Hundreds of citizens converged at EDSA Shrine in the early morning last Tuesday, February 25, to remember the events that unravelled during the 1986 People Power Revolution. The mass demonstrations 34 years ago led to the toppling of former President and late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, giving away to the return of democratic institutions. From EDSA…
Author: Oliver Barrios
Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Tapat), in partnership with Students’ Rights and Welfare Philippines (STRAW Ph), held the second installment of its Usap Tayo series last February 17, entitled USAP TAYO: Students’ Rights, at room A903, Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall. Guest speakers discussed resurgent issues in students’ rights and shared their experiences in asserting their freedoms.…
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Commentary: When the ash settles
It has been nearly a month since Taal Volcano took the country by surprise when it roared to life and forced thousands of families who lived within its vicinity to evacuate in droves. Many have criticized the government over how poorly they handled the situation, from the lack of coordination of the local government units…
President Rodrigo Duterte declared the drug war a failure nine months before Vice President Leni Robredo presented her findings as the former co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD), articulating her opinion on the drug war’s many shortcomings. Although the elimination of illegal drugs within three to six months was a key rhetoric…
Different reasons motivate students to transfer to DLSU, though one thing is certain: they all go through the same process. When transferring to DLSU, a student must submit various documents, including a transcript of records, certificates of good moral character, and recommendation letters endorsed by faculty from the past university or college that they attended.…
It has been 10 years since the Maguindanao Massacre—one of the bloodiest electoral killings in Philippine history. On November 23, 2009, 57 bodies were found buried en masse after more than 100 armed men stopped a convoy carrying relatives and supporters of then Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu, along with media personnel. The convoy was…
A revised University Student Government (USG) Constitution is set to take effect starting next academic year (AY)—assuming that it is ratified by a majority of students in an upcoming plebiscite set to take place during the third term of the current AY. With the current charter already 10 years old—it was first ratified in 2009—efforts…
With the theme One Heart, One Commitment, One Life, the annual Lasallian Mission Week (LMW) commenced last November 18 to 22 through a myriad of social engagement, faith formation, and community-building activities aligned to the Lasallian mission. With the aim to continue fulfilling St. John Baptist de La Salle’s mission, the Office of the Vice…
Last November 22, representatives from political parties of Santugon sa Tawag ng Panahon (Santugon) and Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Tapat) went head-to-head in Harapan 2019: Special Elections (SE) Debate, organized by the DLSU Commission on Elections. The event featured two rounds of debate, one between Legislative Assembly (LA) representatives and the other between batch presidents.…
To continue its tradition of fostering the development of information-literate students in the University, DLSU Libraries launched its seventh annual information literacy campaign entitled IamInfoSmart last November 12 at The Learning Commons, sixth floor of the Henry Sy Sr. Hall. The theme for the week-long campaign, DQ Unlocked, is focused on promoting the importance of…