The Legislative Assembly (LA) convened for its weekly session today, February 21, to reopen the discussion regarding the amendments to the University Student Government (USG) Constitution. Today’s session revolved solely on clarifying the power, duties, and responsibilities of the top three officials of the Executive Board (EB), namely the President, Vice President for Internal Affairs,…
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USG activities which incur expenses and generate revenues are now subjected to standard audit practices, given the reinstatement of the Commission on Audit this year. After being brought to life this academic year, the Commission on Audit (COA) has started its audit of University Student Government finances, with five units set to be sanctioned…
At exactly 1:45 in the afternoon, a galvanized iron pipe from the on-going construction site of W.H. Taft Residences pierced through the roof of the Velasco covered walk. “The pipe came from the [construction site of] W.H. Taft Residences, and hit a certain portion of the Velasco [covered walk],” says John Abkilan, the security guard…
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LAs discuss SB 1761, VPs in amendments
The Legislative Assembly (LA) held another session today, February 14, following last week’s session where discussion regarding the proposed amendments to the University Student Government (USG) Constitution was concluded. Today’s session began with Tristan Felipe of BLAZE2016 and Arianna Salazar of EDGE2013 explaining Resolution 2013-47 which focuses on the proposed LA manifesto on Senate Bill…
The top 10 Philippine universities in terms of web impact, presence, openness and excellence, according to the 2014 Webometrics. DLSU stands at 2nd place among Philippine universities in terms of web rankings, according to the Spanish National Research Council’s Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2014, released February 11, GMT +1. It fell short of UP-Diliman…
The DLSU Eco Car Team’s entry in the UrbanConcept Battery Electric category of the Asian leg of the Shell Eco-marathon maintained its lead and ended the race at 2nd place. The car, named Archer, bested 14 other cars fielded in the category. The Archer posted a 66.38 km/kWh record. The entry of team ITERBO3 from…
The USG Judiciary held a formal impeachment hearing today, January 17, at the Yuchengco Building Room 607 to process the complaint against a batch government officer on charges of gross negligence of duty.
Beginning the third term of AY 2013-2014, the University has developed a new scheme to generate support for its activities—the sale of tambayan spots around campus.
In line with the University’s goal to develop world-class facilities for its students, constructions and renovations will be on full-scale this year with progress in the Campus Renewal Plan in the Manila campus, and with the development of two new research centers in the DLSU Science and Technology Center (STC). STC research centers Two…
The Student Affairs office may be planning stricter measures to regulate the room-to-room (RTR) advertising of student organizations, especially those that were not officially authorized or approved. The discussion in the Student Leadership, Innovation, Formation and Empowerment (S-LIFE) office has even reached the level of students and administration proposing a banning of unauthorized RTRs to…