Group 2 Presents:

THE MONITORETTE
Issue 1, Volume 3

Barcelona
Places 5th
MOST
2019
Photocaption: THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CURTAINS: Barcelona poses with his mentors (from left to right): Mr. Jason Paul Vidad, Mr.
Roldan Ortega, Mr. Vicente Linchoco, Jr., and Mrs. Gemma Jereza after placing 5th at the 10MOST. Photo courtesy of Zildjan Barcilona.
By: Althea Austria

Muntinlupa Science High School’s

representative Zildjian Barcelona scholarship to any university of Bautista, including the whole
his choice. MunSci Community, for their non-
placed fifth in the 26th Muntinlupa
Outstanding Students (10 MOST) stop support. Lastly, my parents,
“This achievement is not for me
on March 22, 2019 at Muntinlupa for they were the real people
to keep to myself. In fact, there
Sports Complex. behind my back all throughout this
are a lot of people that I want to journey,” he added.
thank. Primarily, my mentors -
Barcelona said that he felt great Mr. Vicente Linchoco Jr., Mr. Barcelona hopes to pursue BS
about ranking fifth, not because of Roldan Ortega, Mrs. Gemma Medical Technology in UP Manila,
the prestige and fame, but because Jereza, and Mr. Jason Paul and then specialize in Pediatrics
of the benefits that came along with Vidad. I would also like to give afterwards.
it. One of the benefits being a thanks to Dr. Emelita D.

2.
of the different clubs of batch. I met new friends
Barrio Fiesta: MunSci who provided and I enjoyed throwing NEWS
mini game booths, powder to my other
Welcome to MunSci! including CADAS who friends. I want to thank
3.
organized the Egg those who organized this EDITORIAL
Roulette Booth, MASO for us. It will be very
By: Althea Austria who organized the memorable for me,” 4.
“Ipasok mo, baby” Margaux de Ungria of FEATURE AND
Muntinlupa Science swarms of Grade 7 Booth, USC who sold Grade 7 – Archimedes
High School welcomed students in their LITERARY
color splash powders, said when asked about
its youngest and newest section's respective color and YIC who organized her thoughts on the said 5.
additions to the family flooded the school the Buzzwire Booth. event.
last June 28, 2019 gymnasium. SCIENCE
through an acquaintance “It is my first time The party ended at 4 PM
party themed ‘Barrio The party was organized having an acquaintance to give way to Grade 10's 6.
Fiesta'. By 2:50 PM, by the SSG with the help party with the whole C.A.T. program. SPORTS

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2 NEWS
Issue 1, Volume 3 THE MONITORETTE THE MONITORETTE

Donated PH Navy Vessel

Distinguished Service Cross,
for gallantry in action as part of
the Tank Company, 10th
Set to Return to South Battalion Combat Team (10th
BCT), Philippine Army.

Korea on August 5 The Philippine Navy

By: Akira Guzman
The former South Korean
Pohang-class corvette “Chungju”,
the BRP Conrado Yap, donated
by the South Korean government
will be set to sail for the
Philippines immediately after the
handover to the FOIC (flag officer
in command) Navy on August 5.
The Philippine Navy’s fleet will
soon be enhanced by two
warships, including the country's
first missile-capable frigate.
The BRP Conrado Yap will be
accompanied home by the BRP
Davao Del Sur (LD-602), a
strategic sealift vessel, after
attending Russian Navy Day
celebrations in Vladivostok last
week and is now on its way to
South Korea, said PN
spokesperson Captain Jonathan
Zata. For security measures,
Zata did not confirm the exact
departure time of the ship from
South Korea and the port of
arrival.
The ship was named after the
late Conrado Yap, who was
killed during the Korean War in
1951, to give recognition to his
services and heroism as a nobly
chivalrous Filipino military
leader in the Korean War as part
of the Philippine Expeditionary
Forces to Korea. Yap was
considered one of the most
glorified Filipino soldiers
during the Korean War,
receiving a Philippine Medal of
Valor, the country's highest
military honor, as well as a US
said that the vessel is
constructed to sail at a
maximum speed of 25 knots to
a distance of 4,000 nautical
miles with the help of its
Combined Diesel or Gas
(CODOG) propulsion
configuration of LM2500 gas
turbine with controllable pitch
propellers (CPP) and Motor
Transport Unit (MTU) diesel
engines which will greatly
enhance the country's anti-air
warfare, anti-surface warfare,
anti-submarine warfare
capabilities. Its displacement
could fully load 1,216 tons with
118 crew members and could
stay operational for up to 20
days at sea. The ship’s size
reaches up to 88.3 meters,
including a draft which
measures 2.9 meters long and a
beam which measures 10
meters long. It is also equipped
with armed forces which Photocaption: South-Korean donated corvette set to sail back home
includes 30mm automatic https://files.pna.gov.ph/category-list/2019/08/01/brp-conrado-yap-file-
cannons, two Oto Melara photo.jpg
76mm and Oto Melara main
guns, a variety of sensors and
anti-submarine torpedoes.

