Tinig ng Plaridel

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UAAP bars student-athletes from playing in pro leagues

Posted on 1 March 20211 March 2023
byKarl Agbugay

Pursuant to a league resolution approved by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), student-athletes in team sports will now be banned from participating in commercial and professional sporting leagues sanctioned by the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) without forfeiting their college eligibility.

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7 min

Only 35% of UP’s remote learning support for first semester delivered to students

Posted on 27 February 20214 February 2022
byAlmira Coleen Mendoza

With the second semester looming near, UP has yet to deliver its promise of gadget and connectivity support to students from the first semester, citing bottlenecks in paperwork.

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9 min

For photojournalists who captured the 1986 People Power, the viewfinder is a place of struggle

Posted on 27 February 20214 February 2022
byDominique Flores

Thirty-five years since the 1986 People Power movement, Filipinos look at black and white photographs of countless protests, remembering the story of a country that victoriously overthrew an authoritarian regime…

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7 min

The emergence of #EmergencyCommissions in COVID-19

Posted on 23 February 202123 February 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

Story by Christina Quiambao “Bakit mo siningil?” Despite being delighted to receive a measly P50 payment for an art commission, Dindin heard this question straight from her mother who disapproved…

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4 min

Terminated UP-DND accord does not give military free pass to make arrests inside campus — UP law professor

Posted on 17 February 202117 April 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

The military cannot conduct search and arrest warrants even if they can now freely enter the university, UP Diliman (UPD) law professor Theodore Te reiterated in a security briefing held by the UPD Community Security Committee (UPDCSC) Feb. 15

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UP alum Cainglet shines as top pick in inaugural WNBL draft

Posted on 14 February 20211 March 2021
byJohn Mark Garcia

Former UP Women’s Basketball Team (UPWBT) prodigy turned doctor Fille Claudine Cainglet led the inaugural draft class of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) as the first overall pick for the Glutagence Glow Boosters.

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‘Pwede palang mawala ‘yung loved ones mo nang ganoon lang’

Posted on 13 February 20215 February 2022
byIvy Ferrer and Guinevere Latoza

The Datiles family lost three loved ones in a span of two months at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this photo essay, those they have left behind tell their story and what it means to carry on.

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5 min

‘Kanlungan ng aktibismo’: UP commemorates 50 years since Diliman Commune in virtual exhibit

Posted on 12 February 202112 February 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

“I felt oblivious to the dramatic events that were happening around me. I concentrated on my fallen comrade who was lying on the pavement in a pool of his own blood,” Rolando “Dodoy” Soncuya said in his 2015 essay “The Death of My Unexpected Hero.”

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6 min

Art beyond the halls: Outside the galleries and into the streets

Posted on 11 February 20215 February 2022
byJandale Jimenez

Art for art’s sake is a myth. For a protest artist like Nicca Escario, making art is more than the aesthetics of the craft. She believes that every artwork should…

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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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Who’s watching? ‘Hijacked’ Netflix accounts reveal weak PH cybersecurity laws

Posted on 3 February 202127 February 2022
byRegina Marie Adolfo, Rhenzel Raymond Caling and Renz Palalimpa

Users have found different ways to subscribe to Netflix for less than the market price. Some of them were found to be illegal, with customers resorting to the hidden market to get the same quality streaming for a lower cost.

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Kung magbubukas lang ang langit

Posted on 29 January 20214 February 2022
byJulius Patrick Coloma

Sarado ang mga pinto. Nagsiuwian na ang mga dalaw. May hanggahan ang pagbigkas ng mga kani-kaniyang elehiya. Paubos na rin ang mitsa ng kandilang nakatirik sa tabi ng kupas na…