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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF JUAN SUMULONG HIGH SCHOOL

Becoming a Leader; How to deal with criticism? Opinion / 7

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

IT'S YOUR TURN! "What can you say about the approval of Death Penalty"

EXO'RDIUM IN MANILA Feature / 11

Letters to the Editor / 9

YAGIN, THE NEW PRIDE OF SUMULONG? CAN HE MAKE US PROUD? News Feature / 3

SUMULONG’S MOST TRUSTED

WORLD NEWS

Proof of Indian Terrorism handed to UN Chief

Pakistan has asked the United Nations to restrain India from interfering in Pakistan and refrain from activities aimed at destabilizing Pakistan, said a statement issued on Friday. Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, delivered a report India's interference and terrorism in Pakistan, to UN-Secretary Antonio Guterres, along with a letter from Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs. The report contains additional information and proof of Indian/ RAW interference in Pakistan and involvement in Terrorism- particularly in Balochistan, FATA and Karachi. Ambassador Lodhi has earlier in October 2015 presented three reports to the then secretary-general Banki-moon, which were said to be containing proofs of Indian interference in Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Karachi. But the move did not get too much traction. In the covering letter sent with a report, Sartaj Aziz noted that the arrest of Indian RAW agent Kulbhushan Jadhav from Balochistan

and his confessional statement admitting involvement in activities aimed as destablising Pakistan, and support 10 terrorist elements indicated Pakistan's longstanding position about India's involvement in such activities. The report also contains evidence of attempted violation of maritime boundary by an Indian submarine. India was carrying out these activities in clear contravention of the UN charter and the resolutions of the UN Securiy Council on counter-terrorism and international conventions on terrorism it read. "India's hostile intentions towards Pakistan were also borne out by recent statements of its political and military leadership." Pakistan continues to desire peace will all its neighbors including India is convinced that the common adjectives of economic development and prosperity for our people can best be promoted through regional cooperation, conflict, resolution and peaceful settlement of disputes, the letter read. "At the same time, however, Pakistan will resolutely defend its territorial integrity and take all necessary measures to counter any threat to its Security,"it concluded.

NATION /5

As for the second time around, “Oplan Tokhang” is back again to rid of drug lords, pushers users and this time, with the police scalawags.

Shemah Eliza Lim @elizalims

‘Oplan Tokhang’ comes back again

LOCAL NEWS

Six dead, over 100 people hurt in magnitude 6.7 in Surigao Six people were reported dead and over 100 people were hurt in Surigao after a magnitude earthquake of 6.7 hit the city last February 10, 2017, Friday. "We have 6 fatalities and we have 125 injured for this time," Senior Supt. Antony Maghari of Philippine National Police-Surigao del Norte told CNN Philippines on Saturday afternoon. A state of calamity has been declared in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte Gov. Matugas said. At least 11 towns were affected by the quake and damaged the provincial capital, two major bridges, and other infrastructures. There is still no power and electricity supply to the affected areas, Matugas said. The earthquake also forced the closure of Surigao City domestic airport, officials said. All flights were canceled due to a damaged

runway. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the airport might be closed until March 10. "Ito and pinakamalakas na earthquake na aming naranasan sa buong buhay namin [This is the first formidable earthquake that we have experienced in our whole lives” Matugas said. Surigao City was hit with an intensity of Intensity VII (Desctructive) according to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The earthquake was tectonic of origin. The people in Surigao was alarmed and left shock after their city was hit with the magnitude of 6.7 earthquakes and was followed by aftershocks. The epicenter of the tremor was located 16 kilometers (km) offshore, northwest of Surigao City, Surigao Strait at a depth of 10 km. It was generated by the movement of the Surigao segment of the Philippine Fault. President Rodrigo Duterte “is on top of the situation,” Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said in a

FEATURE/12

POLITICS /2

SCIENCE & TECH/15 SPORTS/19

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The Senate was entreat to dump the re-imposing of death penalty yesterday even it implies to the drug-related case only.

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Solace From Reality

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Satuday press briefing after she met with officials at the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. The officials called for calm, assuring residents that the relief and rescue operations are underway. "The DSWD Regional Office has prepositioned 8,258 family food packs to geographically hard-toreach areas," Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement. He also said the DSWD has a stockpile of over 14,000 family packs and over P2.8 million of fund on standby. Intensity 5 was felt in Mandaue City, San Ricardo, Limasawa and San Francisco, Southern Leyte; Intensity 4 in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte and Butuan City; Intensity 3 in Hibok-hibok, Camiguin, Tolosa and Tacloban, Leyte, Bislig City, Gingoog City, Misamis; and Intensity 2 in Cagayan de Oro City, Talocogon City, Agusan del Sur, Dumaguete City, and Cebu City.

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Senate asked to blow off death penalty revival Cherry Masibay @TheLodestarJSHS

he Senate was entreat to dump the re-imposing of death penalty yesterday even it implies to the drug-related case only. “The Senate should throw it out. The restoration of capital punishment is an utter waste of time and taxpayers’ money,” Rep. Lito Atienza of party-list group Buhay said. He said even if the Congress approves the penalty because it was the wish of President Duterte, the would be no likely extrajudicial killings during his term. “We will challenge the constitunality of this bill before the Supreme Court. The case will take years. Assuming the high court would uphold its constitunality, it will take more years to convict a single offender. Once there is a conviction, the appeal process follows. By that time, President Duterte will no longer be in office,” Atienza said. He pointed out that a convict could question the constitunality of the mode of the execution. “The convict could argue that

hanging or shooting constituents is cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, which the Constitution prohibited,” he added. Atienza said Congress to instead the restoration of the capital punishment. “We should juat focus on suppressing crime by stamping out rampant corruption, which is really the problem besetting law enforcement, prosecution service, judiciary and our prisons,” he said. “We need wide-ranging criminal justice system reforms to ensure that every felon is apprehended, prosecuted, convicted and locked up. This is our best strategy to fight crime-to discourage other would be offenders.” he said. Atienza said though the bill provides for three modes of execution, “in reality, the methods are down to hanging by the neck or by firing squad because lethal injection drugs are not available anymore.” “In fact, in America, in the few states that still subscribe to the death penalty, executions are in total disarray due to the lack of sodium thiopental, the first of the three-drug cocktail used in lethal injections,” he said. Atienza said the manufacture and global trade of sodium thio-

pental, a powerful anesthetic, has been stopped by governments and international human rights groups opposed to the death penalty. He noted that the previous and now-repealed 1993 Death Penalty Law or Republic Act 7659 originally provided for electrocution and once available, gas poisoning, as the method of execution. However three years later, Congress decided to pass another law, Republic Act 8177, which dumped electrocution and gas poisoning and designated lethal injection as the new mode of execution. Atienza said the late senator Ernesto Harrera, principal author of both laws, went on record to say that Congress opted to specify lethal injection since it was then deemed the method that would best conform with the 1987 Constitution’s prohibitition against the infliction of cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment. Erap backs death penalty. For his part, he is agreeing about the restoration of capital punishment. Criminals continue to commit crimes because they are not afraid of the life sentence, Estrada said. “I’m in favor of the death penalty law,” Mayor Estrada said

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We need wide-ranging criminal justice system reforms to ensure that every felon is apprehended, prosecuted, convicted and locked up. Rep. Lito Atienza Buhay Partylist

Legazpi bishop to youth: Utilize social media to defy death penalty Cherry Masibay @TheLodestarJSHS

LIGAO CITY, Philippines – A Catholic bishop from Legazpi sends a message for the youth to make use of social media to oppose death penalty and the extrajudicial killings that is allegedly happening in the country. Bishop Joel Baylon of the Diocese of Legazpi addressed participants of the 8th Diocesan Youth Way of the Cross at Kawa-Kawa Hill in Ligao City, Albay on Saturday, March 11. “Use your capacity to post on social media against extrajucial killings, death penalty, and be online missionaries of God,” Baylon said. From July 1, the start of Duterte’s adminiration up to January 31,2017, there were 7,080 people killed in the administration’s war on drugs, both from police operations and vigilante-style killing. From March 6 to 12

this year, 14 more deaths were recorded. Baylon said that doing those were not the solution to the country’s problem. “We do not wish the sinners to die… because they can be brought back to the fold law and of God. We are hoping that peace should reign again,” he said. “To the youth, don’t welcome drugs because it will not help you, but destroy you. So, influence your friends not to take drugs,” he added. The death penalty was the main focus of Duterte’s administration. It was recently approved by the House of Representatives on 3rd and final reading but was challenged to the Senate. Leaders of the Catholic are recently using their voice to speak about stopping drugs, extrajudicial killings and death penalty. Bishop Joel conducted a speak to youth instead of the usual homily during mass to allow selected par-

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To the youth, don’t welcome drugs because it will not help you, but destroy you. Bishop Joel Baylon Diocese of Legaspi

ticipants from various parishes to give questions. The 8th Diocesan Youth Way of the Cross had the theme of “United in Faith, Restoring All Things in Christ”.

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NEWS FEATURE

NEW PRESIDENT!

YAGIN, THE NEW PRIDE OF SUMULONG? "Can he make Sumulong Great again?" Shemah Eliza Lim and Cherry Masibay

ew, peculiar and unexpected, those are the words that you can say and think about the victory of Patric James Yagin of Grade 9-Lapu Lapu in the election for the upcoming President of the Supreme Student Government on February 23, 2017. This is another school year that the new president of the Supreme Student Government is not from the crème of the crop or particularly known as star section. Yagin proved that the presidential seat does not only belong to the higher sections but also the lower sections can attain it. He is confident, witty, friendly and full of ideas for his coming term. “Akala ko yung mga nakasama kong nanalo ay mga seryoso, mahirap pakisamahan at mahirap i-approach,”(At first, I thought that those students who won together with me are the serious type of person, hard to mingle with and approach) he said. That all vanished when the newly selected officers together with the other current officers was humbly and honorably invited to participate in a Student Congress Leadership Seminar that mainly focuses to train, to mold, to build, to hone new skills and talents, to become a capable, excellent and outstanding leader at STI Cubao last March 8, 2017, Wednesday. “Mali pala yung inaakala ko all this time sa kanila. Yun pala ito

New SSG President Patrick James Yagin visits the Lodestar staff and had a conversation with them ay kabaliktaran ng lahat ng aking naging pananaw sa kanila. Madali pala sila pakisamahan, maingay at may pagkakalog sila pero seryoso sa oras na ang pinag-uusapan ay mga importanteng bagay na tungkol sa paaralan atkapag kailangan,”( I was wrong all this time about them. Instead, it was the completely opposite of what I thought of them. They are very easy to deal and socialize with, they’re noisy and crazy but they can also be earnest when the topic is about a serious matter that involves the school or when it is

needed) Yagin said during the Student Congress Leadership Seminar in STI Cubao. Yagin was interviewed by some journalism students about the election he unanimously won. “What I felt when I have won the election was mixed emotions or feelings. First, I was glad I’ve won the election because I was given the opportunity to lead and serve not only in our class but for the entire school. I also felt very happy that the students trusted and voted me for the position and because I won. Sec-

ond, I felt very sorry for the other candidates who didn’t won especially my two opponents Alfred Devon Tolentino of ARISE Partylist of 9-Rizal and Angeline Navarro of Insta Partylist of 9- Bonifacio.,” “Of course, there are lots of times and cases that someone will win and someone will lose. If It is only possible that all of us will be given an opportunity to win. Why not?,” he added in an interview. Third, he was nervous due to the issues that arised after he won the election but stated that he doesn’t

mind those things. “What I want to do make Sumulong a much better school for next school year is to let the Sumulongians enjoy and at the same time to learn new things, develop skills and talents that can benefit and they can use in the future, widened their social capabilities,” Yagin stated in a fast talk session together with the journalism students in Grade 9- Rizal. “I think Yagin would do good in his job as a SSG President for next school year because I know he has the capability to lead and unite the entire Sumulong. I, for myself, don’t know him very well so I better not judge him. Instead of judging him, I put my trust on him that he can do it. I know that it is impossible for him to do it by himself so for me, what I can say is that we need to support him. We need to support him in every cause and so that he can lead us for the future of Sumulong,” Grade 10 Representative, Bernadette Sibucao said in an question and answer game. Ian Raphael Lopez, the current Grade 10 Rep. also showed his support towards Yagin by posting in the social media convincing the students to put their faith and trust in him. “At first, I have a different opinion about Yagin and I felt very bad about it right now. But as I started to get to know him, that all changed. Right now, I can see a brighter future as Yagin will be leading us in the next school year. I see him as a light unto others that he can see what we can’t see. I’m very glad that he won because I know that he deserves it. I’m looking forward in his term and I know it will be fun,” said Shemah Eliza Lim, the newly elected Vice President of the Supreme Student Government

NEWSROUND

MUNTIK K O NANG M Juan Sumulong Sumulong celebrates AKA-D ATE YUNG Celebrates Sir MAY BIRT HDAY! Valentines Day Al's Birthday HAPPY B-DAY!

n February 24, the Sumulong’s pride Sir Al celebrates his birthday along the teachers and some staff of the school and division office. The party is started at exactly 2pm wherein the students were already home. The event were supported and was efforted by the teachers who are in charge. The party was covered by an incredible designs and was served by a catering. The birthday party was successfully held. Many teachers enjoy the party that was thrown by Sir Al.

