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๐“๐„๐Š๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ | ๐“๐„๐Š๐๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐”๐Œ๐๐”๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐๐’ ๐Œ๐€๐’๐“๐„๐‘ ๐๐‹๐”๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’!๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”Excellence rises once again as TEKNO pr...
26/02/2026

๐“๐„๐Š๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ | ๐“๐„๐Š๐๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐”๐Œ๐๐”๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐๐’ ๐Œ๐€๐’๐“๐„๐‘ ๐๐‹๐”๐Œ๐๐„๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’!

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”Excellence rises once again as TEKNO proudly celebrates a remarkable achievement in the February 2026 Master Plumbers Licensure Examination. Leading the way is ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐๐จ ๐†๐š๐œ๐ž๐ซ, now ๐‘๐Œ๐ (Registered Master Plumber), who ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ค ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ%, placing his name among the topnotchers nationwide.

A proud BS Architecture graduate, Gacerโ€™s success is a powerful story of courage, faith, and quiet determination. Behind the recognition lies a journey marked by sacrifice and resilience. Reviewing for barely a month while working full-time, he faced sleepless nights, exhaustion, pressure, and moments of doubt. Yet, he chose to move forward.

In his own words, he shared:
โ€œ๐น๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘…๐‘€๐‘ƒ!
๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘ 4๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป [...] ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘˜๐‘œ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐ผ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ . [...] ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘, ๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘œ ๐‘˜๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก. [...]
๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘โ€™๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’.โ€

What makes his achievement even more inspiring is the silent battle he fought. He took the board exam quietly, without telling even his family and friends, carrying the weight of expectations on his own shoulders. Day after day, it was a cycle of study, work, pray, repeat. When fear crept in, faith became his anchor.

His story reminds every Augustinian that greatness is not always loud. Sometimes, it is built in silence, strengthened by perseverance, and fulfilled through trust in Godโ€™s plan. Truly, those who hope in the Lord will soar on wings like eagles.

We also extend our ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Your hard work and dedication as equally bring pride and honor to the entire Augustinian community.

๐—•๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ž๐—ก๐—ข, ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—š! ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก ๐—”๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก! ๐Ÿฆ…





๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ: John Marvin Arcilla
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Marie Eugenie Constantino

Runways end.But our stories remain.We are Filipinos โ€”beyond our flesh,beyond our faith,beyond geography,beyond the blood...
26/02/2026

Runways end.
But our stories remain.

We are Filipinos โ€”
beyond our flesh,
beyond our faith,
beyond geography,
beyond the blood in our veins.

We must always remember the EDSA Revolution โ€”
and the power that rises when the people stand.

๐“๐ž๐ค๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž | ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ-๐”๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ...
23/02/2026

๐“๐ž๐ค๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž | ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ-๐”๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”The university community gathered tonight at the University Gym for the Closing Program and Awarding Ceremony of University Week 2026, themed โ€œ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ž๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฆ: ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”.โ€ The celebration highlighted Filipino culture, talent, and most importantly, unity among Agustinians.

The College of Technology (COT) once again proved its strength, earning the title of ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—จ๐—ฝโ€”marking the year where the college leveled up their game and distinction after 2025. The achievement reflects the collegeโ€™s consistency, teamwork, and dedication throughout the weeklong competitions.

From cultural presentations to academic events, Teknos demonstrated discipline, creativity, and unwavering support for one another. Their collective effort showcased not only competitive excellence but also the strong sense of camaraderie that defines the college.

Meanwhile, the College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology was named Overall 2nd Runner-Up, and the College of Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics claimed the Overall Championship.

In his message, USASG President Zedrick Wyne Que emphasized that, โ€œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘ , ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.โ€

๐—”๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜€: ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป.





๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ: John Marvin Arcilla
๐Ÿ“ธ: The Tech Record Media Team, USA Publications
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Marie Eugenie Constantino

๐“๐„๐Š๐๐„๐–๐’ | ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐†๐ˆ๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”T...
23/02/2026

๐“๐„๐Š๐๐„๐–๐’ | ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐†๐ˆ๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”The College of Technology reclaims the title of โ€œ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€ during the 2026 Thank God Itโ€™s Fashion (TGIF): Pamana, ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ and re-establishing itself as the โ€œ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ,โ€ evidence of being a constant pioneer to innovation in fashion, whilst paying homage to what had come before.

๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ!





๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ: Yanni Ysabel Panaguiton
๐Ÿ“ธ: Kirby Poral, Matthew Josh Harder
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Maria Beatrice Dumdumaya

๐“๐„๐Š๐๐„๐–๐’ | ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐†๐ˆ๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”T...
22/02/2026

๐“๐„๐Š๐๐„๐–๐’ | ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐“๐†๐ˆ๐… ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐๐š๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”The College of Technology reclaims the title of โ€œ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€ during the 2026 Thank God Itโ€™s Fashion (TGIF): Pamana, ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ and re-establishing itself as the โ€œ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ,โ€ evidence of being a constant pioneer to innovation in fashion, whilst paying homage to what had come before.

This yearโ€™s collection, ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚, is rooted in the Filipino: the land and its people. It references โ€œLangit, Lupa, Imperyno,โ€ a game to most, but a microcosm of Philippine society for those with eyes to see and realize such a vision. Undeniably, artistic image collides with message in this latest collection.

The fashion house secured awards for the ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜-๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

We congratulate the House of Tekno for gracefully reclaiming the throne, all for the College of Technology!

Tekno, here are the ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐†๐ˆ๐…: Pamana,

Streetwear Category - Roy Diaz Jr. and Angelika Espejon
Haute Couture Category - Kenneth Llamelo & Ma. Jazera Vencer
Avant-garde Category - Sanjay Balakrishnan & Florence Rivera

Along with the ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ-๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ behind the recent collection:

Streetwear Category - Karl Capiangao & Uniz Yebra
Haute Couture Category - John Gabriel Torrecarion & Aicelle Mae Oracion
Avant-garde Category - Kyn Rola & John Vincent Andrada

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ:
Ryan Paul Pahanonot
Alea Blyte Somodio
Dee Ann Nacion
Karen Desales
Nenkent Gabasa
Krixa Raign Musni
Angela Nerrise Magan
Leonard Gimeno
Uel Samaniego
Janethel Faith Fuentes
Marielle Marie Catacutan
Esther Marie Maravillas
Daniel James Bullon
Reigns Jacob Matchite
Elemar Sealza
Dennielle Althea Diรฑo
Shawne Benedict Dimzon
Janice Barcelona
Micaela Guzman
April Mien Paez
Cayll Barlas
Dean Andrei Soroรฑgon
Maribel Mabacqiao
Joy-joy Gimoto
Yani Canedas
Bea May Losbaรฑes
Aretha Gaile Bartolo
Ashley Jane Bayhon
Mary Rosary Katherine Lao
Gwen Denise Calimoso
Sophia Radoc
Daniella Sorolla

๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ!





โœ’๏ธ: Yanni Ysabel Panaguiton
๐Ÿ“ธ: Kirby Poral, Matthew Josh Harder
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Maria Beatrice Dumdumaya

๐“๐„๐Š๐๐„๐–๐’ | ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ-๐”๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐ข๐›๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”The stage came ali...
21/02/2026

๐“๐„๐Š๐๐„๐–๐’ | ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ-๐”๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐ข๐›๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”The stage came alive with sound and spirit as the University Of San Agustin celebrated its annual University Week with Mahibanda 2026: Battle of the Bands, held on February 19 at the USA Grandstand.

Cheers thundered across the grandstand as Augustinians gathered for one of the weekโ€™s most anticipated events. Eight departmental bands went head-to-head, each delivering powerful reinterpretations of Filipino songs while showcasing their departmentโ€™s unique identity and pride.

Fueled by electrifying guitar riffs, pounding drumlines, and an energized crowd, the night transformed into a vibrant celebration of music, culture, and Augustinian talent.

Representing the College of Technology, the dynamic band Vertex, captivated the audience with their musical precision, commanding stage presence, and infectious energyโ€”ultimately securing the ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—จ๐—ฝ title.

Vertex is composed of vocalists Elpee Jan Bolaรฑo and Ana Mae Gemino, with Aron Bryan Paul Conlu on lead guitar, Gem Carlo Martin Deรฑola on rhythm guitar, Jc Ray Clement Jover on bass, Denver Jan Ame on drums, and Cris Ernest Malanom on keys and synth.

