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Alhex Adrea M. Peralta
Dictatorship—Duterte’s ‘wish ko lang’
IT IS truly ironic that the Philippines is celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the People Power Revolution in which Filipinos toppled the corrupt and...
In a state of fear
FEAR came, not change.
If there were anything obvious in this regime of President Rodrigo Duterte, that change would be from bad to worse.
A survey...
Shameless mockery of campus democracy
IT TOOK only several petitions and four votes to completely overturn the April Central Student Council (CSC) election results — much to the dismay...
UST bags 4th School of the Year title in prestigious Quill Awards
THE UNIVERSITY was named "School of the Year" for the fourth straight year in the prestigious Philippine Student Quill Awards, which recognizes outstanding communication-related...
UST posts 73-percent passing rate in March 2017 mech eng’g exams
THE UNIVERSITY registered a 72.73-perent passing rate in the March 2017 mechanical engineering board exams, results from the Professional Regulation Commission showed.
Eight Thomasians made...
No to Nickelodeon park in Palawan
It was almost a year ago since I last set foot in Palawan. Like every other tourist who has been a witness to its indubitable...
SWDB under fire for alleged ‘victim-blaming’
Updated Jan. 30, 2017; 11:45 p.m. - THE STUDENT Welfare and Development Board (SWDB) has drawn flak on social media for supposedly “victim-blaming” a...
Promotion of indigenous education
DESPITE the government’s efforts to uplift the status of indigenous people (IP), cultural communities in the country continue to be deprived of basic human...
‘V’ Twitter account cited in 2016 Catholic Social Media Awards
Nov. 21 2016, 12:18 a.m. - THE VARSITARIAN, the 88-year-old official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas, has been cited for helping...
Gamit at abuso ng ‘citizen journalism’
KAAKIBAT ng pagyabong ng iba’t ibang social media outlets ay ang pag-usbong ng samo’t saring plataporma ng pamamahayag. Maraming ordinaryong mamamayan ang nagkaroon ng kani-kaniyang blogs, podcasts, websites, channels sa Youtube o mga pahina sa Facebook na nagsisilbing daan para sa pagpapakalat ng mga balita. Ang dating pawang mga konsyumer lamang ng balita ay siyang mga lumilikha na rin nito ngayon.
