Cover Story

COVER STORY

Raise the Bar: How One’s Ambition Imparts Freedom

While the corrupt officials feasted on buffets, the protesters behind bars were starving to death and suffering from abuses by the law enforcers — a fact that even a commoner could not turn a blind eye to. This alarming incident has paved the way for human rights lawyers to take action and help the detainees.

by Iris Angela Lat

FEATURES

The Padrino System: When Reciprocity Rots

An unheard personality snatches it from right under their noses. Maybe he was a fraternity brother, a kababayan, a pamangkin, or a good friend. No matter the relation, the conclusion is simple: “Ah, may backer yan.”

Into the Breach: A Look into the Pedagogical Powerplay

Those who can afford to study higher education often have an excessive tolerance for social inequalities masquerading as formalities, although unspoken.

TRC IN-DEPTH: What does the remanding of VP Sara’s case mean?

While the public spectacle projected confusion with the inherent intricacies of the law, The Red Chronicles attempted to lay out the procedural queries that every Juan could have asked for themselves.

January 2025

SBCA-SOL Hosts the 2025 Sto. Nino Festival

The whole community of San Beda College-Alabang (SBCA) celebrated its annual Sto. Niño Festival within campus premises.

SC Announces New Judicial Appointments; Bedan Lawyers Among Honorees

On March 25, 2025, the Supreme Court of the Philippines released the list of newly appointed judges to the lower courts in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other regions in the country, featuring distinguished Bedan lawyers.

SBCA’s alumni speak up at the 20th Grand Homecoming

Last January 17, San Beda College Alabang School of Law (SBCA-SOL) hosted a celebration for the return of its former students through the 20th Grand Alumni Homecoming at the St. Maur Auditorium.

JULY 2025

To Write is to be Radical

Beyond the cyclical and repetitive event coverages, student publications must be seen as more than an uncompensated apparatus for media exposureThe once “untouchable” imperialist State that boasted powers of geopolitical dominance faces a decay in its economic base.

On the Day of the Bloodied Revolutions & Class Suspensions

EDSA I, being painted as a bloodless picture of a revolution, is perhaps one of the dubious claims in Philippine political history. The EDSA Uprising is never a bloodless revolution.

Break the Wheel, Lose your Chains

Last 2022 National Elections, the Filipino nation was confronted with the unsightly horrible face of suffrage. That, its grisly semblance is nothing but a paradox—an illusion of a democratic choice.