News Archives – Tinig ng Plaridel

In response to students’ clamor for academic ease, the UP administration released a memorandum informing the faculty to be lenient with deadlines on a case-to-case basis.
But students say that the memorandum is still subject to the teacher’s prerogative. This fails to ease their burden as they and their families contend with COVID-19.

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UP Diliman to open COVID-19 vaccination hub for Quezon City residents

Posted on 27 April 202127 April 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

A COVID-19 vaccination hub will open its doors in UP Diliman tomorrow, April 28, after the university partnered with the Quezon City government to expand its mass vaccination program.

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About Tinig ng Plaridel

Posted on 1 April 20212 June 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

Tinig ng Plaridel, the official student publication of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication, came to existence in 1978, when then-President Ferdinand Marcos’ repressive machinery was at its deadliest and most desperate times. Amid this critical scenario, student journalists of the Institute of Mass Communication (now the College of Mass Communication) promoted freedom of expression through writing and publishing their own sentiments in print.

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Waste-to-energy bills more harm than good, envi groups warn

Posted on 26 March 202126 March 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

Environmental groups urged lawmakers March 19 to scrap bills lifting restrictions on waste incineration, saying that this will only create more problems in addressing the country’s garbage crisis.

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In public schools with limited printed modules, students take turns learning

Posted on 22 March 202122 March 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

Scant copies of self-learning modules from the Department of Education (DepEd) have made students from one of the biggest public schools in Arayat, Pampanga take turns using shared materials during a pandemic.

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Kin of ‘Bloody Sunday’ victims call for justice for slain activists

Posted on 15 March 202115 March 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

Families of the nine slain activists in the ‘Bloody Sunday’ police operation condemned the ruthless killing of the police and demanded justice for their loved ones in a press briefing March 12.

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Pandemic exacerbates challenges in K to 12 program as DepEd’s subsidies fall short

Posted on 15 March 202115 March 2021
byCristina Chi and Jan Cuyco

Economic difficulties arising from the pandemic have seen Grade 11 and 12 students from private schools flocking to public schools struggling to implement the K to 12 Basic Education Program. Over a hundred private schools offering senior high school education have closed because of low enrollment.

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Red-tagging of campus press prompts renewed calls for laws protecting student journos

Posted on 12 March 202112 March 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

After the recent spate of red-tagging incidents on campus publications, Kabataan Partylist representative Sarah Elago urged the fasttrack passage of two bills to protect and solidify campus press freedom.

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Safe spaces for LGBTQ+ still elusive beyond Metro Manila, key cities – open source map

Posted on 6 March 20216 March 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

As Filipinos who are part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community remain unprotected from gender-based discrimination, they turn to few spaces safeguarding their basic freedoms.

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Only 35% of UP’s remote learning support for first semester delivered to students

Posted on 27 February 202115 May 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

With the second semester looming near, UP has yet to deliver its promise of gadget and connectivity support to students from the first semester, citing bottlenecks in paperwork.

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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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‘Kanlungan ng aktibismo’: UP commemorates 50 years since Diliman Commune in virtual exhibit

Posted on 12 February 202112 February 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

“I felt oblivious to the dramatic events that were happening around me. I concentrated on my fallen comrade who was lying on the pavement in a pool of his own blood,” Rolando “Dodoy” Soncuya said in his 2015 essay “The Death of My Unexpected Hero.”

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As COVID-19 hits UP students and faculty, learning now ‘survival of the fittest’

UP Diliman to open COVID-19 vaccination hub for Quezon City residents

About Tinig ng Plaridel

Waste-to-energy bills more harm than good, envi groups warn

In public schools with limited printed modules, students take turns learning

Kin of ‘Bloody Sunday’ victims call for justice for slain activists

Pandemic exacerbates challenges in K to 12 program as DepEd’s subsidies fall short

Red-tagging of campus press prompts renewed calls for laws protecting student journos

Safe spaces for LGBTQ+ still elusive beyond Metro Manila, key cities – open source map

Only 35% of UP’s remote learning support for first semester delivered to students

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

‘Kanlungan ng aktibismo’: UP commemorates 50 years since Diliman Commune in virtual exhibit

As COVID-19 hits UP students and faculty, learning now ‘survival of the fittest’

UP Diliman to open COVID-19 vaccination hub for Quezon City residents

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