FOR THE STUDENTS, BY THE STUDENTS
By Jelena Villorente
OVER AND OVER: Evident in perpetual rainfall and high-rise floods, Habagat greets the Philippines in its unabashed wave of severe obstacles. Amidst these issues, however, decentralized efforts to address them failed our populace year after year. The struggle persists, and the questions loom: How much longer until these hindrances finally subside? When will these repeated mistakes truly be learned from?
By Jelena Villorente
PROBE: With the dawn of school year 2025–2026, a major shift strides in, pronounced in the form of DepEd’s Strengthened Senior High School Curriculum. Pursuant to enhancing the current quality of education through refining a rickety curriculum, DepEd’s agenda is audacious and noble — yet, for the future of our bright students, systemic change may be the very thing we need.
By Jelena Villorente
With the emergence of recognition surrounding the woman who clambered out of a Makati drain, the topic of the marginalized is again up for discourse, one that is starkly painted against the gradual desensitization of today’s age. Engendered by a media spectacle, this long-established issue is brought to the table once more — even when reality tells us to never set it aside.
Sulat ni Hanan
Sa pagdiriwang natin ng ika-127 taon mula nang makamit ang ating kalayaan, mahalagang huminto at pagnilayan ang ating pag-unlad bilang isang bansa, gayundin ang mga hamon na humahadlang sa ating kalayaan — lalo na sa kasalukuyang panahon. Sa kabila ng ating itinatag na kalayaan, tayo ay bilanggo pa rin ng ating nakaraan habang patuloy tayong nalilito sa ating sariling pagkakakilanlan at kultura. Tunay nga bang tayo ay isang malayang bansa o kaduda-duda pa rin ito, sanhi ng impluwensya mula sa ibang bansa pati na rin ang kaisipan ng mga Pilipino?
By Jelena Villorente
With the recent closure of this year’s National Schools Press Conference (NSPC), campus journalists across the country are once again left with the lasting impression of a prestigious competition, ruminating on goals and capabilities. Transcending its competitive confines, however, the NSPC serves not only as a motivation — but a reminder that beyond its combative nature is an opportunity to pursue not another trophy, but the irrefutable truth.
Beyond the social issues faced by Philippine society, the community of the ASHS also faces its own issues, particularly with its use of freedom through a popular, known medium — the Freedom Wall. However, an important question to be asked is what it means to truly have freedom, and what things — good and bad, can come out of it.
Sinalubong ng isang noise barrage na pinamagatang ‘Tawag Niya, Tawag Mo’ ang umaga ng ASHS noong Setyembre 23, 2024. Pinuno rin ng iba’t ibang aktibidad na naglalayong gunatain at alalahanin ang madilim na nakaraan ng bansa sa ilalim ng Batas Militar ang linggong ito. Subalit, matapos ang pakikibaka at pagtindig, ano ang susunod na gagawin mo, ASHS? Kabataan, ano na ang magiging susunod mong hakbang?
Matapos ang dalawang taong pamumuno ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, tila naging mabilis ang takbo ng oras para sa bagong administrasyon dulot ng samu’t saring pangyayari na naranasan sa bansa. Subalit, sapat na nga ba ang mga pangyayaring ito upang mapanindigan ng bansa ang katagang ‘Bagong Pilipinas?’
In light of Memorandum Circular 52 issued by Malacañang, we wonder what the new memo implies for us Filipinos. From the heavy influence of implementation in government agencies in schools— to questioning if the Bagong Pilipinas hymn and pledge will take the place of the Lupang Hinirang and Panatang Makabayan we know and love; this change could shape Filipino generations to come.
Nitong Hunyo 12, ipinagdiriwang natin ang ika-126 na Araw ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas. Ngunit, sa kabila ng ating pagdiriwang, kabi-kabila pa rin ang mga banta sa kalayaan at soberanya ng Pilipinas, na hindi na lamang dulot ng ibang lahi, ngunit mula na rin sa sariling atin. Mula sa pang-aangkin ng mga Tsino, hanggang sa implikasyon ng bagong memorandum ng Pangulo, tayo’y mapapatanong, sino nga ba ang tunay na kalaban ng mga Pilipino?
HiLites ASHS 