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VETERAN BROADCAST journalist Horacio “Howie” Gorospe Severino will officially launch his first book in two decades at the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) on Sept. 11. His book titled “People I Knew: And Some I Didn’t But Wrote About Them Anyway” features essays and profiles on prominent figures in politics,…

THE MANILA city government has no plan to discontinue “Fusion Alley” in Sampaloc as it provides livelihood to hundreds of people, the head of the unit handling street vendors and public spaces said. Manila Hawkers Division Director Raffy Alejandro said there is no reason to stop the operations of the…

AN AUTHOR and faculty member of the UST Department of Creative Writing won third place in this year’s Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) Sanaysay ng Taon, an annual essay competition for writers across the country. Artlets instructor Mark Angeles' achievement was announced in a KWF Facebook post on Aug. 13. He is…

FACULTY MEMBERS from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have criticized Palace press officer Undersecretary Claire Castro’s recent remarks on some teachers who allegedly taught their students to disrespect people, saying she had unfairly linked educators to school violence. Reacting to the Ateneo de Zamboanga shooting last Tuesday, Castro said…

AN OFFICER of the UST Central Student Council (CSC) responded to allegations of inaction during severe flooding on campus, saying the council had appealed for a class suspension, but the administration relied on the Manila city government’s order. “It’s clear that the admin waited for the mayor’s announcement, so I…

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) is not in the list of potential sites for rainwater catchment structures as the government has yet to persuade its administrators to allow the campus to become one of the project sites, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. mentioned…

THREE ALUMNI of the UST Journalism program have been elected officers of the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC), a group of reporters accredited to cover the Philippine presidency. The officers were elected last Aug. 12. Jocelyn Montemayor-Reyes of Malaya Business Insight and Alexis Romero of The Philippine Star were re-elected as…

BEYOND UST’s multi-year programs, the new head of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs (OVRAA) is considering microcredentials as a way to connect the University’s higher education offerings with specialized industry training. Prof. Patricia Manalo-Empleo, who assumed the post on Aug. 1, told the UST Communications Bureau that…

As the government drew flak over the floods that disrupted classes and work this week, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) cited the construction of a rainwater catchment basin inside UST as among the projects that can help address the perennial flooding in España. DPWH Secretary Vicencio Dizon…