The struggle for social emancipation remains a fight far from over.
Inside the 20-page issue of The Manila Collegian, the first in this term, are deep-rooted stories of a campus where contradictions and crises permeate, of people bearing the brunt of state’s gross neglect, and
On the last day of the two-day transport strike, drivers, operators, and commuters’ protested against the public utility vehicle (PUV) phaseout resounded through the streets of Morayta and Mendiola, Manila yesterday, Dec. 16.
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#NoToPUVPhaseout
BREAKING: UP College of Nursing (UPCN) maintains its
#OneTakeSince1948
streak for 75 years after 47 out of 47 UPCN students passed the November 2023 Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam (PNLE).
Rackel Eliza Diquit of UPCN clinched the sixth spot with a 90.00% rating. The national
BREAKING NEWS: The vaccination program using the Sinovac vaccine, CoronaVac, whose efficacy rate is only at 50.4%, is being rolled out at the Philippine General Hospital despite objection from PGH health workers who demand for a vaccine that is safe and with higher efficacy.
Emosyonal na nananawagan si Ronel Edan na huwag ipatupad ang jeepney phaseout na naglalayong tanggalin ang mga tradisyonal na dyip.
Si Edan ay 18 taon nang drayber at operator ng dyip.
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#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
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BREAKING: 8 youth activists are now detained in Kawit Municipal Police Station for holding a peaceful protest in Aguinaldo Shrine.
#HINDIpendenceDay
#HuwadNaKalayaan
JUST IN: The University of the Philippines Manila is hailed as the top performing school in the March 2022 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE) with a 91.23% passing rate and with three students successfully landed in the top 10.
NGAYON: Kasalukuyang nagkakasa ng protesta ang iba’t ibang grupo sa tapat ng COMELEC, Intramuros upang kundenahin ang malawakang dayaan ngayong Halalan 2022.
NGAYON: Bitbit ang mga panawagan ng nagkakaisang taumbayan, dumagsa ang laksa-laksang mamamayan mula sa iba't ibang sektor dito sa EDSA Shrine upang ikasa ang pinal na programa para sa ika-38 kumemorasyon ng EDSA People Power.
#EDSA38
#NoToChaCha
UPCAT RESULTS ARE NOW OUT!
The results of the University of the Philippines College Admisstion Test (UPCAT) may now be accessed at .
Pagpupugay sa mga bagong Iskolar ng Bayan!
#UPCAT2024
Nagtipon-tipon ang mga drayber at ilan pang mga indibidwal dito sa Agoncillo St., Pedro Gil sa Maynila para suportahan ang unang araw ng tigil-pasada ng mga pampublikong dyip.
Pansin naman ang pagdami ng mga pulis sa lugar habang patuloy na dumarami ang mga nagkakampo rito.
EARLIER: New graduates of UPM conduct a lightning rally to condemn the attacks on the democratic rights of different sectors. It is estimated that at least 80 students joined the lightning rally held at the PICC.
#Sablay2019
NGAYON: Bitbit ang panawagan ng nagkakaisang hanay ng mga manggagawa, dumagsa ang iba't ibang sektor sa kahabaan ng España upang gunitahin ang dakilang Araw ng mga Manggagawa.
#MayoUno2024
NGAYON: Nagmamartsa na ang hanay ng mga jeepney driver at operator patungong Welcome Rotonda, Quezon City upang ipagpatuloy ang kanilang protesta laban sa napipintong PUV Phaseout deadline sa Abril 30.
#NoPUVPhaseout
BREAKING: A fire has broken out in Wards 1 and 3 of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), prompting a second alarm.
As of writing, students and patients have vacated the PGH premises, with several fire trucks lined up along the streets of Padre Faura and Taft.
This is a
NOW: A multisectoral alliance of progressive groups starts to mobilize to the Israeli Embassy in BGC, Taguig City, amplifying calls in support of the liberation of Palestine.
Before the program began, groups face brute force from the police force, stifling their calls.
With high spirits, thousands of Filipinos filled the streets of EDSA-Ortigas Avenue yesterday, Feb. 25, in commemoration of the 38th People Power Uprising that toppled the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
#EDSA38
#NoToChaCha
🏆 The UP Fighting Maroons is your UAAP Season 84 Basketball Champions 🏆
UP defeated the Ateneo Blue Eagles 72-69
This year’s win is only UP’s second basketball championship. The last time the Fighting Maroons won in 1986, the Filipino people ousted the dictator Marcos.
LOOK: Chancellor Padilla announces that students who will support the UP Men's Basketball Team by attending their game against Adamson tomorrow will be excused from their classes.
