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UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo has NO RIGHT to speak for all UP students

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UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo has NO RIGHT to speak for all UP students

Students of the Philippines’ premiere state university, the University of the Philippines (UP), are always being styled in the mold of the iskolar ng bayan (the nation’s scholars) narrative propagated by its “activist” community. The subtext of this term suggests that UP grads are expected to be paragons of charity and altruism — folks who…

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Education

Joint Ateneo, DLSU, UST, FEU statement LIES about not tolerating communist INSURRECTION

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Joint Ateneo, DLSU, UST, FEU statement LIES about not tolerating communist INSURRECTION

According to ABS-CBN News “correspondent” Chiara Zambrano, Philippine universities are “fighting back”. In a “joint statement”, the administrations of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), the University of Santo Tomas (UST), and Far Eastern University (FEU) asserted that their respective institutions “neither promote nor condone recruitment activities of the New…

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Crime, Education

UP officials could be criminally liable for obstructing police investigations or harbouring terrorists

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UP officials could be criminally liable for obstructing police investigations or harbouring terrorists

Aren’t all Filipinos subject to laws regarding obstruction of police investigations? This means any “accord” that gives special treatment to officials of the University of the Philippines (UP) by giving them power to deny police access to their jurisdiction is unlawful by nature. Philippine law is quite clear about what constitutes obstruction of justice. Presidential…

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Crime, Education

Only criminals and terrorists benefited from the UP-DND military ban agreement

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Only criminals and terrorists benefited from the UP-DND military ban agreement

What makes students of the University of the Philippines so special that they get to study in an exclusive sanctuary against state security forces that no other student bodies in the Philippines enjoy? The fact is, all Filipino students and all jurisdictions that are subject to Philippine law already protected by the Bill of Rights…

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Crime, Education

Agreement banning Philippine military from UP campus finally TERMINATED!

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Agreement banning Philippine military from UP campus finally TERMINATED!

Finally the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will be able to do its job rooting out the scourge of communist terrorism at one of its key sources of recruitment — the University of the Philippines (UP). This development was shared in a tweet issued by the campus newspaper of the UP, the Philippine Collegian…

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Crime, Education

Death of PAL flight attendant Christine Dacera sparks torrent of spurious outrage on social media

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Death of PAL flight attendant Christine Dacera sparks torrent of spurious outrage on social media

As expected, the story of the alleged rape and death of Philippine Airlines flight attendant (FA) Christine Dacera (reportedly on New Year’s Eve) is making waves on social media. Fuelling the rage are the seeming circumstances surrounding Dacera’s death. According to news sources, she was the only female participant in a party held in a…

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Crime

New Year’s resolution for Yellowtards and Reds: Stop HATING Duterte supporters

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New Year’s resolution for Yellowtards and Reds: Stop HATING Duterte supporters

The year 2021 is an important year. This is because the campaign for the 2022 national elections will transpire over the greater part of this year. As such, an important resolution needs to be made by the Philippine Opposition if they truly aspire to legally seize power in 2022. They must stop hating their enemies…

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Media, Politics, Society

Making sense of Jonel Nuezca’s senseless killing of Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio

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Making sense of Jonel Nuezca’s senseless killing of Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio

It is easy to watch a viral video of the most recent police “killing” then jump into a “conclusion” that the Philippine police are “evil” and then go off to launch a whole media circus around it and propagate the latest outrage fad. The incident that left Sonya Gregorio and her son Frank Anthony Gregorio…

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Crime, Politics