“Every day, people pass the busy and crowded streets of Taft Avenue. And everyday children flood these same streets begging for money in hopes [of] small meals that will help them get through the day. While we are blessed with the luxury of a prestigious education and the comforts of everyday living, there are numerous…
Author: Kheem Gines
DLSU offers a variety of degree programs for which it screens applicants through an entrance exam conducted by the Institutional Testing and Evaluation Office. Based on the results, applicants may be accepted, waitlisted, deferred, or denied, depending on the qualifications for the degree they applied for. Once accepted, an applicant becomes a student under that…
This is the third installment in a three-part article series about the USG. Prior to the University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE) for the academic year (AY) 2015-2016, 114 candidates, including an entire political party, were disqualified due to noncompliance with the Memorandum of Agreement. The voter turnout was the lowest in years,…
DLSU hosted the #TheLeaderIWant Forum on January 20 at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium,with over a thousand members of the audience in attendance. Although the event, organized by social news network Rappler, was originally intended to be a tandem forum, the only pair present was the tandem of presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and…
Last January 8, the University Student Government (USG) Legislative Assembly (LA) held a session at the USG Conference Room to discuss the appointment of the new Magistrate for Gokongwei College of Engineering (GCOE) Rafael Rabacca and a students’ manifesto calling for the national government’s prioritization of the Maguindanao Massacre. In a deliberation held by the…
“Bakwit: Mga Tinig at Awit ng Pakikibaka ng mga Batang Lumad” was held earlier today at the 5th floor multipurpose room of the Henry Sy Sr. Hall. Around 30 members of the Lumad community from Manilakbayan presented cultural performances to make their sentiments known about the current situation in Mindanao. The event was organized by the…
On October 21, Commission on Elections (Comelec) started the process of finalizing the list of eligible candidates for the 2016 national and local elections (NLE). The Philippine Star recently reported that the Comelec law department has already filed motu proprio petitions to declare some 266 hopefuls as nuisance candidates for the presidency, vice presidency, and…