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lot of love, but not everyone has a
The Real Deal on Valentines
February. The birth month of
St. Valentine’s. Where the
combination of red roses, pink
hearts, and excessive sugar
consumptions are there. However,
it does not only revolves with
romance, people should also take
the opportunity to celebrate all
kinds of love.
Looking at how Valentine’s
celebrated back then with a huge
feast, to how it is celebrated now,
it is overrated because no one
knows the real meaning
Restoring ROTC: Yey or Nay?
Lowering the minimum age
of criminal liability is among the
Duterte administration’s priority
bills in its anticrime agenda.
According to the President, the
Juvenile Justice and Welfare
Act of 2006 has been
producing young offenders with
criminal minds who are allowed
to go free because of their age.
The law benefits mainly the
criminal syndicates who exploit
these children for their
nefariousactivities, he said.
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behind it anymore.
Some peoople just use it as an
excuse to buy expensive gifts and
go to expensive restaurants and
spend all their money on their
partners.
Senior Brittney Carter said,
“Valentine’s day is basically an
excuse to spoil your significant
other and show this abundance
amount of love, and like really,
you should show it all the time,
not this specific day.”
For some people, it spreads
With most Filipinos surviving
at below-poverty level and
probably familiar with the
circumstances that push
children into crime, it comes
as no surprise that the latest
Pulse Asia Survey shows
that 55 percent of Filipinos
preferred to keep the
minimum age of criminal
liability at 15, up to which age
they would be spared from
criminal penalty.
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partner, therefore it might be
spreading sadness to some.
People who do not have a
Valentine feel obligated to get
one, and spread love that really is
not there. About 62 percent of
adults claim to celebrate
Valentine’s Day, and 61 percent
of students claim to celebrate
Valentine’s Day.
It has become overrated
because it’s too commercialized.
People feel obligated to go out
and spend a ton of money on
someone they have been dating
for two months, and think they are
in love with.
Lastly, you dont have to find a
date just because February 14 is
coming. Instead, date yourself.
Take time to practice loving
yourself before anyone else.
What ever you need to do to
make yourself loved, take time to
do that this Valentine’s.
THE PRESS
S. Y. 2019-2020
Lalaine Conejos
WRITER
Iannie Pomida
CARTOONIST
Harry Jaboli
WRITER
Jermaine Lim
LAYOUT ARTIST
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Child 'Criminals' : Age of

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Criminal Responsibility
15th May 2019
It used to be called the was “then called military  
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Reserve Officers Training science and tactics.” The The Press
Corps or ROTC program students were required to Samar National School

from the Commonwealth wear a khaki or fatigue

Respected sir/madam
era all the way to the uniform, sport a
proclamation of martial law prescribed haircut, Subject:- A request for publishing my
in the Philippines in observe strict rules of artice
September 1972. military discipline, march Today in the modern world our
Conceived as a training in cadence under the
environment is completely spoiled.
There is lot of social problem thrown
ground to prepare able sun, read maps, carry a everywhere . People are facing
young college men to many problems due to this
firearm or at least know unawaress. It leads to many damages
defend the country in the
how to handle one, and to people. People are adversely
effected due to this.
event of a war, the ROTC
rough it up in the campus With reference to the above subject,
program was in every request you to publish our article in
grassland or at a similar your newspaper about Valentines.
university and college co-
place elsewhere. As my Article includes the
curricular list. importance of the real deal on
Generally speaking, valentines day on how people
President Rodrigo
Filipino students were not spending lavishly for valentines day
Duterte’s latest bright idea  and the awareness about restoring
too fond of the Reserve the ROTC. As in our country the
is the revival of the
Officers Training Course awareness is decreased, the people
should get to know about the
Reserve Officers Training
(ROTC) when it was a lowering of criminal sentence to 12
Corps (ROTC), a military among youth. So I think our Article
requirement to complete will held for it . I request you to
training program for
college. Pretending to be publish our Article in your
civilians that has been newspaper.
soldiers while marching This needs to come up to an end.
implemented on and off
and standing at attention This can only be done if people are
through the years. aware of the damage caused due to it .
under the hot sun or   
Every able-bodied So my humble request to you
pouring rain was not please publish the article written by
male college student in
anybody’s idea of fun. me about cleanliness so that people
the Philippines was may become aware of its
There was, therefore, disadvantages. I have tried to explain
required to take the basic
much rejoicing when the all the problems  caused in it.
course, which consisted of
military training course
foursemesters of what Thank you
ceased to be compulsory.