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UAAP: Green Booters fall to FEU, slide to 4th place

Needing a win to seal a Final Four berth, the DLSU Green Booters came out aggressive against the FEU Tamaraws and even scored the first goal of the match. However, they would fall to the league-leading Tamaraws, 2-1, with the loss allowing UST to overtake them for third place in the standings. On the other…

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UAAP: Green Batters rout UP, secure finals berth

​The DLSU Green Batters held on and survived a late rally to beat the UP Fighting Maroons, 14-11, this Sunday, February 2 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Diamond. This win helps maintain La Salle’s place at the top of the standings with a 7-1 win-loss record and it also secures their entry into the best-of-three finals series with two…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers overpower UP to earn twice-to-beat advantage

The DLSU Lady Spikers went back to their dominant winning ways after sweeping the UP Lady Maroons, 25-15, 25-23, 25-12, earlier today at the Arena in San Juan. The victory was the Lady Spikers’ 11th straight win of the season and it secured them a twice-to-beat advantage in the Final Four. Ara Galang was the…

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UAAP: Green Batters fall to NU, lose undefeated slate

The DLSU Green Batters fell to the NU Bulldogs at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Diamond last January 30 with a score of 4-2. This was the first loss of the team this season and they currently sport a 6-1 record which still puts them atop the UAAP 76 standings. The Bulldogs started the scoring with…

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UAAP: Lady Spikers survive against feisty FEU

After winning their first nine games of UAAP Season 76 in straight sets, the DLSU Lady Spikers dropped their first set of the season but escaped the FEU Lady Tamaraws in four sets, 25-11, 23-25, 25-20, 25-10 last January 29 at the San Juan Arena. Setter Kim Fajardo was hailed the player of the game…

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Rant and Rave: 10,000 Hours

There are no bone-cutting and gut-wrenching scenes in 10,000 Hours unlike the ones with James Franco in 127 Hours – just cut scenes that were pieced together, seeming misfit, possibly simply brewing confusion in the psyches of the dazed viewers. The movie title speaks for the overall viewing experience of the film; it did feel…

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Rant and Rave: My Little Bossings

Tired of the fantasy-ridden franchise Enteng Kabisote, moviegoers sighed with relief as they found out that the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival would not include any entries from the said franchise. Instead, “Bossing” Vic Sotto and his “dabarkads” from Octoarts Films and M-Zet Productions decided to change the format of their comedy and make it…

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Rant and Rave: Kimmy Dora— Ang Kiyemeng Prequel

During the holidays you’re happy, you have more hope that the next year would be nicer to you and nothing else gets to you except for hamonado and that feeling of unyielding jovial or “good vibes” that naturally pops up the most during this season. So there’s probably nothing wrong with spending a thousand or…

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25 Cents’ Worth: A letter to my fellow graduates

“So, ano na plano mo after graduation?” asked my grandpa across the dinner table, and immediately the room turned to listen to a confident answer as to what brilliant plans their eventual graduate had for that “bright” future. Like clockwork, from all those times this question had been presented to me, I mutter with a…

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Fearless Forecast: Modernong Pamilya

Since time immemorial (or at least during the 80s), Filipino networks have started to import shows from different countries. Most shows imported were anime from Japan, but a couple of shows like MacGyver and Charlie’s Angels were also imported from the United States, providing Filipinos variety in terms of programming and content. Fast forward to…