SONA 2019
By: Juliana Arquiza

President Rodrigo Duterte water resources, disaster

delivered his fourth State of
the Nation Address (SONA)
on July 23, 2019 in Batasang
Pambansa Complex, Quezon
City.
"Believe me, I will end my
term fighting," Duterte said
after extending his hand in
gratitude to all of his
supporters. The first thing he
mentioned is illegal drugs and
corruptions which he
requested to the Congress to
restore the dealth penalty for
heinous crimes related to
drugs and plunder. What he
talked about the most is his
policy in West Philippine Sea,
the creation of new Cabinet
departments for
management and welfare of
overseas Filipino workers,
and remarks on women.
Before he ended his speech,
he promised a comfortable
life for Filipinos which he
would fulfill for the next
three years. "This is my
pledge and commitment for
just three years, if I can. If I
cannot, I’m sorry. But I shall
continue to comply with my
constitutional duty to serve
and protect the Filipino,
until the last day of my
term." The speech lasted for
93 minutes, his longest
speech so far.
Photocaption: SONA 2019 in brief http://media.interaksyon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/duterte-sona-2019.jpg

Upgrading Manila
By: Juliana Arquiza

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno have a goal of
making the Philippine’s Capital City to look
young again. The clean-up started since July
1 in the infamous roads of Manila. His
campaign attracts many netizens specially
when he also vowed to keep Manila’s last
“lung,” Arroceros Park, as well as Manila
Zoo, instead of converting these
landmarks into other uses. This is a good start,
as we all know, Manila is one of the polluted
place in the country.
Moreno said that the project seeks to "remind
us of our heroes, our history, and heritage."
People tend to forget that Manila is one of
landmarks in our history and that many
historical
events happened there. It is just right to
preserve the beauty of it and the history
attached it.
People living in Manila might as well clean their
own surroundings and they should grab the
chance while a mayor or a leader is the one
who’s taking the first move of making the
Manila clean again.

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3 EDITORIAL THE MONITORETTE THE MONITORETTE
Issue 1, Volume 3

In sickness
and in…
sickness?
By: Charlotte Ballada

“May mas mura pa po Medicines for the less

bang gamot?” “Wag na fortunate are hard to come
lang, hindi kaya ng budget by, though ironically we are
ko,” a common scene here also a county who has
in the Philippines when a nearly expired medicines
patient doesn’t have which unfortunately, are
Photocaption: Vital needs for a family come to waste https://www.bworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/drugs- enough money to treat being thrown away.
pills-medicine-020719.jpg
themselves.

