Category Archives: Education

A Mixed Protest At St. Scholastica’s Academy

A52057F8-B47F-4690-B5AE-976D44206193.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Nuns at St. Scholastica’s are known for egging their students to walk out of their classes to protest against the Duterte administration and other issues of national concern.

They did it again to protest what they called a “Duterte Dictatorship.”

But this time, the nuns were caught off-guard when some students instead carried placards announcing that they were vaccinated with Dengvaxia, the controversial Dengue vaccine that has caused the deaths of almost 100 students to date.

Rumors have it that the school, particulary the Marikina campus, offered Dengvaxia to its students at an exhorbitant price.

8F839E65-2E4E-4C55-95E6-9EF807F51407When the Dengvaxia controversy surfaced, the school tried to do a cover up, even taking down the Internet page that announced its Dengue vaccination program for its students. But what’s on the Internet stays on the Internet, so archives of the school’s Dengvaxia announcement has resurfaced.

Shall we expect a press conference soon from St. Scho?

 

U.P., De La Salle to be named the new “Institutes of Yellow Education”

A8B3ED93-BCEA-4858-92C2-98A24EE2624A.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Senators Bam Aquino and Risa Hontiveros just filed a new Senate Bill naming the University of the Philippines and De La Salle University the new “Institutes of Yellow Education.’

The proposal is in recognition of the two universities’ consistent support for the political opposition in the Philippines, especially the Yellow Cult.

”The two universities have frequently opened their doors to the Liberal Party and other Opposition groups in their continuing quest to attack the Duterte Administrationa and the legacy of Ferdinand E. Marcos,” Aquino said.

De La Salle was the venue for yesterday’s commemoration by Opposition groups of the imposition of Martial Law by the late Marcos.

Leni Robredo was the featured speaker at the event in which she criticized Duterte’s support for a shift to a Federal form of government.  Robredo equated Federalism to abandoning Democracy and the Constitution.