ON VALENTINES

he students in Juan Sumulong High School celebrated the Valentine’s Day with the different colored t-shirts that were made by the MAPEH officers on February 14, 2017. Some of the students were enjoying the said event much more those who have relationship. The colored t-shirts that are allowed to wear by the studs are red signifies in a relationship, blue as it’s complicated, white as single, black as broken hearted, green as bitter, pink as flirty, gray as friendzone, yellow as moving on and uniform as study first.

The MAPEH Club which is the assigned club for the month also took the opportunity to raise fund. The Club President Kayle Cassandra of 10 – Aguinaldo decides to open an mini shop of chocolates and candies and photo booth which priority is to give love and surprises to love ones. Ma’am Rebecca Gallaroza, the adviser of the MAPEH Club supports the said event.

SSG ELECTIONS

Partylists: ”Vote Wisely, Vote Our Partylist!

he search for the new Suppreme Student Government officers are now begins. The different partylist from Grade 9 students are all campaigning room to room from Grade 7 to Grade 9. The partylists which consists of three groups, Hokage, Insta and Arise are all working hard to achieve the trust and the votes of the students. The president of each partylists are scheduled to have debate on February 22, 2017, 2pm at JSHS Quadrangle led by Vice President Patricia Sibucao and Grade 10 Rep. Ian Lopez. Mr. Jm Manalaysay, the advicer of the SSG approved the event.

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CAMPUS NEWS

New Elected SSG Officers together with Mr. Tabije Shemah Eliza Lim @Elizalims

ewly elected officers of the Supreme Student Government together with the other current members had the privilege to attend in a Student Congress: Lead the Change #LTC last March 8,2017, Wednesday at STI College Cubao. Juan Sumulong High School, Carlos P. Garcia High School, Camp Emilio Aguinaldo High School, Ramon Magsaysay High School, Jose P. Laurel High School are the schools who were included in the leadership training. Francis Elaine Boque, an SHS Faculty Member who was the Master of Ceremonies led the cop-opening excercises. The leadership training started

with an Invocation, National Anthem and was followed by the welcome remarks that was led by Julito Velasco, Jr. the Student Council President and a welcome remark given by Armando Bibay a BSIT student. The Workshop/Congress Proper speakers were Johnlloyd Nagera the former Provincial Youth Governor of Camariñas Norte’s lecture was about “Transformational Leadership” that lasted for about a half an hour. He took notice of the ways to become a productive, kind, and effective leader for the youth. “Change the Campus Today, Change the Nation Tomorrow,” he quoted. The second speaker was Janie Rose Illustre-Alfronso who talked about “Initiating Change” who gave a lot of activities to do which the students can work together, be united and can learn to trust and cooperate with each other.

Kimberly U. Bantad the Deputy School Administrator of STI awarded and recognized the two guest speakers after the lecture. The STI’iers prepared lunch for the guest speakers and the students who were invited in the seminar and gave them a “Certificate of Participation.” Maam Kimberly U. Bantad the Deputy School Administrator offered and gave Juan Sumulong High School a tour inside the entire building. She explained that “kompleto ang facilites dito, maganda at malinis ung rooms, hallway, etc. masarap din ang pagkain sa canteen.” She gave the opportunity to Julito Velasco, Jr. the President of the Student Council of STI to continue the tour. “Masaya ako kasi nabigyan ako ng pagkakataon na makalahok sa ganung leadership training na makakatulong sa akin pati sa ibang

FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT SUMULONG Cherry Masibay @TheLodestarJSHS

he three candidates for presidential seat Alfred Devon Tolentino, Patrick James Yagin and Angeline Navarro had a presidential debate for the upcoming election for the Supreme Student Government (SSG) on February 22, 2017, Wednesday. The debate occurs at the covered court of the school exactly at 2pm onwards. The said debate was led by Ian Raphael Lopez, the Grade 10 rep. and Ma. Patricia Sibucao, the Vice President. The said event was approved and produced by the Supreme Student Government especially Florean Belle Arcilla, the President. The candidates were Alfred Devon Tolentino from ARISE Partylist, Patrick James Yagin from Hokage Partylist and Angeline Navarro from Insta Partylist. The debate was scheduled to have three different rounds. The first two

rounds were given by the hosts and the remaining one will come from the students. The event was attended by the students and supporters of the three-aspiring president to support their choice of leader for the upcoming election for the position in SSG. Many students ask questions to the three about how can they make Sumulong a better school and for some issues the three involved. The three-aspiring leader answers each question with dignity and honor. In the end, from the Lodestar, Alfred Devon Tolentino won the debate.

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officer kung paano mas maging productive and effectively naming mai-lead ang mga Sumulogians. Natuwa ako dahil very hospitable and accommodating ang mga taga-STI lalong lalo na nung nagyaya si Ma’am Kimerly Bantad na Deputy School Administrator na bigyan kami ng tour sa buong campus. (I am happy because I was given the opportunity to participate in that kind of leadership training that can help me and my fellow officers to be more productive and effectively lead the Sumulongians. I was glad because the STI’iers are very hospitable and accommodating especially when Ma’am Kimberly Bantad, the deputy school administrator offered a tour inside the entire campus),” Sara Sofia Cimeni the newly elected Peace officer of the Supreme Student Government said. The leadership training ended successfully that gave the students

new knowledge how they can better lead the youth.

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Change the Campus Today, Change the Nation Tommorrow Johnlloyd Nagera Former Provincial Youth Governor of Camariñas Norte

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Gisado sila! Ka nanaman w namanawa sila!

PERENNIAL REVERIE: TURN OVER CEREMONY Cherry Masibay @TheLodestarJSHS

uan Sumulong High School throwed a Turn Over Ceremony for Grade 9, 10 and 11 students on February 10, Friday. The event was made by the Supreme Student Government and was approved by the principal, Sir Almario Aurelio. The event was organized by the Mapeh teacher Sir Raegan Buela also the cotillion and the stage design with the help of some students The Turn Over Ceremony was started by a prayer of Himig ni Juan Chorale and was immediately followed by a program which vision is to pass the honor to the lower grade level. Grade 9 passed the flower

while the grade 10 gave a lighted candle. Grade 11 passes a token of gratitude to welcome the grade 10 students Afterwards, the party begins. Many students enjoyed the party because of the party lights that were designed and the food that was served through catering. The atmosphere that night was heaten up because of the music especially rock. Also, many students took the opportunity to be with their crushes, girlfriend, boyfriend or friends. The party ended at exactly 10 pm. Many students frown because the party was short-handed but all in all, the students enjoyed the party. Turn Over Ceremony ended with a slow song that enjoyed by the students with their love ones. Many students were fetched by their parents because of the late time of dismissal.

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NATIONWIDE

PNP discusses about the bad effects of drugs in Marikina City ~ source Google

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ABOUT DRUGS

Muntinlupa RTC ‘Oplan rebegin hearings Tokhang’ on De Lima’s issues comes back again

Zhekinah Tarzona @TheLodestarJSHS

en. Leila de Lima, having carps about the illegal drug trade at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC). She would be staying longer at the headquarters as the trial rescheduled it, her cases in next month. Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros Corpuz gave the prosecutors coming from the Department of Justice (DOJ) 10 days to remark the senator’s movement to Jose Adrian Dera, De Lima’s the same criminate

on the case, for judicial decidedness of the cause. The implementation was also ordered in 10 days of movement of Jose Adrian Dera, De Lima’s coaccused on the issue, for judicial decidedness. The protection in turn was given another couple of days to gave reaction on its motion to compact all the cases. April 21 or after the Holy Week is the next hearing’s scheduled. Last week, the DOJ prosecutors passed a movement, asking Judge Juanita Guerrero of the Muntinlupa RTC Branch 204 to combine the

informations of the cases handled by Branches 205, and 206, and the case in her court into a single case that she alone would try. De Lima’s counsel previously said the defense would contradict the movement, as all three cases would be heard by Guerrero, who had ordered the senator’s arrest just three days after the justice department filed the complaint against the lawmaker. The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the motion of De Lima for the high court to review her case and to bar Guerrero from hearing her cases.

WOMEN POWER: 8 out of 10 cadets in PMA are Female The Lodestar News @TheLodestarNews

fter all the sufferings that they've done, Philippine Military Academy Batch 17 end their life in school last

sunday. 167 cadets graduated in Baguio City and 63 of them are female. They'd received their certificates with the presence of President Ro-

drigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. Because of the difficulties in training, Cadet First Class Rovi Mairel Valino Martinez, 22, almost quit PMA. But because of her family that keeps on persuading her, she's now one of the topnotchers. "Don't you know how many women want to become part of PMA? Would you give up now that you are already in PMA? Don't you know how lucky you are?" Marti-

nez said to senior cadets who berated her during her second year in PMA. Having eight women who graduates with honor, only two of them are male who made it to the Top 10 this year: Cadets First Class Philip Modestano Viscaya of Ligao City in Albay, who ranked second; and Carlo Emmanuel Manalansan Canlas of Lubao, Pampaga, fifth.

Decomposing 3 dead bodies found in Venezuelan prison

enezuelan authorities said on Friday that they have found the decomposing remains of three people inside that Venezuelan jailhouse, the country’s biggest prison, five months after violent clashes among inmates. The two skulls and bones found in the prison at San Juan de Los Morros allegedly belonged to three inmates who had been reported missing before the prison was closed, said Iris Varela, the minister for penitentiary affairs. “We received reports … that bones

were found, human remains, and we immediately activated” an investigation, she told a news assembly The remains were in a near and “in an advanced stage of decomposition,” she said. The government closed the jailhouse October 28, to end weeks of clashes between prisoners fighting over the the facilities control. There also have complaints about the inmates who had died because of insufficient food and medicine. The prison is now under renovation as part of a government

program to bring the country’s penitentiaries up to international standards, Varela said. The General Penitentiary of Venezuela, as the prison is officially called, had an estimated 9,000 inmates before the closure, according to the non-governmental group A Window on Freedom. Some 88,000 people imprisoned in Venezuela, the group estimates, 33,000 of them in police jails.

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s for the second time around, “Oplan Tokhang” is back again to rid of drug lords, pushers users and this time, with the police scalawags. It will be called “Oplan Double Barrel, Reload” and according to Director General Ronald dela Rosa, it will be bloodless this time. Dela Rosa said, Oplan Double Barrel Reload would resume its antidrug campaign nationwide. There are some changes including to diminished the number of police scalawags. “Yes, we will relaunch it nationwide. We have reformed it to make sure that the mistakes made in Part 1 will not be repeated in Part 2,” Dela Rosa said in a interview. “We will make sure scalawags will not be able to get in to use it for extortion. If possible, we want this to be a bloodless campaign,” he added. In late January, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Philippine National Police or PNP to stop its anti-illegal drug operations, after some policemen allegedly involved in kidnapping South Korean Businessman Jack Ick-Joo, who found dead right inside Camp Crame. Although surveys showed the support to Duterte’s administration’s War on Drugs, it had also come under fire from local and

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We have reformed it to make sure that the mistakes made in Part 1 will not be repeated in Part 2 D./Gen Ronald Dela Rosa Chief PNP

international human rights pointing about the killings of more than 7,000 mainly poor users and pushers. Ask about this, Dela Rosa answered: “We will guard against that.” “There were groups who took advantage of our campaign and so we had these so-called EJKs (extrajudicial killings),” he said. The new campaign splits in to two parts–a revitalized Project HVT which go after “high value targets” or “big-time drug personalities and groups,” and a relaunched “Oplan Tokhang,” the controversial drive in which policemen knocked on doors of suspected drug users or pushers. They invited also the CBCP to join knocking on doors and read some gospels to convince the suspected drug users or pushers to surrender and to change their lives.