According to Commission
on Audit (COA), as they
made their annual audit
report, DOH has been
keeping nearly expired or
expired medicines worth
367 million.
First thing that comes to
mind? Ang sayang
naman. Yes. 367 million
wasted because
apparently the process of
distributing medicines
takes a long time and
some medicines where
put last just because it
wasn’t needed yet.
A lot of people out there
are scavenging
money, just to buy
medicines they or their
family needs and COA
for
suddenly announces, we
have expired medicines.
How nice is it to know the
money you work hard for,
goes to taxes, that goes to
medicines goes to where?
The trash can.
And this wasn’t the first
time. A few months ago,
the medicine department
bought cures for
Hepatitis C, where they
1 life, 1 chance,
bought more than what
we actually needed. With
the government not
my first love.
properly tracking where
the medicines go, its
undeniable that under By: Charlotte Ballada
the table procedures
“Break na tayo.” It hurts. It You’ll meet when it’s time,
could happen. hurts really bad. Why? 2 you’ll separate when it’s too
months later it still hurts. I much. Fate works in Endless
We wouldn’t know if they can still remember the exact ways, no gets to decide who
sold extra medicines they words he said. “Oy! Let’s go their meant to be, you may
bought and simply na the plays about to start” 2 change it, but fate always
pocketed the money. We months later and I’m here gets the last say.
would never know. watching a play about how 3
couples love each other. How "I thought I liked you

Disaster Resiliency
they didn’t get through the it.
Wow. 3 couples. 3 chances o
hurting, 3 chances of love, 0
chances of winning.
because you are beautiful,
but after Ada, I realized, I
like you for who you are."
That hurts. Again. He said

Youth Camp 2019

too. But like is different from
It’s so ironic how I’m love. He saw another
watching this now. Ironic opportunity, a better girl
that I get to watch people than I am, and it hurts. I
By: Juliana Arquiza hurt, and suffer from love, wasn’t the only one he liked
how it feels like I’m reliving for my beauty, my kindness,
everything. I can’t breathe. my personality. It’s easy to
On July 19, 2019— The shows starting and I’m say, it’s hard to act.
Youth Affairs and over here crying. What a
Sports lunatic I am. That’s love. Just like the story, Perslab, 3
Love makes you do things couples, 3 different
Development scenarios, all ended the
you never thought you could.
Office (YASDO) Never even thought I’d get same way. A break up.
and City this so hung up on him that
Nothing is permanent when
Government of even after 2 months I still
you’re just a young
need him.
Muntinlupa temperamental kid. When
conducted their Just like the girl, I was in a you’re just discovering what
band. And of course just like love is. You get setbacks until
4th year event you find that one true love
every cliché story out there, I
called Wemboree just had to like the guy. He you got. You only get 1
in Muntinlupa looked like he was interested. chance before its gone.
Sports Center and But then when his band mate
In 1 life, you have 1 chance, 1
asked, I was just a band mate.
the participants Ouch. I thought he liked me. great love. Until then, you
were selected But being the stupid girl, just have to wait.
students from when he asked me out I said “Let’s go na! Kanina pa
yes. And just like that we
different schools of were an item. And I loved it.
tulala. Naaalala MO SYA
Muntinlupa. Photocaption: The medal awarded to the attendees of WEMBOREE 2019 no?” a voice snapped me out
But one sided love, never my daze. It was him. The guy
lasts. who saved me. His smile
The event unites
Muntinlupa youth It also gave the Rene was with Ada. But then brightned my day. My hurt
the students to immediately disappeared, it
from me to we. It students lecture Ada turned to Goryo. Rene
promote disaster turned to Val. Relationships was him. Maybe I have
discussed about about basic life another chance at love. Just
awareness and don’t always work. It’s just
the things that support. Overall, like Val and Rene.
disaster resiliency. sometimes they’re not the
students must do the event really one for you or the timing is
The seminar has a in case of gave helpful wrong.
goal to change the emergency or if information for
mindset of there is a disaster. the participants.

