Tinig ng Plaridel

6 min

[EDITORIAL] For our education system, “normal” is not enough

Posted on 29 December 20215 February 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

To the Filipino students who will cap off the year still under distance learning, reverting to the “normal” setup won’t be enough. The return to schools in 2022 must be safe, genuine and free from tyranny.

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6 min

Typhoon evacuees in Albay schools risk displacement amid student return

Posted on 16 December 20215 February 2022
byJoann Guerrero

An estimated 259 families evacuated to Guinobatan schools in November last year. With DepEd’s vision for the return of face-to-face learning, residents lose sight of a future living in a home they can finally call theirs.

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1 min

UP COVID-19 Watch

Posted on 16 December 202131 March 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

View the latest COVID-19 data at UP Diliman.

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5 min

Distanced from learning: Students drop out of school to survive

Posted on 15 December 202121 March 2022
byEliseo Rioja

Online learning became an alternative window for learning, but it closed doors for students who also deserve education. For student councils, youth organizations and learners themselves, the answer is clear: a safe and genuine return to accessible education.

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UP student councils draw roadmap for “genuine and safe” F2F

Posted on 13 December 202113 December 2021
byRenz Palalimpa

UP student councils met on Dec. 11 to discuss plans on the university’s return to face-to-face (F2F) classes. While UP campuses are on different points in the F2F roadmap, their call is united and clear: the resumption of physical classes must be “genuine and safe.”

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4 min

UP student councils extend SR term

Posted on 11 December 20215 February 2022
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

The emergency assembly of student councils strengthened system-wide campaigns and extended the student regent’s term by one semester. Their next assembly, they propose, will be held on-ground.

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6 min

[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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3 min

‘Establish climate justice, demand compensation’: Solons file PH green new deal

Posted on 29 November 202113 December 2021
byJason Sigales

If the People’s Green New Deal is approved, the government would move towards sustainable development, strengthen conservation laws and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. It would also bring “accountable polluter countries and corporations” to a United Nations tribunal.

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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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4 min

UPD revising F2F guidelines, preps inspection of campus facilities

Posted on 22 November 202122 November 2021
byJosh Bustamante

The UPD Face-to-Face (F2F) committee told TNP that there are plans to have the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Health and the Quezon City Local Government Unit inspect the facilities of six academic units.

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3 min

SOGIESC groups: Equality in UP needs concrete action

Posted on 18 November 202119 November 2021
byJoaquin Manuel Reyes

The UP Diliman Gender Office reported increased cases of SOGIESC-based discrimination during the remote learning setup. In response, advocacy groups call for protection and concrete action.