This is the first time in 21 years that the team has entered the Final Four.
TINGNAN: Kinabitan ng itim na tela ng UP Manila USC ang bantayog ni Oble sa CAS at PGH bilang paggunita sa ika-51 anibersaryo ng Martial Law.
#ML51
#NeverAgain
#NeverForget
NOW: Following the illegal arrest of six individuals at the Labor Day protest earlier, groups stage a quick response mobilization at Manila Police District Headquarters to call for the protesters' immediate release.
Among those arrested is a College of Arts and Sciences student
Dr. Gene Alzona Nisperos, a faculty member of UP College of Medicine, slammed the recent appointment of ex-chief of Philippine National Police Camilo Cascolan as undersecretary of the Department of Health (DOH).
NEWS UPDATE: Nakalaya na ang staffer ng The Manila Collegian na si LLoyd Manango na na-detain kaninang umaga matapos damputin ng mga pulis.
Si Manango ay dumalo sa isinigawang kilos-protesta malapit sa US embassy, kung saan siya dinakip, upang mag-ulat bilang mamahayag.
NOW: Following LTFRB's move to proceed with the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) despite mounting oppositions, transport groups assemble at Welcome Rotonda to protest against the phaseout of unconsolidated PUVs at the end of the month.
Jeepney drivers and
LOOK: Delegates march to UPLB C. Park to hold a lightning rally to call for accountability to the Duterte and Marcos regimes for their human rights violations against activists and human rights defenders, and their blatant neglect of peoples’ rights and welfare.
#GASC53
#SR39
BREAKING: Kasalukuyang nasusunog ang bahagi ng Philippine General Hospital (PGH) ngayong gabi. Kanina lamang, nagkaroon din ng malawakang sunog sa Paco Market, Manila.
Ito na ang pangalawang sunog na naitala sa pambansang pagamutan ngayong taon.
PANOORIN: Sa kabila ng pagkatalo para sa pagkapangulo ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, nagpasalamat si UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo sa suporta ng komunidad sa kanyang nominasyon.
#UPPrexy
College of Dent Vice Chair for Externals Madlangbayan: So nung nag-walk out ka, nagdiscuss kami tungkol sa pag-nullify. Di mo narinig lahat ng discussions, di mo nga tinanong kung ano yung results ng botohan bigla kang magoobject object jan.
#UPMUSCGA
ALERT | Sinubukang kuhanin ng mga pulis ang identipikasyon ng isang staffer ng The Manila Collegian kaninang umaga habang nagbabalita ukol sa nangyayaring komosyon sa protest center ng mga jeepney driver sa Pedro Gil sa Maynila.
#DefendTheCampusPress
BREAKING: Environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro stated in a press conference of NTF-ELCAC that they were abducted by the military and forced to surrender by signing an affidavit—contrary to NTF-ELCAC's original aim to present that they were not abducted.
WE'RE BACK TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING.
UP Manila's signal has stabilized, and its connection to the USC has finally been recovered.
Prince Turtogo is the new USC Chairperson.
#BotoUPM2019S2
BREAKING | After series of lobbying of UPM USC, UP Manila will allow the use of lived names and preferred pronouns, as well as clothing based on one's gender identity and expression, in this year's commencement rites.
ALERT: A fire broke out in 3rd floor of Philippine General Hospital. Patients and staff are currently being evacuated. Firemen reported the hospital is under 3rd alarm.
Photo Credit:
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PANOORIN: Bago magsimula ang programa sa US Embassy, binomba ng tubig ng mga bumbero ang mga mamamayang nagproprotesta ngayong Araw ng mga Manggagawa.
#MayoUno2024
NEWS UPDATE | UP Manila’s Ramota is the new UP Faculty Regent
UP Manila political science professor Carl Marc Ramota is the new UP Faculty Regent. His term will officially begin in January 2023 and end in December 2024.
ALERT | Lani Flores, former National President of All UP Academic Employees Union, was arrested inside the UP Diliman Campus earlier today. According to the source, the arrest was done without coordination with the UP Police.
Flores will be taken to Camp Caringal today.
WATCH: Attendees of today’s Pride March head towards the Quezon City Circle to protest rights protection, inclusivity, and equality of queers in the country.
#SOGIEEqualityNow
#PrideMonth
BREAKING: The six illegally arrested protesters during the Mayo Uno protest at the U.S. Embassy are now set out on bail at 6:20 PM, six days after they were detained at the Manila Police District.
WATCH: UP students push back against PNP after the latter insisted to impound jeepneys.
Student leaders requested to wait for the arrival of their legal team, but the police blatantly refused.
