Recently, my friends and I have been night biking twice a week as an attempt to be fit. One night, we rode around an area that we don’t visit often. The trip there was similar to our previous ones, except for one thing. Even though we didn’t pass by a lot of people, we still…
The DLSU Green Spikers dropped their Spikers’ Turf season opener to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in a gruelling four-set match, 25-15, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, earlier today at the San Juan Arena. The Taft-based squad was led by Arjay Onia and team captain Raymark Woo with 19 and 15 points, respectively. On the other hand, Ateneo’s…
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The LaSallian’s Summer Series: Movies
The current Lasallian summer break is unlike anything the University’s students have ever seen before: roughly four months of unbridled freedom, at least for those who have opted not to take Special Term. This newfound sense of liberty, of course, will be spent in different strokes by different folks. For some people, though, there is…
After a fourth place finish in the recently held Philippine National Games, the DLSU Green Spikers are raring for more volleyball action before the start of UAAP Season 78 as they take part in the newly founded Spikers’ Turf tournament. Last year, Sports Vision Management Group, Inc., the organizers of the Shakey’s V-League tournament, introduced…
The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is an illness that infects the respiratory system and is caused by a coronavirus of the same name (MERS-CoV). Its first case was reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Last July 6, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the second MERS case in the Philippines, after a 36-year-old foreigner who came from…
The preseason has given a majority of the DLSU athletes a boost with just a couple of months left before the opening of UAAP Season 78. With the conclusion of the recent Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the FilOil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup, preparations for one of the biggest college tournaments in the country…
TALON PIKIT – A newly elected official, Magtanggol Liberacion, was found dead at a dumpsite early this morning. According to the authorities, multiple stabs were found to be the cause of death. Until now, the killer has not yet been identified. Rumors escalating around the town point to the previous mayor who filed for an…
The Philippines has always had a rich and colorful tradition of shoemaking. Boasting true to life tales of Imeldific handcrafted shoe collections in the thousands, it’s a practice that has found its spiritual capital in the northeast side of the metro, Marikina City. With the city hogging a whopping 70 percent of the country’s overall…
Better be ready. Based on a 2004 Metropolitan Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS), it has been over 357 years since the West Valley Fault shifted and shook Metro Manila in 1658. The study posits that the fault line moves every 400 to 600 years — which implies that the city is already due for another earthquake…
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The evolution of running
Track shorts, check. Running shoes, check. Singlets, check. When it comes to running marathons, options are, more or less, endless. With the different kinds of marathons available today, you can be sure that there’s bound to be one that’s right for you. Whether it’s a 3k fun run sponsored by an organization to serve a…