Author: HiLitesASHS

Hi-Lites ASHS is the official student publication of the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School.

Bayang Magiliw, ‘Di Pasisiil: Paggunita Para sa Atin, Oportunidad Para Sa Kanila

Noong nakaraang Huwebes, anim na oras bago pumatak ang Pebrero 24, 2023, idineklara ito ng Malacañang bilang special non-working day alinsunod sa Proclamation No. 167. Ayon sa proklamasyong ito, ang biglaang pagbago ng itinakdang araw para sa pagdaraos ng anibersaryo ng EDSA People Power Revolution ay ginawa para “mabigyang-daan ang ating mga kababayan na makinabang mula sa pagpahaba ng katapusan ng linggo” batay sa prinsipyo ng holiday economics—isang polisiyang unang ipinakilala ni Macapagal-Arroyo, ipinawalang-bisa ni Aquino, at ibinalik naman ni Marcos Jr. 

44M Wasted Vaccines To Be Destroyed

As of February 2023, the Department of Health (DOH) has hired a third-party logistics firm for the disposal of 44 million expired vaccines through pyrolysis or burning. 

People Power and Marcos

Thirty-seven years ago, in the People Power Revolution, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted. Last June 30, 2022 his son, current President Bongbong Marcos Jr., was elected into office. Despite history showing the atrocities his family committed, their family has still managed to return to authority. How then, did the son of the late dictator find his way back into the seat of the Malacañang restoring his family’s power and reputation?

HumSS Sa Akin Ka Na Lang sparks February in ASHS

Headed by the Humanities and Social Sciences (HumSS) Council, the annual project “HumSS Sa Akin Ka Na Lang” (HSAKNL) was launched in February in the Ateneo Senior High School, with the theme “Pangako”, spicing up the celebration of Valentine’s Day.

AHS Golf Team 1 clinches bronze

The Team 1 of Ateneo High School’s Golf Team, consisting of Andre Lina (JHS, 10-Yuki), Kirk Dela Torre (SHS, 11-Borja), Glenn Unabia (SHS, 11-Bellarmino), and Team Captain Tyler Phoenix Zamuco (SHS, 12-Anchieta) finished third at the the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines Inter-School Championship, held from October 16 to December 4, 2022, at three separate golf courses in Cavite and Pampanga. 

KFD festivities return in ASHS

The Katipunan Fund Drive (KFD) tradition found its comeback in the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School (ASHS) with the decades-old initiative turning a new stone as it implements new protocols and regulations in the ASHS.   

Weapon, Emotion, or Choice: The Features and Facets of Love

Several days pass until the crisp air gets a little bit warmer. What once were strips of bright Christmas lights and tinsel are soon replaced with ribbons of pinks and reds, teddy bears and roses line storefront windows, and the glaring shape of a two-dimensional heart begins to take up every visible space.

PH files diplomatic protest vs China over laser issue

By Nikolai Ordoña The Philippines filed its eighth diplomatic protest against China on Tuesday, February 14, over its recent actions against a Filipino ship in the Ayungin Shoal within the Spratly Islands. According to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), their vessel, BRP Malapascua, was on a resupply mission to the military outpost BRP Sierra Madre…

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