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Dear Class of 2020
We are in chaos, and it is happening around you. Within you. In all of us. It seems hard to reach our own epilogues at this very moment, and even when we do, it is not enough to conclude all…
Opinion
The mañanita we all deserve to to celebrate
June 12th of 1898 marked our “independence” from Spanish colonial rule. The image of the late President Emilio Aguinaldo unfurling the Philippine flag as our proclamation of independence was welcomed by the setting sun will forever be remembered in our…
Stronger police power doesn’t mean better justice system
The delicate matters of the state hang on the decisions of elected officials and yet the essence of the republic lies in the people governed. The railroading of the anti-terrorism bill, which threatens the state’s democracy, invoked the rage of…
In this war on accountability, silence is sin
The war on COVID-19, like the war on drugs, on press freedom, and others the Philippine government has waged, are all wars on accountability. That free expression and dissent can be criminalized with particular hostility is not only an irony…
Imagining a world without fearless journalism
In a world where censorship and intervention allow for more oppression than moderation, journalists fight to deliver the truth and speak for the people, braving both natural and orchestrated threats that entail their job. More than they could admit, journalists…
Failure to represent students is failure of duty
We have all kinds of ideas on what a student leader should be, most of them colorful and glorious, evident enough through profile pictures with frames and long captions, flowery promises, and rave events. The most important of them all,…
How a nation’s fear manifests in a crisis under state-induced violence
President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech last April 1 aiming to address the problem with the distribution of supplies, public disorders, and curfew violators appalled the netizens with its possible implications. Duterte also declared that in case of further resistance, he will…
Solidarity statement of Lasallian college student publications on the conduct of online Classes
The De La Salle college student publications, Lavoxa Group of Publications, Heraldo Filipino, Ang Pahayagang Plaridel, Malate Literary Folio, Benildean Press Corps, Benildean Yearbook Office, and The Spectrum, on behalf of the Lasallian students whose voices they represent, jointly call…