Ending the PIGLASAPAT’s 10-year streak of dominating the Top 3 SCB positions, BAHAGHARI secured the top three positions in a historic wave of elections during the recently concluded SAMAHAN Central Board (SCB) Elections 2024. Bound under the Connect to Co-create coalition, Leen Juliet Lapatis, Sung Goon Acosta, and Aliya Medida garnered the student body’s majority
Bringing back the joy of reading and bridging social and cultural divides, Ateneo de Davao University hosted a three-day Mindanao Book Fair, organized by Primetrade Asia Inc. and sponsored by the Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS). Vice President of Primetrade Asia, Inc., Tinette Capistrano, shared with Atenews that this is the first book fair
With a high inflation rate of 6.5% as of December 2023, increased government-mandated contributions, and facilities expansion and repair, the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) proposed a 7% increase in the tuition and miscellaneous fees to meet the expenses estimated in the next school year 2024-2025. Incoming first-year students may expect an increased tuition rate
With the ongoing talks of the revival of the Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (MROTC), local authorities backed the MROTC bill, arguing its importance in exercising nationalism, while human rights activists slammed the need for MROTC. Representing the City Counselor of Davao, Weniferdo C. Gorrez emphasized the right of students to choose how to convey
Resurfacing the pressing issues of open-pit mining in Davao, various progressive and environmental groups protested to suspend APEX Mining’s operations in Davao de Oro amid the Masara Landslide tragedy. “Ang bag-o lang nga landslide nagsilbi nga dakong pahinumdom sa nagbalikbalik nga mga katalagman nga nalambigit sa pagkadaot sa kinaiyahan sa pagmina nga gihimo sa Apex