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2025 Wrapped: The year corruption and injustice flooded the Philippines
FEU Advocate  ·  January 10, 2026

2025 Wrapped: The year corruption and injustice flooded the Philippines

From the arrest of the former president and impeachment trials against the vice president to severe flooding and corruption scandals, the Philippines has faced various issues in recent months, marking 2025 as the year the country’s ingrained systemic injustice became palpable to Filipinos to the point of nationwide dissent. As public outcry continues to linger and echo throughout the streets, it is important to keep our hunger for justice and accountability alive by recalling what transpired over the eventful 12 months that have passed. 

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FEU-IL yields 47 lawyers in Bar 2025
FEU Advocate  ·  January 08, 2026

FEU-IL yields 47 lawyers in Bar 2025

#NewsBites: Far Eastern University (FEU) Institute of Law (IL) produced 47 new lawyers out of 69 exam takers in the Bar Examination 2025, announced yesterday, January 7.

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From alley to high court: An 8-year-long reckoning for Kian Delos Santos
FEU Advocate  ·  January 04, 2026

From alley to high court: An 8-year-long reckoning for Kian Delos Santos

Eight years after 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos was dragged into a dark alley in Caloocan City and shot dead, the Supreme Court on December 22 affirmed the murder conviction against three police officers, closing one of the most closely followed cases linked to the previous administration’s ‘war on drugs’ and marking a rare instance of a drug war killing reaching final judicial resolution.

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Benevolence or compromise?: Beneath Del Monte PH’s 100-year legacy
FEU Advocate  ·  December 22, 2025

Benevolence or compromise?: Beneath Del Monte PH’s 100-year legacy

In time for their upcoming 100-year anniversary, Del Monte’s legacy as one of the leading food corporations in the country resurfaced and gained traction online. Vast fields, lush fruits, farmers with high morale—putting all of these together, the company presents an ideal landscape of an agricultural business free from corporate greed. Despite this, agrarian advocates deem Del Monte’s commitment to sustainable farming questionable given their history of complicity in exploitation. 

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2025 Likhang Mulat Best Film intertwines jeepney driver woes with EJK
FEU Advocate  ·  December 19, 2025

2025 Likhang Mulat Best Film intertwines jeepney driver woes with EJK

Far Eastern University (FEU) Department of Communication (DepComm)’s Likhang Mulat awards ‘Tirada’ (Strike) by Lente’t Liyab Productions, a story centered around a jeepney driver who gets entangled in the ‘War on Drugs’ or extrajudicial killings (EJK), as Best Short Film during its Gabi ng Parangal at the University Conference Center last December 10.

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FEU modifies blended learning modality for second semester
FEU Advocate  ·  December 16, 2025

FEU modifies blended learning modality for second semester

Far Eastern University (FEU) updated the policies and guidelines of the blended learning modality, which will take effect in the second semester of school year 2025–2026 upon the approval of the Academic Executive Council announced yesterday, December 15.

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FEU scholars advance research-for-service ethic in DOST-SEI camp
FEU Advocate  ·  December 14, 2025

FEU scholars advance research-for-service ethic in DOST-SEI camp

Far Eastern University (FEU) Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) scholars emphasized the growing responsibility of young researchers in public service as they joined the first-ever Scholars Research Camp (SRC), an event under the Filipino Patriot Scholars Program, in Calamba, Laguna last December 3 to 7.

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AHRC stresses importance of human rights reportage in campus journalism summit
FEU Advocate  ·  December 09, 2025

AHRC stresses importance of human rights reportage in campus journalism summit

Highlighting the vital role of human rights and the nuances in campus journalism, the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) held ‘Rights in Focus: Human Rights in Campus Journalism Summit 2025,’ in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, at the Ateneo Professional Schools in Makati City last December 6.

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