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ACROSS THE WORLD

Court dismisses South Korea's President Shemah Eliza Lim @elizalims

outh Korean President Park Geun-hye was fired by the country's top court last March 10, 2017 as it confirms her impeachment over a wide-ranging corruption scandal. The unanimous decision of the constitutional court brought to a climax of months of political turmoil that brought millions of people onto streets in weekly protests, and triggers a new presidential election to be held within 60 days. That will offer South Korea a chance to draw a line under its scandal, which has occupied attention for months, even as North Korea unleashed new missile launches that have raised international alarm. Park, the country's first female president that is also known and called as Sotuth Korea's "Princess" becomes the first head of state to be removed by impeachment. She is obliged to leave the Blue House immediately and loses her executive immunity from prosecution. "She leaves them in disgraces, crippled by a corruptions scandal. Her actions "seriously impaired" the spirit of representative democracy the rule of law constitutional," Court Chief Justice Lee Jung-mi said. Park is accused of squeezing tens of millions of dollars from South Korean businesses, including many of the country's biggest companies in exchange of governmental favors. She was also accused of negligence over the sinking of Sewol ferry in 2014, when more than 300 people, mostly school children, drowned in the South's worst disaster for decades. Separately, Park is accused

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She leaves them in disgraces, crippled by a corruptions scandal. Her actions " seriously impaired" the spirit of representative democracy the rule of law constitutional Lee Jung-mi Court Chief Justice

of ordering officials to crack down on and punish thousands of artists who voiced criticism of her. Rival groups watched as the verdict was read out live on television. Anti-Park demonstrators erupted with joy as the verdict was read out cheering and hugging each other, some shedding tears."We won, we won," they chanted. "I am so pleased that I cannot hold back tears," said Shim Seoyoung, 43, clasping her friend."This is a sweet revenge." A few hundred meters away, separated by a huge police residence the president's flag-waving supporters were stunned. "We don't accept this decision," said Cho Bong-am, 60, a kindergarten operator. We will to the stress to fight to the end." "Her downfall is a reminder for all South Koreans that now is the time to finally say goodbye to our past, "Chun-yu-ok, a former ally and senior lawmaker in Park's party said.

India rebuffs new UN Chief, rejects mediation on Kashimir issue Shemah Eliza Lim @elizalims

ew Delhi: India has again reiterated that only a bilateral solution to the Kahshimir issue is possible, and signs the new United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was looking at ways to break the deadlock between the two nations. Responding to reports that Guterres was considering opening a conversation with senior Indian and Pakistani officials on Kashimir,

government sources said. "Our position on addressing all issues between India and Pakistani bilaterally has not changed." Guterres' spokesperson Farhan Haq was quoted as saying that the secretary-general "will talk to different officials if it helps (to) move the process along. That's something that he is looking into. Beyond that I have nothing to say about the issue." Haq was answering journalists' questions about the situations in Kashimir, and if Guterres had been able to understand the Kashimir dispute and would he be talking to PM Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India to start a dialogue with Pakistan. Haq was asked if there was time-

line as to UN Chief would talk to leaders from the two countries, he said that as with any number of long-running situations, there were a lot of complex issues" that needed to be examined. The UN chief "will…certainly…try to see what can be done to be improve the situation on the ground," Haq said. Pakistan has repeatedly asked the UN to intervene in Kashimir, particularly after the month-long unrest and violence in the Kashimir valley last year. Ban-Ki Moon Guterres' predecessor expressed his concern at the violence but refrained from offering facilitation on mediation. Since 1972 India has been opposed to any third party involvement.

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Becoming a Leader, How to Deal with Criticism ? Supreme Student Government had its substitute for the next School Year 2017-2018. The campaign started last February 20-22, 2017. Each partylist gave the utmost performance to encourage each Sumulongians to vote them. Day after the campaign, was the time to vote. The people’s choice where seen while the counting of votes where observed. As the new set of officers came from different partylists, especially the elected president, Patrick James Yagin (Hokage Partylist)of Grade 9 Lapu-lapu. Athens Tumaneng (Insta Partylist) as the new Grade 9 Representative and the rest positions were won by the Arise Partylist. They were combined as one to lead the school starting the coming months for this year. Yagin came from the section which was second to the last of the Grade 9 Level. Lapu-lapu is said to have odd pupils, having naughty and lazy individuals. But not all of them. Yagin became the voice of lower segments , pursuing that not only higher sections were the talented to be a model and taskmaster of the said position. Since Grade 4 in Elementary Level, Yagin had dalliance oftenly his favorite sport, volleyball. Before and after the class, even in vacant time, he is seen playing with other schoolmates. We can observed that he is now excellent in it because he really loves playing. For him, it is difficult to give up and having his huge responsibility in his 10th Grade, he chooses both. He wants

to maintain his eagerness in playing. Yagin had his own way for not neglecting the duties and his hobby. Notwithstanding with his background as a pupil, Yagin continuously efface oneself. Many questioned if he can do his job well, because of the section he belongs. While others embolden his confidence to do the job. Having both his supporters and bashers, he his more motivated. He used everyone’s opinion or reaction about his to be stronger and the best leader for the next school year. Yagin is thankful whether he hears positive or unpleasant comments. Yagin’s main project for the coming year, is to maintain the school’s cleanliness. Although many teachers lead this activity, Yagin wouldn’t stop to reach his main goal. He is also willing to implement the platform made by the Arise Partylist.”I’m not the only one who won , but also them. So I’m open to work the activities well. Yagin cannot do all the job alone, so with his fellow officers, they were completely combined for good. Nobody can control each individual’s reaction or outlook in a matter. We think according to our taste and beliefs. And that is a natural to a person. Yagin maybe humble for these couple of weeks, but when he is in the position, can he handle the pressure well? Will their be a change in his behavior? Will he be able to perform everything he promised? Most importantly, is Yagin still be the same when he starts to lead ?

Is it a tocsin? Peace talks continue between the government and National Democratic Front or NDF after President Rodrigo Duterte put the kibosh on it. National Defese Secretary Lorenzana agreed a bilateral ceasefire with the NDF. He also added that it was difficult to stop New People's Army or NPA on doing heinous events. Last month, in Cagayan De Oro, 3 soldiers were killed in an ambush by NPA. The 3 soldiers namely Cpl. Pat Non, 40; Cpl. Niño Christopher Talabor, 29; and Sgt. Owen Yee, 39; all members of the Bayanihan Group of 8th Infantry Battalion. The said ambush can be described as "barbaric" because the soldiers were unarmed and in civil-

ian clothes only. Grycel Talabor, wife of one of the soldiers killed said, she did not expect her husband Niño Talabor would be killed. She also added that her husband is a strong and skilled soldier. What NPA did was a devilish style, only those who doesn't have spirit will do this kind of unmerciful thing. CPP-NPA-NDF are rebels and we should not trust anyone of them that they are unto us. Should we need to give them our trust? Or should we focus more on how to prevent these crimes? Ambushing three soldiers who were defenseless that time, is it a tocsin to stop this nonsense peace talks?

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Righteous Purpose, but Ineffective COMMENTARY Zhekinah Tarzona

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he Department of Health (DOH) will distribute condoms in school clinics and health centers, both public and private in the first weeks of June 2017. DOH Secretaty Paulyn Ubial said that with the tandem of Department of Education (DepEd) they will teach the ABC Framework, which stands for Abstinence, Being faithful and Condom Use. Secretary Ubial said that their advocacy to the youth is to have self-restraint and delaying sexual debut and if the young peole cannot do that, they need to be faithful to have one partner only. She also added that the condom use purpose is to protect themselves from unwanted sex and to avoid sexually transmitted infections. Having a friend of mine, her boyfriend invited to have sex at their house and without having second thought, they did it. As high school students that were informed about the use and effects of condoms, they tried it. As she told me, nothing happens to her. So after having sex for the first time, the couple repeatedly do what they wanted to themselves. Another situation of my acquaintance, a boy who really longs for sex with her “totally loved girlfriend”. He told me that with his

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As student itself, not only the two people are the ones that uses condoms to gratify their self lust body wanting to have the experience that took them a couple of months before deciding to do it. And as they have heard about condoms, they also tried it and do the same. DOH is looking forward for their advocacy to be successful in the next school year. Some of the citizens formed a movement giving free condoms to the people in public places, such as LRT Stations, Malls and other places. Although the proposal is still in the process, people were responsive and mostly, disagrees with this. As student itself, not only the two people are the ones that uses condoms to gratify their self lust. Many students, mostly in high school and colleges levels both made the activities. Having sex is not a joke, only married couples are legitimate to do this. But young people were curious about it. They sees the condom as help to their favorable lust and not giving value to themselves. The proposal will be unsuccessful as I overview the students situation. As a pupil, my schoolmates, especially the lower sections in grades 9 and 10 have committed premarital sex. If the advocacy will be approved, the rate or number of youth’s doing this activity will grow in number.

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Straight to the Point Ian Raphael Lopez

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uring the election, I wrote in this space that Patrick Yagin deserves to be President. It is not because the other candidates have some imperfections because

even Yagin has these flaws. However, what struck me most about him (or her?) is his honest and sincerity. Let me repeat the situation where I developed an instant liking for this kid. It was during our pre-interview the weekend before the campaign and he admitted that he failed some of his grades. When Joshua Cabinas asked him if he can admit that he have some 65s in his Kabuluhan, he said that he did. When he campaigned the following Monday, word soon came out that some teachers are campaigning for him. I asked one, and she said that this is because of his “hon-

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But when I say to put him in account, it means to give him constructive criticism but still cooperate, not to leave him hanging in the dark.

esty”. When Yagin campaigned that afternoon inside our room, he inadvertently said that for two years, all the SSG administrators had some shortcomings. He also have those simple platforms. Those, I think, are the reasons why he won. I just hope that Arise winners will put him into account. But when I say to put him in account, it means to give him constructive criticism but still cooperate, not to leave him hanging in the dark. Winners from Arise should remember that he’s a neophyte, but his intuition is too strong to ignore. By the way, the new Lodestar ed-

Why not? BREW POINT Christian Del Rosario @Little_Ainstein

total of 216 in favor, 54 against and one abstained, The House of Representatives approved on their third and final reading the bill reviving death penalty in our country. The House Bill Number 4727 or in layman’s term, the death penalty will not impose a mandatory death sentence, giving the judge a choice wheter to impose life sentence or the maximum penalty of death on convicts. The bill will punish with death or

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life imprisonment with the following drug-related cases: • importation of dangerous drugs • sale, trading, distribution, delivery and transportation of dangerous drugs maintenance of a den, dive or resort • manufacture of dangerous drugs and/or controlled precursors and essential chemicals • misappropriation, misapplication or failure to account for confiscated, seized or surrendered dangerous drugs • planting of evidence Possession of drugs will only be penalized with life imprisonment. The bill also stated that the death penalty shall not be imposed to children below 18 years old nor senior citizens above 70 years old of age at a commision of the crime. Only some drug-related cases are included in the said bill. How come there’s no punishment in other related crimes like rape, and plun-

itors interviewed him a few days back, where he admitted that he will balance being President and playing volleyball. Indeed, a campaign promise broken: He promised no more volleyball next year. However, it is a choice of priorities. But on experience, there’s no free time if you’re President. Especially now when you are trying to connect a broken school from a divisive election, there’s no ‘volleyballing’ around.

Now it is approved, can we assure that we are safe among heinous crimes?

der? Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said while President Rodrigo Duterte was pleased death sentence on drug cases, he wanted plunder, rape with

homicide and rape on children to be included under death penalty. While the majority caucus in the House agreed to limit the bill on drug-related cases to increase it

(COMP) filed a complaint against Lopez. They'd submitted nine-page complaint to the Office of Ombudsman that contradicts Lopez actions. Last February, if we can remember, Lopez ordered 33 mines shut and five are suspended. She also canceled 75 contracts of mining project. According to COMP, many people lost their jobs. It also damage their mining companies and their reputation. COMP also added that Lopez committed four violations of Republic Act No. 3019, or the "Anti-graft and corrupt practice act" and Republic Act No. 6713, or the

"Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees." Because of releasing the results of an official audit publicaly without the knowings of the mining companies, thereby destroying their reputation and business. As of now, Gina doesn't only faces critics, but also allegations and some filed cases. But how this woman can stand alone? As a woman, I can say that we are stronger than allegations or critics against us. I can stand on my own even though I am helpless. But Gina can't do this with herself. The number one reason is be-

chances of being approved. Plunder and rape were among the heinous crimes removed. Since his campaign, Duterte wants to implement death penalty again to reduced the number of crimes. A wise move for the majority caucus on limiting the bill to drug-related cases only. Now it is approved, can we assure that we are safe among heinous crimes? Can we now breathe easily while walking on streets at night without any threats in our lives? If this bill will guarantee our safety among crooks, then, why not?

Gina calls us AT LARGE Weiss Magpantay

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nd our saviour of the day finally comes out, Secretary Department of Environment and Natural Resources Gina Lopez speaks out about mining in our country.

Secretary Lopez ordered some mining companies to stop their operations since she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte. Because of this, many mining companies question her testimony. Some are checking her background and critics her. But even though they're criticizing her, she keeps standing firm. President Duterte ask CA to let Lopez defend her advocacy. But I know many of you will ask, what are the reasons that keeps the mining companies continue on their operations? The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines

cause she is in politics and I am not. So we have different ways on living our lives and facing problems. This why Gina needs us. Who else wants COMP to continue destroy our nature? I'm not saying that we shouldn't get our treasures, these are presents to us. But, however, I'm saying to keep some; trees, mountains, etc. We still have time to think about our actions, but I'm telling you to let us support Secretary Gina Lopez on her journey. She's calling us.

