Category: News

World Day Against Human Trafficking: Why This Day Matters

USUALLY described as “modern-day slavery,” human trafficking has existed since the 1500s, a period known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Currently, insufficient responses to justice have been acquired. Last July 30, the world recognized the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, with the United Nations (UN) initiating the Blue Heart Campaign as a movement to raise awareness on this matter.

SBAM Celebrates Milestones Ahead Leadership Transition

“WE saw the distinctiveness of the school continuing in its second year,” Atty. Juan Ruffo Chong, former Dean of the School of Business, Accountancy, and Management (SBAM), said in an interview with THE BEDAN HERALD. As the next academic year approaches, the Dean of SBAM and its co-curricular organizations reflect on the collective achievements and challenges faced by the school.

Iran-Israel tensions remain despite talks of “total ceasefire”

DESPITE the “complete” truce mediated by US President Donald J. Trump between the hostilities of Israel and Iran, which posits halting all forms of military operations, unprecedented attacks from both parties continued hours after, violating the ceasefire agreement. President Trump still claims that the ceasefire is holding, but official peace talks between the two parties have yet to take place.