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Arianne Aine D. Suarez

Arianne Aine D. Suarez

Growth and fulfillment in the ‘V’

GROWING does not happen overnight. Before the Varsitarian, I had been the sort of person who found comfort in routines. I had always played things...

China’s satrap is illegal workers’ best friend

IN A PDP-Laban rally last February, President Rodrigo Duterte said Chinese nationals should be allowed to work in the country following the influx of...

Wishy-washy CSC to doom Students’ Code?

AFTER 19 long years of lobbying for the Students’ Code, student leaders finally showed progress last October amid what seemed like a never-ending process.  Apparently,...

Mapanganib na information campaign

WALANG humpay ang pagpapahiya ni Mocha Uson, katuwang na kalihim ng Presidential Communications Operations Office, sa kaniyang sarili at sa mga taong nagtitiwala sa...

Tax reform doesn’t justify tuition hikes, experts say

THE Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Law should not be used by private schools to hike tuition because it does not directly...

Sangguniang Kabataan polls held; relevance still in question

WITH the resumption of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) in the Barangay elections this year after years of postponements, experts and stakeholders cast doubts on the...

Charter revisions to be turned over to new leaders

DESPITE efforts to pass the Students’ Code and revise the University Students Election Code (USEC) and the Central Student Council (CSC) Constitution this academic...

Former solicitor general warns vs dangers of charter change

A FORMER solicitor general urged Filipinos to be wary of “selfish” political schemes of the Duterte administration before agreeing to amend the 1987 Constitution. Former...

De Lima: ‘As long as the President is in Malacañang…I think I will remain...

AFTER a year in detention, Sen. Leila de Lima has grown certain that she would not be released anytime soon, as long as President...

Private hospitals defend cash policy

THE PRIVATE Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAP) has defended the “cash-basis policy” of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital’s (USTH) clinical division, following...