u/FickleApartment2151

https://tribune.net.ph/2026/07/04/why-are-cinemas-suddenly-slashing-ticket-prices

> Consumers today have more choices than ever. Streaming platforms, social media, video games, live theater, concerts and countless other leisure activities are competing for the same audience. Inflation has also made Filipino households more selective about how they spend their discretionary income. Every entertainment purchase is weighed more carefully than before. > > ... > > The bigger question is whether affordability alone can change audience behavior.

https://mindanaogoldstardaily.com/archives/157939

> Good thing Jordan and Barkley didn’t have to go through the Ateneo Blue Eagles’ elimination-style tryout. Otherwise, the NBA would have lost two of the world’s greatest basketball players of all time. > > ... > > Who will believe ADMU once it reverts back to its compassionate self, fighting for human rights? Who will now fight for the less fortunate if ADMU could not even take care of its own basketball players? And this was not the only incident. There was Lenny Villa who died in 1991 after injuries sustained at a frat hazing. That frat was not accredited by ADMU, though, so it was easier then to do a “hugas-kamay” over his death.

https://github.com/punchmonster/Lovecraft-Letters/blob/master/19370207-Catherine-L-Moore.md

> The serious, non-commercial aesthetics of today suffers, as I have suggested above, from two distinct maladies—the irrational & solipsistic freakishness of the subjective decadent, & the prosaic propagandism of the social theorist. The decadent concedes the existence of such a thing as disinterested art, but allows the futilities & absurdities & paradoxes & contradictions of the dying capitalist culture to disorganise him to such an extent that he can reflect nothing but chaos, paradox, hallucination, & ironic contrast. The theorist, on the other hand, refuses to admit that any such thing as art exists as an independent entity. To him (& he is usually an orthodox Marxist who reads an economic motive into everything from the motions of binary stars to the sighing of the wind in the trees), every human activity must have a direct bearing on the technical problems of organising human society for the optimum fulfilment of the majority's physical needs; & art is justifiable only so far as it promotes the successful operation—or hastens the adoption—of a rational social order. Betwixt the two types, we get a sorry enough mess of nonsense & mediocrity. > > ... > > But the real joke of course is, that all this isn't a matter of choice anyhow! Capitalism is dying from internal as well as external causes, & its own leaders & beneficiaries are less & less able to kid themselves. I'm no economist, but from recent reading I've been able to form a rough picture of the dilemma—the need to restrict consumers' goods & to pile up a needless plethora of producing equipment in order to maintain the irrational surplus called profit—which has caused orthodox economists like Hayek & Robbins to admit that only starvation wages & artificial scarcity could stabilize the profit system in future & avert increasing cyclical depressions of utterly destructive scope. Laissez-faire capitalism is dead—make no mistake about that. The only avenue of survival for plutocracy is a military & emotional fascism whereby millions of persons will be withdrawn from the industrial arena & placed on a dole or in concentration-camps with high-sounding patriotic names. That or socialism—take your choice. In the long run it won't be the New Deal but the mere facts of existence which will be recognised as the real & inevitable slayer of Hooverism. Nobody is going to "destroy the system"—for it has been destroying itself ever since it evolved out of the old agrarian-handicraft economy a century & a half ago.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360999460/second-kiwi-coach-could-face-charges-over-double-drowning-philippines

> A Moana Pasifika strength coach could face serious charges in the Philippines after he was named alongside Tab Baldwin by authorities investigating the drowning deaths of two young basketball players. > > Authorities have recommended that anti-hazing charges be brought against Grant Dearns alongside ten others, including Baldwin, after the deaths during a pre-season bootcamp. They also said homicide charges were not “off the table”.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2254494/tab-baldwin-admits-not-having-required-permit-to-work-in-ph

> MANILA, Philippines — Resigned Ateneo de Manila University men’s basketball head coach Thomas Anthony “Tab” Baldwin on Monday admitted not having an alien employment permit (AEP) while working as a coach for several employers since 2013, including Ateneo. > > Every foreign national employed in the Philippines is required to have a valid AEP issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole), pursuant to Article 40 of the Labor Code of the Philippines and Dole Department Order No. 248, series of 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7oAaJqqv8w

