‘Bataan nuke plant revival entails geological hazards’
◢ Jose Martin V. Singh Scientists from Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM) warn of the dangers of reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in response to a deal forged...
View ArticleStudent Election Code to be revised
◢ Jose Martin V. Singh The University Student Council (USC) has coordinated with the Office of Student Activities (OSA) to review the UP Diliman Student Election Code (SEC) as previously instructed by...
View ArticleLumad students, teachers camp outside DepEd
◢ Beatrice P. Puente Around 200 Lumad students, volunteer teachers and volunteer groups have been camping in front of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Central Office in Pasig City since...
View ArticleUSC to launch org spaces campaign next sem
◢ Rat San Juan As a response to issues on lack of tambayans, high venue rentals, and stringent org recognition processes, the UP Diliman University Student Council (UPD USC) is set to launch its...
View ArticleIRR draft of free tuition law, full of loopholes – Kabataan
◢ Rat San Juan The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (R.A. 10931) remains pending three months after the act was signed into law by...
View Article55 injured, 1 arrested after violent dispersal in ASEAN protests
◢ Beatrice P. Puente At least 55 protesters were injured while one was arrested, after progressive groups opposing US President Donald Trump’s visit clashed with the police in the series of protests...
View ArticleAcad Union continues to demand for privileges, incentives
◢ Jose Martin V. Singh After concluding the Academic Union Month, members of the All-UP Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU) continue to demand for certain rights, privileges, and incentives, which are...
View ArticleDemolition in Pasig displaces 1000 families
◢ Beatrice Puente Around 1,000 families were left homeless after the Pasig City government ordered a series of demolition in Manggahan Floodway from October 18 to 20. Some affected residents have been...
View ArticlePeasant killings under Duterte now at 91
◢ Juan Gregorio Lina Peasant killings continue to rise under President Rodrigo Duterte’s watch. Latest data from human rights group Karapatan places the number killed at 91 as of September this year....
View ArticleMga magsasaka ng Bukidnon, nagtungo sa Maynila para magprotesta
◢ Beatrice P. Puente Higit 100 magsasaka mula Bukidnon ang naglakbay ng mahigit 1,400 kilometro patungong Maynila upang ipanawagang maibalik ang 517 hektaryang lupang kinamkam ng isang pamantasan....
View ArticleStudents left out of Free Tuition IRR consultation
◢ Rat San Juan Majority of stakeholders of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (R.A. 10931) were not invited to the public consultation on the formulation of the law’s...
View ArticleKaren-She decision delayed anew
◢ Mark Verndick Cabading The decision on the kidnapping and illegal detention cases of UP students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan has been delayed again after the camp of the defendants presented...
View ArticleOn Strike!
October 16 marks the third transport strike of the transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (PISTON) this 2017. PISTON launched a two-day nationwide strike to...
View ArticleFederalism feared to worsen education crisis
◢ Juan Gregorio Lina and Laurice Sy A student group warns that shifting to Federalism will only aggravate the existing problems in the country’s education system. Federalization will only reinforce...
View ArticleStudent leaders condemn looming mandatory ROTC revival
◢ Jose Martin V. Singh Student leaders denounce the possible reimplementation of the mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program as presupposed by a Senate bill signed early this year....
View ArticleLyceum-Manila admin plans to take over student pub
◢ Camille Lita The administration of the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Manila has been planning to take over its student publication, citing proposals that will “benefit the publication...
View ArticleLumad schools: Gov’t responsible for Grade 6 student slay
◢ Rat San Juan It only took two shots to end a Lumad student’s dream to become a teacher. Nineteen-year-old Obillo Bay-ao fought to reach the Davao Regional Hospital but succumbed to gunshots fired by...
View ArticleUP students lose phones, laptops to field trip blaze
◢ Juan Gregorio Lina Students of a Physical Education 2 (PE 2) class this semester are in need of laptops and cellphones after a fire burned down the dormitory of the resort they were staying in...
View ArticleStudent group seeks House probe vs organizers
◢ Rat San Juan A student organization in UP Los Baños (UPLB) is set to appeal for a Congressional investigation regarding the mass gathering in their campus that later turned out to be a scam. The...
View ArticleKNL resident falls victim to Tokhang
◢ Rat San Juan The drug war continues to plague UP communities. A Krus na Ligas (KNL) resident was killed by undercover policemen in a staged buy-bust operation in Barangay Pansol, less than a...
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