Tinig ng Plaridel

By Xianne S. Arcangel
Lordei Hina, a Political Science student who was stabbed several times by robbers on Wednesday inside the University Student Council office at Vinzons Hall in the University of the Philippines Diliman is still unconscious and remains in “a very critical condition,” her mother said.
In a press conference Saturday, Connie Hina said Lordei’s [...]

By Melissa Lopez
[UPDATE] The Office of Student Affairs (OSA) released on Monday the official list of candidates for the 2012 University Student Council elections.
The Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP) has fielded current councilors Amancio Melad III and Soraya Escandor as their running Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson.
The Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral [...]

By Florence May Jose
The College Students Electoral Board (CSEB) released yesterday the first official list of candidates for the College of Mass Communication Student Council Elections this year.
Mario Urrutia III of the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND-UP) is running for Chairperson against Farahnaz Ghodsinia of Interdependent Student-Centered Activism (ISA) and [...]

by Xianne Arcangel
A geologist from the University of the Philippines said Friday that residents of Iligan City were warned as early as 2009 to relocate their homes to higher areas because of the high probability of flooding like what was experienced in Marikina during typhoon “Ondoy.”
Two years after that first warning, tropical storm “Sendong” washed [...]

By Xianne Arcangel
Members of Alpha Phi Omega stripped off their clothing and ran around a building in the University of the Philippines Diliman to expose what the fraternity’s Grand Chancellor calls “another naked truth” - the slow demise of the country’s rivers.
The Oblation Run, APO’s annual naked run around College of Social Sciences  and Philosophy or [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Sara Jamel Bangayan
“Iskolar ng bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban!”
It was the chant that students from different state universities yelled as they marched towards Mendiola. Various schools, including the University of the Philippines Manila, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Bulacan State University, Philippine Normal University and the University of the Philippines Diliman, joined Friday’s walkout to [...]