September 28, 2026 | 12:00 P.M. FILIPINO - NAKATIRA KAMI SA GILID NG ILOG at madalas tumataas ang tubig at binabaha kami. Pasalamat, sa kabila ng perwisyo at pahirap, may mga biyaya pa rin na nabibilang. Maraming tao ang nais pa ring itawid ang pang-araw-araw na mga gastusin sa pamamagitan ng iba’t ibang raket. Sa taas ng tubig, maraming mga talangka ang nahuhuli at ibinebenta o inilalako sa mga bahay. Ang lola ko ay laging pinapakyaw ang mga tinda ng mga naglalako ng talangk

September 29, 2026 | 12:00 P.M. FILIPINO - May sumisilip na naman—maririnig na ulit si Jose Mari Chan. “Whenever I see girls and boys selling lanterns on the streets…,” ang karaniwang naririnig kapag paparating na ang araw na malapit sa puso ng bawat Pilipino. Kahit unang araw pa lamang ng Setyembre ay nagsisimula na ang mga preparasyon para sa buwan ng Disyembre. Mapapansin natin na kumpara sa ibang mga bansa, hindi nila ito ginagawa dahil masyado pang maaga para sa kanila.

September 15, 2026 | 12:00 P.M. EDITORIAL - HOW BAD can this possibly be, let's see Sounds familiar? When we were in our younger years, we used to gather in front of our television sets either at school or at home, watching cartoon movies such as “The Lorax”, “WALL-E”, “Princess Mononoke,” among others, and even notable films such as “Avatar” (not the Last Airbender) and “The Hunger Games”. Nearly a decade or so ago, we’ve been exposed to supposedly educational movies to teac

September 13, 2026 | 6:00 P.M. LITERARY: CREATIVE NON-FICTION CATEGORY Behind every injustice, every inequality, every falsehood clouding a person, once stood a child. They had stood in a room, warm, cast in hues of sun-once-welcoming, sound deadened by the hush of morning labor and voices echoing about. Excusably inept and inexperienced, you were once a child. This comes to you now as you think of that life that was once yours. In all that swirling, deadened loneliness, you

September 13, 2026 | 6:00 P.M. LITERARY: CREATIVE NON-FICTION CATEGORY The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. In the end, are we not all just mice? Look upon your blanched knuckles pressed against the cold, sweat-stained limestone of this dark subterranean cellar, my brother, where damp earth and the foul sweat of condemned men fill the air. Answer me, before the iron levers release our wooden cage into the blinding light above, for what if we do not have time? Ah

MANILA, Philippines - After months of review and preparation, the University of Santo Tomas College of Nursing (UST CON) held its send-off Mass for Batch 2026 graduates, who are set to take the Philippine Nursing Licensure Examination (PNLE), at the Santísimo Rosario Church on Friday, August 28. The solemn and meaningful gathering, presided over by the college regent, Fr. Julius Paul Factora, O.P., was attended by the recently graduated batch, faculty members, administrators,