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4Issue
FEATURE
1, Volume 3 THE MONITORETTE THE MONITORETTE

On August 3, 2019 the Many families

Streets Turn residents near the swollen

Maragondon river has evacuated
their homes and are currently
have evacuated their
shelters because of the
rapid floodwater rising.
Some light concrete

into Rivers
staying at an evacuation center. houses are already swept
away to the coastal areas
By: Gwyneth Cartujano luckily no one was
reported dead or injured.
The Maragondon river has
risen up to 4 meters and it
already affected about 7
barangays, and if it rises
up to 4.5 meters, Caisip
said that it can affect 5
other near barangays.
The flood in some
villages in Cavite are
ankle-to-knee deep,
Caisip ordered his troops
to roam the villages to
inform families to
evacuate the area because
this might cause further
incidents if they do not
evacuate their homes. The
rapid rising of water is
caused by the non-stop
rain that happened since
last Friday (August 2,
2019).
Rhoda Periodico
the head of the provincial
disaster response said that
some parts of Bacoor City
are already flooded and
the mall in Barangay Niog
and Imus city are also
flooded. In San Juan,
Cavite 69 families have
already evacuated from
their homes, and 71 other
families also evacuated in
Photo Caption: Cavite residents making their way out of the flood https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/files/2019/08/20190803-coastal-village- Bucana, Cavite.
of-San-Juan-in-Ternate1.jpeg

What is a Writer Without Her Words?

By: Althea Klarise M. Austria

She stared at it; two tired dark brown dots
against its immaculate ivory flesh as silence
embraced the cold mist of the Sunday night. She
could almost swear the tick of the clock was
begging her to sleep- or was it I who has been
begging her to sleep? She doesn't know; she
wasn't paying attention. Her eyes were
dedicated to that blank piece of paper in front of
her, but her thoughts run everywhere. “Will it
ever amount to anything?” she asked. It
depends, what will you write on it? I asked, but
there was no response.
What will you write on it?
Her fingers played with the pen on her hands-
that’s what she does whenever she's anxious or
overthinking. She stared at it more sternly, as if
trying to squeeze every last bit left in her brain.
“Nothing?” she said with a hint of doubt.
And what is a writer without her words?
“Nothing,” she said, sadness and admittance
entangled with the sureness in her voice
Wrong.
She turned to me, her eyebrows knitted in
confusion.
Do you know why you couldn't see stars
tonight?
She shook her head.
When the city lights, spotlights, and
streetlights combine together, the night sky
fades into one gray horizon- covering up the
It's because your mind is clouded by all kinds
of thoughts. Let them go for now and rest if you
must, then leave space for the words to come
through.
The worried expression on her face turned into
smile, and then she nodded. She took one deep
breath as if clearing her mind from all worries,
and then she picked up the pen from her desk.
I watched as its nib danced against the paper.
She stared at it and it stared back at her, this
time, with a smile.
Now, what is a writer without her words?
Distracted.
And what is a writer with her words?

Powerful.
With a sudden sigh, she stopped. Her gaze lights that matter most.
travelled into the indigo horizon. It was vast and
empty; no stars could be found astray. Do you know why you couldn't think of
anything to write?

Very Powerful.
“The skies look duller than I remember.”
She shook her head again.
But what is a sky without its stars?

