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๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐‚๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ; ๐๐š๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒPasay City โ€” Sen. Vicente...
11/05/2026

๐๐„๐–๐’ || ๐‚๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐š๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐•๐ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ; ๐๐š๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Pasay City โ€” Sen. Vicente "Tito" Sotto III was removed as Senate President ahead of the second impeachment trial against Vice-President Sara Duterte, Sen. Alan Cayetano secured the chamberโ€™s top post during the 62nd session of the 20th Congress, Monday, May 11.

Following a motion by Sen. Joel Villanueva to declare all Senate positions vacant, Sen. Imee Marcos nominated Sen. Cayetano for Senate President, while Sen. Francis โ€œKikoโ€ Pangilinan nominated Sen. Sotto.

Cayetano secured 13 votes, replacing Sen. Tito Sotto, who garnered nine votes.

Senators who voted to seat Cayetano as the new Senate President:
Loren Legarda
Camille Villar
Mark Villar
Joel Villanueva
Imee Marcos
Chiz Escudero
Robin Padilla
B**g Go
Rodante Marcoleta
Bato dela Rosa
Pia Cayetano
Vicente "Tito" Sotto

Senators who backed Sotto:
Bam Aquino
Ping Lacson
Risa Hontiveros
Alan Cayetano
Erwin Tulfo
Raffy Tulfo
Lito Lapid
Win Gatchalian
Kiko Pangilinan

Senators who abstained:
JV Estrada
Miguel Zubiri

By tradition, the contenders for the Senateโ€™s top post vote for each other.

Following months of absence, Sen. Ronald โ€œBatoโ€ Dela Rosa appeared at the Senate session to support Cayetano. Dela Rosaโ€™s backing completed the 13 votes needed to elect a new Senate President.

He also alleged that the Senate sergeant-at-arms allowed National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel to prevent him from entering the Senate premises to cast his vote.

Dela Rosa further claimed that former senator Antonio Trillanes IV was with the NBI personnel. A CCTV footage circulating online showed Dela Rosa running inside the Senate premises away from the agents.

โ€œAnong klaseng gobyerno, a sitting president, hinaharang hindi papasukin sa session. Kung akoโ€™y absent akoโ€™y hinahanap niyo, sumusweldo, hindi nagpapakita. Ngayon magpakita ako, hinarang ako, sugat-sugat ako,โ€ he said.

Cayetano later took his oath as Senate President before Sen. Camille Villar, joined by his wife, Lani Cayetano, and his sister, Sen. Pia Cayetano.

Sen. Loren Legarda was elected and took her oath of office as Senate President Pro Tempore.

Sen. Sotto held the Senate presidency for eight months, having assumed the post in September after succeeding Francis Escudero. ยถ

Words by Jenchor Tenedero

๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐€ || ๐•๐ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž, ๐ง๐š-๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š; ๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐š๐š๐ค๐ฒ๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐’๐ž๐ง๐š๐๐จMAYNILA, Pilipinas - Pormal nang inaprubaha...
11/05/2026

๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐€ || ๐•๐ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž, ๐ง๐š-๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐š; ๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐š๐š๐ค๐ฒ๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐’๐ž๐ง๐š๐๐จ

MAYNILA, Pilipinas - Pormal nang inaprubahan ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso ngayong araw, Mayo 11, 2026, ang impeachment laban kay Bise Presidente Sara Duterte matapos makakuha ng 255 na pabor na boto, na higit pa sa kinakailangang 106 na boto upang opisyal na maiakyat ang kaso sa Senado.

Nag-ugat ang nasabing hakbang sa mga Articles of Impeachment na nagdedetalye ng mga alegasyon gaya ng paglabag sa Saligang Batas, pagtataksil sa tiwala ng bayan, at mga isyu kaugnay ng paggamit ng pampublikong pondo.

Matapos ang ilang linggong pagdinig sa House Committee on Justice, nakuha ng mosyon ang kinakailangang suporta ng mahigit 1/3 ng lahat ng miyembro ng Kamara upang direktang iakyat ang kaso sa Senado.

Dahil sa desisyong ito, magsisilbing mga โ€œprosecutorsโ€ ang ilang itatalagang miyembro ng Kamara sa gaganaping paglilitis sa Senado, na siyang tatayo bilang isang Impeachment Court sa pamumuno ng Punong Mahistrado ng Korte Suprema.

Inaasahang magsisimula ang paglilitis sa Senado sa loob ng mga susunod na linggo. Kung makakakuha ng 2/3 na boto, tuluyan nang matatanggal sa pwesto si Duterte at posibleng habambuhay na mapagbawalang humawak ng anumang posisyon sa gobyerno. ยถ

๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‘๐ˆ || ๐Š๐š๐๐š-๐’๐š๐›๐š๐๐จSabado na liwat.Hinunumduman na naman ako niyo.Mangunguli na naman kamo.Tatapuon ko kamo san mapa...
10/05/2026

๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‘๐ˆ || ๐Š๐š๐๐š-๐’๐š๐›๐š๐๐จ

Sabado na liwat.
Hinunumduman na naman ako niyo.

