AMID student protests, death threats, and a university no-confidence vote, New York state prosecutors have stepped in to reopen a criminal case against seven Cornell University students accused of drugging and gang-raping an underage girl in 2024. The state intervention…
THE Office of Student Affairs (OSA) held a meeting on Brand guidelines and organizational updates, bringing together student leaders from the independent, co-curricular, and extra-curricular organizations of the College last Oct. 9.
SITUATED in Barangay Kimos of Siay Town and Barangay Tandiong Muslin of Alicia Town, Zambuanga Sibugay, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Intelligence Division and Mindanao unit, together with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Armed Forces of the Philippines…
IN a country attuned to signals of storms and stories of survival, resilience has become woven into the Filipino narrative. Yet, one of the Philippines' most overlooked truths is its natural wealth. The country's natural endowments are increasingly under threat.…
A dream is common enough, but a wish is a rarity on its own. It is born in a split second of desperation, formed through a whispered plea blown over melting birthday candles, a quick search through a patch of…
BEHIND courtroom walls, battles over truth and accountability unfold. As legal proceedings expose the tensions within the country’s political system, ordinary Filipinos are left to grapple with uncertainty. In moments when institutions, circumstances, and even certainty seem difficult to rely…
THE San Beda College Alabang Women’s Futsal Team (SBCAWFT) scored a decisive 9-0 victory over Assumption College (AC) at St. Paul College Pasig last Sept. 27, earning their first win in the senior’s futsal match of the Women's National Collegiate…
THE Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) opened its 57th Season at the Makati Coliseum on Sept. 5, with 18 member schools set to compete under the theme “Rise. Shine. Anywhere.” Hosted by the University of Makati (UMak), the season…
LAST Sept. 2, the Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) officially opened the road to its 57th season with a press conference at the University of Makati (UMAK) Auditorium, which was also streamed live on Facebook. The event centered on…
“THE State shall promote a just and dynamic social order…” is a promise written in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. But for many Filipinos today, that promise feels distant every time the monthly electricity bill arrives.
FORTY years have passed since millions of Filipinos filled the streets in a peaceful uprising that would forever change the nation’s course. Yet the shadows of the past remain deeply rooted in the national consciousness. The Philippines endured one of…
As a country part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Philippines is not new to annual visits of Low Pressure Areas (LPAs), typhoons, storm surges, and sometimes even super typhoons. On average, Filipinos experience 20 tropical cyclones entering the…
Even when I pushed myself to the very limits, it was only a temporary remedy. It was never the cure I needed.
A government genuinely invested in resilience would act before the storm, not after. What we get instead can look like short-term responses presented as long-term solutions, accompanied by speeches about Filipino resilience that risk turning public frustration into pride before…
The cruelest part is not that love is inherently expensive, but that an economy built around scarcity can make ordinary people feel as though they cannot afford to love at all.
