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Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers: DLSU Football’s Palacios, Castaneda lead Philippine National Team

Veteran Inna Palacios and sophomore Sara Castaneda will suit up anew for the Philippine Women’s National Football Team, also known as the Malditas. The pair will also be joined by Cristine Duran, Irish Navaja, and Nina Arrieta. “I feel blessed and excited being called up for the team, especially that a couple of us are…

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UAAP: Fighting Maroons take 2-1 victory over DLSU Men’s Football

The DLSU Men’s Football Team fell to the UP Maroons, 2-1, at the Rizal Memorial  Stadium last April 2. Jeremiah Borlongan scored the first goal of the game at the 16th minute off a deflection, while King Miyagi at the 62’ mark provided the second. Meanwhile, after being awarded a penalty kick at the 22nd…

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Shaping the Lady Spikers for the long run

Despite not utilizing Kim Kianna Dy, who tweaked her ankle versus the UST Golden Tigresses, the DLSU Lady Spikers clinched their sixth consecutive victory at the expense of the AdU Lady Falcons, 25-13, 25-14, 25-16, last April 1 in the Mall of Asia Arena. MaJoy Baron led the way for the Lasallians with 13 points…

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Paraiso

  Cities are overcrowded. Vehicles pile up on narrow streets and squelch thick black smoke into the air. Close proximities limit personal space and hygiene, and allow viruses to fester. With so little space to settle, people resort to living in places unfit for residency, tainting rivers dark, and littering our streets with poverty. These…

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What happened to Philippine Football since its revival?

I remember spending a Saturday night back home in 2010, relaxing from all of the hustle and bustle of life by kicking back in the living room of my house and just watching TV. As I flipped through the channels, something on Balls Channel (which has since been dissolved) immediately caught my eye: highlights of…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers sweep AdU to extend win streak to six

The DLSU Lady Spikers bucked a slow start to sweep the AdU Lady Falcons, 25-13, 25-14, 25-16, earlier today in the UAAP Season 79 Women’s Volleyball Tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena. With the win, DLSU moves up to first place in the team standings at 11-2. Libero Dawn Macandili was named the Player…

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UAAP: Green Spikers bow to ADMU in straight sets, drop out of Final Four race

The DLSU Green Spikers fell out of the Final Four race after being defeated by the ADMU Blue Eagles in a straight-set match, 25-22, 25-20, 25-21, earlier at the Mall of Asia Arena. With the loss, La Salle now holds a 4-9 win-loss standing. Marck Espejo led all scorers as he put in 15 points…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers aim for six wins in a row versus AdU

With two games left in their schedule, the DLSU Lady Spikers continue to ramp up their preparations for the crucial stages of their title defense. Tomorrow, the Lady Spikers will look to extend their perfect second-round run against the winless AdU Soaring Falcons. Having already secured the twice-to-beat advantage with a victory in their last…

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Every Girl Can: Traversing the terrains of Filipina feminism

The definition of feminism varies from context to context–what is empowering for one woman may not be for another–that the way then to make sense of feminism as a movement is to accept that, at its periphery, it changes form and shape depending on the type of women that we are magnifying. In the Philippines,…

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UAAP: DLSU Men’s Football gets back to winning ways, trounces NU, 1-0

The DLSU Men’s Football team prevailed over the NU Bulldogs to remain undefeated in the second round of the UAAP Season 79 Men’s Football Tournament yesterday at the Moro Lorenzo field in Ateneo. Nace Gonzales provided the winning goal for the Lasallians with a spectacular finish coming from a cross from Marcus Garcia during the…