#StopTheAttacks
LOOK: The UPM-PGH Community Pantry was launched today, April 19. The pantry is open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and is located at the Main Entrance of PGH along Taft Avenue.
Photo credits: Barbara Herondale
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#CommunityPantry
#TiwalaSaMasa
BREAKING: Here's the 40th University Student Council
The University Electoral Board decides to uphold the 50%+1 rule for this year's elections. Meanwhile, the board will hold special elections for vacant seats at the start of the next academic year.
#UPMEleksyon2018
PANOORIN: Pagmartsa ng hanay mula PGH papuntang Comelec Main Office sa Intramuros upang ikondena ang naging resulta ng halalan gayundin ang tutulan ang pagbabalik ng Marcos-Duterte sa pamahalaan
#NoToMarcosDuterte2022
#Halalan2022
NOW HAPPENING: Youth groups from state SUCs, LUCs, and private schools gather today at PGH Oblation Plaza to conduct a symbolic action, decrying the impending 538.2M budget cut on CHED's Free Tertiary Education Program and the railroading of the mandatory ROTC.
#NoToBudgetCuts
MATEO: Abstain is not a sign of political apathy, but revitalized political action. The winning of abstain is a sign that we need better candidates with stronger platforms and enriched campaigns which relate to the students further.
BREAKING: The University of the Philippines Manila garnered a passing rate of 100% in the November 2023 Pharmacist Licensure Examination (PhLE), producing 35 newly licensed pharmacists. Joseph Benedict Carpio landed the fourth spot with a rating of 92.28%.
Congratulations,
LOOK | After three years, the UP Manila College of Arts and Science (UPM CAS) students line up at Rizal Hall for the on-site enrollment for the second semester of A.Y. 2022-2023.
BREAKING: Sofia Jan ‘Iya’ Trinidad of UP Baguio is the 40th Student Regent, the highest and the sole student representative in the Board of Regents (BOR) of the UP system.
#GASC55
#SR40
ICYMI | 10 UP Manila Nursing graduates enter the May 2023 NLE topnotchers' list; UPCN still
#OneTakeSince1948
In the recent 2023 Nursing Licensure Examination held last May 28-29, 10 graduates from UP Manila College of Nursing (UPCN) made it to the topnotchers' list.
#NLE2023
Tangan ang kanilang paninindigan upang ipaglaban ang kanilang kabuhayan, tumungong Recto ang makapal na hanay ng mga drayber at mamamayang komyuter upang ipagpatuloy ang kanilang programa.
Makikitang kinakalampag ang isang malaking truck ng kapulisan na nakaharang sa gitna ng
Labing-isang taon mula nang kitilin ng sistema ng edukasyon ang buhay ng isang 16-taong gulang na estudyante ng UP Manila, patuloy pa rin ang paglaban ng mga iskolar ng bayan para sa de-kalidad at libreng edukasyon.
#JusticeForKristelTejada
#NoStudentLeftBehind
LOOK: Out of 1,366 graduates from the University of the Philippines Manila this year, 731 finished with latin honors. At last year’s commencement exercises, 480 out of 987 graduates were latin honor awardees.
Congratulations, Class of 2023! 🌻
#Sablay2023
Kasalukuyang nagmamartsa patungong Mendiola ang laksa-laksang hanay ng mga drayber, operator, at mga mamamayang komyuter upang malawakang ipanawagan ang pagbasura sa Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) na siyang papatay at magpapahirap sa kanilang kabuhayan.
NGAYON: Nagtitipon-tipon ang mga mag-aaral ng UP Manila sa tapat ng PGH Oblation Plaza upang kundenahin ang pagtanggal ng adminstrasyon ng “No Fail Policy” sa darating na akademikong taon.
#DoBetterUP
BREAKING:
UP College of Pharmacy garnered a passing rate of 100% (77 out of 77) in the March 2018 Pharmacist Licensure Exam last March 7 and 8. Eleven students from the University secured the top ten list (Top 1 to Top 10).
#PadayonUPCP
#ServeThePeople
Good afternoon, UP Manila! The Dialogue of the League of College Student Councils (LCSC) with the Chancellor will commence shortly at 2:00 PM via Zoom.
The College of Pharmacy won Best Lantern in the Lantern Parade held last Friday, December 14.
Meanwhile, the College of Medicine and the College of Public Health finished 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up, respectively.
NEWS UPDATE | Eight UP Manila College of Allied Medical Professions graduates clinch OTLE 2022 topnotchers’ list; UPM named top performing school (1/4)
NOW: Transport group
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, joined by progressive groups, mobilize at Liwasang Bonifacio a day before the administration's deadline of the franchise consolidation.
