of 2026.

This activity is part of the Regular Quarterly Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED), following CHED Regional Memorandum No. 157, s. 2026, instructing all Higher Education Insitutions (HEIs) to participate as classes open for the First Semester of A.Y. 2026-2027.

The drill aims to orient the students, faculty members, and personnel about fire and earthquake preparedness, emergency response procedures, and life saving-actions during seismic events.

For the colleges and units of BU East and West, together with the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, the University Fire and Earthquake Drill will happen at 9:00 a.m, while remaining colleges and units shall conduct their drill at 2:00 p.m.

See the full memo below:

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๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ž๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜๐——!To everyone who answered the call and submitted thei...
25/07/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ž๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜๐——!

To everyone who answered the call and submitted their applications, thank you! The pen and the press appreciate your passion and commitment. ๐Ÿ“ฐโœ’๏ธ

Krokis Publication is no longer accepting new submissions effective 12:00 AM on July 26, 2026. The screening process will now proceed, and qualified applicants will be notified of the next steps soon.

Stay tuned for updates.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ž๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!Passionate about journalism, editorial work, or conten...
21/07/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐—ž๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!

Passionate about journalism, editorial work, or content creation? This is your call to join the pen and the press. Krokis is looking for committed and qualified applicants for the following positions:

๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ-๐˜ช๐˜ฏ-๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง
๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ

๐—”๐˜‚๐˜…๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช-๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ
๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต
๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต
๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต
๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต
๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ

Applications will be open until July 25, 2026.
So, answer the call. ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„! ๐Ÿ“ฐ

For further instruction and application, just scan the QR code or click the link below:
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๐—ž-๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—–๐—›๐—” ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บโ€ฆโ˜ Stories told.โ˜ Roles fulfilled.โ˜ Ideas forged.โ˜ Vi...
17/07/2026

๐—ž-๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—–๐—›๐—” ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ
๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บโ€ฆ
โ˜ Stories told.
โ˜ Roles fulfilled.
โ˜ Ideas forged.
โ˜ Vision channeled.
โ˜ Truth pursued.

In a time where truth is questioned and often concealed, student journalists continue to have the vigor to verify before they publish, investigate before they conclude, and speak with courage when silence is the most convenient.

Some checked facts. Some captured the most vital of moments. Some shaped the strokes in every page. Like any structure worth building, different roles served one foundation, one responsibility.

And as this chapter comes to an end, what remains is more than a compilation of words and pictures. What remains is a blueprint of the institute, the community, and this time, drafted in every story chosen to be told.

The verification ends here, but the responsibility never does.
Krokis shall continue to forge ideas and channel vision into avenues of truth, building on the foundations laid by every generation before it.

๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ.
๐—ž๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ.

The Krokis Publication extends their gratitude to Colored Box Photography studio for capturing the official signing-off portraits. Thank you for helping preserve this milestone through your lens.

๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก | Two BU grads secure Top 7 and 8 spots in July 2026 MPLE; BU campuses record strong passing ratesJosie Marie So...
15/07/2026

๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ก | Two BU grads secure Top 7 and 8 spots in July 2026 MPLE; BU campuses record strong passing rates

Josie Marie Sobredilla, a Batch 2024 graduate of the Bicol University- Institute of Design and Architecture (BUIDeA), placed 7th in the July 2026 Master Plumber Licensure Examination (MPLE), as released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Sobredilla earned a rating of 89.40%, while another BUโ€“Legazpi graduate, Anthony Rustria, placed 8th with a rating of 89.39%, making them both part of the Top 10 highest-performing examinees nationwide.

Additionally, Bicol University-Legazpi recorded a passing rate of 87.80%, while a 100.00% passing rate for the Bicol University College of Industrial Technology (BUCIT)-Legazpi, both showing a strong performance in the July 2026 MPLE.

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