UP gets historic P6.78-B budget hike for 2026
The University of the Philippines (UP) System has secured its largest budget hike on record at P6.78 billion for 2026 after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the General Appropriations Act…
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Most of Sara Duterte’s 2025 foreign trips linked to father’s ICC case
At least 12 of the 17 publicly known foreign visits Vice President Sara Duterte made in 2025 were spent accompanying her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and later on calling…
CHR seeks budget for unfunded human rights laws as bicam meets
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) made a last-ditch appeal to lawmakers to finance long-unfunded human rights laws as the bicameral conference committee convenes Saturday to settle differences between the…
QC court voids NTC order blocking Bulatlat, 26 other websites
More than three years after its filing, a Quezon City (QC) court has granted Bulatlat’s petition to nullify a memorandum that ordered the blocking of its website and 26 others. …
TIMELINE: How UP Diliman’s welfare break came and went — and why there’s a growing push for its return
ERRATUM: An earlier version of this article mistakenly referred to SLIS as the “School of Library and Information Sciences.” The correct name of the college is “School of Library and…
Ampatuan massacre victims’ kin push CA to resolve long-pending appeal — legal counsel
Families of Ampatuan massacre victims urged the Court of Appeals (CA) to hand down its long-pending ruling on their appeal for damages 16 years after the brutal killings, their legal…
Acquitted ‘Mayo Uno 6’ demand justice vs police abuse
The legal counsel of acquitted youth activists “Mayo Uno 6” demanded accountability from state forces who violently arrested them during a 2024 Labor Day rally. The six activists were acquitted…
Samar court junks murder raps vs Tacloban 5’s Cumpio; co-accused denied same relief
A Northern Samar court dismissed the murder charges against detained Tacloban-based community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, but upheld the same raps against human rights defender Alexander “Chakoy” Abinguna. In a…
CA: No basis to forfeit funds seized from Tacloban 5’s Cumpio, Domequil
The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed a Manila court’s decision ordering the forfeiture of funds seized from detained Tacloban-based journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights defender Mariel Domequil,…
Makabayan seeks to strip PNP, CIDG of subpoena powers
A new bill filed by Makabayan lawmakers on Thursday seeks to repeal an earlier law that gave the Philippine National Police (PNP) and its Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)…
Gender equality advocates call for more accessible, localized sex ed
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tinig ng Plaridel is an official media partner of UP Pride 2025. Women and queer rights advocates pushed to make sex education more accessible and attuned to the…
‘Atin ang Kinse’: Fisherfolk back bill seeking exclusive rights to coastal waters threatened by commercial fleets
Small fisherfolk across the archipelago rally behind a bill seeking exclusive fishing rights over municipal waters, which they say have been taken over by big commercial fishing firms. The Makabayan…