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5 SCIENCE
Cambrian Seafloor Predator
By: Avril Contreras
A predator that is classified with
spiny claws and has a
resemblance to a horseshoe crab.
It is found that it disturbed the
Cambrian seafloor 508 million
years ago and scraped through the
sand for food. C. falcatus
described its mouth that is a
characteristic of an extinct group
of arthropods called radiodonts.
The researchers are astonished to
locate numerous specimens of C.
falcatus in one area. In 2012, they
found the first specimen of C.
falcatus, but most of it were just
pieces. That is why in 2016, Jean-
Bernard Caron and Joseph
Hillary Andales Goes High with Physics
By: Avril Contreras
Hillary Diane Andales is not
your typical student who would
go for average grades only. She
is one of the survivors of
typhoon Yolanda and studied
at Philippine Science High
School from Tacloban, Leyte.
Hillary was offered
7 scholarships
including Massachusetts
Institute of Techonology (MIT)
by winning the 2017
Breakthrough Challenge.
This young scientist won over
11,000 students from 178
countries by explaining Albert
Einstein’s
Theory of Relativity in her
video.
The competition is for
students to create their own
videos that can explain theories
Sunlight Generates Electricity
and Produces Water
By: Avril Contreras
Engineers invented a device that
generates energy and also produces
water from the sun. It is possible
that it will help the percentage of
people who demand for water
while cranking out useful
power. With this device, it can be
the answer to the public who are in
need of water in an area.
It takes sunlight to produce energy
and some of the light will turn into
heat. This waste heat will become
the evaporation of seawater.
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Moysiuk are both paleontologist
who discovered an almost
complete fossil of the creature.
The fossil that has been found has
closely packed spines along its
appendages which might be used
to dig the seafloor and also to trap
prey.
“What’s striking about this animal
is that it opens a new window into
predation during the Cambrian,”
Caron stated. Despite of the
terrorization of the creature to the
Cambrian seafloor, it is a
remarkable species that has an
ability to feed on anything that
lives in the mud.
Photocaption: Hillary Diane Andales photo
about physics or mathematics.
The 19-year old said that she
was accepted in the US,
including Stanford, Princeton,
MIT, Cornell and SUNY (State
Filtering out pollutants made from
plastic. Salt will be filtered by
a desalination system. After the
process, water will become
freshwater. It is stated that
removing salt from the liquid will
not change the electricity
production by Peng Wang.
Wang’s team experimented how
the device will cleanse the
water. They put saltwater and dirty
water that includes contaminated
metals. George Ni explained that
THE MONITORETTE
Issue 1, Volume 3
Crocodiles Prefer Plants Than Meat
By: Avril Contreras
Ancient crocodiles are said to be salad eaters because the fossil
teeth they discovered. These creatures evolved during the
Mesozoic Era 3 times. Now, crocodiles are classified as meat
eaters and has identified that the teeth of the crocodiles are
different from their ancient relatives.
Keegan Melstrom and paleontologist Ranfall Irmis studied 146
teeth from extinct crocodilians. They noticed that the
resemblance of the fossil teeth is different from modern crocs.
The teeth of the carnivores are elongated and has sharp teeth
while for the crocodiles who prefer plants as their food has
broader and bumpier teeth.
The researchers studied the family tree of the species. They
discovered that the plant-eaters appear to live on land also in
fresh and saltwater stated by evolutionary biologist at Ohio
University in Athens, Patrick O’Connor. Crocodiles who choose
plant as their food lived in different kinds of environment. It is
said that herbivory a way for survival.
Despite of the numerous
scholarships she had, Hillary
chose MIT because she aims to
get a PhD in
Physics. “Ultimately, I want to
become a research scientist,
specifically in astrophysics,” she
stated.
A celebration was hosted by
Richard Hawkins, Michael Sy,
and Gerardo Borromeo for
Hillary and her fellow Filipinos
who got accepted for the MIT
Class of 2023
scholarships. Andales got
invited at the United Nations in
Vienna for the IAEA Scientific
University of New York). In Forum. She exclaimed
addition, she also got that her interest in science will
accepted in be the reason for her to plan to
U.P. Diliman, Ateneo and do research
De La Salle University. about astroparticle physics.
Photocaption: Sunlight used for production of electricity and water
https://ak4.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/14180564/thumb/1.jpg
this kind of innovation is actually helpful for the
public. Researchers are still finding possible things on how to
deploy the device. “Is it going to be on a roof? If so, how do you
get a source of water to it?” Ni said. In addition, engineer Ni also
questioned if the device will be on the ocean, how will it be
balanced and not be disturbed by the waves of the ocean.
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Issue 1, Volume 3 THE MONITORETTE

Thurman Thundered Down by Pacquiao

By: Akira Guzman

threw at him especially since he is skilled in

flight. Thurman was, again, put in big
trouble by Pacquiao after his body was
crushed from a body shot on his liver
causing him to try to elude the Filipino’s
moves at the final minute of the round.

