Mass revolt
The spirit of the mass movement burns alive in the youth today. What filled the streets after the late dictator’s sudden burial was an image reminiscent of their historic role during Martial Lawꟷa...
View ArticleCodified surrender
In defending our rights, there is no room for compromise. We must not yield, much so when a legal document turns over our rights unto the administration’s hands. Proponents of the UP Diliman Students’...
View ArticleInvisible hand
Grand architects of crises often appear invisible to the public. While it is clear that then President Ferdinand Marcos is liable for his atrocities during the 1970s, we have yet to expose and charge...
View ArticleDaluyong ng pakikilahok
Walang ibibigay kung hindi maniningil. Tagumpay ng malawakang pagkilos ng mga kabataan ang paglalagak ng karagdagang P8.3 bilyong pondo sa Commision on Higher Education (CHEd) para sa akademikong taong...
View ArticleSidhi ng pagpupunyagi
Mainit na sinalubong ng sambayanan ang pagiging bukas ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa usapang kapayapaan bilang tugon sa ugat ng 48-taong armadong tunggalian sa bansa. Masigasig pang naglatag ng...
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Reign of terror
More bullets will hit the poor and the marginalized. The 7,000-death toll of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs is already proof to the state’s monopoly on violence, but the worse is yet to come...
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Hungkag na kapayapaan
Tuluyan nang nahawi ang tabing na nagkukubli sa kamay na bakal ng administrasyong Rodrigo Duterte. Binalot ng ligalig ang bansa nang magharap ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at teroristang...
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A year of resistance
The people’s resistance thrives when the prospects of change are bleak. As President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his narrative of change in the State of the Nation Address, the Philippine Collegian...
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Sumulong, lumaban
Bagong simula ang bawat pagtatapos at nagpapatuloy ang hamon sa mga Iskolar ng Bayan na humakbang pasulon — bagtasin ang landas ng pagbabago kasama ng taumbayan sa labas ng pamantasan. Nananatiling...
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Dissenting voices
When silence only serves to sustain violence, dissent becomes an obligation. The opening of a new academic term marks another year of renewed vigilance to promises of reforms and change, both by the...
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