prove the guilt of the person behind this, and
achieve justice,” he said.
The Pemberton case has indeed put the
VFA and EDCA at stake, but the US troops
need to drop by our country. Their expertise can
be of use to our own military troops. They are
our foreign helping hands.
Too much is never good
By: Juliana March S. Mendoza
Click. Click. Snap. Snap. Everywhere, we
hear the sounds of cameras clicking rapidly.
Everywhere, we see families, friends, and
couples holding their cellphones up high for a
perfect picture. It’s nice to take our portraits. The
feeling of pride seeing ourselves beautiful and
handsome boosts our confidence. However, too
much of these may not be good.
Defined as a way for insecure people to get the
world to accept them, selfies are considered a
hobby of many teenagers.
Teenagers tend to express themselves
through selfies. Then, post these photos in
Facebook, twitter, Instagram and in other social
networking sites hoping to be noticed and
eventually be praised or accepted though
insincerity is uncertain. Yet, we don’t need the
necessity of the approval of the world if we know
within ourselves who we are and what we are.
All the world cares about are the style of your
hair, the color of your skin, your clothes, the way
you smile and your physical appearance. They
don’t care what is within us.
In addition, what if instead of receiving
compliments and praises about our photos, we
receive foul comments and destructive
suggestions? That instead of building us, they
destroy us by focusing on our flaws? We’re not
against posting photos and comments in social
networking sites but too much of these may
never good.
Take the girl who died from taking selfies
from a tall building as an example. She died from
falling from the structure. Why did she need to
go to a dangerously high place to take a picture
when she could have done it in a much safer and
equally beautiful place? And because she felt the
need to do so, she fell and died.
The teenager who took selfies while
standing on top of a Dubai skyscraper, the
Princess Tower, was dangerous.
Take selfies, maybe once in a while, for
capturing the moments you have with your loved
ones. But never do anything too extraordinary,
all for the sake of taking pictures. Pictures are
worth a thousand words, but too much is never
good.
Undying Crisis
By: Alyanna Rosario R. Alcoran
What was supposed to shield us from the
forces of our enemy is now disintegrated into
dust. The enemy is attacking at a continuous
pace, and we are destroying the earth at the
same speed. Why must we destroy the place we
call home?
We were made us for a reason. We were
made to look after His creations, but instead, we
are doing the opposite of what we must be
doing. Can we still do something about it?
Human activities have created a large
hole in the world's armor. We seem to be
moving carelessly; perhaps not thinking of the
consequences to be dealt with after the
turbulence.