Transport workers protest that the nation's modernization program would only prioritize corporations'
STATEMENT | On Badoy’s blatant red-tagging stint on Dr. Castro’s arrest |
#FreeDrNatyNow
@MKule
, being the university publication of the National Health Sciences Center, stands together with Dr. Naty Castro and other healthcare workers neglected by the state.
TINGNAN: Limang araw bago ang ika-50 anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag ng National Democratic Front (NDF), nagkasa ng iglap-protesta ang Kabataang Makabayan (KM) sa Cubao, Quezon City.
NOW: Various progressive groups show solidarity to condemn the genocide in Gaza and Rafah and call for the liberation of Palestinians near the Israel Embassy, BGC.
The ongoing genocide has claimed the lives of over 36,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023 alone. The groups also
HAPPENING NOW: After the police forces intercepted student delegates of the 55th GASC on their way to the Freedom Park, student leaders stage an on-the-stop protest at UP Mindanao, asserting their right to organize.
#Kadayawan
#StopTheAttacks
WATCH: Hailing from different protest centers across Metro Manila, jeepney drivers and operators convene at Welcome Rotonda to register their calls against public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program.
Drivers will march to Mendiola to hold their final program for the
NOW: The Alpha Phi Omega - Iota Eta Chapter stages this year's Oblation Run with the theme "End Hazing: A Run for Safer Schools and Organizations" at the Oblation Plaza of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Philippine General Hospital Human Resource Development Division (PGH-HRDD)’s subsequent neglect to distribute the health emergency allowance (HEA), which approximately amounts to Php 108,000 per guard, has left the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) security guards with
JUST IN | James Sablay is the 37th Editor-in-Chief of The Manila Collegian. He topped the editorial examination with 90.60 accumulated scores, surpassing two examinees by a hair-splitting margin.
ALERT: Kabilang ang isang mamamahayag ng The Manila Collegian sa mga dinampot ng mga pulis sa isinagawang kilos-protesta malapit sa US embassy kaninag umaga.
Kasulukuyang dinala sa Station 5, Ermita Police Station ang mga biktima.
#DefendPressFreedom
HAPPENING NOW: UPM students are gathering at the CAS Gate to condemn and question the rigged results of the midterm elections.
#HalalanDayaan2019
#LabanBayan
IN PHOTOS | Delegates of the 54th General Assembly of Student Councils staged a protest yesterday, Feb. 2. Student leaders and various progressive groups call for justice for the slain activists and political prisoners.
View more photos here:
#GASC54
JUST IN: The University of the Philippines Manila emerged as the top-performing school in the October 2023 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE) garnering a 97.62% passing rate, producing 164 newly licensed physicians.
Jon Michael Kimpo clinches the fourth spot, followed by
TIGNAN: Nagsisimula na ang maikling simbolikong programa para sa nasawing lider-estudyante ng UP Manila na si Jo Lapira. Ipinapanawagan ng mga estudyante ang pagtutuloy ng probe hinggil sa tunay na naganap sa Batangas.
#JusticeForBatangas15
NOW: The UP Manila community commemorates the 10th death anniversary of Kristel Tejada at the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). In remembrance of students who fell victim to an anti-poor education system, the students amplify the call for free quality education for all.
WATCH: Jeepney units are starting to occupy the streets of UP Diliman in light of today's protest against jeepney phaseout.
Transport and other progressive groups are set to assemble here at University Avenue.
#NoToPUVPhaseout
#TransportWorkersFightBack
WATCH: As today's strike comes to a close, jeepney drivers, joined by multisectoral groups, filled the streets of Morayta to oppose the PUV phaseout.
Groups call for a just, pro-people, worker-led transition and rehabilitation of traditional jeepneys as an alternative to the
DE ROCA: Given the context, CAS has agreed that it is very unbearable for students to continue their studies. We call for the end of the semester and pass the students in line of compassion for students.
NEWS UPDATE | UPM administration calls for the surfacing of UPM alumna Patricia Cierva and Cedrick Casaño who were reportedly taken by the 501st Infantry Brigade in Cagayan.
This is Krizia Tejada's story and how she was guided by her 'Ate Star' to continue fighting for her dream. She was only a 12-year-old first-year high school student when her Ate Star left.
Read our story here:
PARA KAY BUNSO
Alang-alang sa bunsong anak at pamilya ang dahilan ng paglahok ng isang tsuper sa ginanap na tigil-pasada noong Abril 15.
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
#NoToPUVPhaseout