By Elizabeth E. Escaño
The University of the Philippines community on Thursday condemned the violent dispersal of the “Occupy Mendiola” protest at Bustillos Church, Manila on Dec. 7.
In a press conference in the Palma Hall lobby, students, faculty, staff and administration representatives came together to protest the brutal police reaction to the rally.
“Hindi pa ko nakakita [...]
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UP community unites against ‘Occupy’ movement dispersal
December 13, 2011 – 11:19 pm
EDITORIAL: Above politics, above the law
December 10, 2011 – 10:37 am
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s public castigation of the Supreme Court is something quite unprecedented in the country’s political history. Never before has a chief executive openly criticized the chief magistrate and his justices in the public to the same extent as Aquino did.
On the 30th anniversary of the Makati Business Club, Aquino questioned the [...]
Detained Freedom: A profile on Maricon Montajes
December 10, 2011 – 10:25 am
By Jhesset Enano at Luis Hidalgo
It was three in the morning on June 3, 2010 when members of the 743rd Combat Squadron of the Philippine Air Force raided a peasant community in Taysan Batangas. They surrounded a residence in the village where three members of the youth were staying for the night. They riddled the [...]
Ineligibility tagging alarms students: UP’s painful enrollment process
December 3, 2011 – 1:55 pm
By Melissa Luz Lopez
Juan Alcanices, a transferee student from the Trinity University of Asia, was all set for the enrollment second semester this year. After all, he had already submitted his Bracket B certification form, his family’s income tax return and the vicinity map of their residence – requirements for the Socialized Tuition Financial Assistance [...]
CMC commemorates second year of Maguindanao Massacre
November 28, 2011 – 4:54 pm
By Dexter Cabalza
Rain started to pour in the CMC veranda. The pool of CMC students and faculty in black shirts suddenly turned to a colorful display when they opened their umbrellas.
They endured the rain as they commemorated the second anniversary of the Maguindanao (Ampatuan) massacre Wednesday.
“Kapag tinitingnan natin itong mga imahe ng mga nasawi dito [...]
EDITORIAL: Never forget
November 23, 2011 – 11:02 pm
It isn’t difficult to answer the rallying call to remember the 2009 Maguindanao massacre. Fifty-eight people, including 32 journalists and media workers, were killed in a case of election-related violence brought about by a warlord-coddling government. It is considered the worst case of poll-related violence in the country’s history.
The massacre is also the single worst [...]
Two Reflections on Two Years: To dread is to dare / Numbering the dead
November 23, 2011 – 10:49 pm
Beginning today, the two-year anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre, Tinig ng Plaridel will be posting a series of personal narratives reflecting how we, the editors, have wrestled with the memory of the event. As recipients, students and future practitioners of media, this is our way of adding our voices to the call for justice, and [...]
Frat clashes prompt revival of anti-violence alliance
November 20, 2011 – 9:30 pm
By Mikhail Franz Flores
An alliance against fraternity-related violence has been reconvened in light of recent rumbles involving members of various University of the Philippines fraternities.
In a statement, the Student-led Anti-Fraternity Related Violence Watch (SAWA), a coalition of student councils and organizations, called on the UP administration to impose disciplinary sanctions on fratmen directly involved in [...]
If there is enough budget
October 6, 2011 – 9:55 pm
By Lindley Agustin
The University of the Philippines, like Hogwarts, is in grave danger – not from Death Eaters but from budget eaters. It tries to get out of the spooky forest while branches and twigs run through its legs. It trips, falls down, and gets up again though ignorant of what lies beyond the forest. UP [...]
CMC goes Gaga against the budget cut
September 26, 2011 – 4:02 pm
By Hajilyn Javier and Florence Jose
Members of the MassCommunity showed their support for the university-wide 3-day strike against the budget cut by striking a pose.
Dancing to the tune of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” the students, led by the College of Mass Communication Student Council and UP Samanhan ng Mag-aaral sa Komunikasiyon (UP SAMASKOM) altered [...]