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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”…

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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.…

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12

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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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08

Feb

By The Flame News

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More studies pushed as Senate tackles culture agency bill

THE HUMANITIES division of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) has lobbied for more cultural research as senators tackle a bill seeking to establish a Department of Culture. During the hearing for Senate Bill 817 or the Department of Culture Act on Feb. 4, the NRCP submitted a…

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04

Feb

By The Flame News

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Let your conscience disturb you, Magsaysay awardee priest urges Thomasians

AS SOCIETY grows callous and apathetic toward the suffering, a priest and rights advocate has urged Thomasians to allow their conscience to move them to action and uphold the dignity of the marginalized. During this year’s St. Thomas More lecture, Fr. Flaviano Antonio Villanueva, SVD, told members of the Thomasian…

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02

Feb

By John Martin Revilla

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Ex-UST secgen Cabading calls junking of his perjury case ‘a vindication for the Church’

FORMER UST secretary general and exorcist Fr. Winston Cabading, O.P., described the Court of Appeals (CA) ruling dismissing the perjury case against him as a “vindication for the Catholic Church.” In a 37-page decision penned by Presiding Justice Fernanda Lampas-Peralta, the CA’s first division granted Cabading’s petition and nullified the orders…

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