Tinig ng Plaridel

7 min

On Silence and Power: Two Plays, One Reckoning by Dulaang UP

Posted on 27 January 202631 January 2026
byFrancine Aquino

Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of depression and suicide. In the theater’s dimness, a persisting spirit lingers underneath the stage lights. His voice begs to be heard beneath the…

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2 min

UP gets historic P6.78-B budget hike for 2026

Posted on 7 January 20269 January 2026
byAndre Esguerra

The University of the Philippines (UP) System has secured its largest budget hike on record at P6.78 billion for 2026 after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the General Appropriations Act…

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10 min

TNPicks: Our Appreciation List for 2025

Posted on 31 December 202531 December 2025
byTinig ng Plaridel

Campus journalists have killed the farce of media objectivity. Where state plunder washes billions away, they wade straight into the muck. They have refused to detach themselves from the collective…

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7 min

Most of Sara Duterte’s 2025 foreign trips linked to father’s ICC case

Posted on 28 December 2025
byKevin Christian Pilapil

At least 12 of the 17 publicly known foreign visits Vice President Sara Duterte made in 2025 were spent accompanying her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and later on calling…

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5 min

Tawad: A word for the season

Posted on 24 December 202524 December 2025
byAndrea Naig

Every December, Filipinos become fluent in one particular word: tawad. A simple and familiar term, but one that branches into meanings that stretch across markets, streets, homes and hearts. Each…

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4 min

Pasko ba, Sinta ko?

Posted on 24 December 202527 December 2025
byDenoelle Cerezo

Isang araw na lang bago sumapit ang araw na pinakahihintay ng mga bata. Ang panahon ng kasiyahan, pagbibigayan at pagmamahalan. Ngunit sa halip na tuwa, pangungulila ang aking tanging nararamdaman. …

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4 min

Daylight comes for Maroon 5

Posted on 18 December 202518 December 2025
byRaine Kho

A bittersweet goodbye. An end of an era. The University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons closed an epic UAAP Finals trilogy, bowing out in a heartbreaking 72-80 loss against…

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3 min

One more night for Maroon 5

Posted on 15 December 202515 December 2025
byJeremy Ballesteros

Down 0-1 in the UAAP Season 88 Men’s Basketball Finals, the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons entered their most crucial game yet with one goal in mind: extending…

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4 min

CHR seeks budget for unfunded human rights laws as bicam meets

Posted on 13 December 202514 December 2025
byAndre Esguerra

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) made a last-ditch appeal to lawmakers to finance long-unfunded human rights laws as the bicameral conference committee convenes Saturday to settle differences between the…

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2 min

UP drops Game 1 vs DLSU in Alarcon’s career night

Posted on 11 December 2025
byJc Ricarte

No man is an island. The University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons exhausted everything they could from Harold Alarcon but fell short as they dropped Game 1 of UAAP…

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8 min

UP Naming Pamahal Nang Pamahal

Posted on 8 December 2025
byPetrice Guevarra

Mula sa patnugot: Ang tauhang nagsasalaysay sa unang panauhang pananaw ay kathang-isip lamang. Tawanan, kwentuhan at sunod-sunod na mga yabag. Palubog na ang araw pero buhay na buhay pa rin…

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3 min

One last ride, Maroon 5: UP ousts UST, marches to fifth straight finals

Posted on 5 December 20255 December 2025
byAlyssa Natividad

Started at the bottom, now they’re back up. The University of the Philippines (UP) Men’s Basketball Team (MBT) did not let an early-season slide dictate the trajectory of its campaign,…