With the theme, “Pahayagang Pangkampus: Kaagapay sa Paghilom at Pagbangon ng Sambayanan”, DSPC 2021 started accepting entries on August 10, 2021, while the awarding ceremony was held on September 10, 2021 via livestream on the Department of Education (DepEd) – Manila Facebook page.

Moreover, The Aquinian was also named the “Top Performing School for the English Category”, “2nd Top Performing School for the Filipino Category”, and “the 2nd Best Performing School in the Secondary Level of the entire Division of Manila”.

The following is the list of student journalists who bagged awards in different categories/divisions:
1. Enrique Angelo Ting — 1st Place in Pagkuha ng Larawan
2. Julienne Allison Rengel — 1st Place in Science & Technology Writing
3. Elijah Benedict Fornelos — 1st Place in Pagsulat ng Balitang Pang-Agham
4. John Michael Castillo — 2nd Place in Editorial Writing
5. Elijah Gian Franco Baculinao — 2nd Place in Feature Writing
6. Mark Sebastiane Matibag — 3rd Place in Pagwawasto at Pag-uulo ng Balita
7. Seann Carlo Lalimarmo — 4th Place in Sports Writing
8. Therese Josephine Ibuna — 4th Place in Photojournalism
9. Annika Zeline Peralta — 5th Place in Copyreading & Headline Writing
10. Danielle Noreen Lagdamen — 5th Place in Pagsulat ng Lathalain
11. Chelsea Venice Cruz — 6th Place in Kartuning Pang-editoryal
12. Juriel Deign Labudahon — 10th Place in Pagsulat ng Balitang Pampalakasan
13. Nathaniel James Estavillo — 10th Place in Pagsulat ng Editoryal

English faculty member Mr. Joram Kim Corcuera served as the mentor of the participating Aquinian staffers for both the English and Filipino categories.

DSPC 2021 was organized by DepEd Manila, in partnership with Ramon Magsaysay High School, Manila Science High School, De La Salle University Integrated School – SHS, and Florentino High School.

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First reported in the Aquinian

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Through the efforts of students from the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, the Tiger Media Network, as well as the Varsitarian, the official student publication of UST, the University claimed six excellence awards and 15 merit awards.

Here is the list of the entries feted with the Excellence Award:
1) CovidComms2020: #LifeAfterUST by Kathya Karmela de Leon – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.��
2) CovidComms 2020: #USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tour by Ashley Faustine de Mesa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) Recruitment 101 Campaign #UnravelTheGlory by Madelaine D. Bernardo – Communication Management, Student Entry division.��
4) #TigerTakeover by Pia Ericka Torres – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
5) Pinarang Sining by Rona Alondra Agulto – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) The Varsitarian – Sports Infographics by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.

Meanwhile, De Leon and Bernardo’s respective shows were feted with Top Award in its category.

Here are the entries that received the Merit Awards:
1) #XPTMN by Isabela Beatrice Gonzales – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
2) 21st Inkblots by Klyra V. Orbien – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) 5th UST National Campus Journalism Awards by Mariel Celine L. Serquiña – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
4) Behind the Roar by Micha Gayle Resubal – Social Media Programs category.
5) CovidComms 2020: USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tours by Charles Benedict Nobleza – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) CovidComms 2020: V Exclusives: CJ Cansino by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
7) CovidComms2020: ‘Misuse of power’: Thomasians slam decision to kill ABS-CBN franchise by Ahmed Khan H. Cayongcat – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
8) Disrupt Your Usual: An IMC Campaign on TaskUs by Ma. Angelica I. Mariano – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
9) Flow by Maria Gabriel H. Jopillo – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
10) LENSPEAK: The Decade in Photos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
11) The Varsitarian by Eugene Dominic V. Aboy, O.P. – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
12) The Varsitarian – Short Videos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
13) Transgenders in sports – a call for fair rules by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
14) d’CATCH Manila 2020: TRANS by Voltaire Ferald R. Avendaño III – Special and Experiential Events category.
15) UAAP Season 82: All For More Coverage by Elijah Miguel S. Punzalan – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.

The Philippine Quill and the Philippine Student Quill Awards honor exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative work.

IABC vetted the entries through its global standards that measure the brightest and the sharpest in the communication industry.

