Rhenzel Raymond Caling, Author at Tinig ng Plaridel

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Rights groups slam illegal arrest of community doctor

Posted on 19 February 202220 February 2022
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) said that Castro has been barred from seeing lawyers and family members since she was brought to Camp Crame yesterday. The organization also reported that the 53-year old doctor is being denied access to her medications for hypertension and diabetes.

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UP student councils extend SR term

Posted on 11 December 20215 February 2022
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

The emergency assembly of student councils strengthened system-wide campaigns and extended the student regent’s term by one semester. Their next assembly, they propose, will be held on-ground.

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As Sept. 30 deadline draws near, voter applicants ‘frustrated’ with registration mishaps

Posted on 20 September 202120 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

Even when the Commission on Elections (Comelec) opened mall registration booths to draw more voters as the Sept. 30 deadline draws near, registrants were still met with obstacles in their application process.

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UP in the air: What you need to know from the proposed 2022 budget for UP

Posted on 24 August 20219 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Palalimpa

In 2022, the UP system could face a P1.3 billion budget cut through the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed national budget, which was submitted to the House of Representatives on Aug. 23, Monday.

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UP residents dread lockdown losses, delayed aid

Posted on 6 August 20219 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

With little to no income because of ECQ, affected individuals are hoping for the immediate release of cash assistance to see them through the two-week ordeal. But delayed distribution from past lockdowns bolster doubts of receiving the aid on time.

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Unopposed STAND UP bets dominate CMC council elections

Posted on 15 June 20219 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

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.

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Terminated UP-DND accord does not give military free pass to make arrests inside campus — UP law professor

Posted on 17 February 202117 April 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

The military cannot conduct search and arrest warrants even if they can now freely enter the university, UP Diliman (UPD) law professor Theodore Te reiterated in a security briefing held by the UPD Community Security Committee (UPDCSC) Feb. 15

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Who’s watching? ‘Hijacked’ Netflix accounts reveal weak PH cybersecurity laws

Posted on 3 February 202127 February 2022
byRegina Marie Adolfo, Rhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Palalimpa

Users have found different ways to subscribe to Netflix for less than the market price. Some of them were found to be illegal, with customers resorting to the hidden market to get the same quality streaming for a lower cost.

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Halted physical classes, looming phaseout burden UP jeepney drivers

Posted on 6 November 20206 March 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

Plying the UP-Pantranco route for a decade, jeepney driver Felix Mudlong used to shuttle hundreds of students and commuters in and out of the campus everyday.

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‘Flaw-ridden’ Campus Journalism Act burdens high school journos

Posted on 24 May 20206 March 2021
byRhenzel 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 of its implementation. The law…

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Bill penalizing campus press freedom violations refiled

Posted on 22 May 20206 March 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

A nine-year-old bill seeking to uphold campus press freedom is again kept at bay at the House of Representatives after its first reading in February. Sponsored by Kabataan Party-list representative…

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