Taft Ave. is no stranger to dangerous activity. Reports of crimes such as theft and kidnapping scares have been on the upsurge, with students and parents alike at the forefront of those who face leading concerns. Enter the Task Force Safe School (TFSS) program. Almost 19 years since its conception, the task force was envisioned…
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Prompt response in the event of any disaster is critical in saving life and property in the epicenter of a tragedy. The unforeseen eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas earlier in January took local government units by surprise, impeding efforts to aid refugees and evacuees. Amid sluggish official response, a number of organizations swooped in…
Committing to provide access to inclusive and culture-based education for every indigenous learner in the country, then Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Br. Armin Luistro FSC implemented in 2015 the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) Education Program by enhancing the learning modules of public schools. DepEd has released an education policy framework for IPs aimed at making…
Tuition fee increases (TFI) perhaps count among the University policies that are commonly criticized by students, but DLSU itself is no stranger to swelling education expenses. For Academic Year (AY) 2020-2021, students will see a four percent TFI in DLSU. The increase, approved by different University sectors, was cemented in a Memorandum of Agreement signing…
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…
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Reviewing DLSU’s online systems
Information Technology Services (ITS) Director Allan Borra admitted in an interview with The LaSallian last December that Animo.sys and My.LaSalle (MLS), mainstays of the University’s online systems, have already “outlived [their] design.” Obsolescence The home-grown MLS, which went live for the first time in 2003, served as the earliest online enrollment platform for DLSU students.…
Though they are leaders sworn to “help foster the physical, intellectual, moral, cultural, civic, spiritual and political interests” of the Lasallian student body, the University Student Government (USG) is not without its fair share of controversy. Cases of gross negligence are just some of the issues that have plagued the “sole, unified, autonomous, and democratic”…
The relationship between the Philippines and the United States (US) has historically been considered one of America’s strongest bilateral ties in the world. Some 78 percent of Filipinos still view the US in a positive light, a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found in 2017. But this relationship is under threat as Filipino…
In the heat of the Miting de Avance (MDA) last November 22 for the 2019 Special Elections (SE), familiar faces stood among a crowd clad in red and yellow: elected University Student Government (USG) officials were cheering on the sidelines, supporting candidates running under their once home parties. Members of the USG’s Executive Board (EB)…
At the start of Academic Year (AY) 2018-2019, students from the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) saw the addition of 12 new units to their flowcharts following the insertion of minor courses in the new curriculum, previously dubbed RevEd. To promote interdisciplinary learning, the minors program currently requires ID 118 and 119 students from CLA…