Inside the Tacloban School Shooting: The Systemic Safety Question  by Giana Bacordo For many Filipinos, the idea of a shooting happening inside a classroom is difficult to imagine. The 43-second video of the attack itself, however, makes that reality ever more tangible and impossible to ignore. Hunched underneath a table, the camera points up, the…

By Alexia Bangayan The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) held a press conference on Wednesday, June 10, following the deaths of Ateneo de Manila University Men’s Basketball players Divine Adili and Rene Baterbonia. According to PSC chairman Patrick Gregorio, the commission will provide monetary assistance of P250,000 to the respective families of the victims. ”Definitely hindi…

By Kiera De Guzman Politics has become a spectacle. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a spectacle as “something exhibited to view as unusual, notable or entertaining.” This has become embarrassingly true in the Philippines as every week brings a new controversy: impeachment proceedings, Senate leadership disputes, arrest warrants, corruption, and political alliances shifting before the public…

By Reanna Cornejo There is a quiet fallacy in the modern educational curriculum: senior high school is nothing more than a transit lounge — a fleeting, two-year limbo between the shelter of junior high and the grand importance of university. But the Ateneo Senior High School (ASHS), steeped in tradition that demands nothing less than…

By AJ Alarcon Grappling victories in their competitions prior to their University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 88 Judo Tournament campaign, the Ateneo Judo Association (AJA) high school lineup kept its winning run rolling. On the opening day of the tournament, the Blue Eagles carried that form onto the league’s mats, bagging one…