Seemingly, the majority of people in the

arena agreed the Pacquiao has done the
sufficient actions for him to claim his
victory. But when it came to the scorecards
of the judges, one judge inexplicably
awarded honors to Thurman. The dispute
was barely avoided when Pacquiao claimed
split decision 115-112, 115-112, 113-114.
Some of Pacman’s fans were angry because
of the split decision victory over defending
WBA welterweight champion, reasoning
that he was the obvious winner. It finally
came to his senses after the fight that he was
effortlessly outdone (29-1) by Pacquiao, “He
got the knockdown so he had momentum in
Photocaption: Pacquiao-Thurman fight highlight https://asset-sports.abs-cbn.com/web/dev/articles/1563684530_pacthurman2.jpg round one.”
The unbeaten welterweight ground after a right hook landed on
champion, Thurman, was snatched the American, leaving observers “Manny Pacquiao is a truly great and
off the WBA strap from the very flabbergasted at the MGM Grand. legendary champion,” said Thurman. He
beginning by the Filipino boxer at 40 For nearly the entirety of the fight, wishes he had a little more output to go toe-
years young on a Saturday night in Pacquiao kept up a fearsome pace to-toe since he felt Pacman getting slightly
Las Vegas. Manny Pacquiao left an and never let people bring him down tired towards the end of the fight. “It was a
impression on the heavyweight with their discriminating words that great night of boxing, and I would love the
legends, Lennox Lewis and Deontay his old age would be a great rematch. Tonight was a blessing and a
Wilder, with his latest performance disadvantage. Mid-fight, it is lesson.” Pacquiao admitted that Thurman
that launched him back to his possible that Thurman realized he is was not an easy opponent, he was a strong
righteous place in the welterweight being greatly outmatched by the boxer, and he would love a rematch. “My
division. Filipino on the scorecards of the next fight will probably be next year. After
judges which led him to press the this fight, I will go back to work in the
The Filipino began the match like a issue and try to keep himself back on Philippines,” he said after the interview
thunderstrike, having Thurman track. Fortunately, Pacman was able without leaving a clue on who he wants to
leaning back and loosing to dodge most of what Thurman fight next.

VP Leny Robredo
SUPPORT GILAS PILIPINAS!
Supports Gilas Pilipinas
By: Gwyneth Cartujano

By: Gwyneth Cartujano The Gilas Pilipinas has already
started training for their upcoming
The vice president of the Philippines Leny
Robredo, rooted for the gilas pilipinas for their game for the Fiba World Cup this
August. Gilas will be leaving for
upcoming game against Italy for the FIBA world
Spain on Sunday, but only the top 10
cup held in China. players will flee the country.
Leny saw how eager and how the gilas pilipinas “We are approaching the
work hard for them to win in the FIBA world cup crunch time, the crucial moments of
our preparation” coach Yeng Guiao
2029, she added that we have to support our
said. It means that they will need to
national team for them to have more strength to
face their opponents, this may be their put double efforts in practicing for
the upcoming Fiba World Cups.
“pampalakas ng loob" for their fight. She also
They will be missing a lot of the key
thanked the gilas pilipinas for continuously players in the team; Kiefer Ravena,
representing our country, and whether they win or Raymond Almazan, Stanley Pringle,
lose Philippines will still support the team. Marcio Lassiter, and June Mar
Fajardo and Roger Pogoy who will
Though our president Duterte doubt the win of the be competing for the championship
Gilas Pilipinas, Leny stood with her head hels high of the Commissioner’s Cup.
to support Gilas Pilipinas.
Although the team is facing
personnel problems, coach Yeng
The gilas pilipinas will be battling Italy on August
Guiao keeps a positive mind to
31, 2019, while Serbia on September 2, 2019, and
Angola on September 4, 2019.
approach the problem, and he
believes that the new set up will
still defeat their opponents. After
eight days in Spain, the Gilas
Pilipinas will be returning to the
Philippines and go to China for the
Global Meet later on.
A key player of the Gilas
Pilipinas, Kiefer Ravena is
suspended to play because of the
unfriendly matches last season will
still go to Spain with his fellow
teammates to watch them practice.
“I won’t be able to play there, but I
guess I’ll just be the team’s biggest
cheerleader.” Ravena said. He also
said that his focus will be on
helping his fellow teammates on
little things like carrying their bags
and helping the ball boys, and
maybe in that way he can still help
his team by all means.

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