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Where do we Lost our Attitude?

COMMENTARY Zhekinah Tarzona @Zhekky

oli Me Tangere was the backmost lesson in Filipino of Grade 9. Ms. Rina E. Caburnay gave a task to Section Rizal to make a movie poster from a tarpaulin , portraying the main characters.

Each group have its own scheme to provide a presentable work. Some used their previous photos, by editing it and others gave an effort time to retake the pictorial.The four groups were able to bring the task on March 7,2017 which was the deadline of submission. Every representative of the groups presented the work well and Ms. Caburnay delighted as she saw it. Students were given an additional task with the movie posters they made. They needed to put the picture in the facebook wall of their group’s representative and gain many reactions. Each facebook re-

actions has equivalent point. The “WOW” reaction has the highest points, which is 10. The class needed to fulfill many points to get an additional grade to their upcoming unit test. Because of the challenge, mostly of Rizal students were eager to have huge points as they can. They used everything that can be done to encourage their friends and acquaintance. Personally they talked about it. Others used their messenger application to chat them.Everyone got hundreds and hundreds of facebook reactions. The 3rd group got the highest number will the 1st group got the minimum number.

While the collecting the reactions, Rizal were not competing well with their fellow classmates. Because of envious and eagerness to achieve the grade they wanted, hurting others’ feelings or emotions doesn’t bothers them. They would make a person afraid if he/ she will not put a “WOW” reaction with their work. Madness to the individual will be seen. The time when the other group gets higher, they became “bitter”. Those people should be more challenged, not be angry with the opponent. The task were given to mold each one’s ability and character. It is how we communicate with others well,

asking them a favor we needed. Also, it teaches the pupils to stay their feet on the ground even the difficult times came. But the activity was unsuccessful. Others battled right, while some became an unpleasant model to their neighbor. We, Rizal students learned a lot from the past years, but where are the morals, the good character that we had before? I believed that our section can understand more than others, but this time we became just like them. Do envious and wrath were the factors that changed almost all of us ? Where are the beautiful hearts that cares for the sake of everyone?

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Dear Editor, Sumulong speaks:

would like to share my thoughts about the death penalty issue. I agree and disagree at the same time. I agree, because I think it's just right to punish people if they did something wrong especially when it comes to killing people. Another reason is that I know how it feels when the life of someone you love has been taken by a heartless human. I highly appreciate and really disagree about Death Penalty. Taking someone's life because of their sins is respect their opinions about this inhuman no matter how big of a sin it is. This idea is against the Church because all of us know that even God, the creator save us from death spiritually by sacrific- issue. Suspects are usually those who raped, killed, and molested ing his own son Jesus Christ. teens or young children. This is one All of us are sinners, to atone for our sins we repent by praying and going to church for salvation but for some people it is not enough, if you take someone's life of the reason why a huge number of people are in favor with the death you should atone by dying. Yes, we need this kind of law to discipline ourselves and to maintain peace but is it the penalty. They think that this is right thing to do or the answer to our problem? According to what I've watched, crime is the solution to claim the justice the main source of the problem, it is the reason why we need laws such as Death Penalty. they are seeking for the long period of time. On the other hand, people In my opinion, we don't need this law, if we really want to stop the problem we should tend to think that death penalty can be strike for its root which is corruption. the right "equal justice under law" but in Corruption is the reason why our country is not progressing, the reason why we are reality, death penalty was never been the suffering, the reason why there are discrimination among us, and the reason for this solution to one's felony. I also disagree to inhuman act that we called crime. If the management of our country's government is right, do you think there are people death penalty. First of all, it's a violation to the 6th command in the 10 commandwho will commit crime? Maybe, there will be, but the chances are too small. If the govments that depicts that no one shall ever ernment by alotting enough funds to support it, there should be enough for the people take away one's life. I believe that a felony in this country to support their living. No to Death Penalty!!! is not equivalent to death penalty. Every human can have the chance to change Sincerly yours, Anime for Life :) itself for the better if he/she want his/her sins to be lifted and be a part of the society again. Some people demand for justice whilst knowing nothing of the incident but, is that it? Is that the end of the line? Is On the that the end of the story? What about the person's loved ones? What if the killing other was just an accident? What if she/he was hand, just teamed up by some rival organisation people whose intention is to rise by the means of executing the opposing foes?Will this be tend to called justice? Will death penalty be the think that new justice?Will the wrongful execution pon hearing about our president's platform, "Death Penaldeath of the capital appear together with capital ty," some citizens (and netizens) agree and some disagree. punishment? If death penalty would be But if you ask me, I am no longer sure if I agree or disIt is just penalty the decision of the capital as one's punishagree. Why do you ask? Here's my reason. At first, I agree ment, does it mean that in order for justice can be to death penalty because I thought this was the only way right to kill to eliminate those criminals who did rape, torture, selling body parts, a drug user to be served, one's life shall be taken and the right the 6th Command in the 10 Commandand murder. I thought the country will be safe once more because "equal because ments that none shall take one's life be set criminals who did inhuman deeds will disappear, but I was wrong. Because death penalty was legal since Pres. Rodrigo Duterte won you thought aside? An another thing to consider is the justice unresponsibility he/she is about to leave. The der law" the elections, a lot of people used this opportunity to kill hundreds of he'll never person may be a father to two children innocent people and blamed them to be drug user to leave the crime scene clean. And after joining the class debate about deaht penalty, I be change and they might be a family that is facing poverty. She may be a single mother to a began to rethink about death penalty if it is a suitable punishment. back? child who is unwanted by the society for It is just right to kill a drug user because you thought he'll never be having an abnormal state that requires change back? Does it bring justice to someone because they eliminate parental or shall I say, motherly love. He/ the murderer who killed someone because her reason was horrible and She may be a lover to someone or perhaps did a traumatic scene to the killer. After thinking Sincerly yours, a community teacher/doctor that was only about these, I realized that I've reached my concluAustin Brian M. Maquiling forced into wrong doings due to extreme sion; I will never answer the question if I agree or 9-Rizal Student (JSHS) poverty. So to top it all, death penalty has disagree about death penalty t @macky_maq two sides. We, the people, must not make rash decisions and consider the outcome Abstain, 1 of our motives. Let us be 5 steps ahead in More letters in 4 our journey so that the innocent and the 5 , the Magazine t A lmost Majority of s unfortunate won't suffer. We as an individ- and online in a Ag the caucus are in ual must be able to control our emotions We want favor for approving for a better tomorrow along side with God. to get your pulse! the bill

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Withered Flower By Jamie Manglicmot @GamiKoide1437

arkness, it was all that I could see; the chilly night air didn’t help either. Warmth was radiating from my side; an arm was draped around my waist. The breaths near my ear made me shiver, reminding me of the events that transpired. I shuddered it was akin to a nightmare, no it was a living nightmare. Fresh hot tears cascaded down my cheeks, staining the white sheets. I never asked for any of this, all I wanted was a tutor in Chemistry. It all began on the day before our quarterly exams. Chemistry was my least favorite subject; formulas, memorization, complicated computations, I despised them; they were very stressful. I didn’t want to flunk my Chemistry test; in the end I asked my best friend to tutor me. He agreed on the condition

that I tutor him in Calculus. We stayed after dismissal in our classroom, the building of the 11th graders near the back of the school. It was already past five and dusk was creeping in. “How retarded is your mind when it comes to Chemistry, I’ve been teaching this equation for nearly an hour and you’re not even making any progress.” He stated rather bluntly causing me to blow a fuse. “Just as much as you when it comes to Calculus.” I managed to retort. Then soon enough we started laughing like there was no tomorrow. “You two should head home it’s going to be dark soon” the gentle and kind voice of our veteran guard snapped us out of our laughing fit. We packed our things and soon left. As we approached the school gates he opened the idea of continuing our study session at his house. I agreed, it was my biggest mistake. In the middle of studying a new equation my gaze shifted to him; instead of his gaze being fixated to the equation he was staring at me. It began to give me the creeps that I smacked his head. “Ouch! The hell was that for?” he stated running a hand through his hair. “Pay attention to the equation you dumbass” I scolded. He sighed snaking an arm

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I turned to face him, he rubbed his eyes; when he fully regained consciousness he turned several shades of red before throwing his school shirt in my direction and turning around around my waist. “You idiot what do you think you’re doing?” I half shouted. He buried his face in the crook of my neck. I felt his lips tug into a smirk, it gave me chills. “This

joke isn’t funny anymore” I nervously stated. Soon enough I found myself beneath him, he was hovering over me. I turned away but he made me look him in the eye, it was dreadful. His eyes bore a predatory gaze that would make anyone scared out of their mind. He licked his lips and leaned towards my ear whispering the words that made me shiver; “Pleasure comes from pain.” Everything that followed was a blur; all I was able to recall was the chill of the night air and the searing pain I felt each time he did something to me. I shivered, not because of the chilly night air; it was because of everything that happened. And to some extent I hated to admit it but I did feel pleasure from the whole ordeal. I felt disgusted with both him and myself. The boy beside me began to stir instead of throwing a fit I simply averted my eyes towards the window. It was still dark, the clock on his nightstand if I recalled showed that it was four-thirty am. Only more than an hour left before we needed to go to school for our exam. I turned to face him, he rubbed his eyes; when he fully regained consciousness he turned several shades of red before throwing his school shirt in my di-

rection and turning around. I shook my head in annoyance. “I’m done you can look you big idiot” I voiced my annoyance. He opened his mouth to apologize but I raised my hand. “If you’re going to apologize then don’t. What’s done is done; we can’t press the restart button.” “But I did such horrid things to you” I sighed then gave him a nice, good, and hard slap. “Would you please stop? Just stop okay. The past is past. I’m willing to forgive you, my idiotic best friend.” He couldn’t utter a single word after that. We simply fixed ourselves and got ready for school. We acted as if nothing happened. Thankfully, I managed to achieve high marks on my exams. My best friend though still regrets what he did and promised to take full responsibility if something happens to me. In the end even though he had tainted me, marked me as his even; I still forgave him. Call me crazy since I kept it as a secret between us but he was still a person precious to me. He was still my best friend albeit him being the reason why I currently am a withered flower.

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Return of EXO in Manila leaves fans in awe On Her Experience Maylin Tabia

amous South Korean-Chinese boy band, EXO, went here for their third concert named as Exo Planet #3 – The EXO’rDIUM in Manila last February 25 and 26. It was a two-day concert held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum or mostly known as ‘The Big Dome’ produced by Pulp Live World Production and its very own ‘Inang Reyna’ of the kpop fans, Ms. Happee Sy-Go. Exo is a kpop boy group which consists of nine gorgeous and handsome members named as Kai, Sehun, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, D.O., Chen, Lay, Xiumin and last but not the least, their leader, Suho. They are popular with their songs entitled “Growl”, “Wolf”, and “Mama”. Although a member didn’t performed and is not present in their Manila show, still, many fans attended their concert. Even popular teen Filipino artists like the son of Piolo Pascual, Inigo Pascual, and an ex-PBB housemate, Jameson Blake. I, myself and together with my friends went also. We experienced their concert and I can say that their show was daebak! (Daebak is the Korean term for the word ‘amazing’.) If you’re still suffering from post-concert depression or unfortunately missed out on their twoday concert, here are some moments from their show that put the “LOVE” in EXO-L or EXO-LOVE. They started off their concert with their debut song “Mama” that made us resound the chant of “Careless, careless, shoot anonymous” from it’s lyrics. They even sang the most favorite opm hit song by Yeng Constantino entitled “Hawak Kamay”

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They thanked us, their fans, for attending their concert and we too, the EXO-Ls is thanking them for they have been an inspiration and the source of happiness to us Maylin Tabia Photojournalist at The Lodestar

for the second time. EXO first included Yeng Constantino’s hit in their performances back in 2013 during the Dream Kpop Fantasy Concert and it has been a staple in their visits to the country, including EXO’rDIUM. In their song “Artificial Love” the fans went wild and experienced the ‘sabog ovaries’ feels because of

Mayling Tabia takes photo of herself during EXO'rDIUM

their choreography which contains of hip thrusts and sexy dance steps. During their performance of “Heaven” on the first day of the show, we, the fans, raised our banners that read “Our Love is Unstoppable”. Group leader Suho quickly noticed it and recalled last year’s fan project where Filipino fans who attended held “We promise forever”

signs in their hands. Exo were amazed to their Filipino fans because for the whole concert, we were singing along with them as though we were performing on stage with them too. “Philippine EXO-Ls are so amazing. You guys are very passionate.” Xiumin said. The EXO also told us that they were smiling in every per-

formance that they did in the whole concert. In the mid-end part of their day1 show, we, the fans were told to stomp our feet and it was like the big dome was shaking because of an earthquake but really, it was from EXO’s excited fans. While the members danced their hearts out to their song entitled “One and Only” on their Day 2 show, another banner was raised and read “Iniirog kita, bes” which means “We love you, friend” in the ancient Filipino script Baybayin. EXO’s leader, Suho, reached out for a banner and the boys later responded the message by reciting the confession of love back to the very much delighted audience and fans. After their charismatic and fascinating performances with the songs “Overdose”, “Transformer”, and “Lightsaber”, vocalist D.O. shared that he was able to try the Filipino dish lechong manok or roasted chicken and he said that he loved it. After mentioning the food “chicken”, Filipino fans began shouting “Jollibee” and led to the members having a discussion of the local fast food chain’s hamburger and chicken. Vocalist Chen said he liked the hamburger while their main dancer and a chicken lover, Kai, chanted “chicken” several times until it was time for them to perform “Do It”, “Drop That”, and “Run”. The boy group ended up EXO’rDIUM in Manila by assuring their fans that they will definitely come back for another show in the future. They thanked us, their fans, for attending their concert and we too, the EXO-Ls is thanking them for they have been an inspiration and the source of happiness to us. EXO delivered their heartfelt slogan “We are one! EXO saranghaja! (EXO let’s love)”- which is how they always end their concerts with their EXOLs who will surely keep these two nights of unstoppable love in their memories forever.

