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ABSC postpones Athena’s Cup after venue reservation issues with UST JHS

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Feb

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ABSC postpones Athena’s Cup after venue reservation issues with UST JHS

THE ATHENA’S cup, one of the Faculty of Arts and Letters’ (AB) most-anticipated annual sports events, has been postponed due to overlapping venue reservations with the UST Junior High School (JHS). The SIKLAB: Athena’s Cup 2026, a series of various sports competitions among AB departments that were supposed to take…

Irresponsible AI use poses risk to future law career, aspiring lawyers told

16

Feb

By Yimrhaq Mariano and John Martin Revilla

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Irresponsible AI use poses risk to future law career, aspiring lawyers told

Art by Ma. Alyanna Selda/ THE FLAME WHILE ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) eases schoolwork and legal tasks, an anti-cybercrime official warned Thomasians that relying on the technology without verification may put future law practitioners at risk of professional sanctions. Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) executive director and Thomasian alumnus…

St. Raymund’s building fails to bag energy conservation award, meets 2025 savings goal

15

Feb

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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St. Raymund’s building fails to bag energy conservation award, meets 2025 savings goal

THE ST. Raymund de Peñafort building was not among the awarded facilities in the recent Energy Management Forum (EMF) as it failed to meet its energy savings target for the first month of 2025. St. Raymund’s, which houses both the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the College of Commerce,…

New cybersecurity office chief and AB alumnus vows to enhance online crimes reporting system

15

Feb

By The Flame News

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New cybersecurity office chief and AB alumnus vows to enhance online crimes reporting system

AN ARTLETS alumnus who has been appointed as the new head of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) has vowed to improve the system of reporting online crimes and to push for reforms that would strengthen the efforts against hi-tech threats. UST Legal Management alumnus and lawyer Renato “Aboy”…

Explore ‘power of random,’ pursue instincts, aspiring journalists told

15

Feb

By Nitya Aku

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Explore ‘power of random,’ pursue instincts, aspiring journalists told

REPORTERS MUST never reject their instincts and instead pursue it through practicing and believing in the "power of random," a mobile journalist said. Mobile journalist and UST journalism alumna Marymon Reyes said journalists should always accommodate their ideas because their instincts allow them to share their perspectives to the public.…

UST rises one notch to fourth most research-productive PH university in 2025

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Feb

By Mei Lin Weng

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UST rises one notch to fourth most research-productive PH university in 2025

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas rose to fourth place among Philippine schools with the most research publications in Scopus for 2025, sustaining its multi-year growth in indexed works. UST logged 467 studies in the Scopus database, up from 448 the previous year when it ranked fifth, the Global Health Focus…

Corruption, disaster vulnerability may prolong PH weak growth – economist

11

Feb

By John Martin Revilla

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Corruption, disaster vulnerability may prolong PH weak growth – economist

THE PHILIPPINE economy’s lower-than-expected growth last year may persist into 2026 if climate-related disruptions and government corruption persist, an economist has warned. UST Economics instructor Justin Nikko Lazo said last year's growth – the slowest in 14 years excluding the pandemic period – was caused by deeper constraints that outweighed supportive economic policies.…

UST workers groups urge Manila to issue memo on amended health permit policy

11

Feb

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST workers groups urge Manila to issue memo on amended health permit policy

GROUPS REPRESENTING UST workers have called on the Manila city government to issue a memorandum revising the controversial health permit requirement, a policy that Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso vowed to amend during the 2025 election campaign period. In a letter addressed to Domagoso, the Organisasyon ng Nagkakaisang Empleyado…

EDCOM II education reform lacks ‘labor justice’ — faculty group

10

Feb

By Mariamne Yasmin Yap and Francine Marie Enciso

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EDCOM II education reform lacks ‘labor justice’ — faculty group

FACULTY UNIONS of private universities have criticized the Second Congressional Commission on Education’s (EDCOM II) final report for its supposed “omission” of the issues faced by workers of the sector. In a statement, the Council of Teachers and Staff of Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (CoTeSCUP) called for the integration…

Thomasian priest and scientist flags ‘coercive’ bill on organ donation incentives

09

Feb

By Alliya Jade Perez

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Thomasian priest and scientist flags ‘coercive’ bill on organ donation incentives

AS LAWMAKERS propose ways to improve transplantation in the country, a UST Theology and Biological Sciences professor warned that monetizing organ donation could “corrupt” the system and “coerce” Filipinos into donating. During a hearing at the House of Representatives, Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., chair of the National Transplant Ethics Committee…