As of May 31, the contract of DLSU’s security provider for eight years, Right 8 Security Agency, had expired, transferring the responsibility of campus security to Aglipay Security Inc., as a result of the bidding process held by the Procurement Office. The directive for bidding came from the administration as early as last academic year,…
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Br. Ricky, new President of DLSU
Following his term as President of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) and two years after his short stint as Chancellor of DLSU, Br. Ricky Laguda will officially take the post of President on June 16, 2012. Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees announced his appointment as the new President, amid Br. Jun Erguiza’s departure…
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Strengthening the country’s defense
In reaction to the assertive behavior of China in recent months, the Philippines is building up its defense through an effort to acquire relatively new military hardware. Last April, Philippine naval warship BRP Gregorio del Pilar intercepted eight Chinese sea vessels within the vicinity of Scarborough Shoal. In response, China deployed its own surveillance ships…
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Looking Back: The Centennial President
Br. Jun Erguiza FSC was thrust into his position, after Br. Armin Luistro FSC was appointed as President Aquino’s Secretary of the Department of Education. With Br. Jun, the Centennial President, transferring the presidency to Br. Ricky Laguda on the 15th of June, The LaSallian interviews the man accountable for the University’s fate during its…
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The issues in running MyLaSalle
Lasallians who attempted to access their My.Lasalle (MLS) accounts during the summer for enrollment would have found the experience, once again, inconvenient and frustrating, due to the MLS system’s seemingly constant incapacity to consistently accommodate student needs. Then as now, this has also been the case with the online reservation for adjustment passes for the…
After just one year of the implementation of the Rationalized Classroom Utilization (RCU) program, the University had decided to revert to the old four-day class schedule. In light of the shift from the alternative scheduling scheme, the administration will instead employ a focus on risk reduction and management. Dr. Corazon C. Subido, Director for the…
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Built to last
On December 2, 2010, DLSU formally started the construction of the Henry Sy Sr. Hall, now referred to as the Centennial Building. The building is the centerpiece of the University’s Centennial Renewal Plan, a long-term project that will construct, or rather, renovate the different academic facilities in campus. Moreover, the building will address the perennial…
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Agree to disagree
“I am a Lasallian, and I am damn proud of it,” says a student leader who knows that his education is a privilege. “I will miss you Kuya and Ate,” says a student, informed about the security agency change in DLSU. And, “I attended your CEO’s talk,” says a responsible and competent student to a…
Kenichiro Yagi had long windswept hair, a lean-jawed face and cold, black eyes. He spoke simply and was straight to the point, even if I understood him only through a translator. Yagi is Japanese, and when I think of Japan, I remember Yagi. Yagi used to run an Internet-based fish market in Ofunato City, a…
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Scarborough: Battling over rocks
As the eyes of the nation were fixed on the Corona saga, a US nuclear submarine quietly made its way to Subic Bay in April. Another threat to the nation’s ‘executive power’? Claimed linked to the Scarborough standoff, the Left argues the United States is exploiting the situation to regain political clout in the area…