posted by flyingroc on 03/06/07
Is there really a travel ban for Pisay graduates? If so which batches are affected? I got this in the email:
> i was flying out to hk yesterday. balikan lang > naman. observe lang namin yung cabin crew. pero > no... NA-BLOCK AKO SA IMMIGRATION! May clearance > letter daw ba ako from my high school? Apparently, > naka-watch list ang lahat ng pisay graduates. > Kelangan ng clearance from the school. So ayun, > hindi ako natuloy. Medyo nakipag-away pa ko sa > immigration and I said nakalabas na naman ako last > year.. latest pa was december. Pero wala pa din > lusot -- new memo sya dated Jan. 15, 2007. > > Lesson learned: ipagkalat sa friends if you're going > out of the country kasi baka merong nakakaalam ng > new rule (alam pala ni Kuya Mike Abundo). It would > avoid embarrasment sa bossing and all the other > people around. Buti na lang medyo sosyal yung reason > -- hindi dahil criminal. etc... > > I called the registrar sa school (Ma'am Lope who was > very nice and remembered my nickname). She said ang > kelangan lang is a letter from you addressed to Dr. > Rosita Fundador stating your request for travel, and > attaching documents as proof that you took a science > and technology course.
Can anyone confirm this? Does this apply to batch 93? I'm 14 years out of high school!
update: apparently the travel ban only applies to PSHS Davao, and perhaps Diliman, but only batch 2006 and onwards.
up-update: Danna wants me to cite sources, so here it is, as far as I can piece together:
(1) a couple of people in the pisay93 groups have reported being able to travel this year (one as late as March 5). There's also various other reports from secondhand sources of (non-Davao) pisay grads being able to travel. (2) I have a forwarded email purportedly from Ma'am Yazon of PSHS Diliman, saying a hold departure was applied to batch 2006, and they're thinking of doing the same for lower batches. (3) I received another email circulating among pshs davao students petitioning to have the travel ban removed. (4) The aforementioned Dr. Fundador is the director of PSHS Southern Mindanao.
Thanks to rob for forwarding batch 94 emails to me. Heheh