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UST received 21 awards in four categories/divisions of the 8th Student Quill Awards, organized by the International Association of Business Communicators, announced on February 19, 2021 on IABC Philippines website.

The Tiger Media Network team’s individual entries that received awards were:
1) #XPTMN by Isabela Beatrice Gonzales – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
2) CovidComms2020: #LifeAfterUST by Kathya Karmela de Leon – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3)#TigerTakeover by Pia Ericka Torres – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
4) CovidComms 2020: #USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tour by Ashley Faustine de Mesa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
5) Behind the Roar by Micha Gayle Resubal – Social Media Programs category.

The Tiger Media Network is the official broadcasting arm of the University, operating under the supervision of the Communications Bureau. TMN produces content through Tiger TV with the use of internet protocol television (IPTV) and through Tiger Radio, the University’s e-radio airing via Mixlr.

Students from the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, as well as the Varsitarian, the official student publication of UST, also reaped awards for these entries:

1) d’CATCH Manila 2020: TRANS by Voltaire Ferald R. Avendaño III – Special and Experiential Events category.
2) UAAP Season 82: All For More Coverage by Elijah Miguel S. Punzalan – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
3) Transgenders in sports – a call for fair rules by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
4) The Varsitarian – Short Videos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
5) The Varsitarian by Eugene Dominic V. Aboy, O.P. – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
6) LENSPEAK: The Decade in Photos by Mary Jazmin D. Tabuena – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
7) Flow by Maria Gabriel H. Jopillo – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
8) CovidComms2020: ‘Misuse of power’: Thomasians slam decision to kill ABS-CBN franchise by Ahmed Khan H. Cayongcat – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
9) CovidComms 2020: V Exclusives: CJ Cansino by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
10) 5th UST National Campus Journalism Awards by Mariel Celine L. Serquiña – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
11) 21st Inkblots by Klyra V. Orbien – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
12) The Varsitarian – Sports Infographics by Faith Yuen Wei N. Ragasa – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
13) Pinarang Sining by Rona Alondra Agulto – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
14) CovidComms 2020: USTeXP: The UST Minecraft Tours by Charles Benedict Nobleza – Communication Skills, Student Entry division.
15) Disrupt Your Usual: An IMC Campaign on TaskUs by Ma. Angelica I. Mariano – Communication Management, Student Entry division.
16) Recruitment 101 Campaign #UnravelTheGlory by Madelaine D. Bernardo – Communication Management, Student Entry division.

The Philippine Quill and the Philippine Student Quill Awards honor exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative work.

IABC determined the entries through its global standards that measure the brightest and the sharpest in the communication industry.

For the full list of winners of the 8th Student Quill Awards, visit the link:

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Ranera, Principal Conductor of the UST Symphony Orchestra, was recognized for his work as musical director of Noli Me Tangere, the Opera. At the Conservatory, he teaches trombone, conducting, theory, and composition. The three-time winner of the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA) has led the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, California State Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, San Miguel Philharmonic, and Manila Philharmonic.

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Christmas isn’t Christmas without music’

In 2016, the UST Museum added Christmas concerts to its yearly exhibition to further set the Christmas mood; the music complimented the artworks made by young Thomasian Artists from the College of Fine Arts and Design installed at the gallery.

“Even the story of Christmas in the Gospel of St. Luke started with music: the angels came down from heaven and they sang Glory to God in the highest,” UST Museum Director Rev. fr. Isidro C. Abano, O.P., SThL-MA said.

The Christmaseum exhibit can be view until January 3, 2019.

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With the theme, “Katutubong Dumagat sa Sariling Atin, Katuwang sa Pag-unlad at Hamon sa Panahon”, the activity is aimed to relive the Dumagat-Remontado indigenous community’s rights, culture, and tradition. The celebration commenced with a ritual led by the group’s Kamalan or Council of Elders, Kaksaan, and the seven Gemot or Chieftains. There were exhibit of the Dumagat-Remontado indigenous houses called “punduhan” and traditional song and dance performances and poetry reading participated in by the different indigenous people communities coming from Purok Tayabasan Libis, Sitio Balon, Sitio Paglitaw Apia, Canomay, San Joseph Purok Mainit, and Calawis. Highlighted also in the event is the call of the Dumagat-Remontado IPs to follow the process of acquiring the FPIC or the free, prior, and informed consent in their communities. 

