Tinig ng Plaridel

8 min

How far must Quezon City residents go for healthcare?

Posted on 16 July 20215 February 2022
byRenz Palalimpa

In Quezon City, a hospital is a rarity as they can be found in only 22 of the city’s 142 barangays. These hospitals are not only rare, but also poorly-distributed, experts say, as the city’s poor urban planning has made them too close to each other but too far from areas that need them the most.

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3 min

STAND UP wins landslide victory in first remote elections

Posted on 15 June 202114 April 2022
byJan Cuyco and Luisa Sandoval

STAND UP saw a landslide victory after the party’s bets filled 25 out of 31 posts in the UP Diliman University Student Council (USC).

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2 min

Unopposed STAND UP bets dominate CMC council elections

Posted on 15 June 20219 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP) candidates from the College of Mass Communication (CMC) clinched all positions as they ran unopposed in the 2021 remote local student council elections.

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1 min

A 10-year split: which dep’ts voted for STAND UP CMC and CMC ISA candidates?

Posted on 14 June 20219 September 2021
byRenz Palalimpa

TNP data from the past decade show that all four CMC department representative positions have been strongholds for parties Student Alliance for National and Democratic Rights in UP – CMC…

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1 min

[LIVE] #BotongIsko2021 Live count of Votes

Posted on 9 June 202112 June 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

Here is the university-wide live count of votes for #BotongIsko2021, as reported by the Office of Student Projects and Activities (OSPA). Below is the breakdown of voter turnout per college.…

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1 min

UP ALYANSA changes tune on “powerless” sectors

Posted on 7 June 20215 February 2022
byJo Comuyog

CLAIM: UP ALYANSA chairperson candidate Daine Torregosa said that the party does not believe that the masses are powerless. Rather, “[It’s] the political structures we have right now, the systemic oppression we’re experiencing, that render us disempowered.”

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2 min

STAND UP CMC journ rep candidate claimed TNP is a college-recognized org. This is inaccurate.

Posted on 5 June 202112 May 2023
byKarl Agbugay

CLAIM: Journalism Representative candidate Angel Yabut, who is running under Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP CMC (STAND UP CMC), claimed that Tinig ng Plaridel (TNP)…

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2 min

STAND UP CMC Rep to the USC candidate wrongly claims gov’t does not provide free vaccination

Posted on 4 June 20215 February 2022
byGuinevere Latoza

CLAIM: Leandro Rafael Purisima, who is running as CMC Representative to the USC under the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights CMC (STAND UP CMC), claimed that free vaccinations are still not in sight amid trillions of debt incurred by the government for pandemic response.

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3 min

Standard hues: How UP Diliman voted standard bearers in last 20 elections

Posted on 1 June 20219 September 2021
byRenz Palalimpa

Around half of the University Student Council (USC) elections in the past 20 years crowned chairpersons and vice chairpersons from the same party. But it hasn’t happened again in the…

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7 min

As COVID-19 hits UP students and faculty, learning now ‘survival of the fittest’

Posted on 4 May 202116 September 2021
byBuboy Figueroa and Patricia Dacanay

In response to students’ clamor for academic ease, the UP administration released a memorandum informing the faculty to be lenient with deadlines on a case-to-case basis.
But students say that the memorandum is still subject to the teacher’s prerogative. This fails to ease their burden as they and their families contend with COVID-19.

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2 min

UP Diliman to open COVID-19 vaccination hub for Quezon City residents

Posted on 27 April 20213 February 2022
byJezreel Ines

A COVID-19 vaccination hub will open its doors in UP Diliman tomorrow, April 28, after the university partnered with the Quezon City government to expand its mass vaccination program.

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5 min

[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.