[EDITORIAL] For a militant Maskom
New year. New name. New dean. Two months after its renaming, the UP College of Media and Communication (CMC) is set to welcome another change on March 27. The Board…
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TNPicks: Our Appreciation List for 2024
As the midterm elections approach, political upheavals have dominated the headlines this year. Our leaders’ lust for power has shattered the mirage of unity between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and…
Bulwagan ng kaipokrituhan
Bumaliktad na ang mundo ni Rodrigo Duterte. Ang dating Kamara na di magkamayaw kung pumalakpak tuwing babanggitin ni Duterte na handa siyang pumatay para sa War on Drugs ay ang…
Dismantling a Dictator’s Legacy: The MTRCB is a Marcosian Relic to Bury
Empowering Filipino viewers is one of the aspirations that the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) hopes to fulfill with its mandate. Yet this is a mere pretense…
[EDITORIAL] Scared of their own ghosts
Apparently, for Marcos Jr., economic gains are more important than upholding the historical spirit of our holidays. But what do we really expect from a president whose return to power is fueled by revisionism and outright denialism of their bloody past?
TNPicks: Our Appreciation List for 2023
Before we bid our goodbyes to 2023, our editors collated their favorite stories, designs, and productions from our pals in the campus press in this fourth edition of our appreciation list.
To our fellow student journalists, we thank you for pursuing stories that matter!
[EDITORIAL] The ‘middle’ is a deadly place for journalists
In the Philippines, the intersection of politics and journalism is a precarious place marked by bullets, blood stains and a mass graveyard for media workers who died in the pursuit of truth and information.
[EDITORIAL] Beyond theatrics: The Filipino youth deserves better
If we put clowns into a palace, it becomes a circus for clownery.
This basically sums up the current state of our government as mostly incompetent officials now lead the country to a gradual decline — a tragic loop the Philippines will never escape so long as democratic processes, including local community elections, are not treated seriously.
[EDITORIAL] Like father, like son: The bloody trail of disappearances continues
Even though 51 years have passed since martial law was declared, the late dictator’s legacy of killings and enforced disappearances continues to haunt voices of dissent at present.
With another Marcos in power, the uncomfortable parallels between then and now are indeed impossible to ignore. As before, those who dare to fight for human rights are still being picked out like a pebble in a dictator’s shoe.
[EDITORIAL] Behind classroom walls are layers of neglect
Despite taking up a lion’s share of the national budget last year, DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte has barely addressed long-standing issues on limited classrooms and teachers. This year’s International Literacy Day is a reminder for her that more students will continue falling into the learning gap, so long as basic services remain inadequate.
Children today will soon become professionals, stakeholders, and members of society. If they grow up to be incompetent and unskilled because of a faulty learning system, our future as a nation is bound to crumble and fall.
[EDITORYAL] Pagpapanggap ang paggunita nila kay Plaridel
Kung tunay ang hangarin ng gobyernong makamit ang malayang pamamahayag, kailangan nitong alisin ang busal sa mata at bibig ng mga modernong Plaridel at tuluyang wasakin ang kultura ng karahasan.
Ang midyang sinisiil at pilit na pinipigil ay pilit ding magpupumiglas. Hindi ito titigil na ipaglaban ang kanyang kalayaan at pagsilbihan ang sambayanan, dayuhan man o kababayan ang makatunggali.
[EDITORIAL] Logos won’t cover up failed leadership, Marcos Jr.
Twelve months should have been enough time to lay the foundations for curing the nation’s ills, exacerbated by COVID-19. With mere promises, Marcos’ leadership has only driven the country into a downward spiral of economic turmoil and a shrinking democracy that no amount of rebranding can conceal.