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Why Filipino Drug Mules Get Caught
By Ian Kim Gahoy Filipino manpower is in demand overseas. We are known for producing nurses, caregivers, seamen and recently, drug smugglers. You must have heard the news about three Filipinos sentenced to die by lethal injection in China. They were sentenced to die for carrying, according to the law, large volumes of illegal drugs [...]
Breaking Traditions
By Bonn Troy Boñola Repeated actions form into habits. Habits form into norms. Norms, in time, form into traditions. But sometimes traditions can be so wrong that it is only fitting to break them. Hazing has been a part of initiations, whether in fraternities, sororities, organizations and sometimes in the military, for decades. It is [...]
Enrolment Solutions 2
By Elizabeth Lace Viojan Since the first ‘Enrollment Solutions’ article elicited quite a lot of attention on Amaranth Online, a version 2.0 is necessary. There were lots of comments with some very profound ones and corrections about the article. So, version 2.0 is here to clarify and settle things. But, let’s start with facts about [...]
A Story to Share
By Jihan Santanina Santiago Living and growing up in a small nipa and bamboo house in the island-town of Pilar, Camotes, Cebu, I used to dream a comfortable life for my parents and siblings. Eating a meal of rice and salt alone or cooking oil and soy sauce in some instances, I dreamt more. Hearing [...]
Demystifying RH Bill
By Ian Kim Gahoy By all means, the debate over the reproductive health (RH) bill is not over. Maybe not until it is passed as a law or it is totally junked. But it doesn’t seem surprising to anyone anymore. After all, both the Church and the State—the contesting parties—play a central role in the [...]
Faceboo-boos
By Laarni Alfaro Social networking has become to us like balls were in the Middle Ages, like texting was in the earlier half of this decade. It is this era’s thing. For some, it might even be their only form of socializing; shy people would surprisingly be bold in letting out their sentiments by forms [...]
A Look into the 2010 Nursing Issue
By Andy Phil Cortes, Vernabelle Balmori, and Kristina Ginn Estoy We have just produced our first batch of nursing graduates just in June 6, 2011. The start of the Nursing Program in 2007 was a hallmark, said to be part of our school’s answer to meet the needs of the global market. The start of [...]
The Big Man Behind the Big Desk
By Vernabelle Balmori November 2007: A big change has happened to Visayas State University. An important change which would eventually lead to so many other changes in our beloved university. That is, the change in its administration. Dr. Jose L. Bacusmo was proclaimed the new president of the university upon the end of the 8-yr [...]
All I want for Christmas is…
by Fiela Joyce M. Legua Christmas na sad mga higala! Prepared na mo? Oh, yes,it’s Christmas 23 days from now.Fast approaching no? Another year is about to end.And we say hello to 2012! I was assigned on a mission to ask our fellow students on what they want to have or receive this upcoming Christmas Eve. [...]
Christmas Quiz
by Andy Phil Cortes Son: Mom, if I were born on December 25, would you give me two presents? Mom: No, son. Son: Why? Wouldn’t it be Christmas day and my birthday? Mom: Sorry son, we don’t celebrate your birthday on that day. Son: Sigh. Christmas is undeniably the most celebrated [...]