Category: Opinion

For giving & getting

Filipinos remain haunted by a regime that stripped the nation of its rights, with impunity persisting even as the fight for justice stretches across decades.

We played the game

The protests may cloud the narrative, but the scoreboard remains clear: DLSU won, 80-77.

I can’t feel it

Did you hear? That the controversial vigilantes are now being organized in Metro Manila. This development came in the wake of the sudden rash of killings of police and military men, purportedly a handiwork of the elusive NPA Sparrows. The murder of Capt. Eduardo Mediavillo seemed to have broken the proverbial camel’s back as the […]

The Worst Crime

Alicia Alegria, former Editor in Chief of The LaSallian, reflects on the Marcos dictatorship’s most insidious legacy—the destruction of our moral fabric for good governance.

Activism: Catalyst of Change

ibon mang may layang lumipad kulungin mo at pumipiglas bayan pa kayang sakdal dilag ang di magnasang makaalpas The Filipino youth is one of the staunchest and most audacious components of the nation. For indeed, youth’s idealism is the soul and conscience of the Filipino people. Students are the conductors of public sentiment, and as […]

Poisonous weed or fragrant flower

There are some people that spread the evil propaganda that the La Sallian is a poisonous weed and it ought to be uprooted if not destroyed. Among other things, they say the La Sallian is “radical”, “malicious”, “negative”, and “Communistic”. And their sense of propriety is offended. Those who uphold this view say that the […]

What, Me Worry?

La Sallites must confront the harsh realities outside of the University, shedding their “society-boy” image so they can be ready for the challenges ahead.