Atenews

11/01/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: In line with the Ateneo de Davao Senior High School Career Day, all classes in the Higher Education unit on February 6, 2026 (Friday), will shift to asynchronous mode.

For more details, please refer to the full memo below:

10/01/2026

UNIVERSITY NEWS

Navigating an intensive four-month review that compressed the entire undergraduate training, Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) graduate Shena Nicole Busano placed Top 9 in the Elementary Level of the September 2025 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) with a score of 92.40%.

Navigating an intensive four-month review that compressed the entire undergraduate training, Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) graduate Shena Nicole

09/01/2026

COLUMN

The U.S. case of expansionism and its imprudent transgression of Venezuela’s sovereignty is not only a matter of regional takeover but, gravely so, a direct threat to the current multilateral peace.

In the dead of night on the third of January 2026, the United States (U.S) launched an extensive operation to abduct the Venezuelan President Nicolás

07/01/2026

JUST IN: All 82 examinees from Ateneo de Davao University passed the 2025 Bar Examinations, garnering a 100% overall passing rate.

With 5,594 passers out of 11,425 examinees, the recent bar exam recorded a 48.98% average passing rate, the highest in recent years.

The university is the top-performing Legal Education Institution (LEI) among schools with 51 to 100 candidates.

Congratulations, Ateneans!

07/01/2026

ALERT: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck 47 km east of Manay, Davao Oriental at 11:02 AM. Waves were also felt in Davao City.

Aftershocks are expected.

Stay safe, Ateneans!

Editor's Note: Revisions to the caption reflect the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology's (PHIVOLCS) updated earthquake information on https://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/, from 6.7 magnitude to 6.4. We apologize for this oversight.

05/01/2026

BREAKING: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed the P6.793-trillion national budget for fiscal year 2026 into law.

Enacted as Republic Act No. 12314 or the General Appropriations Act (GAA), the education sector received the biggest allocation at P1.345 trillion, followed by the health sector at P448.125 billion and agriculture at P297.102 billion.

Marcos vetoed nearly P92.5 billion in unprogrammed appropriations, while retaining funding for foreign-assisted projects at P97.30 billion, revised military modernization program at P50 billion, and risk management related to private-public partnership projects at P3.6 billion.

The passage of the 2026 GAA came two days before the 2025 national budget expired amid heightened public scrutiny and outrage over billions of pesos pocketed through government projects, with many tied to flood control.

Read more here:

https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/5/marcos-jr-signs-p6-79-t-national-budget-for-2026-1008

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/971648/marcos-signs-2026-national-budget/story/?amp

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/video-ferdinand-marcos-sign-2026-budget/

05/01/2026

God forbid a tragedy is named.

This year, Banaag Diwa, the official literary folio of Atenews, invites the Ateneo de Davao community to reimagine Simbako!—to write and photograph the ways we confront the inevitable. Through poems, stories, essays, and photos, we ask: What are the things we fear might happen, and what do those fears reveal about us?

Submit your pieces here: https://bit.ly/BanaagDiwa2026

Deadline: February 7, at 11:59 PM. For inquiries, kindly send an email to [email protected].

Note: For multiple submissions, please fill out the Google Form separately for each entry.

03/01/2026

In a country shaped by forgetting, silence, and erasure—to be lost is not to be still, but to be searching.

Banaag Diwa 2025: Nasaag brings together works that confront disorientation in the midst of living.

The annual literary folio is coming this February 2026.

02/01/2026

FIRE ALERT: Fire broke out at Gaisano Grand Citygate Mall in Buhangin at around 3:25 PM and is currently still being put out.

Firetrucks are now stationed in the vicinity of the establishment to extinguish the fire.

Stay safe, Davaoeños!

Photos courtesy of Alexia Despares.

01/01/2026

It is time to open a new chapter full of unyielding efforts and determination to end the silence of the gagged!

As we turn over this new leaf, Atenews welcomes 2026 with a renewed commitment to being the voice of truth, justice, and compassion.

Happy New Year, Ateneans!

31/12/2025

BARYO TINYO

As the clock strikes midnight, we reminisce about the memories and lessons from the past year and enter into a fresh chapter fueled by hopes and spirits, ready to soar into the new horizons ahead.

Have a happy new year, Ateneans!

Illustration by Dominic Basalo II and Earl Geibriel Dicipulo

As the clock strikes midnight, we reminisce the memories and lessons from the past year and enter into a fresh chapter fueled by hopes and spirits, ready to soar the new horizons ahead.

Have a happy new year, Ateneans!

BARYO TINYO | Dominic Basalo II and Earl Geibriel Dicipulo

31/12/2025

EDITORIAL CARTOON

In November 2025, Trade Secretary Cristina Roque insisted that a ₱500 budget, based on the DTI's price guide for basic items, would be enough to cover a simple Noche Buena meal for a family of four. This exposed a significant disconnect between government officials and the daily realities of lower income households facing growing prices. To say that a stripped down version of noche buena and media noche with canned goods is enough for a family of four is not only a moral offense, it reinforces a lower standard of living and yet again, another problem to endure.

Cartoon by Kristine Bation