BTS Takes United Nations General Assembly
Korean global boy band, BTS, became the first ever K-pop group to address the United Nations in NYC on Monday. The band sends a powerful message to young people of the world to love themselves and speak. The leader of the group Kim Nam Joon aka RM delivered the speech, and why they partnered with UNICEF's #LoveMyself campaign. Here is...
Panelo strikes Trillanes: “Stop acting like an anxious puppy”
Salvador Panelo, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, challenged Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to file a case regarding the alleged arbitrary threat to arrest him without a warrant and the alleged threat to his life. Panelo sent a statement to media on Saturday stating that if Trillanes truly believed that there was no basis for his arrest and that he was practically...
Mindanao Culinary Culture promotes Indigenous People’s cuisines
In Filipino culture, food is beyond fulfilling hunger — it also plays a vital role in creating unity among people. Mindanao, as a culturally diverse island with 11 tribes, introduced its various cuisines during the Pen 8, Mindanao Culinary Culture: Research and Writing Basics conducted in Ateneo de Davao University last May 19, 2018. Profound speakers were invited to instill...
Dean of San Beda Graduate School of Law Debunks the Arguments of Sereno’s Sympathizers
The removal of Sereno as the Supreme Court's chief justice had caused a commotion over the weekend dividing the opinion of the masses. Some had their melodramatic outcry that democracy just died when the Supreme Court removed Sereno, while some thought that Quo Warranto is illegal and Sereno should have been tried in the Senate. Here's what Fr Ranhillo...
COPERS Holds 3rd Round of Mental Health Awareness Seminar-Workshop
The Centre of Psychological Extension and Research Services, or more commonly known as COPERS, held its 3rd round of Mental Health Awareness (MHA) Seminar-Workshop at Ateneo de Davao University on April 28, 2018. Professionals and practitioners from different institutions all over Davao City attended this seminar-workshop. COPERS is the community engagement arm of the Psychology Department of the said...
Fascinating Yellow Tree in Central Mindanao University, Bukidnon
There's something about trees that gets to me. They are fascinating organisms. They live on a timescale that is hard to relate to human life, and because they act so slowly we often do not notice what they are doing. Inside the campus of Central Mindanao University in Dulugon, Bukidnon is a fascinating yellow tree certainly stands out, circulating online...
Maguindanao: A Deeply Misunderstood Portion of the Philippines
Maguindanao, for most Filipinos, is a blood field. The site was a living story of what happened during the Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Mamasapano encounter in November 23, 2009 which pilfered 58 lives. I have to admit this the reason that discouraged me to visit the place. Dude, how I regretted that. Maguindanao is deeply misunderstood portion of...
A faith that counts
Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed. Though hardships without number beset the upright, Yahweh brings rescue from them all. - Psalm 34:18-19 This passage speaks about how God works in the life of his broken-hearted people. This is not superficial, but evident as the concrete walls around us. But it would only be evident...
