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UST still PH’s 4th best school in 2024 EduRank rankings

Mar

By Zoe Airabelle Aguinaldo and Ma. Alyanna Selda

UST still PH’s 4th best school in 2024 EduRank rankings

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas still ranked fourth among 229 Philippine institutions in the 2024 EduRank world university rankings. UST placed 2,652 overall out of 14,131 global institutions in the independent metric-based ranking published in February 2024. The country’s top-performing school was University of the Philippines Diliman (1,367th), followed…

Archbishop Villegas: Death a gift of mercy

Mar

By Carlo Jose Ruga, Ma. Alyanna Selda and Mei Lin Weng

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Archbishop Villegas: Death a gift of mercy

DEATH MUST not be feared as it is a gesture of mercy bestowed by God to free humans from their sins and misery on earth, an archbishop said. Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan said that while a long life may be a blessing, it can also be a curse as…

Hold OSA accountable for violating students’ democratic rights – youth lawmaker

Mar

By The Flame News

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Hold OSA accountable for violating students’ democratic rights – youth lawmaker

THE UST Office for Student Affairs (OSA) administrators who ordered the takedown of campus media outlet TomasinoWeb’s 7-Eleven photo should be held accountable for “violating students’ democratic rights,” a party-list representative for the youth said. In his privilege speech before Congress, Kabataan party-list representative Raoul Manuel called OSA officials “repressive”…

Mar

By Trisha Tamio

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Papal envoy: We are required to forgive others

CATHOLICS MUST embrace the gift of forgiveness because it is an innate part of their identity that leads to spiritual renewal, a representative of Pope Francis said. Apostolic nuncio to the Philippines Charles John Brown said true Christianity surpasses the principle of “eye for an eye” justice in the Book…

Tiger Media Network reaps 5 plums in int’l broadcasting tilt

Mar

By Barbra Althea Gavilan

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Tiger Media Network reaps 5 plums in int’l broadcasting tilt

UST BROADCASTING arm Tiger Media Network (TMN) won five awards at the 84th Intercollegiate Broadcasting System’s (IBS) College Media Conference in New York City, United States. TMN’s e-radio branch, UST Tiger Radio, was hailed the best online radio station for the third consecutive time on Saturday, March 2. “Grand Yellow…

Turingan vows faster processing of AB student organization papers

Mar

By Micah Pascua and Mei Lin Weng

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Turingan vows faster processing of AB student organization papers

THE UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) administration has vowed to continue streamlining the approval process of local student organizations’ events to avoid project delays. In an interview with The Flame, Artlets Dean Prof. Melanie Turingan said the administration has set a time frame for approving documents to avoid becoming the…

UST still PH’s No. 5 but falls to 2,620th in 2024 World Webometrics

Feb

By Ma. Alyanna Selda

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UST still PH’s No. 5 but falls to 2,620th in 2024 World Webometrics

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) remained the fifth-best Philippine institution despite getting a lower ranking in the 2024 Webometrics of World Universities. Previously at 2,523rd, UST dropped to 2,620th in the January 2024 edition of the Webometrics Ranking. The 20-year-old Webometrics Rankings biannually assesses the volume and quality of over 32,000…

Feb

By Erwin James Gianan and Trisha Tamio

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AB to keep type A uniform design

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) administration is not changing the Artlets type A uniform to preserve history and tradition but is open to offering alternatives for students seeking "inclusivity," AB Dean Prof. Melanie Turingan said. In October last year, the Artlets Student Council (ABSC) launched a poll on…

Artlets concert ‘not canceled’ but may be deferred due to ABSC’s failure to meet requirements

Feb

By The Flame News

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Artlets concert ‘not canceled’ but may be deferred due to ABSC’s failure to meet requirements

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a developing story The Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) concert has not been scrapped but may be postponed because of the failure of the Artlets Student Council (ABSC) to meet some requirements set by the Office for Student Affairs (OSA), an administrator and a student…

Comm-Journ institute ‘not in the near future,’ says AB dean

Feb

By Cali Asajar

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Comm-Journ institute ‘not in the near future,’ says AB dean

DESPITE TALKS of separating the University’s communication and media studies department from the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB), Artlets Dean Prof. Melanie Turingan said its establishment into an institute may not happen in the near future. In an interview with The Flame, Turingan said the AB administration is still in…