Opinion Archives – Page 3 of 8

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[OPINION] It is darkest behind the camera’s flash

Posted on 29 November 20213 December 2021
byGuinevere Latoza and Ivy Ferrer

Photojournalism seems like a noble job, but the industry reveals a harsh reality. Behind the eye-catching images lurk questionable assignments and freelance work. As we join our photo subjects’ fight towards freedom from oppression, we must also remain vigilant of the same ills that occupy our ranks.

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[EDITORIAL] Elections, the impunity theater

Posted on 23 November 20215 February 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

Impunity becomes more potent in the elections. Now is not the time to merely chronicle this violent history. Not when our colleagues perish without reason. Not when we’ve seen what the state can do to silence the critical press.

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5 min

[EDITORIAL] From one dictator to another: Unearthing each other’s grave

Posted on 30 September 202130 September 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

One of Ferdinand Marcos’ children is sitting comfortably in the Senate. The other, seeking higher office. His wife, scot-free from multiple counts of graft. Right from the grave, the dictator is rising unstopped.

Who else took him out of his sepulcher but President Duterte himself?

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[OPINION] No, Belo, I don’t need to buy my beauty

Posted on 15 September 202120 September 2021
byJem Torrecampo

Women will not find their deliverance in a divisive paradigm of beauty. The true redress to the harms they endure is beyond individual cosmetization, rather in a collective liberation from the system that fuels their insecurities.

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[OPINION] We don’t need another Hidilyn Diaz story

Posted on 25 August 20219 September 2021
byJohn Mark Garcia

UP Diliman’s student-athletes watched as Hidilyn Diaz scored the nation’s first gold. They saw themselves in her triumph, as they know the systemic underfunding and lack of support she had to overcome to get there. Perhaps, they know it a little too well.

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EDITORIAL: Athletes are more than their weight in gold

Posted on 10 August 202126 July 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

Credit-grabbers like Roque represent how politicians act in the country’s time of triumph. The only thing Duterte’s administration made possible for athletes is a conundrum: Olympians need to grab the gold to get the bare minimum, while politicians do only the bare minimum to grab the most gold.

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[OPINION] Dismissive Filipino homes and schools worsen impostor syndrome

Posted on 31 July 20215 February 2022
byAlison Cruz

Kids today are just as smart as the kids in the past. Something is just holding them back, and it could be impostor syndrome.

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[OPINION] The war of tarps: How the government’s ideology war is visual, too

Posted on 26 April 202126 April 2021
byRenz Palalimpa

The tarpaulin is a simple recipe: a piece of material with bold and striking typography, carrying an even bolder message. It has simultaneously been the ally of activists in protests and the weapon of politicians currying votes. The government is now using it to red-tag activists, creating the latest battlefield in its war against critics.

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[OPINION] Pinoy rap celebrates and justifies the male gaze

Posted on 14 April 20215 February 2022
byWaxee Galang

The doors of female representation in music swing both ways: it’s either glorifying or objectifying them. These depictions strike too close to home as they are immediately heard in Filipino rap.

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[OPINION] I got vaccinated abroad as a tourist. When can Filipinos have their turn?

Posted on 29 March 202116 September 2021
byBuboy Figueroa

It was undeniably exhilarating at first, but the excitement didn’t last long. There was a lingering feeling of guilt knowing that a Filipino like me already received the vaccine that early.

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EDITORIAL: Immunity, not impunity

Posted on 10 February 202110 February 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

As all eyes look towards the arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, the government must not drop the ball again this time. The only way forward is to secure an effective, science-based vaccination plan that is not thwarted by greed of those in power.

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TNPicks: Our Appreciation List for 2020

Posted on 29 December 202029 December 2020
byTinig ng Plaridel

To wrap up 2020, we asked our editors and staffers to share their favorite stories and multimedia output from other student publications. This appreciation list acknowledges the hard work of campus journalists who have kept one ear to the ground despite numerous limitations.