Senate passes SUCs budget amendment
Around 6,000 students and faculty members gathered outside the gates of the Senate in Pasay City on Dec. 1 and called on lawmakers to increase the proposed 2011 budget for SUCs.
Lady Maroons close out Warriors in 4 sets
The Lady Maroons succumbed to a bunch of errors after the glitch-free opener, giving away 42 points compared to the Warriors’ 28, before finally closing them out in the fourth set.
UP admin calls for increased state subsidy amid budget cut debate
“Kailangan ay pinakamataas ang prayoridad sa edukasyon sa budget ng ating estado,” said OVCSA Elizabeth Enriquez.
A Call for Greater Subsidy for U.P. (University Council Statement)
A low budget has a debilitating effect on UP’s capacity to fulfill its mandate as the national university. The underprivileged students’ access to quality tertiary education will be compromised. The sustained development of academic facilities and programs will also be hampered.
SUCs to go on strike on Dec. 1–Palatino
“The government expects us (state universities and colleges) to be self-sustaining. The funds allocated for education should come from the State, not from the students,” Rep. Raymond Palatino said.
UP students march against budget cut
Students boycotted their classes in protest of President Benigno Aquino III’s proposed P5.5-billion budget cut for the university, less than a third of the P18.5 billion UP demands.
CMC on strike: Form 5 copies lit as students protest UP budget cut
“Tinututulan natin ang mga pagbayad nito (tuition fees) kaya sinunog namin ang photocopy ng Form 5 namin,” MASSCommunity convenor Kathy Molina said.
CMC inaugurates Ampatuan massacre marker, calls for justice for victims
“Bilang at nandito tayo sa masscom at nagtataguyod ng malaya at mapagpalayang midya sa bansa, patuloy tayong naninindigan para sa kawalan ng katarungan na ito,” said Tolentino.
Never forget. Remember.
Tinig ng Plaridel joins the College of Mass Communication in calling for the swift execution of justice for the victims of the Ampatuan Massacre, no more, no less. But more importantly, we demand the state to aggressively push for genuine reforms that would forward media empowerment at all costs.
Never Found
But while other families of the victims are mourning their own losses, Maria Reynafe Momay-Castillo, a registered nurse, is still engaged in a fight – a struggle to find the body of her father which, until now, has yet to be found.
CMC goes green
“They say there are three things we must accomplish in our lifetime: bear a child, publish a book, and plant a tree,” Tolentino said in Filipino.
Stop the killings; disband private armies–UP CMC
Statement of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication
on the first anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre
signed by 31 faculty members, 10 staff and 160 students
led by Dean Roland B. Tolentino.
on the first anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre
signed by 31 faculty members, 10 staff and 160 students
led by Dean Roland B. Tolentino.