By: Rhea Pascua PUP's ID system is such a nightmare. I've been heading back and forth for countless times at the Charlie del Rosario building to get update on when the office would bother to entertain students who are in dire need of their identification cards to be released. But in PUP, you really need... Continue Reading →
₱168 M unutilized funds- reported by COA
By: Rhea Pascua The Commission on Audit, on its annual update, reported that there is an estimated Php 168 M funds that is still unutilized by the university. According to the interviewed officials, it is to be utilized into the different academic developmental programs by the university. According to COA, the enhanced implementing guidelines for... Continue Reading →
New law signed by Duterte to address job mismatch
By: John Eric Mendoza President Duterte on Saturday signed a law institutionalizing the Philippine Qualifications Framework that would address job mismatch by appropriating worker’s experience and education with the industries’ standard and demand. Republic Act 10968 or An Act Institutionalizing the Philippine Qualifications Framework will make qualifications earned here in the country recognizable internationally and... Continue Reading →
Rice tarrification law to help farmers, poor — NEDA chief
By: John Eric Mendoza Rice tariffication will directly benefit both farmers and the poor through lower price of the food staple and increased government assistance to the rice sector, the National Economic and Development Authority officials said on a media briefing last February 26. The recently enacted law will lift import restrictions on the staple,... Continue Reading →
Four drug suspects nabbed, P6.8M ‘shabu’ seized in Taguig
By: John Eric Mendoza Government operatives seized P6.8M worth of suspected shabu on a buybust operation inside a house at Barangay Central Signal Village, Taguig last February 20. The suspects are identified as Larrylyn Azada, 29; Abel Dagadas, 34; Ustay Uting, 49, and Jacqueline Dapitan, 52. Eleven sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated weight... Continue Reading →
SOPA students speak out against exploitation
By: Julianne Gabis Miss A’s Suzy, Cheng Xiao, Park Jihoon, Eunha, even Exo’s kai. All of these idols have one thing in common. They attended the School of Performing Arts Seoul, making the school a supposedl a shot to enter the tough Korean wave entertainment industry. Over the past month, the school had been under... Continue Reading →
NZ Prime Minister calls mosque mass shooting a “terrorist attack”
By: Julianne Gabis Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand tags the murder of at least 49 people a terrorist attack after a mass shooting Friday, March 15 NZT. In addition to the number of deaths, 20 were seriously injured in the two mass shootings in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The attacks targeted... Continue Reading →
“High” Celebrity
By: Zirah Sardoma Recently a news about drug related celebrities bombarded the local showbiz fans. It is widely known that drug is everywhere but as the Duterte administration starts to operate Oplan: Tokhang and provided us with list of Narco-politicians, some high-profile drug users/dealers were eliminated in the scene. To be a celebrity doesn't exempt... Continue Reading →
Smokers in Number
By: Zirah Sardoma Cigarettes smokers have reached a million in number just in the whole nation. If you will look at every corner of the streets you will see smokers sipping at their sticks and contributing on air population distraction on a public place. Cigarettes smoker population has getting wide and huge as time goes... Continue Reading →
Ulan, Now Showing Nationwide!
By: Anthony Andres Nadine Lustre and Carlo Aquino collaborated for their first movie produced by Viva Films entitled "Ulan." (Photo from Viva Films) "Ulan" tells a story of a girl who struggled to find the right one reflecting on the superstition of the elders in the Philippines. It has been known that when the raindrops... Continue Reading →
