THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters Commission on Elections (AB Comelec) has lifted the suspension of DEKADA partylist members’ certificates of candidacy (CoCs) after clearing them of cheating allegations during this year’s miting de avance. In a ruling released on May 11, the AB Comelec reinstated the DEKADA bets' CoCs,…
THE UNIVERSITY will push through with onsite graduation ceremonies despite the rising number of COVID-19 infections in the country. In an email interview with The Flame, executive assistant to the Office of the Secretary-General (OSG) Emmanuel Batulan said the commencement exercises would follow government regulations and strictly observe the strategic plans…
TWO JOURNALISM seniors were awarded the “best news documentary” for their entry in the 2023 Philippine Journalism Research Conference (PJRC). Under the news documentary category of the Chit Estella Journalism Student Awards, journalism seniors Wendell Adrian Quijado and Aira Nerize Bernardo bested eight other entries from various universities nationwide. Their…
STAYING COMMITTED to performing journalistic duties, such as seeking the truth, would help student journalists in adapting to the challenges brought by the new media, veteran journalists said. GMA Integrated News reporter Joseph Morong urged aspiring journalists to uphold journalistic principles and values to protect themselves amid the rising disinformation-related…
GRADUATING ARTLETS should continue taking on calls and values that will revitalize the world as they reach the final stage of their academic lives, Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) Regent George Phe Mang, O.P. said. In his homily during the faculty-wide mass for graduating students and undergraduates on Wednesday,…
by AUBREY SHANE LIM, PRINCE RONSON SABADO, and ZOE AIRABELLE AGUINALDO A HYBRID mode was adopted for the celebration of AB Week because of restrictions on student activities that caused delays in its preparations, the Artlet Student Council (ABSC) president said. “The Artlets Student Council has been preparing for the…
BY PRINCE RONSON SABADO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) should not be feared as many things in life are already AI-powered, a journalism professor and online news editor said. "News articles... in sports journalism, in business journalism, these stock market reports can be produced by AI,” UST journalism program coordinator Felipe Salvosa…
FACULTY OF Arts and Letters (AB) Regent Rev. Fr. George Phe Mang, O.P. called on Artlets to be a "voice of truth" and to stand for their convictions even if they face opposition for doing so. During his homily for the opening mass of the AB Week on Monday, April…