Mangunguli na naman kamo.
Tatapuon ko kamo san mapaso
nga mga hangkop tikang sa akon mga braso
upod an mga bura san sabon nga panlaba.

Sugad san paghinglo,
huhubaon niyo an iyo mga panapton
ngan ipapanablay bisan la diin:
sa lingkuran san mga bunakan
,sa daan nga katre nga ginhimo sa rattan,
sa kubeta nga imod an kalangitan,
ngan sa duyan takin san altar.

Madiretso dayon kamo sa kusina,
mangbubungkal san mga kaldero,
ngan mangungutana,
โ€œโ€ฆnano an igsura?โ€

Kahuman kumaon,
dadagkutan ko an katol
sa ilarom san iyo mga katre
pero an amyon kanan kandila,
basi mahimyang an iyo katurog
samtang ginsasayo-sayo ko an mga tipasi
san rosaryohan pangaro sin misteryo
san mga baraydan buwas nga aga.

Magsisiriway na naman
an aton mga kalibutan buwas.

Paggikan niyo, waray ako iba nga hihimuon
kundi sususugon an iyo mga ginbayaan nga panapton.
Tikang sa lingkuran, sa katre, sa kubeta
ngan sa duyan, kun diin mangangamyon
an Katinko ngan kandila tikang sa takin san altar.
An altar kun diin nakasandig
an akon ladawan nga ginhahangkupan
san mga tapu-tapo ngan san rosaryohan.

โ€œDominggo na liwat buwas.
Hingangalimot na naman kamo sa akon.โ€™โ€™ ยถ

Siday: Mike Laurence Borbon
Ladawan: Sofia Arianne Morales

๐Š๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐Š๐’ || ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐š๐ฐ, ๐Œ๐šni Xukiyo
10/05/2026

๐Š๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐Š๐’ || ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐€๐ซ๐š๐ฐ, ๐Œ๐š
ni Xukiyo

๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‘๐ˆ || ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ Sa kaniyang galaw, mala-palabas na kahanga-hanga,Animo'y kabalyerong nakikipagpatintero sa harap ng t...
10/05/2026

๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‘๐ˆ || ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ 

Sa kaniyang galaw, mala-palabas na kahanga-hanga,
Animo'y kabalyerong nakikipagpatintero sa harap ng tumatalsik na mantika,
Sa maliksing paghiwa ng sibuyas, waring artistang nagpupunas ng sariling luha,
Hindi niya alintana ang init at amoy nitong dala,
Kahit ayaw niya sa sisig, gumagawa pa rin para may maihaing munti,
Dahil alam niyang ang linamnam nitoโ€™y nakapagpapagaan kapag kinain nang tuluyan.

Kapag nagtitirintas, animo'y hinahabi sa higpit ang bawat hibla,
Sabay "Aray ko Nay!" tapos ay hahaplusin nang humupa ang nadarama,
Sinasablay ang bag sa likuran niya't sasamahan hanggang sa eskwela,
Hihintayin hanggang uwian, masigurong ligtas sa kalsada,
Tapos ay bibili ng paboritong empanada't palamig na mangga,
Sabay hihingi ng halik sa pisngi na laging iniiwasang ibigay dahil nahihiya

Gayunpaman, minsan na siyang nahuli ng paslit na may kakaibang ginagawa,
Kapag mag-isa sa bakuran, bigla siyang tumitigil sa paglalaba,
Dahan-dahang umiindak sa munting espasyo,
Marahang umiikot ang paa na tila nasa entablado,
Kamay ay nakataas at kinukumpas, sinusundan ang musikang siya lamang ang may nakakaalam,
Ngunit nang lumingon sa nagtitiktik, agad niyang ibinabalik ang sarili sa labada,
Animo'y pinigilang diwa sa isang tanghalan.

Hanggang sa pagsapit ng isang linggo, sa usling pintuan,
Nasilayan ang pagtangis ng mga mata, may bahid ng panghihinayang,
Subalit pilit na ngumingiti sa likod ng pagod na mukha,
Parang panahong dagliang huminto ang indayog sa gitna ng musika.
Sabay usal, โ€œIkaw pa rin ang pipiliin ko kahit anong mangyari, anak.โ€
Bumalong ang mga luha sa mata ng minsang paslit, kasabay ng munting bulongโ€” โ€œSalamat, Nay.โ€ ยถ

Verbo: Niรฑo Balawang
Dibuho ni EJ Duhaylungsod

๐‚๐€๐‘๐“๐Ž๐Ž๐ || ๐”๐„๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐žby Julliene Espiรฑa
09/05/2026

๐‚๐€๐‘๐“๐Ž๐Ž๐ || ๐”๐„๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐š๐ฆ๐ž
by Julliene Espiรฑa

08/05/2026

๐’๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐”๐„๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ || With themes inspired by the enchanting worlds of Disney, students and faculty came together to celebrate the annual College of Education (CoEd) Days 2026, held from April 28 to 30.