Their performance earned them multiple accolades, including ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ awarded to ๐—๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—บ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ awarded to ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ปฬƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ.

Mahibanda 2026 once again proved to be a stage where passion meets talent, highlighting the vibrant musical culture and creative excellence within the Augustinian community.





๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ: Shiphrah Bless Basiya
๐Ÿ“ธ: Val Christian Malones, Joshua Tagactac
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Josh Harder, Val Christian Malones

Cover Photo via USA Publications

๐”๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐’๐€๐‹๐”-๐’๐€๐‹๐Ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐กThe students and faculty of the Col...
20/02/2026

๐”๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐’๐€๐‹๐”-๐’๐€๐‹๐Ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก

The students and faculty of the College of Technology join together for a lively ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข-๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ yesterday, February 19, 2026, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in front of Blanco Hall to fill the place with shared laughter, stories, and camaraderie. All while filling their stomachs with a feast of free lechon, ice cream, pizza, and moreโ€”the kind of shared experience and shared food that makes campus life feel more of a special community, and less of a paperwork-filled system.

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ: Meah Anne Fernandez
๐Ÿ“ธ: Val Christian Malones, Joshua Tagactac

๐“๐ž๐ค๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž | ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ: ๐‚๐Ž๐“ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐œ๐คโ€œโ€ฆ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž...
20/02/2026

๐“๐ž๐ค๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž | ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ: ๐‚๐Ž๐“ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ค

โ€œโ€ฆ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™จ [๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ] ๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ๐™š ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง,โ€ Christian Paul Baculinao said as he then found himself two years later as the debate team captain of COT Tech Tanksโ€”the back-to-back debate cup finalists.

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จโ€”The fight for the Debate Cup was held last February 18, 2026, at the USA Auditorium, where COT Tech Tanks are fresh in the penultimate of the podium, of the ladder, and of the same place as last yearโ€™s 1st Runner-Ups, where the cup felt so close yet so far due to the phantom of the medalโ€”where it felt the heaviest on their neck, and where their passion was the most constrained to pull them up and forward.

Despite all these forces pulling them out of their equilibrium, COT Tech Tanks, the College of Technologyโ€™s debate team, had stood tall once again in the finale stage of this yearโ€™s St. Augustineโ€™s Cup Interdepartmental Debate Series and had remained standing tall with conviction up until the last words of their final rebuttal speech.

As the ones standing on the negative side of the motion, โ€œ๐˜“๐˜๐˜‰๐˜™๐˜›: ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ. 7432, โ€˜๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต,โ€™ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ธ,โ€ the burden of the argument was theirs to bear, and yet, the team had shown a magnificent example of how to bear this weight with grace, wit, confidence, and most of all, with the brute passion of a fighter in the field.

This passion was also not only felt within the teamโ€™s circle but also throughout the entire auditoriumโ€”down to the second judgeโ€™s highlighted appreciation for the teamโ€™s (first) speaker, ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข, for best laying out the need for the bill.

Therefore, if there is one thing we, as an audience, can take away from this debate, from our impassioned debaters, ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ผ, researchers ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜‡ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น, ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ, ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ, it is that we should s***f out all doubt, pressure, and all the other things that dull our passionโ€”just never our passion itself.

In the words of Paul, their team leader, he still continues to hope for their team to โ€œbecome an inspiration and a beacon to showcase that COT is not just all about designs and beauty, but also a fighter in the field of debating.โ€

๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: โ€œ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„.โ€

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ: Meah Anne Fernandez
๐Ÿ“ธ: Tisha May Tupaz, Meah Fernandez
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Meah Fernandez

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๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ โ€” At the MMUSA Preliminary Round held on February 14, 2026, at the USA Auditorium, the College of Technology stood out through a meaningful and culture-filled presentation.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฉ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด, a second-year BS Architecture student, and ๐—”๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ, a first-year Bachelor of Fine Arts student, performed the traditional ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, showing grace and pride in Filipino heritage.

Their cultural attire, designed by ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ, paid tribute to Philippine agriculture. Althea portrayed the carabao, a symbol of quiet strength, while Andre represented the hardworking Filipino farmerโ€”together reflecting abundance, unity, and resilience.

