By virtue of RA 3827, signed into law in 1931, the Philippines celebrates its National Heroes Day, or Araw ng mga Bayani, every fourth Monday of August. The fourth Monday is celebrated as the approximate anniversary of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, when Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan, fed up with the colonial government and…
Month: August 2013
The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) is a discretionary fund available to members of Congress supposedly appropriated for small-scale community projects that fall outside the scope of the national infrastructure program. The cost of which are spread among all taxpayers. It was previously called the Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) until its name change during the…
Lasallians mobilize for Sagip Metro 4
Goods to the rescue. Volunteers transport donations from the South Gate to the Yuchengco Lobby, where the repacking and sorting of goods took place. The monsoon rains intensified by tropical depression “Maring” have resulted in 19 deaths, 11 injuries and around thousands of families being displaced from their homes throughout Luzon. The rains have even…
The DLSU Green Archers broke away from the UP Fighting Maroons in the second half and picked up their third consecutive victory with an 85-63 win. The boys from Taft Avenue applied tight pressure defense and made timely shots late in the game as they outscored their opponents by 17 in the deciding quarter and…
As UAAP action resumes on the hardcourt this weekend, the DLSU Green Archers will gun for their third consecutive victory against the UP Fighting Maroons on Saturday, August 24, at 2 pm in the SMART-Araneta Coliseum. Fresh from a successful 75-66 victory in their preceding game versus the number one-seeded team in the league, FEU…
Saw it coming? La Salle’s Physics Department, in partnership with other units, is developing weather forecasting website SIGWA to foresee atmospheric conditions in more than a hundred sites in the Philippines. At the onset of the storms and monsoon rains, DLSU’s own recently launched weather forecasting website SIGWA has recorded an almost 90 percent accuracy…
UAAP: DLSU topples league-leading FEU
As the rain poured down all over Metro Manila, the DLSU Green Archers made it rain all over the Mall of Asia Arena. Riding on three pointers from Almond Vosotros, Jason Perkins, and Matt Salem, the Green Archers used a scorching second quarter run to distance themselves as they avenged their first round loss to…
DLSU Harlequin Theatre Guild brings its 2k13 batch of apprentices into the limelight with its latest production, DuLa Salle 2K13: Silang Mga Walang Pangalan. Set within the walls of the university, the show is divided into four plays with each one delving into the struggles of the anonymous campus employees as they balance their professional…
The Judiciary held formal hearing today to hear the sides of the government side (Ombudsman) and the complainant side (Tapat) on the case filed by the complainant, calling for the nullification of the Article VIII of University Student Government (USG) Code of Conduct. Arguments and rebuttals During the discourse between the complainant and the government,…
After a putback by Arnold van Opstal that gave the DLSU Green Archers a 12-point lead with one minute and 59 seconds left in the fourth quarter, it looks as if the first round game between the Green Archers and the FEU Tamaraws was already in the books as the boys from Taft were ready…