Featuring a diverse array of academic competitions and sports activities, the intellect and athletic prowess of CoEd students were showcased throughout this three-day event. This, despite the hurdles encountered along the way, including the soaring heat index, the magic still found its way to prevail.

In this episode, letโ€™s see if their โ€œhappily ever afterโ€ lived up to the dream as we bring you the insights and perspectives of the students--only here on Siring san UEPians! ยถ

Broadcast Journalists:
Mike Laurence Borbon || The Pillar
Princess Marian Mondido || The Accents

Video Journalists: Clarence Tuballas & James Tenedero

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š || ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ"Don't sleep the mome...
07/05/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š || ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ

"Don't sleep the moment," said Aldrin Haduca, an alumnus broadcaster of The Pillar for its 60th Volume, as he urged student broadcast journalists to be prepared in every coverage during The Pillar's Broadcasting Workshop at the UEP Graduate Studies building on May 7, 2026.

In an effort to harness journalism skills in delivering news, Haduca discussed the fundamentals of broadcasting, ethical considerations, and critical scriptwriting, which are vital for the job they carry.

During his discussion, he underscored that the usage of Artificial Intelligence must be taken into consideration, as journalism is holy and utilizes the truth for storytelling.

"Kaya bigyang kabanalan ang article na ginagawa natinโ€”ganyan nagiging noble ang pagiging mamamahayag, sapagkat ang mga mamahayag ay kumakalinga sa katotohanan at kapag pinagkatiwalaan tayo ng narratives bigyan natin ng justice," he stressed.

Moreover, Haduca cited that the media of broadcasting and video journalism are beautiful as both visual and audio are being observed; however, he underscored that the focus of every video is not the journalist, but the individual whose story is being told.

"Every human story is a story waiting to be told," he exalted.

Organized by The Pillar, this workshop is part of a five-part journalistic series open to student journalists across the university system. Slated sessions will also tackle other journalistic fields, including critical writing, photojournalism, editorial cartooning, and layout and design.

As the discussion concluded, participants shared their reflections and gained knowledge before leaving the venue. ยถ

Words by Niรฑo Balawang
Photos by Althea Chin

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š || ๐”๐„๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌSpecial honoraria are supposed to be released today, May 7, 20...
07/05/2026

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š || ๐”๐„๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

Special honoraria are supposed to be released today, May 7, 2026, based on an advisory issued yesterday, May 6, by the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) in response to an anonymous complaint from one of the universityโ€™s Special Lecturers that circulated through a Facebook post on the same day.

โ€œUpon verification of official records, the university confirms that claims for honoraria for the Second Semester of Academic Year 2025โ€“2026 with complete documentary requirements have been duly processed, released, and paid,โ€ the advisory stated.

The notice informed both the complainant and the public that the administration had already completed the processing of honoraria claims for lecturers who had fully complied with the required documents.

The university also advised Special Lecturers to rely only on official channels and concerned administrative offices for accurate information regarding their concerns and queries. ยถ

Words by Mark Ruel Pagal

๐Š๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐Š || ๐”๐„๐-๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐”๐’๐‚-๐‚๐’๐‚ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ '๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Following days of campaign undertakings, outreach efforts, and forums, all roads ...
07/05/2026

๐Š๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐Š || ๐”๐„๐-๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐”๐’๐‚-๐‚๐’๐‚ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ '๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Following days of campaign undertakings, outreach efforts, and forums, all roads led to the 2026 University Student Council and College Student Council (USC-CSC) Elections on May 6.

As dawn broke over the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) - Main Campus, the studentry--the university's foremost stakeholders--once more stood its ground to elect a new set of USC and CSC leaders, amid the rising heat index and an asynchronous learning setup.

As early as 7 a.m., ballot boxes were distributed across 80 precincts, signaling the start of suffrage to materialize up to the final canvassing of votes.

With the results officially out, UEPians are once again placing their trust in the hands of the newly elected student leaders in representing the voices of every UEPian student.

As they step into their respective posts, may they serve without self-interest and translate every campaign promise into concrete, measurable action. ยถ

07/05/2026

๐๐€๐๐Ž๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐ || Sa pagtatapos ng USC-CSC Elections 2026 kasabay ng proklamasyon ng mga bagong halal na student leaders, nakapanayam ng The Pillar ang newly-elected USC President na si Jamismark Perante, para sa ilang katanungan na maaaring magbigay kalinawan sa mga mag-aaral ng UEP hinggil sa ikatlong taong pagkamit ng landslide victory ng SAMAR Party.

Sa kaniyang pag-upo, nagbahagi rin siya ng mga dapat asahan sa unang 100 araw ng kaniyang pamumuno.

Narito ang buong panayam. ยถ



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