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Team of the Year: DLSU Women’s Football soars to greater heights

A coherent team with unshakable determination and a relentless pursuit. These were invaluable aspects displayed by the DLSU Women’s Football Team in its undefeated run to the UAAP Season 79 title. After falling against the UP Lady Maroons and clinching the first runner-up in 2016, the Lasallians remained confident and were fueled by their setback.…

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SEG and NEDA hold open forum in line with DLSU Ambisyon 2017

The School of Economics Government (SEG), in partnership with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) held an open forum last June 17 in line with the competition entitled “Ambisyon: An Innovation Case Challenge for a Better Philippines” or “DLSU Ambisyon 2017”. The two guest speakers were DLSU alumnus Gregg Tolentino and former Department of…

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Male Athlete of the Year: Ben Mbala takes mayhem to the next level

One of the highlights of Season 79 was the introduction of head coach Aldin Ayo’s “mayhem” system to the UAAP. The Green Archers exemplified grit and grind, game in and game out, fulfilling the system their new coach brought about.  They displayed great effort on both offense and defense, which ultimately brought La Salle its…

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Response on Behalf of the Graduates – June 17, 2017, Morning

The following is the transcript of the Response on Behalf of the Graduates, delivered by Karenza Mae Rivera (MGT, ’17) during the morning of the 179th Commencement Exercises, held at the Philippine International Convention Center last June 17th: “Warmest greetings to our esteemed University President and Chancellor, Executive Vice Presidents, Chairperson of the Board of…

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FilOil: La Salle advances, downs CSJL, 93-77

The DLSU Green Archers bested the CSJL Knights, 93-77, behind 45 points and 17 rebounds from Ben Mbala. Ricci Rivero added 17 points in the winning effort, while Jerrick Balanza tallied 22 points for Letran in the loss. After the game, Aldin Ayo emphasized the importance of his team’s unselfish play in a win that…

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PRESS RELEASE: Race Manila 2017: Relive the Revolution

Race Manila is one of the highlights of De La Salle University – Manila’s University Vision-Mission week. It is an “amazing race” styled competition organized by students which spans the most historic city in our nation and authentic aspects of modern Pinoy culture.   In line with the theme of DLSU’s Vision-Mission week this year,…

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FilOil: La Salle falls to ADMU, 80-78, absorbs third loss in seven games

The DLSU Green Archers fell to the ADMU Blue Eagles earlier today, 80-78, and now hold a 4-3 win-loss card in the FilOil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup. Ben Mbala finished with 23 points and nine rebounds for La Salle while Aljun Melecio recorded 20 points on 38 percent three-point shooting and grabbed five rebounds.…

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Civil liberties and democracy open forum highlights millennials’ role in the political landscape

Last June 8, De La Salle Philippines held “Gathering of Hope: An Open Forum on Civil Liberties and Democracy” at the 20th floor Multipurpose Hall of the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall. The forum highlighted the current administration’s recent declaration of martial law in Marawi City, campaign against drugs, and phenomenon of “Dutertismo”, among several others.…

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PRESS RELEASE: DLSU Job Expo June 2017: Spark Connections

In line with its mission to provide job placement services to the Lasallian community, the Office of Counseling and Career Services (OCCS) – Career Services Unit will conduct the biannual DLSU Job Expo with the theme “Spark Connections” at the Corazon Aquino Democratic Space, Henry Sy, Sr. Hall from June 19 to 23. This year’s…

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FilOil: La Salle grabs fourth win against gritty Red Warriors

  It was a tight match between the DLSU Green Archers and the UE Red Warriors as both teams fought hard until the dying seconds of the game, with La Salle edging out UE in the end, 77-71. Justine Baltazar led La Salle in scoring with 15 points and three blocks. Meanwhile Santi Santillan recorded…