Despite being touted as an agricultural country, the Philippines has continually struggled with achieving rice self-sufficiency for decades. Between 1986 to 2016, the country was only able to attain rice self-sufficiency for three years. More recently, a sharp surge in rice prices in 2018, due to an allegedly artificial rice shortage, limited Filipinos’ access to…
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…
“Are our students overworked?” This was Vice Chancellor for Academics Dr. Robert Roleda’s question in a town hall meeting held last December 13 at the William Shaw Little Theater. On the agenda were addressing academic concerns from students, including the University’s minors program and U Break, and outlining new academic proposals—in particular, the adoption of…
The University Student Government’s (USG) Legislative Assembly (LA) celebrated a historic feat last December 6, as they held their first-ever session at the Laguna Campus. The LA representatives gathered to deliberate on a series of proposals on the legislative process and regulations for the assembly’s internal governance. LA in Laguna Chief Legislator Willem de Castro…
The frosh have decided—and they chose blue and yellow. Santugon sa Tawag ng Panahon (Santugon) took the majority of the ID 119 seats in Special Elections (SE) 2019, sweeping 15 of the 21 positions up for grabs. Alyansang Tapat sa Lasallista (Tapat), on the other hand, won the remaining six, namely all the positions in…
The Philippine Astronomical Society, Inc., in partnership with the Physics Society of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), held a set of lectures titled Exoplanets: The Physics and Biochemistry of Searching for the Next Earth at the Claro M. Recto Hall in PUP last November 16. The event featured advancements in the fields of…
Elegant, lively, and captivating—these were three succinct words to describe the De La Salle Innersoul performance on display during Tatak Lasalyano: A Fundraising Concert, held last November 29 at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium, located at the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall. The show featured melodies composed by Lasallian alumni, such as Ogie Alcasid, Gary Valenciano,…
ASPIRE: Lasallian Youth Congress, a youth forum that encouraged members of the Lasallian community to initiate social impact, kicked off last November 21. The multi-day event was attended by participants from De La Salle University-Manila, De La Salle Lipa, and La Salle University Ozamiz, who pitched solutions on local community issues such as sustainability, unemployment,…
Annually since 1988, all United Nations member states—including the Philippines—commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1. The initiative, started by the World Health Organization, aims to shed light on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which have claimed the lives of 30 to 41 million people worldwide. This year’s theme…
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DIPO, DITO debut first Laguna DITECH
The DLSU Innovation and Technology (DITECH) Fair’s seventh iteration was held last November 20 to 21 at the Richard L. Lee Engineering and Technology Block in the Laguna Campus. With the theme Innovation Next: DITECH@Laguna, the event marked its first iteration at said campus—symbolized by the ceremonial ribbon cutting by University Chancellor Br. Bernard Oca…