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UP student councils campaign for safe, gradual resumption of face-to-face classes

Posted on 11 January 202112 January 2021
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byJan Cuyco

UP student councils across the system called for ‘better’ implementation of remote learning and the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes in the 50th General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) Monday.

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Red-tagging of UP students, orgs worsened during pandemic — student councils

Posted on 11 January 202111 January 2021
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byCristina C. Chi

Red-tagging incidents toward UP students and organizations increased last year with some of the accusers state forces themselves, student councils revealed during the 50th General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) Monday.

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UP admissions portal malfunctions on first day amid surge of applicants, tech hiccups

After months of waiting to apply to UP, applicants had trouble accessing the portal on the first day of admissions due to domain issues and a deluge of users. They have until Feb. 15 to complete their application.

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Bigger spike in COVID-19 cases expected as Christmas day looms near — expert

Posted on 23 December 202023 December 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

That the pandemic would persist until December was unexpected when Filipinos were first told to stay at home in March.

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‘We’re reaching a point of no return’: Climate emergency declaration ramps up policy talks

Posted on 14 December 202014 December 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

Government agencies and civil society organizations amplified demands for the country to adopt a more intense and inclusive environmental policy two weeks since the House of Representatives declared a climate emergency.

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Ready to add to cart? How online shopping creates a ‘silent plastic problem’

Posted on 12 December 202012 December 2020
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byJan Cuyco

As no existing law regulates the e-commerce industry’s amounting waste, environmental groups are worried about the plastic waste uptake from online shopping.

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UP lecturers not paid since September

Posted on 11 December 202011 December 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

UP lecturers denounced the months-long delay of their salary as the university’s first-ever remote semester draws to a close this December.

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DOST cuts UP scholars’ stipend due to ‘compressed’ semester

Posted on 10 December 202010 December 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

Computer Science major Justin Ruaya spent the rest of his P20,000 allowance from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to buy a computer for his new remote learning setup. This left him with barely enough money for the rest of the semester and for internet connection.

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‘Their demands are just’: Int’l scholars pledge support to PH academic strikes

Posted on 25 November 202011 December 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

More than 70 international educators and scholars have backed the strike movements brewing across Philippine universities after the series of typhoons that battered the archipelago this month.

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Halted physical classes, looming phaseout burden UP jeepney drivers

Posted on 6 November 20206 November 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

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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UP to give up more than half of QC’s remaining rainforest for PGH Diliman

Posted on 30 October 202031 October 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

In a metro sprawling with towering buildings, a thatch of forest allows its residents respite from the urban jungle. Lined with trees that provide oxygen, its roots go all the way back to the 1950s — older than most of the students who used to go there for research.

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Organizations see increased recruitment as social support, ‘democratic spaces’ turn digital

Posted on 28 October 202028 October 2020
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byTinig ng Plaridel

Text by Patricia Dacanay What you need to know: Several UP organizations experienced an increase in recruitment this remote semester. Psychology assistant professor John Robert Rilveria said that the increase…

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UP student councils campaign for safe, gradual resumption of face-to-face classes

Red-tagging of UP students, orgs worsened during pandemic — student councils

UP admissions portal malfunctions on first day amid surge of applicants, tech hiccups

Bigger spike in COVID-19 cases expected as Christmas day looms near — expert

‘We’re reaching a point of no return’: Climate emergency declaration ramps up policy talks

Ready to add to cart? How online shopping creates a ‘silent plastic problem’

UP lecturers not paid since September

DOST cuts UP scholars’ stipend due to ‘compressed’ semester

‘Their demands are just’: Int’l scholars pledge support to PH academic strikes

Halted physical classes, looming phaseout burden UP jeepney drivers

UP to give up more than half of QC’s remaining rainforest for PGH Diliman

Organizations see increased recruitment as social support, ‘democratic spaces’ turn digital

UP student councils campaign for safe, gradual resumption of face-to-face classes

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