Tag: Jerome P. Villanueva

DESPITE being the country’s biggest music school in terms of student population and a government-designated Center of Excellence (COE) since 1999, the Conservatory of Music is suffering from lack of facilities and equipment.

Music Dean Raul Sunico said he has yet to solve the classroom shortage 12 years after assuming his post. “We don’t have our own building, we’re just begging for classrooms [from the College of Education] year after year. There are no rooms for the students so they practice in hallways and even hold classes there,” Sunico said in an interview.

SCHOOL paper editors and writers are again calling for changes to the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 to ensure that freedom of the press is upheld on campus.

The 23-year-old Campus Journalism Act has been used to suppress, instead of protect, the rights of campus journalists, College Editors Guild of the Philippines President Marc Lino Abila said before the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education (CHTE) headed by Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo last Oct. 22.

“The Campus Journalism Act of 1991, which [should be protecting] press freedom at the campus level, has serious flaws that jeopardize  campus press freedom,” Abila said.

Oct. 24, 2014, 11:09 a.m. - School paper editors and writers on Wednesday called for changes to the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 to ensure that freedom of the press is upheld on campus.

The 23-year-old Campus Journalism Act has been used to suppress, instead of protect, the rights of campus journalists, College Editors Guild of the Philippines President Marc Lino Abila said before the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education (CHTE) headed by Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo last Oct. 22.

Relentless rains caused by Tropical Storm “Mario” brought heavy flooding to UST and nearby areas, shutting down the campus and claiming the life of a second-year Medicine student.

Floodwaters--reaching up to chest-deep at Singian Drive in front of St. Martin de Porres Building which houses the College of Nursing, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery--forced the University administration to suspend classes on Friday (Sept. 19) and Saturday (Sept. 20).

23 Agosto 2014, 11:11 a.m. - HINIRANG bilang kampeon ang patnugot ng palakasan ng Varsitarian sa taunang Willie Caballes Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Sports Writing Contest sa awards night ng PBA Press Corps noong Huwebes.

Dinaig ni Paul Kennedy Lintag ang humigit-kumulang 40 kalahok mula sa iba’t ibang kolehiyo at unibersidad sa pagsulat ng balita tungkol sa laban ng Rain or Shine at San Mig Coffee sa elimination round ng PLDT Home Telpad Governors’ Cup noong ika-16 ng Hulyo.

Ayon kay Lintag, isang Journalism senior, sumali siya sa patimpalak para sa karanasan at oportunidad na makapasok bilang miyembro ng PBA Press Corps sa hinaharap.

MAHIGIT dalawang milyong piso ang ibinigay ng UST sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong “Yolanda” para sa pagsasaayos ng mga komunidad sa Visayas.

Sa pamamagitan ng Tulong Tomasino Para sa Visayas, ang proyekto ng Simbahayan Community Development Office na naglalayong tumulong sa mga naapektuhan ng kalamidad noong nakaraang taon, nagbigay ang Unibersidad ng P2,435,000 noong Abril at Mayo bilang parte ng ikalawang bahagi ng proyekto.

Mula sa naturang donasyon, inilaan ang P680,000 sa mga bagong bangka, lambat, at fish cage sa mga naninirahan sa Batan, Aklan.

Samantala, ang natirang P1,755,000 ay para sa pagpapagawa ng mga simbahan at paaralan sa mga bayan ng Hinolaso Dolores at Guiuan sa Samar; Alang-alang, Palo, Tolosa, at Tacloban City sa Leyte; at Capiz.