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Lasallian participation in the 2013 midterm elections

The May 2013 Philippine general elections consisted of 28 million voters aged 18 – 25. This translates to 54.9 percent of the total voting population. Members of the DLSU community of legal age were given the opportunity to register themselves as voters and elect government officials whom they believed to be instrumental in changing the…

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SWS-BW Magic 12 profiles: Escudero, Villar, Binay

On Monday, May 13, the Philippines will hold its 31st senatorial elections to decide the new set of senators who will serve the country for the next three to six years. From 82 aspirants who filed for candidacy last year, only 33 passed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) benchmark and were deemed eligible to compete…

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SWS-BW Magic 12 profiles: Trillanes, Poe and Angara

On Monday, May 13, the Philippines will hold its 31st senatorial elections to decide the new set of senators who will serve the country for the next three to six years. From 82 aspirants who filed for candidacy last year, only 33 passed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) benchmark and were deemed eligible to compete…

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SWS-BW Magic 12 profiles: Jack Enrile and Gringo Honasan

On Monday, May 13, the Philippines will hold its 31st senatorial elections to decide the new set of senators who will serve the country for the next three to six years.   From 82 aspirants who filed for candidacy last year, only 33 passed the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) benchmark and were deemed eligible to…

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Righting 10,000 Wrongs: The new Marcos compensation law

Commemorating the 27th EDSA anniversary, President Benigno Aquino III signed a law that will compensate victims of human rights violations committed by late dictator and former President Ferdinand Marcos’ security forces during his reign. Known as Republic Act (RA) 10368 or the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, the law will distribute…

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Socially Conscious: Lasallian accounts of activism in the Marcos era

DLSU is no stranger to political activism. In 2009, DLSU and other Lasallian schools joined demonstrations condemning the Maguindanao Massacre. Likewise, the De La Salle Brothers of the Philippines last 2005 called for the resignation of former President Gloria Arroyo over alleged poll fraud in the 2004 Presidential elections, accompanied by demands from Lasallian crowds.…