> In 1985, WHAM! made history as the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou were a cultural milestone – East meets West, music meets politics. Now, newly restored footage reveals the untold story of the iconic tour that helped launch WHAM! to global superstardom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pBgygbLs6s

From One News PH:

> Chronicles | The legacy of Jose P. Laurel’s wartime presidency continues to spark debate, with discussions on whether he was a Japanese puppet or a leader navigating difficult choices to protect Filipinos during the occupation.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/essays/114519/time-for-ateneo-to-look-beyond-jesuit-leadership/story/

> When my father attended Ateneo in the 1950s, many of his professors were Jesuit legends — among them, Fathers Irwin, Bernad, Arevalo, Reuter, and his favorite, Horacio de la Costa, after whom I was named. Yet, when my son graduated from Ateneo just last year, he told me he did not have a single Jesuit teacher throughout his four years. When I lived in Cervini dormitory on campus in the 1970s, we always had at least two Jesuits living with us, and I’d sometimes get invited for dinner at the Jesuit residence. My son, also a Cervini dormer, never had that kind of interaction. > > That simple fact says much about how dramatically the university and Society of Jesus have changed.

https://fastbreak.com.ph/ateneo-group-opposes-uaap-sanctions-before-probe-findings/sports-galore/

> The statement was issued in response to comments by sports commentator Quinito Henson, who reportedly suggested sanctions similar to those previously imposed on De La Salle and Adamson, including the possibility of Ateneo’s withdrawal from the UAAP. > > According to the group, the comparison is misplaced because the cases involving De La Salle and Adamson centered on established violations of UAAP eligibility rules.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl1fegg1g5s

Pioneer Pinoy rapper with Francis M, Andrew E, and others (from Julius Babao Unplugged)

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2251264/cicc-bans-gaming-app-gorebox-after-tacloban-school-shooting

> Working with the Council for the Welfare of Children, the CICC’s Threat Monitoring Center has also stepped up monitoring of online platforms, including GoreBox and similar applications. > > GoreBox, launched in 2023, is a violent, physics-driven sandbox game built around player-created chaos. Instead of following a fixed story or mission structure, it gives players tools, weapons, props, vehicles, and characters to spawn, manipulate, and destroy in open-ended environments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqmhBpxm7qs

> PoliticalBeat | Political strategist Malou Tiquia said the “Duterte brand” was defined by former President Rodrigo Duterte, as she discussed its continuing influence in current political conversations ahead of 2028.

Members (present and past), with sources given below each:

Martin Romualdez, Boying Remulla

https://alum.up.edu.ph/upsilon-sigma-phi-congratulates-its-3-alumni-for-being-included-in-the-100-most-powerful-people-in-the-philippines/

Jonvic Remulla

https://www.rappler.com/moveph/217446-university-of-the-philippines-student-leaders-resign-fraternity-controversies/

Ninoy Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., Doy Laurel

https://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/hail-to-the-chair-by-victor-avecilla/221458/remembering-salvador-doy-laurel.html

Joker Arroyo, Christian Monsod

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2016/01/06/1540077/joker-remembered

Dick Gordon, Kiko Pangilinan

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2014/09/11/1367756/shaping-leaders-inspiring-change

Gil Puyat, Gerry Roxas, Arturo Tolentino, Estelito Mendoza

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/617311/upsilon-sigma-phi

Kidlat Tahimik, Behn Cervantes (under artists)

Teddy Herbosa (under medicine)

Jorge Araneta, Edgardo Espiritu (under industrialists)

http://talentium.ph/upsilon/history/

Gemino Abad

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/428087/up-my-heartland

Teodoro Kalaw

https://www.upsilonsun.com/articles/the-hobo-tradition

Crispin Remulla and others

https://directory.upsilon.com/

Sigma Delta Phi (sorority sister organization): Anita Magsayay-Ho, Solita Monsod, Josefina Lichauco, Betty Go-Belmonte, Lourdes Paredes, Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Nelia Sancho, Celia Diaz-Laurel, Joy Virata

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/441504/up-sigma-delta-phi-honors-8-outstanding-achievers-on-its-90th-year/

https://upsigmadeltaphi.org/about/

https://iskomunidad.upd.edu.ph/index.php/Sigma_Delta_Phi_Sorority

https://upsdpaa.org/about/

Several couples are members of both, together with children.