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Discaya-linked unfinished road & drainage project, clogged canals worsen flooding in Caloocan

Knee-deep floodwaters submerged residents of Barangays 16 and 18 in the southern part of Caloocan City during heavy rains last month, with residents blaming an unfinished road and drainage project in...

Negros 19 autopsy initial findings show signs of mishandling — forensic pathologist

Initial findings from the autopsy of five Negros 19 massacre victims found a misidentified body, missing and mislabelled clothes, Forensic Pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun said in a press conference...

Press freedom, human rights groups decry court ruling upholding Cumpio, Domequil convictions

Human rights and journalist groups condemned a Tacloban local court’s ruling to affirm community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and church worker Marielle Domequil’s conviction on terrorism financing...

EJK victims’ kin confident Duterte’s ICC case will proceed to trial

There is no reason for former President Rodrigo Duterte not to stand trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), families of victims of his bloody anti-drug campaign said Friday...

Kampuhang magbubukid, idinaos para sa tunay na reporma sa lupa

Sa gitna ng init, usok at alikabok, isang lonang bubong at mga balatenggang pader lamang ang nagsisilbing silong ng mga magsasakang nagkakampo sa harap ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa Quezon...

Political dynasties dominate race for House seats – Kontra Daya

An election watchdog flagged Wednesday more than half of the 156 party-list groups accredited by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), claiming they are “hijacking” the midterm polls, with 40...

UP vendors decry infrastructure offences amid impending displacement

As a massive infrastructure program pushes through, UP vendors criticized the lack of concrete plans of the UP administration to alleviate their possible loss of livelihood. Barricades were placed...

UP Diliman commemorates 50 years of student activism vs dictatorship

UP Diliman community commemorates 50 years since the First Quarter Storm (FQS) through various activities under its Arts and Culture Festival with the theme “Makita Kang Sakdal Laya”. The series of...

UPD Chancellorship candidates guarantee sectoral demands, inclusivity in campus

Nominees for chancellorship in UP Diliman presented their stances on issues concerning the students and sectoral groups at the student-led public forum Balitaktakan 2020, Friday. Before the...

Manuel named as 34th UP Student Regent

Raoul Danniel Manuel is the 34th Student Regent (SR) of the University of the Philippines (UP) system...

‘Change is coming?’: Farmers hope for land reform in peaceful SONA march

This year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) might have been an unfamiliar fire with  the absence of burning effigies and anti-administration rallies but the struggle for genuine change still blazes...

STAND UP, ISA face off on student welfare issues

Political parties confronted questions concerning students’ issues in this year’s Liyab, an issue-based debate for the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication Student Council (UP...