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First-ever Lasallian Press Conference challenges students’ journalistic finesse
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Conclusion? Let’s say that both parties are doing a horrible job to maintain - MILES U. GUANCIA peace and pursue assurance.
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INITIATIVE. Bacolod City Mayor Bing Leonardia’s Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOCTF) and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVaC) continue to send out vaccines to priority groups A1 to A5 at the Vaccine Center in Ayala Malls on Aug. 31. photo taken from Rappler; edited by JOSEPH
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Shamelessly enough, although probably patriotic to the president’s eyes, all U.S. troops will be withdrawn before September 11 as the prompt deadline implies. Conclusion? Let’s say that both parties are doing a horrible job to maintain peace and pursue assurance. While it is true that Afghanistan and the U.S. are two, completely separate counties with their own feet to stand on—the former could have considered leaving Afghan borders with a considerable momentum of stability. They could have left, with the war they started themselves, in a better calm, with greater societal security than it was before and is at present. As for the Taliban, they could have been dealt with before the retreat, for their history with violence should have been enough proof of their suffocating ways. Truly, it’s not about taking sides anymore, both parties are accountable for the dissonance and displacement of the Afghan people—of innocent people. And they are never meant to flee, dragging themselves away from home; they should’ve been sauntering through the streets without fear of any American failure and Taliban at threat. So, now is the time we educate ourselves about this demanding matter as it clings desperately for our attention, our assistance. We must raise our voices for the victims, and not either party’s side, because both have done terribly wrong. KYLE BRYAN T. PALPARAN
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et’s face it, both the United States (U.S.) government and Afghan rule didn’t spend millions upon billions of dollars to rebuild peace—but inflamed a mistaken firefight that only led to further political massacre. To draw the line between the two would be the tricky part, but hopefully not with blood. For the past 20 years, the U.S. had been in combat with, well, their widespread number of international enemies. One of them is the Taliban, and despite the name translating to the students in Pashto, one of Afghanistan’s primary languages, it’s safe to assume that the U.S. army has a particular fit for targeting scholarly rebels. Take Osama Bin Laden for example, the man who “started all the Afghan war and chaos” as some would like to put it. A significant number of headlines would point you to him and the 9/11 crash at World Trade Center. But believe it or not, Bin Laden didn’t ignite the fire. The year is 1980 and the U.S. government funds its own enemies: Afghan rebels to fight arms with Soviet forces invading the land. The year is 1997 and the Taliban takes over Kabul in search for a better, yet violently barbaric government rule. Finally, we arrive in the year 2021 where President Joseph “Joe” Biden suddenly decides to scoot away from the battlefield after billions of dollars—and civilian lives—have been lost.
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eightening the dangers of the virus, the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Delta variant of concern soared in Bacolod City on Aug. 13, which has now infected four residents. Known as a highly contagious COVID-19 strain, the Delta variant first appeared in December 2020, which then became the predominant version of the virus in India and then Great Britain, and nearing the
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Coordinator Sheloe Treyes commented. In the “Pagsusulat ng Editoryal”, Lester Gelisanga from the House of Paris triumphed as the champion after prevailing against Lexie Claire Puedan, Louise Julienne Cañada, and Angel Marie Gomed from the houses of Rouen, Parmenie, and Rheims, respectively. Meanwhile, Phoenix Kristel Mae Oliveres conquered the “Pagsusulat ng Balita”, forcing Griffin Jasmine Mahilum, Chimera April Traigo, and Hydra Bea Cassandra Marquez to settle in a runner-up trail. “Representing our house [...] [was] already a privilege. Even if I was chosen as the participant [at] the last minute, I still [managed] to win [...], and it [was] really an honor for me. I am thankful to the members of my house for being so supportive [....] during the LPC,” said Oliveres. Furthermore, the Liceo community also commemorated the essence of being a Filipino through the said competition as it was conducted in line with this year’s Buwan ng Wika celebration. “It is important to exercise journalism because it showcases our culture [and] wikang Filipino in a wider aspect. It roots down to our Filipino culture and how it helps us enhance our vocabulary and primary knowledge of writing. We should be reminded that we, the Filipino people, can uplift our culture on day-today experiences, for example, in the power of writing,” Macasero remarked.
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evealing their mastery of the Filipino language, the four houses competed for the title in the “Lasallian Press Conference (LPC)”, held by Berdeng Parola and the Liceo Student Government (LSG) on Aug. 30 through Zoom. Specifically, the LPC was a competition in various fields of journalism that tested the skills of the houses’ contenders in four categories: “Pagsusulat ng Balita”, “Pagsusulat ng Editoryal”, “Pagsusulat ng Lathalain”, and “Pagdidibuho”. “The LPC was fun and challenging. It was our first time to handle a press conference contest similar to the Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC), where different schools compete in different areas. The only difference between the LPC and the DSPC was that we made it a competition [among the houses] in Liceo,” stated Berdeng Parola’s News Editor John Rosh Macasero. Leading with two victories, the House of Parmenie towered above the competition as griffins Rhianne Joie Delmo and Riezyl Mae Luga respectively took the crown in “Pagsusulat ng Lathalain” and “Pagdidibuho”. “These two victories were something all of the executives and the house were proud of. [....] Both Riezyl and Rhianne were great assets to our team for the LPC, along with the other writers who didn’t fall far behind the first place award,” House of Parmenie
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end of July, this variant has landed in the Philippines. The first case of the variant in Bacolod City was detected in Barangay Banago in a 71-year-old man, who was swabbed as asymptomatic on July 15. Five people from his household also reflected positive results with mild symptoms. Moreover, the second Delta case was detected in a 32-year-old pregnant woman in Barangay Sum-ag, who was also found asymptomatic, but the five members in her household showed no symptoms of the virus. After the rise of the two Delta variant cases, the city government immediately implemented localized containment measures, which pushed the lockdown of barangays Banago and Sum-ag as well as the extensive contact tracing and re-swabbing conducted by the city’s medical team. “Let us continue to observe minimum health protocols by wearing face masks and face shields, [and by avoiding] crowded places, big meetings, and social gatherings. Go out only when necessary and always observe physical distancing,” noted Bacolod City Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia. Furthermore, Leonardia launched “VAX-i”, a mobile vaccination drive to make vaccines more accessible to the city’s residents and to help combat the new variant on Aug. 12. Two more Delta cases appeared in a 3-year-old male child and a 63-year-old woman who both reside in Barangay Mansilingan, which immediately was placed in lockdown as reported by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) on Aug. 16. After four days of the arrival of the new COVID-19 variant, the city government has confirmed the recovery of the four recorded Delta cases.