News Archives – Tinig ng Plaridel

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Defending DiliMall, Peckley says earning profits is UP’s top priority

Posted on 5 December 20245 December 2024
byAshlee Venezuela, Justin Boncodin and Richardson Tubo

The university’s primary interest is to profit, said UP Vice President for Development Daniel Peckley Jr., in a dialogue with old Shopping Center (SC) stall owners on Nov. 27. Peckley…

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Keeping Up with the Politicians

Posted on 2 December 2024
byEidref Monzon

The United States has Hollywood. India has Bollywood. Great Britain has the West End. The Philippines should consider having a metonym for its entertainment industry. Here’s a suggestion: the Philippine…

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A Symphony of Movement

Posted on 29 November 2024
byDanica Bernal and Mark Acido

After a long hiatus, UP Filipiniana Dance Group (UP FDG) represented the Philippines at the 2024 Festivals Circuit of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts…

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Rights network demands Duterte’s prosecution, PH’s cooperation in ICC probe

Posted on 28 November 2024
byBryce Macaya

Human rights advocates formed an alliance to intensify the campaign to prosecute former president Rodrigo Duterte and other public officials over cases of human rights abuses committed during his administration. …

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PalaisDAAN

Posted on 26 November 2024
byRichardson Tubo

Sa isang bansang biniyayaan ng saganang yaman ng karagatan, isang kabalintunaan na kabilang ang mga mangingisda sa mga pinaka-naghihirap na sektor sa lipunan. Tatlong dekada nang nangingisda si Tatay Alvin*,…

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A decade and a half later: Impunity for Filipino journalists persists

Posted on 23 November 2024
byAthena Altiche

Filipino journalists continue to grapple with violence, killing, and impunity 15 years after the Ampatuan Massacre, the “single deadliest event” for journalists. The massacre took 58 lives, 32 of which…

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Robinsons Easymart DiliMall branch opens amid protests from UP community

Posted on 19 November 202419 November 2024
byKevin Christian Pilapil

More than 300 individuals from multi-sectoral groups in University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) protested at DiliMall as its first store, Robinsons Easymart, opened yesterday, Nov. 18. The 7,500-square-meter space…

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Legal loopholes impair Comelec’s ban on ‘premature’ campaigning

Posted on 8 November 202410 November 2024
byRichardson Tubo

As the 2025 polls approach, the lack of a legal basis for classifying premature campaigning as an election offense continues to hinder the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from penalizing candidates…

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UP admin’s proposed econ benefits insufficient to meet workers’ needs

Posted on 4 November 2024
byDonavie Gud

The University of the Philippines (UP) administration responded to All UP Workers Union’s (AUPWU) request for higher economic benefits with a counterproposal that falls P8,000 short of the union’s demand.…

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BMAS representation returns to CMC SC, vacancies remain

Posted on 31 October 2024
byBryce Macaya

After a two-year absence, two independent candidates from the Broadcast Media Arts and Studies (BMAS) occupy the department’s representative seats in the College of Mass Communication Student Council (CMC SC).…

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Latorre, Beltran to lead an understaffed USC

Posted on 31 October 202431 October 2024
byZoe Davad

After abstentions swept the polls last May, the special elections filled only four university-wide seats, leaving ten council positions vacant. Independent chairperson candidate Sean Kirby Latorre was proclaimed chairperson-elect with…

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Grad student turnout lags behind undergrads in last USC regular Elex

Posted on 30 October 2024
byKevin Christian Pilapil and Marilyn Cahatol

Graduate students make up one-third of the student population at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), but they accounted for mere 17% of the votes in the student council…

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