TNPicks: Our Appreciation List for 2024
As the midterm elections approach, political upheavals have dominated the headlines this year. Our leaders’ lust for power has shattered the mirage of unity between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and…
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Bulwagan ng kaipokrituhan
Bumaliktad na ang mundo ni Rodrigo Duterte. Ang dating Kamara na di magkamayaw kung pumalakpak tuwing babanggitin ni Duterte na handa siyang pumatay para sa War on Drugs ay ang…
Cementing a Dictatorship: Mementos of a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Story by J. C. and E. C. With the echoing sound of a reversing truck, a mix of lies, debts, and lives piling onto the nation’s grave, setting the foundation…
The Dictator’s Grip over Mindanao
Written by H. T. TW: This essay contains mentions of death, torture, and rape. For the people of Mindanao, this year marks half a century of unrest in the country’s…
Bihis to Bilib-id
Story by C.B. Ang likhang ito ay kathang-isip lamang. Kinakabahan ako ngunit napalitan ito ng ngiti nang malaman ang tema. Robbery. Aha! Gamay ko na ito, kaya sigurado na ang…
Dismantling a Dictator’s Legacy: The MTRCB is a Marcosian Relic to Bury
Empowering Filipino viewers is one of the aspirations that the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) hopes to fulfill with its mandate. Yet this is a mere pretense…
Tinig ng Plaridel’s ethical guidelines for #BotongIsko2024
In adherence to the publication’s standards of ethical and professional reporting, TNP is disclosing its ethical policy as it proceeds with #BotongIsko2024, our coverage of the UP Diliman university…
[EDITORIAL] Scared of their own ghosts
Apparently, for Marcos Jr., economic gains are more important than upholding the historical spirit of our holidays. But what do we really expect from a president whose return to power is fueled by revisionism and outright denialism of their bloody past?
TNPicks: Our Appreciation List for 2023
Before we bid our goodbyes to 2023, our editors collated their favorite stories, designs, and productions from our pals in the campus press in this fourth edition of our appreciation list.
To our fellow student journalists, we thank you for pursuing stories that matter!
Impunity, disinformation worsens media killings — journos
For media practitioners and advocates, the country’s poor justice system has enabled the culture of impunity to manifest in other forms of attacks such as red-tagging, trolling and disinformation.
[EDITORIAL] The ‘middle’ is a deadly place for journalists
In the Philippines, the intersection of politics and journalism is a precarious place marked by bullets, blood stains and a mass graveyard for media workers who died in the pursuit of truth and information.
Ang bawat numero ay may mukha at kuwento
Higit isang taon pa lamang namumuno si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ngunit umakyat na agad sa apat ang bilang ng mga mamamahayag na pinaslang, simbolo na patuloy pa ring binabalot ng peligro ang industriya ng peryodismo sa ilalim ng kaniyang termino.