Tinig ng Plaridel

5 min

With UP short on vaccines, student jabs remain in limbo

Posted on 9 September 20219 September 2021
byElla Laguna

UP Diliman’s COVID-19 immunization program #BakunahanSaDiliman believes that the university should extend vaccination services to all of its students. There’s one thing missing though, the government can’t give them enough vaccines.

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6 min

Immunocompromised, afraid: HIV treatment tails off amid COVID-19

Posted on 7 September 20219 September 2021
byGabryelle Dumalag

The treatment of people living with HIV (PLHIV) had to take a backseat as the pandemic limited their mobility. Extreme lockdowns blocked PLHIVs from lifesaving antiretroviral drugs, putting them in danger of not only contracting COVID-19 but other deadly diseases as well.

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3 min

UP student councils call to realign intel funds to COVID response

Posted on 1 September 202115 September 2021
byJason Sigales

The 51st GASC adopted 20 resolutions, several of which strengthened calls to reallocate funding from the state’s counterinsurgency wallet to the government’s economic relief and education programs.

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3 min

Delays in scholarship aid, internet subsidy a ‘perennial problem’ — UP student councils

Posted on 31 August 20219 September 2021
byJan Cuyco

Several student councils across the UP system reported delays in the delivery of gadgets and internet subsidies through the Student Learning Assistance Support (SLAS) Online, which is meant to cushion the pandemic’s impact on financially challenged Iskolar ng Bayan.

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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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3 min

UP in the air: What you need to know from the proposed 2022 budget for UP

Posted on 24 August 20219 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Palalimpa

In 2022, the UP system could face a P1.3 billion budget cut through the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed national budget, which was submitted to the House of Representatives on Aug. 23, Monday.

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4 min

Chemicals linked to breast cancer flagged in household products: study

Posted on 16 August 20219 September 2021
byGabryelle Dumalag

The country’s first human biomonitoring study found that women in the Calabarzon region are highly exposed to per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which have been linked to breast cancer. PFAS are found in household products and in the waste of electronic factories that thrive in the region.

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“Kailangan mo talagang gawin kahit delikado”: Labor issues beset courier riders amid pandemic

Posted on 13 August 20215 February 2022
byChelsea Visto

As express logistics companies profit over mobility restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, their riders cannot say the same. In order to survive the pandemic, they must put their life on the line for wages that can barely sustain their family’s needs.

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6 min

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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3 min

UP residents dread lockdown losses, delayed aid

Posted on 6 August 20219 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

With little to no income because of ECQ, affected individuals are hoping for the immediate release of cash assistance to see them through the two-week ordeal. But delayed distribution from past lockdowns bolster doubts of receiving the aid on time.

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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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7 min

Can public schools pandemic-proof their classrooms before students’ in-person return?

Posted on 21 July 20215 February 2022
byCristina Chi

Overcrowded classrooms would no doubt be dangerous in the middle of a pandemic, says an infectious disease expert. This only mounts more questions on how public schools can come up with enough learning spaces without waiting years for new classrooms to be built.