Detained Freedom: A profile on Maricon Montajes
By Jhesset Enano at Luis Hidalgo It was three in the morning on June 3, 2010 when members of the 743rd Combat Squadron of the Philippine Air Force raided a…
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Ineligibility tagging alarms students: UP’s painful enrollment process
By Melissa Luz Lopez Juan Alcanices, a transferee student from the Trinity University of Asia, was all set for the enrollment second semester this year. After all, he had already…
CMC commemorates second year of Maguindanao Massacre
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…
EDITORIAL: Never forget
It isn’t difficult to answer the rallying call to remember the 2009 Maguindanao massacre. Fifty-eight people, including 32 journalists and media workers, were killed in a case of election-related violence…
Two Reflections on Two Years: To dread is to dare / Numbering the dead
Beginning today, the two-year anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre, Tinig ng Plaridel will be posting a series of personal narratives reflecting how we, the editors, have wrestled with the memory…
Frat clashes prompt revival of anti-violence alliance
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…
If there is enough budget
By Lindley Agustin The University of the Philippines, like Hogwarts, is in grave danger – not from Death Eaters but from budget eaters. It tries to get out of the spooky…
CMC goes Gaga against the budget cut
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…
Rehearsals of revolution: A freshie’s take on rallies
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…
UP students learn through ‘Stations of the Cut’
By Angely Joyce Calle More than 125 students learned the situation of different sectors of society through the “Stations of the Cut,” an educational group discussion on the second day…
Pascual: Demand greater state subsidy
By Melissa Luz Lopez University of the Philippines President Alfredo Pascual encouraged students, faculty and staff of the university to join the three-day strike, not only to protest against the…
Pascual: Serve the people, uphold honor and excellence
By Sara Jamel Bangayan and Elizabeth Escaño The University of the Philippines must uphold honor and excellence and exist to serve the people, newly-vested UP president Alfredo Pascual said Thursday.…