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2 weeks ago | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Dave Joss Quigao
Content warning: This article contains mentions of abuse, violence and death. The government needs P27.12 billion to reinstate the Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (MROTC), a program made optional in 2001 after University of Santo Tomas student Mark Welson Chua died at the hands of his co-cadet officers.
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3 weeks ago | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Kevin Christian Pilapil |byKevin Christian Pilapil
Various student publications across the country have faced various college press freedom violations (CPFVs) during the first quarter of 2025, with at least one incident occurring each month. Let us look back at the violations faced by campus publications this year alone: January 2025: Today’s Carolinian (University of San Carlos)On Jan.
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2 months ago | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Kevin Christian Pilapil |byKevin Christian Pilapil
The College of Mass Communication (CMC) has officially changed its name to University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) College of Media and Communication. The resolution was approved during this year’s first regular meeting of the Board of Regents (BOR), the highest decision-making body of the UP system, following the Presidential Advisory Council’s (PAC) endorsement last Jan. 22. The council includes key officials and chancellors from UP constituent units.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Kevin Christian Pilapil |byKevin Christian Pilapil
More than 300 individuals from multi-sectoral groups in University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) protested at DiliMall as its first store, Robinsons Easymart, opened yesterday, Nov. 18. The 7,500-square-meter space where the old Shopping Center (SC) once stood will soon be occupied with private establishments, including Mary Grace Café, Angel’s Pizza and Pancake House, according to DiliMall’s floor plan.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Kevin Christian Pilapil |byKevin Christian Pilapil |Marilyn Cahatol
Graduate students make up one-third of the student population at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), but they accounted for mere 17% of the votes in the student council elections held last May. With just 1,325 out of 8,669 graduate students casting ballots, the poor turnout raises concerns over why such a large voting bloc in Diliman remains disengaged from campus politics.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Kevin Christian Pilapil |byKevin Christian Pilapil
The divided stance on abstentions among candidates in the University Student Council (USC) special elections has sparked debates within students over whether to keep or remove the option from voters’ ballots. During the #CSiyasat2024 elections forum held on Oct. 22 at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS), candidates were asked about their stances on the removal of the abstain option in the elections.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Christian Chua
College of Mass Communication (CMC) Dean Fernando Paragas assured the college’s student organizations that they will be allotted a shed at the Batibot after its expected renovation in August. In an interview with Tinig ng Plaridel (TNP), Paragas said the college administration had long been planning to utilize Batibot spaces for CMC formations. “‘Yung mga Batibot naka-design naman talaga iyang tambayan [ng orgs] from the get-go pero hindi nagamit dahil inabutan na ng pandemic.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Christian Chua
Top posts in the University Student Council (USC), including all 12 councilor seats, will remain vacant as the Diliman electorate opted to vote abstain in this year’s elections. Independent USC chairperson candidate Erwin Ace Medina’s election bid faltered after the 4,668-strong abstentions outnumbered his 3,010 votes. Meanwhile, USC vice chairperson bet Charles Shi obtained 3,019 votes against 4,659 abstentions.
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May 12, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Albert Josef Lirio
A court in Quezon City has convicted two bus drivers responsible for the road crash that killed former College of Mass Communication (CMC) professor Lourdes Simbulan, more popularly known as Chit Estella, a few weeks before her 13th death anniversary. In a decision dated April 22, Judge Ralph Lee of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 83 said drivers Daniel Espinosa and Victor Ancheta were guilty of reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property and homicide.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
tinigngplaridel.net | Albert Josef Lirio
Waning staffer participation has become increasingly common among student-led newsrooms across the University of the Philippines (UP) System, setting up another barrier to covering issues efficiently. Based on reports to the 2024 UP Systemwide Alliance of Student Publications and Writer’s Organizations (UP Solidaridad) Congress held at UP Visayas, Miagao campus on Feb. 5, various campus publications discussed their struggles with getting their current members to cover events and write stories.