The University Student Government (USG) Election Code was opened for reevaluation during a regular Legislative Assembly (LA) session held last July 1 at the Emilio Yap Jr. Case Room. The LA deliberated on provisions relating to the qualifications for candidates, as well as offenses and penalties to be implemented during the campaign and election period…
Author: Yasmin Cariño
As a pioneer in pushing for honest and clean elections, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) ensures that honesty, transparency, and incorruptibility prevail during the election period. In the recent national and local Elections, the election watchdog organization sought volunteers to help monitor the strict voting procedures and ease cases of vote buying,…
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Getting to know president Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte, who garnered close to 16 million votes in the May 9 national elections, undoubtedly emerged victorious in the presidential race. Duterte is the first politician who jumped from a mayoral seat to the presidency. Upon his inauguration earlier today, he is the first Philippine president from Mindanao. Duterte has been in the limelight even…
DLSU President Br. Ray Suplido FSC says that the evacuation of all buildings on campus during the second Metro Manila Shake Drill last June 23, Wednesday, is an accomplishment for DLSU. According to University Safety Office Director and Security Office OIC Dr. Jocelyn Dayanan, there was a 100 percent evacuation of buildings during Wednesday’s drill,…
The University Student Government (USG) Legislative Assembly (LA) held its third regular session for the term last June 10 at the Emilio Yap Jr. Case Room. During the session, the floor talked through four resolutions, which tackled the revision of the Arrows Express schedule, amendment of the Science and Technology Complex Government (STC) Rules of…
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USG holds Convention of Leaders 3.0
The University Student Government held its third and last Convention of Leaders (COLE) for the academic year last May 27 at the Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium. Different student leaders were invited to attend the COLE, which was conducted to present the USG’s achievements for the past term, as well as its upcoming initiatives for term 3. Present…
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Issues surrounding the 2016 NLE
In less than a week, the 2016 National and Local Elections (NLE) will be held, allowing the Filipino people to vote for the candidates of their choice. One month before the elections, however, are we truly ready to vote? While the Filipino people continue to be on the lookout for candidates who will be transparent…
Since the early 2000s, the number of student exchange programs between the University and its partner universities abroad has increased, primarily due to the current trend of globalization. DLSU International Center (IC) Global Education Specialist Reodel Masilungan shares that back in 2000, most exchange students would come from Japan, Canada, or South Korea only. “Now,…
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…
The second Convention of Leaders (COLE) for the academic year was held last March 4 at the Natividad Fajardo Auditorium to discuss campus development and services, student representation, University Vision-Mission Week, the tuition fee increase, and new organization De La Salle Red Cross Youth. The resolution calling for amendments to the COLE manual was earlier…