SunStar + February 15, 2021 WE ISSUE this Joint Statement to clarify the surrounding facts relative to the presence of policemen at the Talamban Campus of University of San Carlos this morning, Feb. 15, that to us is a serious concern. To recall, the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) Philippines Southern Province supported the Archdiocese of Cebu-Commission on Social Advocacies (Cosa) project of a bakwit school program with Save Our Schools (SOS) Network. For this, the SVD hosted last March 11, 2020 the delegation of 42 students accompanied by five teachers and three community elders (Datu), after four other educational institutions in Cebu hosted the same. The delgation was housed at the SVD-owned retreat house, accessible through USC-Talamban Campus. The delegation was supposed to complete their modular schooling on April 3, 2020 after which, they would have returned to their respective indigenous communities.