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Year: 2020
The Good Governance Conference (GoodGovCon) 2020, one of the biggest online gatherings of good governance advocates in the country, will commence on November 21 via Zoom. With the theme “Mabuting Pamamahala, Para sa Bayan,” the weeklong conference will gather young leaders across the country in helping the youth to rediscover the importance of good governance…
The Legislative Assembly (LA) approved an online election code for the upcoming General Elections (GE), formally established the Laguna Campus Student Government (LCSG), and appointed a new magistrate for the Judiciary branch and a new FAST2017 Batch Vice President during its first Zoom session of the academic year last November 6. Online Election Code Included…
It is needless to say that Ricky Lee is a titan in the Philippine film industry. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he is the industry. He took the world by storm in the late ‘70s with his screenplays for Jaguar (1979). By the time Himala (1982) graced our movie screens, Ricky…
La Salle Computer Society (LSCS) is a professional organization of De La Salle University. It aims to develop its members to become professionals in various computing fields and inspire students to be innovators for God and country. This year, La Salle Computer Society plans to leave a mark on the entire learning community with its…
In today’s consumerist and capitalist market system where large corporations seek to gain maximum monetary profit by manufacturing and selling as many products as possible, it is a hopeful sight to see small businesses earn money in an ethical and sustainable manner. These small aspiring business owners believe that to start a business is not…
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Personal Letters
In 1999, I was a freshman at 17 years old, a perfect lifetime ago. In those days, TLS was housed on the 3rd floor of the SPS Building, in one long room together with the Malate Literary Folio and Ang Pahayagang Plaridel. One or two bulky desktops littered the space on the long table and…
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Under Review
Martial law was declared on Saturday, September 23, 1972. On September 21 and 22, we went about our usual activities. The dictator Marcos already started his revisionism as early as then, by setting the date of the declaration to Thursday, September 21. When I entered DLSC in June 1974, the entire Philippine society had pretty…
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Butterfly Tornado
2004-2005 was a definitive time in movies. Among now film greats like Troy, V for Vendetta and Kill Bill 2, that period saw the release of Pixar’s The Incredibles, Howl’s Moving Castle by Studio Ghibli, Christopher Nolan’s opening salvo Batman Begins, the controversial and ambitious Butterfly Effect and still my favorite installment in the HP…
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Rant and Rave: Hayop Ka!
Growing up, one would often have fond memories of waking up to the sight of cartoon characters and their wacky antics. However, after some years, the magic of cartoons might fizzle out into mild annoyance—cartoons are for kids and you are now an adult. But not with this film; move over Mickey Mouse, there’s a…