Vistan’s Three-Year Report Card: What’s left undone
On March 25, Edgardo Carlo Vistan II succeeded in his second bid for the UP Diliman Chancellorship. With his first term nearing its end, the university reflects on an administration…
Reviving UP campus publications, kapos sa pondo, tao
Panawagan sa pondo ang pinatambol ng mga student journalist mula sa iba’t ibang publikasyon ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (UP) kasabay ng pagbabalik-operasyon ng mga pahayagang pangkampus na ilang taong nahinto…
No ‘lesser evil’: UP student journos demand impeachment of Marcos, Duterte
ERRATUM: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated there were only two impeachment complaints against Duterte. By press time, a third case had already been filed by several clergy…
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…
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…
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…
Open BOR meetings to campus journos — UP student publications
Student publications from the University of the Philippines (UP) System urged the Board of Regents (BOR) — the university’s highest decision-making body — to open its traditionally closed-door meetings to…
Social media censorship, online attacks hound UP student publications
Student publications across the University of the Philippines (UP) System continue to face online harassment and social media censorship over their critical reportage, according to their second semestral reports for…
UP student leaders call for budget transparency amid delayed infra projects
Student councils throughout the University of the Philippines (UP) System urged the university administration to uphold budget accountability and transparency amid years-long delays in the construction of academic spaces across…
UP Fair merchants get measly refunds, but organizers’ lapses loom large
Around 20 out of 41 UP Fair concessionaires who applied for monetary compensation have already received their settlements, according to UP Fair 2025 Overall Co-head Ciro Quiapos, following merchants’ complaints…
ON SPOTLIGHT: 11 candidates seek to clinch UPD USC seats
Independent Laban Kabataan-allied bets and UP Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (UP ALYANSA) seek to lead the next University Student Council (USC). As the 2024…
Abstain tops 2024 Spelex councilor race in 4 UP Diliman colleges
Abstention outpolled all five councilor bets in four University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) colleges in the 2024 University Student Council (USC) special elections. The two-day voting period for special…