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Being poor is never a hindrance.  It’s not a crime.  It’s a leverage to success. I am posting this primarily because I am indeed proud of my daughter’s accomplishments and at the same time to give inspiration to others who are aspiring to be an Atenean. To be honest, I did not approve of my daughter’s going to Ateneo.  From the very beginning, I was uncooperative with her application for ACET (Ateneo College Entrance Test).  However, as the saying goes. Ïf there’s a will, there’s a way.  And that’s it.   She qualified in the top 3 universities of the country : DLSU (De la Salle University), AdMU (Ateneo de Manila University) and UPD (University of the Philippines - Diliman). She also qualified as DOST - Merit Scholar.     We had a long argument regarding her choice of school because of the very obvious reason : FINANCES .  Pros and cons were laid on the table.  Friends and relatives were consulted. In the end, the die is cast ...

"My dad was the only person that religiously watched TV in the house. And when he wasn't on cooking channels, he was always on ABS-CBN." "After a morning jog, he'd come back home to have breakfast while watching Umagang Kay Ganda. We'd sometimes have a brief foray into GMA for Eat Bulaga during lunchtime, but more often than not, we watched Pilipinas, Game KNB? or Wowowee." "While waiting for my mom to come home after work, we'd switch to the channel dedicated to 24-hour coverage of the PBB housemates, or watch Boys Over Flowers (and after that ended, he watched Katorse just to see Erich Gonzales). Dinnertime was always watched with TV Patrol, without fail. And in the middle of all that, the television was always on ANC. Needless to say, we fought a lot over the remote." "When he died, my mother cut the cable and bought a cheap antenna from CDR-King. And though we did have access to GMA, we'd still watch TV Patrol during dinnertime...

  MANILA, Philippines – Undeterred by allegations thrown at activists, various youth groups from different universities in Metro Manila took to the streets to condemn red-tagging allegations and attacks against young Filipinos on Wednesday, August 14. Through simultaneous protests at select universities such as University of the Philippines (UP), and Polytechnic University of the Philippines, among others, students slammed the government’s efforts to oppress the youth. Attacks against the youth Among these are the proposed  revival  of the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), falsification of kidnapping cases due to involvement with progressive groups, and the proposal to increase police and military presence in schools. Just recently, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and Senator Ronald dela Rosa proposed to increase military presence in schools to curb recruitment and alleged kidnapping of students by leftist groups.  On the morning of the protest, Anakb...