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Signs of being a Kpop/Kdrama addict Maylin Tabia @Maylintabss

pop (also known as Korean pop) and kdramas (or known as Korean drama) are clicking in our generation nowadays. Every gender, boy or girl, not only teens but also adults are going crazy about them. Here are the signs to spot an authentic kpop/kdrama addict: Sign #1- Eye bags is life. Watching kdramas all night like there’s no tomorrow. This usually happens to all of us. Instead of sleeping and getting ready for our classes the next day, we tend to spend all of our time

watching our favorite handsome oppas in their dramas. Every episode we watch has its sling ending that makes us want to watch the next episode until our bodies and minds forget the word “sleep” already. Sign #2- Changing your phone’s, laptop’s etc. wallpaper/lockscreen with your oppa’s photo. This is a very common thing we, the fans, always do. Why do we do this kind of thing? Simply because we have this feeling of happiness and joy or more like ‘kilig’ factor that we feel whenever we open our gadgets and their smiling faces shows up. Sign #3- Spending too much money for your idols. Fans do the east-west, north-south iponing for them to see their idols perform on stage. Their ticket prices are no

joke. It’s prices ranges from 1k-15k. We are not only saving money for their idol’s concerts and fan meetings but also, for them to buy kpop merchandises. Sign #4- Higher standards for men. Fangirls have higher standards than men to the opposite sex because of watching Korean dramas or reading pocketbooks that makes us add and feel butterflies in our stomachs. It makes us dream to have a kind of man that has the star’s character. Sign #5- Using of Korean words. Annyeong! This word is commonly used by Kpop fans and Korean drama addicts. Most Korean fans expresses words such as daebak, jinja, oppa etc. because of the effects given to our brain while seeing our top idols that makes us look crazy but

scientifically, it is just our reaction of being excited. Sign #6- Copying their trends. Nowadays, we, the fangirls imitate our idol’s wardrobe, hairstyles and makeup looks, even their daily skin care routines such as applying skin care products. Fans also does things our idol’s do such as playing their game that has the same rules with our very own “bato-bato pick”. Sign #7- Making kpop covers. Creating youtube channels and posting videos of them dancing or singing their favorite kpop songs. We do our best to memorize their songs’ lyrics and it’s dance steps. That’s what makes us unique, clingy and more busy being a kpop fan. Here are the top seven signs of being a kpop/kdrama addict. Don’t forget to use these signs in spotting

the true authentic fan.

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Spending too much money for your idols. Fans do the east-west, north-south iponing for them to see their idols perform on stage.

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Solace from Reality By Jamie Manglicmot

e find solace in the most unexpected places. Sometimes it’s through the ends of our writing instruments; at times through the pages of a book; and most of all, through our wildest dreams. Reality is a cruel monster, taking away our joy when we least expect it. We are the victims of this monster constantly preying on us, driving us to our breaking point. And yet despite that we still find our own things to confine in. One of these are the pens and pencils we used to right with. We are capable of composing small works of literature, some even given the gift to vent through drawing. Our emotions swirl through head and travel onto the paper with each

stroke creating our own work of fiction. It was a way to relieve ourselves of the cruelty we face every single day. Our imagination shows our desires that we will never acquire, so we write and we draw. We express what we see in our wildest dreams that cross the boundaries of reality itself. Then there are books, absorbing us into their mystical world with each turn of a page. There we find a safe haven, where we can see the events in our own mind; perhaps disappear from our own world and enter a new one. From an enchanting world filled with dangers to an arena where people are out to kill you to a magic school filled with mysteries and dangers at every corner, the possibilities are endless. But as you are absorbed in you reading somebody disturbs you sending you back into reality. At those time you’d wish magic was real and cast a hex on your seatmate who brought you back into

the world you quite despise. But of course it is all fantasy, it’s all in your head; and even for a fleeting chance you’d wish it was all real. That that world was the real one and where you currently are is the one created by the imagination of some author. But again reality and fate are absolutely cruel. Finally there are our wildest dreams. The things we want to see, we wish to hear, the actions we desire to perform. It’s all in our heads though; we yen for the things we are unable to acquire. May it be when we are laying down on our beds with our eyes closed or in class gazing out the window; these are what we want to see. These are what we will never achieve when are eyes open to the cruel reality we belong to. Imagine daydreaming in class where you finally had the courage to do something you always wanted to; then the teacher calls your name to answer a problem on the blackboard, effectively snapping you out

of your fantasies. Every time we dream we always wish for it to become a reality. But those dreams are better off left in our heads. It is quite cruel but we have to accept it. A lot of things are happening in our head; some of them could actually become real. Some of these dreams, ambitions to be specific, can be achieved if we work hard enough and believe that we can achieve them. Dreams, books, and our wild imagination are our escape hatch. There we find solace from reality. But that doesn’t mean that we have to ignore reality. It might be cruel, but hey that’s what life is; pain and joy. Now if someone were to ask you what would you chose; real or not real?

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Necklace of Rope

Tells a story

Jamie Manglicmot @GamiKoide1437

stare down at my dust coated shoes. Another day has passed again, another day of being bombarded by venomous words. For me it was a repeating cycle; wake up, go to school, receive tons of insults, return to an empty home, sleep. I gripped the necklace I made and slowly entered the school gates. My life was perfect until three years ago. After I graduated from elementary school a tragedy happened. I was doing my homework when I heard a loud crash, a gunshot, and footsteps. A plea echoed through the hallways, it was my mother’s. My breath hitched as I heard another gunshot, a thud following soon after. Knowing it was the only liable option, I jumped out the window. Our home only had a single floor so even if I jump out a window, I’d still live. Even though I received a handful of scratches, I ran. Running, it was all I could do. I sucked in another mouthful of air. I guess my nerves are all over the

place. I ran all the way to the police station. I explained everything I heard; they only stared at me in disbelief. I managed to convince them though. But when they arrived there…it was too late. The criminal was gone, the house was ransacked and in the midst of it all were the corpses of a loving couple. My parents were gone in the blink of an eye. I cried to no end, I was only twelve when it happened; I was only twelve when I lost my parents. Depression, I couldn’t avoid it; I was only a child after all. I was orphaned; I stayed at an orphanage. When I turned thirteen the police explained that it wasn’t a robbery; they made it seem that way but the truth was that they planned to kill off me and my parents to begin with. When I entered high school I was what they’d call the loner girl. I kept my nose buried in books, passed with astounding marks, and aimed to finally achieve the dream I made with my parents. But things change. It began in 8th grade, the bullies, my classmates; all of them treated me like trash. Apparently, they found out about my current state and used it as an advantage. Every morning even if I simply entered the school gates they’d be waiting, their poisoned daggers struck with each word. My desk was covered in words like ‘worthless’, ‘pain in the ass’, and ‘just die already’. It became a daily routine. It went on for more than a year and

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Doctrinal Passages

Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me."

1 Nephi 3:7 "And

I Nephi, said unto my father, I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded for the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of man save he shall prepare away for them that they may accomplish the things which he hath commandeth them."

James 1:5-6 "If any of you lack wisdom, ask God."

Romans 10:13 "For whoever calls upon the name of the lord, shall be saved."

Every morning even if I simply entered the school gates they’d be waiting, their poisoned daggers struck with each word. slowly my will to push forward was diminishing. I started inflicting self-harm. I knew it was wrong but it bestowed me the knowledge that I was still alive…even though…I was practically dead inside. Those kind smiles I used to receive turned to looks of pity and disgust. Whoever had the guts to spread this really is a monster. All I asked for was everything to go back to the way they were. If only a time machine existed, that luxury is only a fairy tale. It drove me to my breaking point and I was beyond saving. In 9th grade nothing changed but I drove myself to at least complete my last two years in junior high. I finished with high marks but no one was there to congratulate me except for the teachers who supported me. I completed not only with high marks, I was also the valedictorian. The applause I received was

from the staff rather than my batch mates. I laughed bitterly; surely they won’t care if I disappear right? Truthfully if they were given the chance, our salutatorian would be the one in my place. Gradually, we’d have a farewell party right after the ceremony. I slipped back into our classroom where our section would have our own little party. Every event that took place came rushing back to me as I hummed a song I knew all too well. I slipped the necklace I made around my neck and closed my eyes. I heard our salutatorian, the first friend I made call my name. I mumbled a goodbye, a bittersweet smile on my face. I kicked the teacher’s chair away. I heard a scream; it was blinded by my sharp intakes of breath. I gave into my own fate and everything went black.

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Your Education is yours! "Only the path of education will lead you towards success" Own It!

Hannah Marcelino @Notcreepy

ducation is generally viewed, by most Filipinos, as the means to prosper and the only way to bring a change to one’s life and society. Education is thought as the best thing a young person, can do for himself to ascertain that he leads a better, more rewarding, fulfilling and prosperous life. The truth and meaning of education, though, is hard to define. The term ‘education’ can mean different things to different people. It’s a broad term that people have different ways in which they define education. To have a better grasp of the true meaning of education, let us analyze how different writers magnify the word through stories. The first story is the one written by Paula Ripple, entitled “EDUCATION IS LIKE A CAVE”. In this story, three wise men were asked to find what had been called “the cave of wisdom and life.” They made careful preparations for what would be a challenging and arduous journey. When they reached the place of the cave, they noticed a guard at the entrance. They were not permitted to enter the cave until they had spoken with the guard. He had only one question for them, and he demanded that they answer only after they had talked it over with one another. He assured them that they would have a good guide to lead them through the regions of the cave. His question was a simple

one: “How far into the cave of wisdom and life do you wish to go?” The three travelers took counsel together and then returned to the guard. Their response was, “Oh, not very far. We just want to go far enough into the cave so that we can say that we have been there.” The response of the guard manifested none of his great disappointment as he summoned someone to lead the three wise men a short distance into the cave, and then watched them set out again after a very short time, to make the long journey back to their homeland. In this short story, education is compared to the “cave of wisdom and life” that the three travelers have to explore. It would take a painstaking effort to accomplish the task and it would even first require “a challenging and arduous journey” to get there but the three travelers who endeavor to take the challenge were lukewarm to accomplish what was required of them. Thus, when they were asked “How far into the cave of wisdom and life do you wish to go?, they responded by saying “Oh, not very far. We just want to go far enough into the cave so that we can say that we have been there.” These travelers can be compared to students who would not really succeed in life because the only reason they go to the “cave of wisdom and life” or they acquire education is because they only want to get the feel of being in the cave or being a student but not really having the desire to go deeper into the cave and acquire wisdom in life that could help them succeed. This story is true to many graduate students who failed to have success in life because they can be compared to the three travelers in the story who just wanted to be called students or just wanted to get

a degree but never did take the efforts essential to acquire knowledge from education which would get them to success. Brian Cavanaugh has his own definition of education in his story, “THE STATURE OF TEACHERS”. In this story, during the ancient times, a king decided to find and honor the greatest person among his subjects. A man of wealth and property was singled out. Another was praised for her healing powers, another for his business acumen. Many other successful people were brought to the palace, and it became evident that the task of choosing the greatest from among them would be difficult. Finally, the last candidate stood before the king. It was a woman. Her hair was white. Her eyes shone with the light of knowledge, understanding and love. “Who is this?” asked the king. “What has she done?” “You have seen and heard all the others,” said the king’s aide. “This is their teacher.’” The people applauded and the king came down from his throne to crown and honor her.” In this story the paramount worth of a good teacher is being depicted by the way she was described: “Her hair was white. Her eyes shone with the light of knowledge, understanding and love.” and the evidence of her virtues is among the successful people whom she all taught. This short story also portrays the importance of education to our lives. Only when we acquire education can we eventually find success in life just like those successful people who were invited by the king. It is only through education that we can create a community or a nation of people who can be active agents in pushing a nation’s social, economical and political development.

