EDSA: A legacy beyond freedom

As a child, hearing stories about the EDSA Revolution made it out to be the epic and climactic final battle of the Filipino people against tyranny, corruption and all other oppressive forces that existed then. The Filipino people were able to act as one and use their collective power to vanquish all that was evil and wicked from our country, and this was how I perceived the EDSA Revolution.

Welcome, ASHS: Onsite STEM A Strand Day Commenced

“Let’s Go, STEM!”

After waiting two years to finally step foot on the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School (ASHS) as official students, the STEM A ASHS students, who hail from Grade 12 sections Navarro, Ogilvie, Walpole, and Xavier looked forward to their strand day, Friday, March 18.

Forced and Oppressive: Mandatory Military Service

On March 18, 2001, University of Santo Tomas student Mark Welson Chua’s body was found decaying in the Pasig River. To present day, his death is widely attributed to his bold exposés of the malpractices that occurred in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program of his university.

Protest Art: A Form of Necessary Disobedience or of Vandalism?

Last January 23, a Twitter user known as PinoyAkoBlog posted an image of a graffitied ‘Team BBM-Sara’ tarpaulin. In the picture, it is seen that the word ‘duwag’ was spray-painted across presidential aspirant’s Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s likeness.

Checklists beyond Classroom: EDSA People Power Revolution

by Steffi De Chavez In the four walls of our classrooms and in the pages of our textbooks, we are taught about the EDSA People Power Revolution. It is discussed to us how, on the 25th of February every year, we honor and remember the individuals who took part in the struggle against the Marcos…

Gov’t to alter strategies to boost vaccine distribution

The government will make changes to the country’s current vaccination strategies to increase the distribution of booster doses and immunizations among the senior citizens, according to a Department of Health (DOH) official, Monday, February 21.