EDITORIAL: Debt-defying
That an ordinary Filipino can live and die without ever seeing even 1% of the staggering ten billion dollars that the Marcoses stole should not be surprising.
But when the Marcoses doubled that amount in debt, they condemned millions of Filipinos to a lifetime of paying off what they can never benefit from, much less imagine.
Course pack distribution hits snag due to shortage of flash drives, limited manpower
By Luisa Angela Sandoval One week into the university’s remote semester, students with inadequate access to the internet have yet to receive printed copies of their course packs or flash…
Law students urge UP to suspend tuition collection
Text by Godwin Noel Manalo and Anna Kristal Tagunicar With less than a week before the opening of classes, UP College of Law students urged the university to freeze the…
[OPINYON] Balatkayong Tagapagligtas
Artikulo ni Renz Palalimpa Malutong ang naging banat ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte laban sa mga oligarko, o ang iilang tao at pamilyang may malaking kontrol sa bansa. Bansag ito sa…
Lack of remote learning resources haunts UP athletes
Text by Jillian Velasco and John Mark Garcia Thousands of scholars across the University of the Philippines system are now set to endure the growing concerns of remote learning amid…
UP rushes course packs, offers limited class slots in university’s first dip into remote learning
Teachers and students continue to bear the brunt of remote learning in UP: the faculty beating the deadline of course pack completions, and scholars further relying their chances on luck…
UP students could lose voice in university decisions as SR term expires
Students across the UP system could lose their sole representative to the Board of Regents (BOR), the university’s highest decision-making body, as the UP administration has gone over a week…
Inclusive education an enduring dream for SPED teachers, students
Persistence is a time-honed quality for students like Bless Adriano, 22, whose college experience so far has been one big test. It is not, however, a test of her intelligence.…
#Atin82: Reliving UP’s most valiant UAAP season fights by the numbers
From indefinite postponements to an eventual cancellation, the UAAP has found itself lost in uncharted waters – facing the uncertainty of sports in the time of a pandemic. Despite efforts…
Over 5,000 UP students may be unable to continue under remote learning
As online learning becomes the ‘new normal’ for education, lack of access to technology may jeopardize the education of around 5,600 scholars across the University of the Philippines system. Of…
EDITORIAL: Striking down democracy
Indulging in fantasies of dictatorship is usually done in the dark, but we know President Rodrigo Duterte is a showman. In broad daylight, with millions of Filipinos looking to him…
‘Flaw-ridden’ Campus Journalism Act burdens high school journos
Text by Rhenzel Raymond Caling Once envisioned to uphold the integrity of the campus press, the Campus Journalism Act (CJA) has done more harm than good in almost three decades…