The IP day was also attended by other stakeholders and partner organizations of the indigenous people communities of Antipolo City, Rizal. Sitio San Joseph Purok Mainit is one of the partner communities of the University of Santo Tomas. Among the projects initiated in the community to date were literacy services, children’s rights workshops, disaster risk reduction and management seminars, and construction of the School of Living Traditions by the UST NSTP CWTS LTS, and installation of solar panels and ram pump by the UST .��

The activity was organized with the help of the city government of Antipolo through the City Social Welfare and Development Office and DSWD Field Office-4 MCCT in line with the celebration of the National Indigenous People’s Month held every October.

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The UST NSTP CWTS LTS, in partnership with the UST Red Cross Youth Council (RCYC), Philippine Heart Association (PHA) and UST Hospital (USTH) Section of Cardiology, has been conducting a series of DRRM seminars with focus on hands-only Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic First Aid to 9,200 NSTP students on selected weekends of September and October.

With the theme “Building Cultures of Disaster Resilience and Emergency Preparedness”, the activity is part of the UST NSTP course, which is aimed at reducing the vulnerability of the students from the risks brought about by human-induced and natural hazards which our country is most susceptible to. It specifically aims to equip NSTP students with basic knowledge, practical skills and attitude required to perform appropriate basic first aid care response to those in need of emergency care.

Present in the program was a former UST NSTP CWTS student from the who shared her reflection about the DRRM program of UST NSTP. Representatives from UST Simbahayan Community Development Office, UST RCYC, PHA/USTH Cardiology Section, Citizen Disaster Response Center (CDRC), Samahang Kamanlalakbay also graced the event and gave their respective solidarity messages to the department. Present as well in the said activity were community and youth leaders of NTA and Kasiglahan Village Rodriguez, Rizal and Dumagat-Remontado community of Sitio San Joseph Purok Mainit, Antipolo City, Rizal wherein NSTP students had their DRRM fieldwork with last year. The IDDRR is called upon by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and is held every 13th day of October to celebrate “how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reigning in the risks that they face.”

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The youth ambassadors were accompanied by Delegation Head Ambassador Chi-ping Chang from the MoFA Department of International Information Services, Deputy Head of Delegation Ms. Chieh Wong, and Delegation Secretary Ms. Chen Yu-Chih.

Gracing the event were Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines Representative Ambassador Michael Peiyung Hsu and his spouse Madame Charlotte Yu. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Non-government Organization International Affairs Department Director General Lai Ming-Chi, Philippine Tariff Commission Chairperson Marilou P. Mendoza, Taiwanese Compatriots in the Philippines Honorary President Mr. Hsieh Shih-Ying, Taiwan Association Inc. President Mr. Chiang Fu-Long, TECO Press Division Director Mr. Jerry Chuang, and TECO Executive Assistant to the Representative Mr. Fernando R.F. Wu were also present for the occasion.

After the welcome remarks delivered by UST Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna V. Fontanilla, Ph.D., TECO Representative Ambassador Michael Peiyung Hsu, in his message, thanked the many people involved in making the third Taiwan Night in UST possible, especially the UST Rector The Delegation Head Ambassador James Chi-ping Chang gave more information on the IYAE Program.

The University of Santo Tomas began its presentations with the performance of the 70-member UST Symphony Orchestra under the baton of , as conductor. The Orchestra performed three songs by National Artists, namely, “Mga Katutubong Awitin” by Lucio San Pedro, “By the Hillside (Tone Poem)” by Antonino Buenaventura, and “Mutya ng Pasig” by Nicanor Abelardo.

Choir of the World Champions The UST Singers, led by Maestro Fidel Gener Calalang, Jr., sang “Cantate Domino” by Josu Elberdin Badiola, “Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka”, by Ryan Cayabyab, and “Come Alive (The Greatest Showman)” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe performed “Binasuan” and “Tinikling.”

In turn, the Taiwan Youth Ambassadors staged a 40-minute four-act play titled “Taiwan: An Island of Vitality.” The first act, “Wishes Sent Skyward,” presented the traditional Taiwanese festivals, such as the Lantern, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn, and Lunar New Year Festivals, through dances.

The second act, “A Cure for What Ails,” detailed Taiwan’s thriving healthcare industry through a fast-paced diabolo (Chinese yoyo) and hip-hop performance interspersed with images of their medical care, which balances traditional Chinese medicine with Western medical practices.

