The stretch from Agno to Enrique Razon Sports Complex, which includes the whole of Fidel Street, is now a non-smoking area. The revision of the no-smoking policy stemmed from complaints of concessionaires from Agno, as well as parents, all the way to the Student Discipline Formation Office (SDFO). The previous version of the policy indicated…
Month: September 2012
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DLSU efforts in waste management
Julio Fajardo (I, BS-STAT) is currently residing in a dorm at Taft Avenue. He observes mounds of trash scattered alongside the street. He laments, “It’s quite disheartening that this scenario which should be very easy to solve has been one of the main reasons of the recent flooding alongside the avenue, since it clogs the…
On August 6, the House of Representatives voted to bring the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill into a period of amendment, ending house debates and bringing the bill one step closer to being passed. First proposed in 1998 with the goal of bringing the Philippine’s reproductive health system ‘up to par’, the bill has since been…
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Pulling students to DLSU-STC
Established to be true to its nature, De La Salle University Science and Technology Complex (DLSU-STC) aspires being the top research institute in Asia and the Pacific. And by making this vision into reality, the DLSU-STC now attracts the best and the brightest students and faculty to its roster. Being better and brighter DLSU…
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Tullao to launch new book
Economics professor and University Fellow Dr. Tereso Tullao Jr. will celebrate his 60th birthday on September 28, 2012, a month ahead of the actual date, with the launch of his 17th book entitled “25 Taon Tungo sa Intelektwalisasyon ng Filipino: 25 Piling Sanaysay sa Ekonomiks”, at the Marilen Gaerlan North conservatory. Tullao explains that his…
The Pearl of Great Price chapel in St. Joseph building will undergo retrofitting anytime after September 10, after the work on the Blessed Sacrament chapel in St. La Salle has finished. The project is an independent project of the Lasallian Pastoral Office, and is not among those listed in the University’s campus renewal plan. Only…
Heaven’s gates are on hiatus. With the tempest turned loose, the rain keeps pouring. The water keeps rising. Thunder keeps booming. By ten in the morning, Liza Hilario is ready to leave. All around her, more keen ears keep constant vigil of radio reports that warn of a high tide – but she and her…
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A Daring for Government
Speaking with a group of business majors (in Starbucks, heaven forbid) last week, I asked them about their recently concluded internships, and broached the idea of working for government in their next internship. I received sardonic laughter and sour faces. “Why would you want to work for government?” one of them asked. He said that…
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Water under the RH Bill
On the afternoon of August 13, 2012, an actor gone senator delivered a speech that caused many politicians, media practitioners and Filipinos to cry out of pity and sympathy. The senator talked about the abortive side effects of contraceptive pills, which, among other family planning options, would be available to the general public once, if…
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Medium of Instruction
On a rainy day last August, I went to NAIA to go back home to my province. As I would always do, I took a cab, where I met Romy, a man in his late 40s, who has been driving his taxi for 12 years. He speaks very good English, and decided to addresses me…