Can public schools pandemic-proof their classrooms before students’ in-person return?
Overcrowded classrooms would no doubt be dangerous in the middle of a pandemic, says an infectious disease expert. This only mounts more questions on how public schools can come up with enough learning spaces without waiting years for new classrooms to be built.
How far must Quezon City residents go for healthcare?
In Quezon City, a hospital is a rarity as they can be found in only 22 of the city’s 142 barangays. These hospitals are not only rare, but also poorly-distributed, experts say, as the city’s poor urban planning has made them too close to each other but too far from areas that need them the most.
STAND UP wins landslide victory in first remote elections
STAND UP saw a landslide victory after the party’s bets filled 25 out of 31 posts in the UP Diliman University Student Council (USC).
Unopposed STAND UP bets dominate CMC council elections
Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP) candidates from the College of Mass Communication (CMC) clinched all positions as they ran unopposed in the 2021 remote local student council elections.
A 10-year split: which dep’ts voted for STAND UP CMC and CMC ISA candidates?
TNP data from the past decade show that all four CMC department representative positions have been strongholds for parties Student Alliance for National and Democratic Rights in UP – CMC…
[LIVE] #BotongIsko2021 Live count of Votes
Here is the university-wide live count of votes for #BotongIsko2021, as reported by the Office of Student Projects and Activities (OSPA). Below is the breakdown of voter turnout per college.…
UP ALYANSA changes tune on “powerless” sectors
CLAIM: UP ALYANSA chairperson candidate Daine Torregosa said that the party does not believe that the masses are powerless. Rather, “[It’s] the political structures we have right now, the systemic oppression we’re experiencing, that render us disempowered.”
STAND UP CMC journ rep candidate claimed TNP is a college-recognized org. This is inaccurate.
Article by Karl Agbugay and Anna Kristal Tagunicar CLAIM: Journalism Representative candidate Angel Yabut, who is running under Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP CMC (STAND…
STAND UP CMC Rep to the USC candidate wrongly claims gov’t does not provide free vaccination
CLAIM: Leandro Rafael Purisima, who is running as CMC Representative to the USC under the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights CMC (STAND UP CMC), claimed that free vaccinations are still not in sight amid trillions of debt incurred by the government for pandemic response.
Standard hues: How UP Diliman voted standard bearers in last 20 elections
Around half of the University Student Council (USC) elections in the past 20 years crowned chairpersons and vice chairpersons from the same party. But it hasn’t happened again in the…
As COVID-19 hits UP students and faculty, learning now ‘survival of the fittest’
In response to students’ clamor for academic ease, the UP administration released a memorandum informing the faculty to be lenient with deadlines on a case-to-case basis.
But students say that the memorandum is still subject to the teacher’s prerogative. This fails to ease their burden as they and their families contend with COVID-19.
But students say that the memorandum is still subject to the teacher’s prerogative. This fails to ease their burden as they and their families contend with COVID-19.
UP Diliman to open COVID-19 vaccination hub for Quezon City residents
A COVID-19 vaccination hub will open its doors in UP Diliman tomorrow, April 28, after the university partnered with the Quezon City government to expand its mass vaccination program.