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The amount of education of a man will gauge his success in life but people never realize the value of education in their lives until after they have met the sad consequence of not having much of it just like the horsemen in the story who “were both glad and sorry – glad that they had taken some, and sorry that they had not taken more.

Dr. Adolfson gave his definition of education in “THE STORY OF EDUCATION”. The story is about three horsemen who were riding across a desert one night. As they crossed the dry bed of a river, out of the darkness, a voice called, “Halt!” They obeyed. The voice then told them to dismount, pick up a handful of pebbles, put them in their pockets and remount. The voice then said, “You have done as I commanded. Tomorrow at sun-up you will be both glad and sorry.” Mystified, the horsemen rode on.

When the sun rose, they reached into their pockets and found that a miracle had happened. The pebbles had been transformed into diamonds, rubies, and other precious stones. They remembered the warning. They were both glad and sorry – glad that they had taken some, and sorry that they had not taken more. That is the story of education. The amount of education of a man will gauge his success in life but people never realize the value of education in their lives until after they have met the sad consequence of not having much of it just like the horsemen in the story who “were both glad and sorry – glad that they had taken some, and sorry that they had not taken more. The pebbles which transformed into diamonds, rubies and other precious stones in story represent the worth of knowledge we gain from education. This knowledge is a treasure that can’t be taken away or stolen from us because they become intact in our character and in our being and it becomes our passport to our dreams and our ambitions in life. The attitude that the horsemen displayed in the story can be compared to the attitude of some students, who, as they go through the process of attaining education, use their power of choices whether to get more or just get less of it. The transformation of the pebbles into precious gems is symmetrical with the outcome of the efforts people use as they get themselves education. To illustrate the truth of this thing, we see some people around us who came from rugs to riches because of the effort they exerted in gaining knowledge and they are those who do not feel sorry but glad because they have taken as many as they could.

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Where to

TRAVEL? Breathtaking spots in the Philippines T he sun is smiling, the birds are chirping, and the Filipinos are looking for a perfect getaway, yearning to go on vacation ready peaks when the hotter days start to roll around. Plus, summer could be just right around the corner. Here are some of the most breathtaking destinations in the Philippines.

plore this simple rural island, you would see that it is a majestic land with bewildering caves and amaz-

Overall Island”, by Travel+Leisure Magazine. Tourists and foreigners are in set in awe by the glorious sunsets and golden romantic beach views given by Boracay. If you are looking for a nightlife scene and gorgeous water. Boracay’s got it covered for you!

•Coron its beauty made it a goto destination during summer time. After getting a sight of its bewildering scenery you can truly say that it is worth the voyage. World-class diving sites, aquamarine waters, steel limestone cliffs and white sand beaches, what more can you ask? Coron’s destination is also known to have a base to wild life whose number of popularity is rapidly increasing. It showcases numerous majestic African animals such as Zebras, topis, waterbucks, impalas, giraffes, gazelles, elands, and bushbucks.

•Boracay, it would be the first

choice for those who are looking for a sunny day in the beach, with its tropical and island breeze and postcard perfect beach view. During 2012 it was known as “Best

•Batanes

is located in the

for it is known as “Boracay of the North” and “Hidden Jewel of the North”, this destination also has numerous delights that could give you an unforgettable summer break which includes fresh sea food, respected tourist spots, and enchanting caves.

ing golden beaches.

•Siquijor is one of the underrated tourist spots in the Philippines where tourists are enthralled by the enticing charm by the magnificent island alone. Siquijor is known for its faith healer and supernatural creatures. This tourist spot is drenched with mystery that you’ll definitely feel

•Masbate, are you in the hunt

for a place where you can unleash that cowboy inside of you? Masbate has your back. Not is Masbate announces as the “Ranch Capital of the Philippines”, Masbate is also capable to host one of the best and thrilling summer festivals (Rodeo Mabateno) which happens during every summer in the Philippines. This huge event is an opportunity to display exhibitions, a trade of cattles, and exhibitions, it also showcases the Masbateno’s skills in livestock handling, including riding, lassoing cattle, and wrestling. But do not get it wrong, this place is not just your typical rodeo, as you see more and ex-

colorful costumes, flower-coated floats, and cheerful dancing in the streets.

norther most part of the Philippines, it is also known as their country’s smallest province. It is definitely the kind of destination that almost anyone would write down in their bucket list. There is no questioning why, with its picturesque hills and jaw dropping beaches. Although this voyage would cause an arm and leg with a round trip ticket itself, a majori-

once you are there.

•Baguio,

although

Baguio’s

average temperature range from 54 to 74 degree it is a big part in the tourism economy. It is quite a change from the scorching hot temperature such as Manila. One of its popular tourist trap is the annual Panagbenga Festival (Flower Festival) held every year, once a year in the month of February. The said events also includes

•Biliran, If you do enjoy phys-

ical activities and going outdoors, you should get a sight of Biliran for an awesome and thrilling surprise. Biliran a quiet province that has majestic picturesque waterfalls, such as: Ulan-ulan waterfalls, Tomalistis waterfalls, and Tinago waterfalls. It also holds an eye catching serene island views such as: Higatangan Island, Dalutan Island, and Sambawan Island. Each of these majestic tourists spots, whether underrated or not has their own kind specialty that made them one of the many places Filipino has trustingly laid their pride upon on.

ty of people would agree that it is worth every sing peso.

•Bolinao

is one of the commonly underrated summer spots that would take its tourists in awe with its gorgeous unspoiled golden beaches. The destination is not just a common beach destination

Our Tourguide

Hannah Marcelino @TheLodestarRegions sources: Google Images

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Rubik's Cube Makes our Eyes Good Research by

Micah Soliman @SolimanMicah

ost of us are familiar with this cube tha has different colors. Colors that attracts our eyes when we try to solve it. In forming rubrik's cube, there are two commonways to measure the length of a solution to Rubik's Cube. The first one is to count the number of quarter turns. The second one is to count the number of outer-layer twists, called "face turns". A move to turn an outer layer two quarter (90°) turns in the same direction would be counted as two

moves in the quarter turn metric (QTM), but as one turn in the face metric(FTM or HTM "Half Turn Metric", or "OBTM" Outer Block Turn Metric"). Did you know that the maximum number of face turns needed to solve any instance of the Rubik's Cube is 20? And the maximum number of quarter turns is 26. Well, these numbers are also the diameters of the corresponding Cayley Graphs of the Rubik's Cubes. An algorithm that solves a cube in the minimum number of moves is known as God's algorithm. In denoting a sequence of moves on the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, this article uses "Singmaster notation", which WS developed by David Singmaster. The letters L,R,F,B,U and D indicates clockwise quarter turn of the left,front,back,up and down face respectively. Let's start with the lower bounds.

It can be proven by counting the rows that there exist positions needing at least 18 moves to solve. To present this,

first you should count the number of cube positions that be in total, then count the number of positions achievable using at most 17 moves. On the upper bounds, the first upper bounds were based on the 'human' algorithms. By combining the worst-case for each part, the typical upper bound was found around 100. vBy the way, there were 3 algorithms namely: Thistlethwaite's algorithm, Kociemba's algorithms and Korf's algorithm where we will

know how will we form or solve the Rubic's Cube. The breakthrough, known as "descent through nested subgroups" was found by Morwen Thistlethwaite. His idea was to divide the problem into subproblems. He said that where algorithms up to that point divided the problem by looking at the parts of the cube. Thistlethwaite's algorithms was improved by HerbertKKociemba in 1992. As with Thistlethwaite's Algorithm, he would search through the right coset space to take the cube to group. Then he also searched tge optimal solution for group. Using this algorithm solutions are typically found of fewer than 21 moves,

Feliks Zemdegs on solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube under 10 secs

though there is no proof that it will always do. Using these group solutions combines with computer searches will generally quickly give very short solutions. Richard Korf used: •The cube restricted to only the corners, not looking at the edges. •The cube restricted to only 6 edges not looking at the corners nor at the other edges. •The cube restricted to the other 6 edges. Although this algorithm will always find optimal solutions, there is no worst case analysis. It is not known how many moves this algorithm might need. An implementation of this algorithm can be found here.

Gillier Dela Cruz of Grade-9 Rizal can also solve a Cube under 60 secs

Math Perspective Affects Math Performance “Bad feelings about math beget bad grades — which beget more bad feelings” Research by

Jonalie De Guzman @SolimanMicah

ased on my experience as a student, when you have a bad feelings or bad perspective about any subject it will have a bad feedback to your grade. I do believe that as a student we should learn to love every subject and every lesson, because there is no difficult subject if you are eager to learn. For example, mathematics is commonly identified as one of the most diffi-

cult subjects encountered by pupils in schools and adults alike. I have witnessed the frustration of individuals whom struggle with these simple calculations in the school environment. Individuals become disenchanted with mathematics and often question the relevance of the amount of time spent in teaching the subject. If the outlook of mathematics homework makes you feel hopeless, it may be badness news for your final form. On the other hand, a few good score could foster a positive attitude — which could result in better degree down the line, a new survey shows. The finding suggests that fostering a positive, can-do at-

titude about math can help educate students master the subject. Reinhard Pekrun is a psychologist — someone who studies how the great unwashed behave — at the University of Munich in High Germany. He and his confrere followed 3,425 German scholarly people from fifth through ninth grades. At the end of each year, the researchers surveyed the students on math. They asked whether they enjoyed it — or if it angered or worried them. Students also were asked whether they took pride in their math accomplishment or felt ashamed. The scientist then compared the students’ reported feelings about math to their grades.

And, it twist out, those feelings were linked with their math grades. The reverse also was true: How kids’ tactile properties about the subject in one year were linked to their math grades the next. Those who had gotten poor grades felt badly about math. And those who had dark emotions performed poorly. Achievement has a positive influence on emotions. Good feelings about math — taking pride in math achievement and enjoying math stratum — also led to better grades, and more pride and incontrovertibility , too. Precept math isn’t just about numbers and formulas, Pekrun says. How scholar smell about those

numbers — whether they approach them with curiosity or dread — also matters.. “Grading on a curve” — or congener to a student’s schoolfellow — can perpetuate a cycle of poor achievements, he argues. Why? This approach will always describe the few best performers as successful and the lowest winner as failures — even if they had done relatively well. In addition, it service if teacher themselves have positive degree feelings about math, Pekrun says. “If teachers enjoy pedagogy and really are enthusiastic, this is contagious,” he explains. “If the teacher herself appears bored, then the children are bored.”

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Which One? NOKIA 3310 or OPPO A57? Research by

Micah Soliman @SolimanMicah

e all knew that, Nokia 3310 was already released with new and has high qualities. The old Nokia 3310 has no high qualities like this new one today. Nokia was used to be the one of the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturers but it fell behind with the advent of IPhone and other android smart phones. The new Nokia 3310 was one of the most exciting phones to debut at the Mobile World's Congress Trade show last month. Do you want to know more about the new Nokia 3310? Well, here's the things that you've never yet knew about it: •126 million units of the original Nokia 3310 have been sold worldwide by making it one of the most popular phones ever! •Nokia 3310 was first announced in September 2000 and was released later that year- it cost, a rather hefty, £129.99 on a pay-as-yougo deal. •The phone featured a 900 mAh which had an official standby time of 260 hours- that's 10 days without needing a charge. •Nokia 3310 has the Famous Snake game that wasn't first seen on Nokia phone user. The very first snake-type adventure was actually an arcade games called blockade which was created back in 1976. •Although the original 3310 was expensive, its expected the new 3310 will go on sale for a much

more affordable price of £49. •Unlike other phones, the original Nokia 3310 had 35 ringtones built-in with space for seven custom tones. These could either be

downloaded, or can be composed by the user, the tone composer. In short, you can make your own ringtone. Oppo Electronics Corp. is an

Why Do People Blush? Research by

Jonalie De Guzman @SolimanMicah

e as a whole know the inclination. You're strolling not far off one game changing day, when your foot makes a shaky stride and you feel your whole body swaying in reverse. You crash and burn on the ground in a folded pile and everybody around you stops and gazes. Your face warms up and you can't look at anybody without flinching. You're humiliated… clearly. Your cheeks are turning red and you simply need to get the damnation out of there, or possibly simply sink into the ground and vanish. That surge of blood to your face that warms up your cheeks, all the more usually known as becoming flushed, is a typical and splendidly ordinary thing. It happens to everybody, regardless of whether we understand it or not, especially

when we encounter a humiliating circumstance. The question is, in this manner, what's happening inside us that makes our cheeks turn red? Maybe more critically, why do we display this strange thing? Humiliation likewise triggers the battle or-flight reaction, and the subsequent activity of adrenaline causes veins to increment in width (vasodilation), alongside an expanded blood supply to our facial skin. In a few people, even their necks, ears and upper trunk blush when they begin to redden. You may likewise need to keep an ice pack convenient in case you're inclined to shame, as becoming flushed can now and then make your face feel hot. Besides, vasodilation serves to broaden veins in the cheek much more, since they are as of now more extensive than most other veins and furthermore happen to be closer the surface of our skin. Becoming flushed is honestly entirely interesting, and even Charles Darwin concurs; he called reddening "the most curious and most human of all expressions."