The third act focused on Taiwan’s farm produce, textile, and technology industry and is named “Quality as an Art Form,” while the fourth and final act, “A Resplendent Island,” introduced Taiwanese folk music, tourist attractions, and cuisine through an energetic dance.

In the morning of the same day, the Youth Ambassadors were given a tour of the University, led by Assoc. Prof. Fontanilla at the historic Arch of the Centuries, assisted by student leaders from the UST Asian Studies Society. 

The students facilitated a tour of the University campus, with a tour under the guidance of its Assistant Director Ar. Carlo Sayco. After lunch, student leaders from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery interacted with the Youth Ambassadors.

This year, 75 Taiwan Youth Ambassadors were sent to neighboring countries in three groups that visited two countries each, namely, the Philippines and Malaysia; Thailand and India; and Kiribati and the Solomon Islands, as part of the IYAE, with the theme “Youth Diplomacy Brings Taiwan to You.” The University of Santo Tomas has hosted and engaged with the youth ambassadors for the third consecutive year.

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Communication Management Division

“Our World, Our Turn” by Isavela Deverae M. Atinaja
“Juan Vision. One Big Step – An IMC Plan for Coca-cola’s World Without Waste Advocacy” by Currie Bonipaye D. Cator
“This is TOMCAT: The Tomcat-UST Rebranding Campaign” by Keanna Patrice B. Baduel
“Chihuahua Cosmetics – IMC Campaign Plan” by Chelsea Denise C. Cham

Communication Skills Division

The Flame website (abtheflame.net) by Julia Mari T. Ornedo
“A resilient daughter’s silent battle cry” by Julia Mari T. Ornedo
“Dapitan: Balat” by Julia Mari T. Ornedo
“Tunog Tomasino: Para Bukas” by Jessa Janella G. Perdio
“Paskong Tomasino: The 2018 Christmas Station ID” by Christine Janelle J. Noriega
“‘Magandang Tanghali’ Newscast” by Fate Emerald Colobong
“Lifeline” by Maria Angela Faith Lucille B. Fernandez
“Para Kanino Ka Naglalaro?: The 2018 UAAP Video Series” by Trisha Marielle D. Lentejas
“Ukit” by Mildred Mira
“Balik USTe 2018 Video Series” by Kristen B. Manaligod
“Trash traps: Solution to reviving ‘dead’ Pasig River?” by Deniece Maegan M. Diala
“The Varsitarian: The official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas” by Christian de Lano M. Deiparine
“Editorial: Murder of PH languages, identity” by Christian de Lano M. Deiparine
“Editorial: Award to ‘Mocha,’ libel on UST” by Christian de Lano M. Deiparine
“BOTOmasino Supplement” by Klimier Nicole B. Adriano
“The Varsitarian News Wrap” by Julia Claire L. Medina
“Remembering Horacio Interactive Website” by Lexanne O. Garcia
“Saan Aabot ang 100 Pesos mo?” by Vincent Jerard M. Castillo
“V Exclusives” by Louise Claire H. Cruz
“The 4th UST National Campus Journalism Awards” by Job Anthony R. Manahan
“The 14th Creative Writing Workshop” by Elmer B. Coldora
“Podcast Convention 6 (PodCon 6): Upholding Media Credibility Amid the Age of Fake News” by Isabela Beatrice F. Gonzales

The Philippine Student Quill Awards is a junior division of Philippine Quill Awards, which is on its 17th year of recognizing exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative works in the field of business

The recognition is given by the Philippine chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.

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Agpasa’s composition “Jubilate Deo” bested 59 other entries of 55 other applicants from 29 different countries. With a cash prize of $1,000, top prize winning work will be premiered at the 2019 BCFC to be held from October 16 to 19, 2019. The award ceremony will be held on the last day of the Choral Festival. 

The jury who evaluated the final eight submissions were composed of Philippine Madrigal Singers Choir Master Mark Anthony Carpio, Estonian Choral Association President Raul Talmar, American Choral Directors Association Executive Director Tim Sharp, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Conservatory Choir Director Vytautas Miškinis, and 20 Trillion Production Korea President Young-Jo Lee.

Agpasa is also the current conductor of the UST Chorus of Arts and Letters. 

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