elections Archives – Tinig ng Plaridel

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Legal loopholes impair Comelec’s ban on ‘premature’ campaigning

Posted on 8 November 202410 November 2024
byRichardson Tubo

As the 2025 polls approach, the lack of a legal basis for classifying premature campaigning as an election offense continues to hinder the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from penalizing candidates…

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2 min

Maskom FST council faces Film rep vacancy

Posted on 25 September 202425 September 2024
byThony Lesaca

One vacant seat spares the UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) Freshies, Shifties, and Transferees (FSTs) Council from a fully complete slate. The CMC FST council proclaimed its incoming set…

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UP student councils to launch voters’ education campaign for 2025 elections

Posted on 23 September 202423 September 2024
byRianne Krystiana Lizardo

With the 2025 Philippine midterm elections approaching, student leaders across the University of the Philippines (UP) system passed a resolution to initiate voters’ education campaigns and organize voter registration drives.…

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Maskom FSTs elect new council, three seats left vacant

Posted on 13 October 202213 October 2022
byAlmira Coleen Mendoza

The outgoing FST council opened the appointment process on Oct. 10 to fill the positions and will close applications on Oct. 14. This is the second consecutive year that the incoming Konse has vacant seats.

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6 min

Editorial: No Punchlines

Posted on 20 April 201620 April 2016
byTinig ng Plaridel

Davao City Mayor and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte was recently recorded joking about the rape of an Australian missionary in 1989. Outrage from women’s groups, international organizations and social media…

STAND UP enters BA rep race

Posted on 6 February 201229 January 2014
byJoshua Mark Dalupang

by Jorica Pamintuan For the first time in six years, a red candidate is running for College of Business Administration representative to the University Student Council. The Student Alliance for…

OSA reveals USC candidates

Posted on 30 January 201229 January 2014
byTinig ng Plaridel

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…