Reddening, for goodness' sake, is one range that science hasn't possessed the capacity to totally clarify. The uplifting news, however, is that there are some phenomenal speculations out there regarding why we become flushed. Reddening is brought on by humiliation, so it can fill in as a vital flag to other individuals about the way we feel about a specific circumstance. This can be an intense non-verbal prompt, and really charms us to other individuals, as it demonstrates that we're mindful and comprehend the points of interest of a circumstance.. Keep in mind, brutality or antagonistic vibe can eject over the most modest of affront, so on the off chance that you wind up in a circumstance where you've unwittingly disturbed somebody, your red face may very well spare you from getting a bruised eye. You presumably don't think about a flushed face as your first line of resistance, however whenever that warmth ascends in your cheeks, possibly you ought to tally yourself fortunate!

electronics manufacturer based in Guangdong, China known for its smart phones, the company also makes MP3 players,portable media players, LCD-TVs, and DVD/Blu-ray

players. That was founded in 2004. The company is also a smartphone maker. Their latest smartphone that was launched was the Oppo A57. Oppo A57 has bright and vivid display unlike other smart phones. It also has good battery life, it has decent app performance, cameras farewell in daylight, you don't have to download some camera apps just to enhance your beauty. The Oppo A57 is mouled from pretty much the same cast as the F1s and they share very similar design elements. Build quality is still pretty solid thanks to the Metal frame, although Oppo A57 is a bit like plastic. Want to learn more? Here's the specification of Oppo A57: •Oppo A57 has 5.2- inch IPS display. The 5.2-inch IPS display on the A57 Sports and HD resolution, which is, Tolerable as text isn't too jagged and images appear fairly sharp when viewed from the usual distance. •Colors are nicely saturated and good in viewing angles. •Oppo uses Gorilla Glass 4 but still throws in one pre-applied screen guard an extra one in the box for measure. •Unlike other phones, the most important for us is the battery life and the size of memory of your phone. •The internal memory of Oppo A57 can expand up to 32GB, while it's battery capacity is 2900mAh. For the other users, they said that they're money was just wasted because they thought that Oppo A57 battery will not drain but, it drained like a river. While others said, that the phone was very decent and feels very premium in hand, the performance was good and it can do multitasking easily. It's nice because there's no heating issue on normal usage, or above normal usage, but it heats up on heavy usage like video streamkng or video calling.

Quick Trivia for your Life

Research by

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. There are 62,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body – laid end to end they would circle the earth 2.5 times . At over 2000 kilometers long, The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth . The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years . A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons . A typical hurricane produces the energy equivalent of 8,000 one Source: http://listverse.com/2007/12/19/ megaton bombs top-20-amazing-science-facts/

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SCI&TECH

Motherhood Changes the Brain Research by

Shemah Eliza Lim

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regnancy and parenthood can reshape mother's brain. Those changes might be a good thing, some research suggests. As mom-to-be's midsection balloons, areas of her cerebral cortex wither, scientists reported online December 19 on Nature Neuroscience. A smaller brain can be more efficient and specialized. Post-pregnancy brains could be considered evolutionary works of art, perfectly sculpted to better respond to their babies. Researchers found that the brain regions most changed during pregnancy are the one that fire up when mothers see picture of their

babies. Pregnancy (and possibly child birth) may make these neural networks sleeker and stronger, helping moms to tune in their infants. Motherhood may actually make the brain stronger. In a maze test, first-time rat mothers that were no longer nursing their babies actually outperformed rats that had never given birth. And rats that had been pregnant multiple times outperformed non-mother rats on a different memory test, says neuroscientist Liisa Galea of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. What's more, motherhood may help keep the brain young. When tested at the ripe old age of 24 months, rats that had given birth earlier in life performed better on tests of learning of memory that rats that has not given birth. Those results suggest that something about motherhood -perhaps the stew of hormones and the brain changes that follow -may actually protect the brain as it ages. "Pregnancy and mother are dramatic life-changing events that can

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Pregnancy and mother are dramatic life-changing events that can have long-lasting repercussions in the brain

have long-lasting repercussions in the brain," she says and it's quite likely that some of it might be good. The changes seem to begin the moment the baby is born. In a 2010 study, researchers looked at brainscan images of 19 women before and after they gave birth and found that the size of mother's brains increased shortly after childbirth. "We observed small but significant increases in the volume of gray matter in the brain," said study co-author Pilyoung Kim, a developmental psyschologist who performed the research at Yale University. Kim and colleagues also found that moms who gushed over their babies a month after childbirth showed the greatest growth in parts of the brain, compared with moms who didn't respond as enthusiastically. The period directly after childbirth is an important time for new moms. According to the researchers, moms develop sensitive mothering skills during this time, and changes to the brain may be linked

with how these skills develop. The researchers observed increases in gray matter in brain areas such as hypothalamus, amygdale, parietal lobe and prefrontal cortex. These regions are responsible for emotion, reasoning and judgement, the senses and reward behavior. Compared with the less- enthusiastic moms, the awestruck moms were more likely develop bigger mid-brains, and saw growth in key regions linked to maternal motivation, rewards and the regulation of emotions, Kim's team found. The researchers said this expansion in the brain's "motivation" area might lead to more nurturing, which in turn could help babies thrive. Still, "we don't know whether it's the experience that changes the brain, or the brain that changes the experience," said Kim, who is now with the National Institute of Mental Health. While it remains unclear exactly why the brain grows, the researchers said it might be that an increase in hormones -including estrogen, oxytocin, and prolactin -play a role.

Climate Change alters Reindeer's territory World's largest reindeer population may fall victim to climate change.

Research by

Shemah Eliza Lim @elizalims

hether you call them caribou or reindeer, Rangifer tarandus around the world are on the decline. There are about 2.5 million of these animals scattered in more than 20 populations across the Arctic, and most of those populations are shrinking. And scientists largely don’t know why. Count the world's largest population of reindeer, occupying the Taimyr Peninsula of Russia, among those that are disappearing. In 2000, there were around a million of the animals, a high after the fall of the Soviet Union and years of Soviet-sponsored hunting finally

ended. Now there are only 600,000 according to Andrey Petrov, of the University of Iowa's Arctic Center. This huge herd of wild reindeer "crashed and is going dowm," Petrov said December 12 at a press conference at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Petrov thinks that he's found the culprits behind the decline. - a combination of the obvious and unexpected. Climate change is altering the reindeer's story. Temperatures have risen by about 1.5 degrees celcius on average. Spring now arrives sooner, resulting in rivers unfreezing earlier in this year. The reindeer now have to swim across ice, Detrov noted. Since 2000, the reindeer's summer grounds have moved a bit to the east and north, meaning that the animal migration route is now longer. Mosquitos have also become a problem, and wildfires have increased in frequency. Humans aren't giving the reindeer much of a break either. Migration routes have been blocked by infrastructure, and pollution has become a problem.

The Taimyr reindeer have been well-studied for decades. Airborne surveys monitored t h e m

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f r o m 19692009. Scientists attached collars to some animals to track where they traveled. R e searchers knew that the reindeer spent their summers in calving grounds in the north and migrated south to spend the winter in a bit more hospitable territory. They say that the animals, which live in Taimyr Peninsula in the nethermost tip of Russia, are being affected by rising temperatures and human activity. This is causing the animals to change their annual migration patterns.

The research has been presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). "There is a substantial decline -and we are also seeing this with other wild reindeer declining rapidly in others parts of the world," said Andrey Petrov, who runs the Arctic Centre at the University of Northern Iowa, US. He added that rivers in the region were also growing in size, making them more dangerous for the animals as they had to swim rather than walk across them. In addition, food in the summer grounds is becoming scarce especially as the animals move to higher elevations. "Reindeer are tremendously important for biodiversity -they are a part of the Arctic food chain and without them others species would be in trouble," he explained. "But on the other hand, in all the areas they inhabit, they are vital for people's survival. "Thousands and thousands of people rely on wild reindeer; it is the basis of their subsistence econ-

omy. So it’s about human sustainability too." Loss of reindeer populations could actually exacerbate climate change. Researches in Finland have found that grazing by reindeer can help prevent solar heart absorption which can lead to climate change. In their study, they found that areas where reindeer did not graze had higher levels of heat radiation, thanks to higher levels of shrubs and trees that absorbed heat. A Swedish study has found that reindeer can also prevent the climatechange-caused spread of invasive species in the Arctic Tundra. Reindeer are not only Arctic species whose populations are being threatened by climate change. Earlier this fall, around 35,000 walruses were stranded on an Alaskan beach, an increasingly common occurrence due to the lack of sea ice, and which can lead to the trampling of cubs. Melting ice has also been linked to deaths of baby harp seals. It has negatively impacted the rare western glacier stonefly, Peregrine falcon chicks and, of course, polar bears.

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SCI&TECH

Climate change and plant nutrients Research by

Micah Soliman

D @SolimanMicah

id you know that climate change could shrink the mineral and protein content of wheat, rice and other staple crops, mounting evidence suggests? A dinner plate piled with food from plants may not deliver the same nutrition toward the end of this century as it does today. Elements like, selenium is essential for human health, and already fall short in diets of one of seven people in the world. Zinc and iron

deficiencies could grow as micronutrients decrease in major crops worldwide. Expecting those unintended importance isn’t easy. It’s unclear of what proportions erode out of rocks or drifts onto land from sea, says bio geochemist Lenny Winkel of ETH Zurich and the Swiss aquatic research group Eawag in Dubendorf. Starting with more than 33,000 data points from other sources, Winkel and colleagues pieced together a map of Selenium concentrations in soils across much of the earth. In Selenial Slump, soil concentrations of the element selenium, essential for human life, could change by the end of the 21st century, according to computer counterfeit based on an intermediate scenario for climate change. By the end of the century, about

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Changes in climate affect animals both directly and indirectly. Drought may threaten pasture and feed supplies.

two-thirds of heavily cultivated agricultural land would probably lose selenium under an intermediate scenario of climate change. For the nutrient drop, multiple varieties of major crops showed some nutrient changes when grown outdoors with extra carbon dioxide blown over them (ranging 546 to 586 ppm) in seven spots scattered across Australia, Japan and United States. What do you think is/are the significance of these? The trace element selenium is essential for human health and is required in a narrow dietary concentration range. Furthermore, using moderate climate change projections there were loses from 58% of modeled areas (mean loss 8.4%) Shortage of micronutrients, including essential trace elements, affect up to 3 billion people worldwide. The dietary availability of

trace elements is determined largely by their soil concentrations. The importance of climate – soil interactions to 2Se distributions suggests that other trace elements with similar retention mechanism can be similarly affected by Climate change. Changes in climate affect animals both directly and indirectly. Drought may threaten pasture and feed supplies. Shortage reduces the amount of quality forage available to grazing livestock. Some climate-related disturbance to food distribution and transport, internationally or domestically, may have significant impacts snot only on safety and quality but may also on food access. Impacts to the global food supply concern the United States because lack of foods can cause humanitarian arises and on national security concerns.

natives; however the mind wishes time for courses to sink in. When going through a quick and livid movement of selections, even the temporary distraction of nothing an error can lower accuracy at the subsequent selection, researchers record within the March 15 Magazine of Neuroscience. “Now we have a mind area that display and says ‘ you tousled’ in order that we will right kind our habits,” says psychologist George Buzzell, now on the College of Maryland in Faculty Park. However occasionally, that tracking machine can backfire, distracting us from the duty to hand and inflicting us to make some other error. To check other folk’s reaction to creating errors, Buzzell and associates at George Mason College in Fairfax, Va., monitored 23 contributor’s mind job whilst they labored thru a difficult job. Concentric circles flashed in brief on a display,

and contributors needed to reply with one hand if the two circles have been the similar color and the opposite hand if the circles have been subtly other sun shades. After creating a mistake, contributors most often spoke back the following query appropriately if that they had a 2nd or so that you could get well. But if the following problem got here in no time after an error, as low as zero. 2 seconds, accuracy dropped through about 10%. Electric job recorded from the visible cortex confirmed that contributors paid much less consideration to the following trial if that they had simply made a mistake than if that they had answers appropriately. The cognitive call for of nothing and processing the mistake turns out to divert consideration that when there’s not much time to recover, one error can lead to another.