Beyond the stage, the pair presented ๐˜๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ. Through art workshops, a mural, a playground project, and an exhibit of childrenโ€™s works, they promoted creativity and cultural preservation.

More than a performance, the COTโ€™s presentation carried a clear message: ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต.

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ: John Marvin Arcilla
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11/02/2026

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๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ โ€” The ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ for the second year in a row, this time against the Junior High School Department (JHS) during the St. Augustineโ€™s Debate Interdepartmental Debate Series Semi-Finals at the University of San Agustin Pavilion, February 9, 2026. The team upheld the status quo on the negative side of the motion: ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ was hailed as both ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, alongside speakers Courtney Love Abarra, and Christian Paul Baculinao, and researchers Regine Caeli Fadriga, Lourrein Grace Ongdico, Margauz Shaian Varona, Jose Ricardo Cubil, Faisal Andrew Galila, Hizel Parcon, and Andrea Rose Badiango.

The teamโ€™s assertion on the negative side of the motion secured them their spot in the Finals this coming February 18, 2026 at the University of San Agustin Auditorium against the College of Nursing and Dietetics (CNDD).

The stakes are high as the COT Tech Tanks vie for the championship.

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ: Yanni Ysabel Panaguiton
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Angelika Espejon

๐“๐ž๐ค๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ | ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ. ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ โ€” The ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ...
23/01/2026

๐“๐ž๐ค๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ | ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ. ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž

๐™„๐™‡๐™Š๐™„๐™‡๐™Š ๐˜พ๐™„๐™๐™”, ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ โ€” The ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† (๐—–๐—ข๐—ง) ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ after securing a decisive victory against the College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology (CPMT) in the Elimination Round of the St. Augustineโ€™s Cup Interdepartmental Debate Series 2026, held at the University Pavilion on January 19, 2026. The team argued on the affirmative side of the motion, โ€œ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ต๐‘…๐‘‡: ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’-๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . "

Known as the COT Tech Tanks, the team was represented by speakers: Margaux Shaian Varona, Leonard Von Cabales, and Christian Paul Baculinao, with strong research support from Jose Ricardo Cubil, Regine Caeli Fadriga, Lourrein Grace Ongdico, Faisal Andrew Galila, Courtney Love Abarra, Hizel Parcon, and Andrea Rose Badiango. Their cohesive teamwork and well-founded arguments earned them the title of ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ.

Advancing to the Semi-Finals on February 9, the College of Technology is set to face the Junior High School (JHS) Department. The game is on as all eyes are on COT as they aim to make history once again. Congratulations!

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ: Courtney Love Abarra
๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ: Angelika Espejon

๐™•๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™Ž๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ค๐™ข ๐™€๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ๐™– ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ ๐™„๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค 2026  ๐Ÿ‘‘The ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‡๐™‡๐™€๐™‚๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™‰๐™Š๐™‡๐™Š๐™‚๐™” from University of San Agustin proudly congr...
18/01/2026

๐™•๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™Ž๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ค๐™ข ๐™€๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ๐™– ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ ๐™„๐™ก๐™ค๐™ž๐™ก๐™ค 2026 ๐Ÿ‘‘

The ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‡๐™‡๐™€๐™‚๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐™‰๐™Š๐™‡๐™Š๐™‚๐™” from University of San Agustin proudly congratulates Zestah Shalom Espinosa, newly crowned Miss Iloilo 2026.

A BS Architecture student, Zestah exemplifies grace, intelligence, and excellence both on and off the stage. Her achievement brings pride to the Augustinian community and highlights the strength and talent of Tekno students.

Representing Anilao, Zestahโ€™s journey reflects resilience, purpose, and quiet strength. A student by day and a rampadora by night, she continues to inspire through her dedication and heart for excellence.

๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ ๐™๐™€๐™†๐™‰๐™Š? ๐˜ผ๐™Ž๐™๐™„๐™‚!
๐™‘๐™„๐™‘๐˜ผ ๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™‰ ๐˜ผ๐™‚๐™๐™Ž๐™๐™„๐™‰

๐Ÿ“ธ Credits to :
๐Ÿ–ผ: Johan Lawrence Nonato
โœ๏ธ: Bless Basiya



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