Red Alert: Why UP must defeat UE at all costs
For the struggling UP Fighting Maroons, beating UE with fashion may be the perfect time to finally gain momentum halfway through the first round of UAAP Season 73.
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“We’re hoping for the best but we’re preparing for the worst.” There’s only so much we can do as newspeople to get ready so I thought to myself that maybe we were all in the same boat of insecurity. We just have to suck it up and face the music when it’s there. We were given fair warning for violence, corruptions and anomalies. I should be, somehow, ready for this.
On the ground: covering the battle of May 10
These little boo-boos, which might have been catastrophic mishaps had the machines not been cooperative on Election Day, were important details we found out two days prior to the elections. While the government was reassuring the public that any problem on Election Day was negligible, the stories we found in Malabon and Navotas reiterated that the possibility of failed automation was very real.
Journ students dominate advertising tilt
by Aaron Simon Caparaz Four journalism majors bagged seven awards at the annual AdSpeak Values Advertising Contest (VAC) held at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran last Feb. 12…
Ethics a key element in citizen journalism—Severino
by Alexandra Gabrielle Francisco Amid the rise of citizen journalism, ethics cannot be phased out, said gmanews.tv head Howie Severino today in a forum on social media organized by Yahoo!…
Immortalizing Adrian
by Nikki Careen Palacios and Kim Arveen Patria He was smiling. “Darling, I wish you were here,” said the song that played as people wearing brightly colored shirts poured into…
CMC SC ’09 in gridlock
The two competing parties at the College of Mass Communication will share seats in the next academic year’s student council, seven to six, in favor of the college chapter of the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (Stand-UP).
Smoking Injunction: The Politics of the No Smoking Policy
By Mae A. Hernandez Just this semester, the UP administration implemented a stricter smoking ban in all its systems throughout the country. For the administration, it aims to promote…
Freedom in Peril: Probing the World Press Freedom Index
By Camille P. De Jesus The Philippines climbed higher in the World Press Freedom Index, from 142nd last year to 128th, according to the organization Reporters without Borders (RSF).…
CARP and the Sumilao March
By Neil Jerome C. Morales The battle continues for the Sumilao farmers and their call for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The farmers reached Manila on…
Sustained Defiance
Amidst escalating repression, student publications remain undaunted By Alaysa Tagumpay E. Escandor The present is a time of suppression. Exclamations of dissent are silenced in a climate of impunity. While…