Our Mind Can! Research by

Shemah Eliza Lim @elizalims

ur brain can ‘pause’ when we simply make a mistake. When facing a fast and furious stream of decisions, even the momentary distraction of nothing an error can decrease accuracy on the next choice, researchers report in the March 15 Journal of Neuroscience. “We have a brain region that monitor says ‘ you messed up’ so

that we can control our behavior” says psychologist George Buzzell, now at the University of Maryland in College Park. But sometimes, that monitoring system can backfire, distracting us from the task at hand and causing us to make another error. To test people’s response to making mistakes, Buzzell and colleagues at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., monitored 23 participants’ brain activity while they worked through a challenging task. Concentric circles flashed briefly on a screen, and participants had to respond with one hand is the two circles were the same color and the other hand if the circles were subtly different shades. After making a mistake, participants generally answered the next question correctly if they had a second or so to recover. But when the next challenge came very quickly after an error, as little as 0.2 sec-

onds, accuracy dropped by about 10 percent. Electrical activity recorded from the visual cortex showed that participants paid less attention to the next trial if they had just made a mistake than if they had responded correctly. DOMINO EFFECT when people have to make many decisions very quickly, making one mistake can decrease accuracy on the next choice too. In real life, people usually have time – even if just a few seconds – reflect on a mistake before having to make another decisions, says Jan Wessel, a psychologist at the University of lowa in Lowa City. But in some activities such as driving a car or playing a musical instrument, people must rebound from errors quickly while continuing to correctly carry out the rest of the task, he says. Those actions might push the limits of error processing. Errors can also be studying alter-

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SPORTS

Ginebra hits Star for Game 7 “ By Dranoel Bautista @TheLodestarSports

inebra San Miguel fearless searched the semi do-or-die game against Star Hotshots their thirst to enter the Philippine Cup Finals for the 2017 Championship. Resentless to attain, GIn Kings of the Star to score 91-87 in front of almost 18,000 people inside the Big Dome (Araneta Coliseum). “Ginebra Star have a fought with full force and commitement, that became a cause to attain the Game 7 or serve as a Do-or-Die game for Manila Classico series be without Game?” Ginebra’s coach, Tim Cone said. “I guess this was the wait it was meant to be. We’re supposed to play a Game 7,” he added Sol Meracdo of Barangay GInebra scored just 21 pts, along with

5 rebs and 4 asts. While LA Tenorio also made 15 of his 19 shots in the 1st half of the game to keep the flag of Ginebra stands. But one of the biggest role is played by Joe Devance after GinKings that reflect a semi-offense and defense in the third quarter of the game. Striking a strong 3 point shot was JDV that caused for landing the score at 5046 then 44-46. After the 6-2 run of Star the score ties up at 52. Immediately, Sol Mercado impresively did a circus lay-up to show his team that the game wasn’t finished and then had a 2 pt played by Joe Devance’s with the help of Scottie Thompson to make a 4 point game and reach the score 56-52. Devance earned nearly 14 pts in just the 3rd Quarter. “Joe’s an inspiration to us. He had a great third quarter and he’s still taking shots,” proudly said by Coach Tim Cone, because in the middle of the game Devance felt pain in his leg.

I guess this was the wait it was meant to be. We’re supposed to play a Game 7 Coach Tim Cone Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

In the final quarter, Jervey Cruz seemed to be a hero for getting a wonderful reason for Ginebra to overscore the component to 10 pts. “They made a couple of errors as well, and what was a four-pointgame became a 12 point game. They tried to get the score and rushed shots. That’s usually what happens when you try to make habol,” Coach Tim said after the game. The fight ended with the score 91-87 for the lining of Brgy. Ginebra San Miguel and Mercado was named as best player who contributed huge in the game and points for Ginebra.

Stronger and Mightier, UP ByJulia Morales @TheLodestarSports

Star heats up

By Dranoel Bautista @TheLodestarSports

tar Hotshots showed their determination to win against scorching and burning BRGY. GINEBRA team of San Miguel. Star defeated Gins in their Game 6 by a score of 89-80 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Hotshots became hot because of their two consecutive loses. In the first quarter of the game, it was quite difficult for Star to defend Gins and their center player, Japeth Aguilar who made Barangay take the lead at the end of the quarter, 21-22. On entering the 2nd Quarter, the fight between Mark Barroca and Ginebra's Rookie, Scottie Thompson heats up. But apparently, Star got lucky in this quarter and took their first lead of the game with 4 by a score of 49-45. Outrageously Star as they are playing in the 3rd Quarter of the took their lead at nearly 16 points which makes Ginebra fans disappointed. However, Paul Lee shows

his inner game by contributing to the team with 10 pts. and also with the help of Maliksi who contributed 10 pts. also with 4 ast. in the game. "My players refused to lose. We gathered together, we stayed together, we stayed positive. We commit to each other to focus on this game, no distraction" Hotshots coach said, Coach Chito Victolero. Star Hotshots got nervous in the last quarter of the game because most of their shots were missing and in addition, they'd committed turnovers. Despite of this, Star maintain their confidence due to their great advantage, and they also got lucky because of Ginebra's consequences. In spite of this, Ginebra San Miguel still shows their NEVER SAY DIE game through their Fast and the Furious tandem of Mark Caguioa and Jajay Helterbrand who made a back to back 3-point shots that caused Star to diminished their advantage in the remaining 2 mins. and 18 secs. in the game. "We will expect the unexpected combinations. And I really do not know how coach Tim will think (the next game). I just know he's great," Coach Victolero said. In the near end, Star Hotshots

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My players refused to lose. We gathered together, we stayed together, we stayed positive. We commit to each other to focus on this game, no distraction

Coach Chito Victolero Star Hotshots

didn't let Gins to dominate the game. Heart and their fighting spirit overcomes to them inside the court. While Japeth Aguilar also contributed 13 points for the Kings but Star's Power Forward Raffy Reavis leads the game with 17 pts. and 5 ast. Because of the intensed game, PBA fans are expecting more bloody and ferocious game of the two teams to be held still at MOA

xpect the fiercer University of the Philippines (UP) in the next edition of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)

Season 80. This assures the UP head coach, Bo Perasol after the pouring of support from his team that caused the troops to have high morale particularly in the coming competition. It’s a great help that the integration of Mighty Sports, Chooks to Go and Robinsons retail their team. Maroons demonstrated impressively in the last UAAP season which contributed warning to its rivals. Lying down 1-6 in the first round, but had powerful forces attacked by the Fighting Maroons to win the second round of its last four games including mopping the runner-up Ateneo University. However, they are still lacking the hard and sweat to achieve the ticket unto the Final Four, but good sign for the next competition to face. “We need to build momentum into that which we created when we were able to get some strings of wins in the second round of last season. If we can be the team that does not back down against anybody, I think we would be in a good place all the time, “said Perasol. Expected to be of great help as

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I’m very happy with the response of the community basing on the crowd which supported us in the last few games Coach Bo Perasol University of the Philippines

foreign student Ibrahim Ouattara with a height of 6-foot-9 American recruit and Jun Manzo also play elegant and impressive jumpers and crossovers. “I’m very happy with the response of the community basing on the crowd which supported us in the last few games,” Perasol added. Jett Manuel, Dave Moralde and Henri Asilum are no longer in the team but they still guard Paul Desiderio and Javi Gomez de Liano which are products of UP Integrated School. On the hands of Fighting Maroons as the Nigerian center Bright Akhuetie from the University of Perpetual Help, but still subject to one-year residency before finally become an official member of the group.

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Reyes: F2 logistics to Petrol Who will win? Tri-Active TNT Or San Mig? Spikers Ginebra hits Star for Game 7 / Page 19

SPORTS EDITORIAL

the seventh game with a do-or-die face off. For the record San Miguel Beermen took the Games 1,4 and

HOW TO WIN Dranoel Bautista

ByJulia Morales @TheLodestarSports

nravel the volleyball star Mika Reyes F2 logistics to sign a two year contract with Petrol Tri-Active Spikers for Philippine Superliga. It was not an easy decision Reyes especially endeared it to treat his family and former teammates F2 logistics but great offer of Petron’s made it his approval. The agreement took place between Reyes, the handler that Charlie Dy and San Miguel Corporation Sports Director Al Francis Chua. Reyes was part of La Salle Lady Spikers that clinched the crown in UAAP Season 78 women’s volleyball tournament last year. It also sway Cargo Movers nagreyna in PSL All-Filipino Conference. Reyes fought with Filipino players six and seven foreign imports in the prestigious 2016 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship held at the Mall of Asia Arena. Surprising news from said that

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foton just five players left in the line-up that includes Jaja Santiago, Dindin Manabat, Ivy Perez, Maika Ortiz and Laure were overheating after Ennajie not signed by another team member. As a result, the expected conduct tryout tornadoes to find new players. Troops prepare for a pregnancy in the Asian Women’s Club Championship to be held in Kazakhstan on May 23 to 31. Representing the country after the Tornadoes get its kampeonado 2016 PSL Grand Prix in November. Renowned also the departure of Michele Gumabao concentration Pocari Sweat playing the Philippine V-League so open the door Gumabao’s possible return to the PSL but not yet clear what this troupe moves.

ow you know who was the team must continue their journey to the Finals, to fight, to show off and also get a chance to take the Oppo 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup title. This time forced the San Miguel Beermen Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters to present them in a do-or-die game after they dump the Talk N' Text last Game 6, by a score of 104-88 and assistance their 6'10 "center and best player in the land June Mar Fajardo. Remember only one lead the Talk N 'Text was standing in for their claim and winning the Games 2,3 and 5 with scores of 87-85, 9892 and 101-94. But entering Game 6 will not leave the San Miguel Beermen to win the TNT because of a win they just have to play for the team in the Finals. So in this season San Miguel did their best to tie up with their opponent thus they have 3-3 standings and will push with

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I believe that there are only three main key to win this game and it is as follows 6 with scores of 111-98, 97-86 and 104-88. I believe that there are only three main key to win this game and it is as follows: First and foremost is the DEFENSE, we can only be more San Miguel defense also because of their 6'10 "center player Fajardo but if we look at are also able to TNT's monstrous defensive work together

if Junemar Tropang Texter players were Ranidel De Ocampo (RDO), Matt Ganuelas-Rosser and the center that was Tauttua Moala. Second, the presence of each player of the team, it would be nice outcome and the chance to win by helping the SMB by Santos, Marcio Lassiter, Alex Santos, Chris Ross and Ronald Tubid their center June Mar. Whereas, if the player concerned also seemed uncertain TNT because no one knows whether they can play the point guard Jason Castro because it had a leg injury last Game 6. But if he can play "The Blur" ( Jason Castro) is expected to be nice and tight match between two teams. And the third is the ultimate ELEMENT OF SURPRISE, prominent coaches were robust Nash Racela Coach and Coach Leo Austria. The coach of the San Miguel Beermen Coach Austria has plenty of proven and winning stint in the field of coaching in basketaball compared to younger coach Talk 'N Text coach Racela but no one knows what he can do and prove as a coach , and this is one of the forward TNT fans. However still does not know who the dominate team in this game. So PBA Fans, Choose your team!

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AT HALFTIME

CHAMPIONS!

MAPEH MONTH

Rizal falls to Dagohoy

MAPEH month's culminating activity

nfortunantely, Rizal fell short to Dagohoy after an intense game between the two sections in volleyball. Two teams did great but Dagohoy was way more good than Rizal. According to Roseann Silva, team captain of Rizal, they were lack of concentration. She also blames the boys of Rizal for not joining them. In defense, Rupert Pastora said that they were not ready for volleyball.

eachers from MAPEH Department together with the Students of Juan successfully celebrated their month with lots of fun. At first, there was this parade that started at 7 in the morning. Grade-7, Grade-8, Grade-9, and Grade-10 together with their teachers went around the school. After the parade grade 7 students performed their festival dance while the grade 8 did their folk dance, grade 9 with their Zumba, and the grade 10 cheer dance. After the field demo, the most awaited all-star game of all final-

ly arrived. With the first game of volleyball, it was Grade-7 against Grade-8 and grade-8 players won the championship. Second game was the match up of Grade-9 and Grade-10 which grade-9 won the game. And then the special game between selected teachers and grade-11 and grade-11 hailed as the winners. After the game, it was the intense and crowd favorite activity of the month, the Mr. and Ms. MAPEH. John Roger Visperas and Athens Margarette Tumaneng won the event.

WAWA NAMAN KAYO!

SSG ELECTIONS

No basketball on Intrams

ost of the students of Sumulong are disappointed when MAPEH Department announced that there is no basketball on Intramurals. Issues are surrounding the campus that the facilities are insufficient. Dismayed boys of Rizal said that they’ve been preparing for this kind of activity. But unluckily, efforts are meant to be wasted.