February 2012
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Reverence and revelry at UST’s Neo-Centennial (GMA...
College festival beat partner-in-crime Amanda Lago and I went to UST last January 27 for the celebration. Here’s her report, plus some of my photos of the event.
The University of Sto. Tomas (UST) may have ended its 400th year but for the country’s oldest university, it isn’t so much an ending as it is the beginning of another hundred years.
Continue reading here.
January 2012
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Anti-cybercrime bill, dapat nga bang katakutan? →
gmanews:
Ipinasa na kamakailan ng Senado sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa ang Senate Bill 2796 o ang Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Pero may basehan nga ba ang pangamba ng ilan na magagamit ito para manghimasok sa privacy at maging daan sa censorship sa paggamit ng Internet?
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UAAP football: Tigers, Maroons play to stalemate...
Heavy rain drenched the Ateneo de Manila High School field in the first half, but a stinging goal drought in the UAAP men’s football tournament went unquenched.
The University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers settled for a goalless draw with the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons during their first UAAP meet since last year’s finals, where the Diliman squad buried the...
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UST community recreates 19th century Philippines...
In a blast from centuries past, frailes and illustrados walked University of Santo Tomas’ grounds once again while they ocassionally whipped out cellphones and cameras for snapshots of the school’s one-day time travel on Wednesday.
Continue reading here
(Photos by Alexis Lim aka @litratonijuan. I wrote the story.)
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UP optimistic on UAAP football title defense |...
With Under-23 national team members and United Football League-experienced players, UP Coach Anto Gonzales’ squad is looking at keeping the football crown in Diliman.
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No joke, Fil-Canadian comic Mikey Bustos has a...
By Aica Dioquino. Photo by me.
It may seem like a joke but there’s really a serious side to Filipino YouTube sensation Mikey Bustos, the comedic talent behind a series of wacky Filipino “language tutorials” that have gone viral online.
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Bustos in 2003 became the first Filipino to make it into any of the “Idol” singing competitions worldwide,...
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Kat Going Places: What You Should Read:... →
katrinaangco:
It’s not a secret that I love watching UAAP basketball—-and covering it. I’m part of a team of young writers and photographers who aim to document the on court and off court scenes in various sports leagues in the country. I looooove working with the FCF people (Ronin, Ericka, Vyn, Andrew,…
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Pasado ka man sa UPCAT, ang tanong: makakalabas ka pa kaya ng UP?
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Does anyone claiming to be an online journalist given the same attention as one...
– University of Santo Tomas, via Philippine Daily Inquirer
December 2011
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My 2011 in photos →
It’s hard to choose less than 50 photos from the thousands I took this year, but these scenes mattered.
Here are the people I met and the places I’ve been to in 2011.
http://roninbautista.net/2011/12/31/my-2011-in-photos/
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2011's top sports stories: 'Triple Crown' turns UP...
I was assigned to write about the UP Pep Squad’s successful 2011 as part of our year-ender series.
Here it goes.
2011 wasn’t just the year of their blonde makeover. From dominating collegiate and national competitions to making a mark in an international tilt, 2011 could be the University of the Philippines Pep Squad’s most accomplished year to date
Continue reading at GMA...
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Yugatech giveaway entry
I’d like to bring Flip Mino HD to work and shoot interviewees and events, because I’m an online journalist like that. http://yugatech.ph/s8AWkF
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7 years.
I got my 2nd byline on a national daily exactly 7 years ago. Yesterday, it was exactly 7 years since I got published on PDI for the first time.
The rest is history.
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Mga Problema sa Mundo: Land Transportation Office... →
Reblogging, because everyone must read this.
hopianidoraemon:
I went to the LTO-East Ave this morning to have my license renewed. Being myself, I didn’t try to read about any requirements about it on the Internet (wala naman kasi, maliban sa medical).
Pagdating na pagdating ko, kahit sa island palang kalsada, may kumakaway nang mga fixer. Para…
Tahanan ng mga taga PEYUPS: How to help victims of... →
unibersidadngpilipinas:
December 17, 2011
by Janeuymatiao.com
Early dawn today, two areas in Mindanao (a southern island of the Philippines), were hit with sudden and unexpected flash floods from Tropical Storm Sendong (international code name Washi). The floods hit Iligan and Cagayan de Oro around 2AM — when everyone…
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What memory?
So, we remember John Lennon. How about the attack on Manila that brought World War 2 in our country? Did we remember?
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November 2011
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I can’t sleep. I know you’re still awake, but for a totally different reason: you have cases to review, while I can’t stop thinking about you.
Because I keep dreaming about us, even if we’re rarely together, because last time I saw you was on Valentine’s day with a friendly third wheel while another guy who might feel the same way could be with you in class,...
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