Advocati

Opinion

Indigenous Guardianship is an Intergenerational Responsibility

Our cultural heritage is not worth all the money in this world. It will displace not just the flora and fauna in the area, but also the bones, and bloods drenched to protect the environment, and the history of the IPs who stood up against colonialism and abuse of power by the rich corporations.

Feature

First Stride: Law School Bound

While the path may be fraught with difficulties, they realize that it is also rich with opportunities for growth and learning.

Opinion

No End in Sight

Coming from a place that is not a stranger to conflict, if there is a lesson from the centuries-long Mindanao problem, it is that war and military action alone cannot make nor keep peace.

Opinion

Going Bonkers on Bunkers

Perhaps, the self-styled appointed son of God should follow God's example of courage and humility. Even Jesus himself submitted to civil authorities. Render to Caesar what is due to Caesar. Mr. Quiboloy, with all his power and influence, has every means and resource to defend himself in court.

News

SC: Review “Academic Honesty” Policy; 2024 Bar Exam Remains Digitalized and Regionalized

The 2024 bar exam remains digitalized and regionalized as part of the changes initiated by the SC. Examinees are required to bring one laptop in good working condition with installed Examplify Version 3.4.4 for macOS or Version 3.4.6 for Windows OS.

Feature Article

Are You the Favorite Color?

It was as if society only valued one color from the rainbow. I felt disenfranchised, denied the right to excel in school, and left to rot in ignorance because “I was not the favorite color”.

Feature Article

Alice in POGOland

Revelations after revelation, perhaps this drama has already reached its denouement. The problem is, in this spectacle-loving, intrigue-hungry, gossip-predilect culture of ours, issues are never really distilled.

COL News

CLSA 2024 Elections Candidates Conclude Campaign in a Final Showdown

The parties clashed on key issues pertaining to school facilities and amenities, the impartiality of the CLSA, and ratification of the changes in the CLSA Constitution-and-By-Laws, among others.

Ausculto

A Mother’s Love

More than a farmer, more than a wife, and certainly more than a mother of seven. You are the heart and soul of our family. Every sacrifice you made, every dream you nurtured, was a testament to the depth of your love.

National News

New check format and specifications introduced in the Philippines starting May 1, 2024

The new layout aims to optimize the automated check verification system.

COL News

Emerging Skills Cannot Be Unnoticed

They competed against Notre Dame University (NDU) for the first round and Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU) for the second round.

COL News

MSU triumphs as 1st Runner-up in the first Kastulen 2024: The Regional Law School Debate Tournament

In this year's tournament, the topic for the Championship Round is “Let it be resolved that the ICJ be granted independent jurisdiction to implement penalties against States that do not abide by its rulings.”

COL News

MSU Law GenSan highlights childhood games and friendly sports on Law Week Day 2

Law students went back to the grassroots of Filipino childhood – Larong Pinoy. Amihan, Alena, Pirena, and Danaya sought to carry off the first place in Patintero, Pinoy Henyo and Pukpok Palayok.

COL News

Dribble Dare: Friendly Fraternity Frolic

Residents and alumni of fraternities and barbarians fired up the MSU-CETD gymnasium in their showdown, bridging the old and new blood and forging friendships in the esteemed institution.

Ausculto

Persistence and Resistance

Feminism does not seek supremacy but fundamental equality, as Wollstonecraft quipped, “I do not wish (women) to have power over men; but over themselves”. Centuries have since passed from the writing of these aspirations, yet reality is still wanting.

Feature Article

She Could if She Would – and She Should

May moves be made unapologetically, and may you smell the sweetness of life without the melancholy because you deserve that much. Fight for her as you fight yourself. Include!

Opinion

Unity on Crack?

What are they in power for? Perhaps it is high time that we should learn the hard lesson that politics is more than cult-like worship of personalities.

Feature Article

‘Kalilangan Festival Celebration’: A reflection in an indigenous perspective

The Kalilangan festival is perhaps one of the best ways to immortalize the historical narratives of Mindanao. It is a celebration that calls for healing, recognition of indigenous historical narratives.

Feature Article

A reminder from People Power Revolution at its 38th

These undertakings demonstrate that democracy is not guaranteed, it is a war requiring collective action and ostentatious vigilance, to safeguard our independence and protect our rights, for the present and the posterity.

Aperio

A Darker Shade of Orange

Literary piece by Nadine A. Calmerin, Graphics by Manuel Ordonio IV

Campus News

Tanglaw Diwa Legal Clinic of MSU COL Gensan conducts a Public Legal Consultation Series

“We believe that due to the constant presence of the younger generations in social media, they should be aware of the dangers as well as on how to protect themselves.”

Ausculto

To All the Losers Still in Law School

You are not the only one who contemplated taking a break because maybe finishing your masters, or taking educ units will suffice instead of trying to stomach another night of saying, “I am sorry, Sir. I haven’t read the case.”

Ab Initio

Vision Beyond View: Atty. Ladia, First Visually Challenged Person to Take and Pass the Philippine Digital Bar Exam

This has been my mantra ever since - make your dream a necessity, says Atty Martsu Ressan Ladia.

Opinion

Till Death Do Us Part or Depart?

The country has reached a milestone as a Senate committee approved a consolidated measure that brings divorce closer into law.

National News

SC launches revised book of judicial forms and codification of issuances

The Revised Book of Judicial Forms is a compilation of templates that may be used by judges and legal practitioners in civil cases and special proceedings.