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Manila health permit dispute sparks surge of fake accounts defending Lacuna

One of the most contentious issues under Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna’s administration, as she seeks a second term, is the health certificate controversy, which...

FACT-CHECK: Senatorial bet’s claim that ‘West Philippine Sea’ a mere creation

GEOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE AND VARIOUS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA IS PART OF THE PHILIPPINE TERRITORY, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE 2016...

What can PH expect under a second Trump presidency?

POLITICAL observers warn that US President Donald Trump’s massive crackdown on immigrants could affect Filipinos staying illegally in the United States, but the Philippines’s...

BARMM groups call for parliamentary elections to proceed as scheduled

Local groups in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have urged the government to proceed with the region’s parliamentary elections on May...

Building age confronts UST efforts for PWD-friendly campus

This is the second of the Varsitarian’s two-part special report looking into the accessibility of the UST campus for persons with disability. Read the first...

Steep ramps, inaccessible CRs: Navigating UST campus a challenge for PWDs

ADAM Bolante, a communication student paralyzed from neck to foot, longs for the day when security guards at the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. (BGPOP)...

Why the PH remains handcuffed in regulating election disinformation on social media, political dynasties

GRANTING the Commission on Elections (Comelec) broader authority to regulate social media in the fight against disinformation is fraught with complex constitutional issues, the...

Filipinos remain divided over legalization of divorce

FILIPINOS continue to be divided over proposals to legalize divorce, but support for the measure is strongest in cases where violence is involved, survey...

Amid misleading Martial Law textbooks, historians advocate for critical thinking, source-based teaching

In 2022, the Far Eastern University (FEU) Policy Center identified textbooks containing inaccurate, incomplete, and decontextualized information about Philippine history. An entire chapter was...

Do taxpayers really need to spend P10M for Sara Duterte’s children’s book?

AUTHORS from UST have expressed skepticism regarding Vice President Sara Duterte’s children's book, “Isang Kaibigan,” highlighting concerns over its proposed P10 million budget, lack...

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Students cry foul over music tribunal verdict

A HARMLESS prank or “terrorizing” to the extreme?

For pointing an unloaded gun to students during a summer music camp last year, the conductor of the UST Symphony Orchestra has been “de-loaded,” and will get a smaller number of teaching units starting June.

The complainants – three Music seniors – however, are crying foul because the original sanction imposed by the faculty council of the Conservatory of Music on Prof. Herminigildo Ranera was suspension, and have appealed to the Rector to restore the earlier decision.

In a letter to Vice Rector Fr. Clarence Marquez, O.P., last February 5, members of the faculty council led by Dean Raul Sunico and Regent Fr. Jose Ma. Tinoko, O.P. said they had decided to resolve the case by “rescinding our initial recommendation for suspension and instead impose the sanctions of deloading which will take effect during the First Semester of Academic Year 2008-2009.”

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