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UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) students, faculty members and administrators held a candle lighting protest at the CMC Veranda yesterday in commemoration of the nearing 10th year anniversary of the Ampatuan-Maguindanao Massacre.

32 media practitioners out of 58 victims were killed on the November 23, 2009 massacre, which is now considered the deadliest attack against journalists in history.

Hindi pa tiyak ang mga agenda ng susunod na pulong ng Board of Regents (BOR) sa Pebrero 4, partikular na ang pagpili sa susunod na dekana ng College of Mass Communication (CMC), ayon kay UP Student Regent Ivy Taroma.

Lagpas 8 porsiyento ng mga di-gradwadong mag-aaral sa UP Diliman (UPD) ang hindi nakatamasa ng libreng matrikula nitong semestre dala ng mga kondisyong itinala sa pagpapatupad ng Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act o RA 10931.

Sa 13,167 na nakatalang di-gradwadong mag-aaral, 1,143 o 8.44% ang nagbabayad ng matrikula ayon sa datos na nakalap mula sa Office of the University Registrar (OUR).

Text by Khim Joshua Raymundo Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay)-San Roque will file charges against the National Housing Authority (NHA) with the aid of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers…

In the aftermath of fraternity-related violence on campus and online, the University Student Council (USC) will gain fresh faces next semester, with UP Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (UP ALYANSA) holding a dominant 8 in 14 seats.

From a 6-4-4 ratio, UP ALYANSA will have a commanding influence over the highest office and seven councilor positions, while STAND UP will retain four councilors, and KAISA-UP with two posts left.

A total of 430 tenants in the Molave, Yakal and Kamia Residence Halls will be forced to move out by the end of the year, due to year-long renovations at the start of the next semester.

The reconstruction of the said dormitories, which were allotted 77, 82, and 95 million pesos by the university administration, respectively, will be handled by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Discussing the threats on human rights, the economy, national minorities, and peace process in Mindanao, after more than a year under martial law, representatives from research groups and human rights…

Text by Khim Joshua Raymundo November has proven to be a month of endless calls to condemn the prevailing culture of impunity on media and state neglect. UP Diliman College…

Women’s rights group Lila Pilipina called for a formal apology for comfort women from the Japanese government and a declaration of the comfort women system as a war crime from…

Upang tutulan ang muling pagtanggal ng Filipino at Panitikan bilang bahagi ng kurikulum ng mga unibersidad at kolehiyo, nagsagawa ng isang kilos protesta ang mga mag-aaral, kawani, at propesor mula sa Departmento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) ng Martes sa Palma Hall.

Ito ay inorganisa ng departamento matapos ilahad ng Korte Suprema na ang Filipino at Panitikan ay maaari ng tanggalin mula sa mga “core subjects” ng mga kolehiyo at unibersidad sa dahilan na ito’y itinuturo na sa elementarya at sekondarya.