After the dismal turnout of this year’s University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE), the Legislative Assembly (LA) has decided to approve a resolution that calls for another round of elections in a session conducted last March 27. As stated in the resolution, Special Elections will be held to fill the vacant seats in the…
Author: Frank Santiago
Only 35.9 percent of the undergraduate population or 5,689 students voted in this year’s University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE), according to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) after what was arguably one of the most controversial elections in recent history. Despite calling for a two-day extension in the voting period, only a dismal 519…
After five months of waiting, the results are in. Twenty-six out of the 46 De La Salle University – College of Law (DLSU-COL) pioneers passed the 2014 Bar Exams. DLSU-COL Dean Jose Diokno shared in an October 2014 interview that he wishes to see the first batch of graduates garner a passing rate comparable to…
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Taking the offensive against offenses
“The current offenses we’ve recorded are not as many as before… I guess many students have learned to take responsibility of their actions.” This was Student Discipline Formation Office (SDFO) Discipline Enforcement Section Head Ronald Encabo’s reply in Filipino when asked about the recent trends in offenses. In the previous academic year, the top minor…
Students were met with confusion earlier this month when a petition began making rounds in social media asking for the retention of DLSU’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Although no formal announcement from the administration has yet been made, the said program will be suspended in AY 2015-2016 for both the DLSU-Manila and DLSU-CSB campuses.…
The University Student Government (USG) released the balances of its different units last March 14. Originally carried out in compliance of a Legislative Assembly (LA) resolution which called for the establishment of an Appropriations Fund System (AFS), the alleged untimely posting of the balances has received massive backlash online, calling into question both the…
The University Student Government’s (USG) Judiciary branch denied both petitions filed by Santugon sa Tawag ng Panahon (Santugon) requesting for preliminary injunction and certiorari in a statement released last March 13. In their separate decisions, the Judiciary rejected the request for preliminary injunction, citing that the petition holds no merit as the Commission on Elections…
This year’s Miting de Avance for the University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE) last March 13 was different from the years prior, with only Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista (Tapat) and four independent candidates laying out their platforms and plans to the student body. In the day prior, candidates of Santugon sa Tawag ng Panahon…
After much controversy surrounding the University Student Government (USG) General Elections (GE), the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has decided to disqualify all ineligible candidates in an official statement released online last March 12. This came after the commission decided to strictly adhere to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and no longer accept candidates who violated any…
The University Student Government’s (USG) Judiciary branch denied the petition filing for the imposition of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the USG General Elections (GE) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in a decision released last March 10. Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Tapat) President Robbie Arcadio and Vice President for External Affairs Anjho Cruz originally pushed…