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LOOK: The UP Manila University Electoral Board (UEB) has released the official election calendar for the 2026 University...
30/05/2026

LOOK: The UP Manila University Electoral Board (UEB) has released the official election calendar for the 2026 University Student Council General Elections.

The calendar officially begins today, May 30, marking the start of the filing period which will run until June 11. The campaign period is scheduled from June 16 to 27, while voting will take place from June 29 to July 2.

Photo from the UP Manila University Electoral Board

Batay sa naitalang Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ng Pilipinas sa unang bahagi ng taong 2026, umabot sa 0.2% ang paghina n...
30/05/2026

Batay sa naitalang Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ng Pilipinas sa unang bahagi ng taong 2026, umabot sa 0.2% ang paghina ng sektor ng agrikultura—kasama na ang panggugubat at pangingisda—dahil sa epekto umano ng isyu ng korapsyon sa flood control projects na siyang umantala sa pambansang badyet, ng sigalot sa Kanlurang Asya, gayundin ng pababago-bagong lagay ng panahon.

Hindi na bago ang naturang kahinaan sa nasabing sektor gayong, noong taong 2025, naitala ang 7.9% share nito sa GDP ng bansa—pinakamababang numerong naitala sa kasaysayan ng tinaguriang agrikultural na bansa. Direktang epekto nito ang lubhang pagtaas ng mga presyo ng mga yamang pang-agrikultura kagaya na lamang ng pataba, na siyang pinanganganiban ding maapektuhan ang produksyon ng palay sa bansa.

Kung kaya, lalo’t higit sa katauhan ng Lolo, ang kapwa niyang mga magsasaka ang sumasalo sa kapalpakan ng kasalukuyang administrasyon sa pangangasiwa’t pangangalaga sa agrikultura ng bansa, na ngayon ay mas pinalala pa ng krisis sa langis.

Basahin ang buong istorya sa comment section.

LOOK: UP Manila student councils and publications, including Office of Student Regent (OSR), KASAMA sa UP, and UP Solida...
29/05/2026

LOOK: UP Manila student councils and publications, including Office of Student Regent (OSR), KASAMA sa UP, and UP Solidaridad, participate in a town hall meeting with the university administration at Bobby Dela Paz Hall today, May 29, to discuss students’ grievances and funding concerns.

Mapaloob o labas man ng bansa, laon nang talunan ang mga Pilipinong manggagawa. Walang bayanihan o anumang uri ng saluha...
28/05/2026

Mapaloob o labas man ng bansa, laon nang talunan ang mga Pilipinong manggagawa. Walang bayanihan o anumang uri ng saluhan mula sa pamahalaang busog ang umaalalay sa namamayat at naghihikaos nang sektor ng paggawa.

Higit sa papatak-patak sa ayuda, taas-sahod ang nararapat sa kababayang manggagawa. Higit sa agarang pagresponde matapos pang hintayin ang kamatayan, karampatang benepisyo ang dapat na mayroon ang bawat empleyado, permanente man o pansamantala ang pinagkakakitaan. At higit sa mga huwad na kasunduang pilit na nilulusutan, ang kalayaan na makibaka’t mag-unyon ang mga pinagkakaisahang manggagawa ang una’t palaging batayang karapatan na hindi inaapak-apakan.

Basahin ang buong istorya sa comment section.

There are only a few weeks left until I go home to our humble abode near the coastal sands of the quaint province of Cam...
28/05/2026

There are only a few weeks left until I go home to our humble abode near the coastal sands of the quaint province of Camiguin Island in Mindanao. As I peruse the websites of Cebu Pacific, Air Asia, and Philippine Airlines, the airline ticket that was once priced at about P2,000 when booked months before has turned into P6,000 pesos—a price increase that makes me hesitate to go home.

Read full story in the comment section.

JUST IN: Senator Jinggoy Estrada and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan have been charged with plunder and graft over t...
28/05/2026

JUST IN: Senator Jinggoy Estrada and former DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan have been charged with plunder and graft over their alleged involvement in the flood control scam after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges before the Sandiganbayan today, May 28.

Bonoan was included in the complaint over his role as the DPWH secretary during the multi-billion peso flood control scandal, where Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano found an “intricate mechanism” involving alleged illegal budget insertions and project allocations in 2025.

“Case records point to an accumulated sum of illicit payouts amounting to an aggregate sum of over P573 million, which were systematically delivered to the principal respondent, Senator Jinggoy Estrada,” Clavano said.

During a House inquiry, a former DPWH official also alleged that Estrada maneuvered the allocation of P355 million through budget insertions in exchange for a 30% cut — an allegation he has denied.

Along with 11 pending counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan, the senator was previously acquitted in earlier plunder cases involving the jueteng and pork barrel scandals, including the alleged misuse of over P200 million in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) funds.

Para sa karaniwang Pilipinong naghihikahos, ang mabuhay sa Pilipinas ay katumbas ng paunti-unting pagkalugmok na siyang ...
27/05/2026

Para sa karaniwang Pilipinong naghihikahos, ang mabuhay sa Pilipinas ay katumbas ng paunti-unting pagkalugmok na siyang tutungo sa tiyak na pagkamatay. Sapagkat ipit, ang masa ang unang-unang mababaon sa hukay sa pambihirang pagkakataong ang trahedya ay sumapit.

Kasunod ng ilang buwang panggigiit ng mga umaaligid na pumuposturang tagapagpaunlad, kawalan ang naging kapalaran ng humigit-kumulang 3000 pamilya sa Parola Compound, Binondo, Maynila matapos ang pagsaboy ng apoy na tumupok sa kanilang kabuhayan at pangarap—tagpong nagpapatunay sa lagim ng impyernong gawa ng tao.

Mga larawan nina Cassandra Dela Torre at Zachary Cirineo

Mga salita ni Marlo J. Gordoncillo

NEWS UPDATE: Tree-cutting activities headed by the San Miguel Corp. (SMC) for the construction of the Southern Access Li...
27/05/2026

NEWS UPDATE: Tree-cutting activities headed by the San Miguel Corp. (SMC) for the construction of the Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX) has ceased in operation, following the protest held by residents and environmental groups along Quirino Avenue on Monday, May 26.

The said infrastructure will reportedly construct a 40.62-kilometer expressway, designed to connect the Skyway to Roxas Boulevard.

The public opposition highlighted possible ecological violence from the removal of the 600 trees by the corporation, such as increase in urban heat levels and weaker flooding interventions, which they claim may worsen flooding in the said area.

Residents along the avenue also grieved economic loss since the operation's onset, noting how local business incomes plummeted as more areas became unshaded.

JUST IN: The University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) declares UP Tacloban as the 9th constituent university...
27/05/2026

JUST IN: The University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) declares UP Tacloban as the 9th constituent university (CU) of the UP system, following the 1409th meeting of BOR today, May 27, at the AIT Seminar Room in UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Previously, the BOR named then-UP Visayas Tacloban College as an autonomous unit during its 1380th meeting last April 27, 2023.

This follows a similar path to UP Cebu, which was also under UP Visayas before being granted constituent status in 2016.

With UP Tacloban's promotion, the UP system now officially comprises nine CUs, leaving no autonomous units remaining.

UP Tacloban currently houses 1,400 students while offering 10 undergraduate degree programs and two Master’s programs.

Environmental groups, youth advocates, and urban poor residents assembled along Quirino Ave. today, May 26, to protest t...
26/05/2026

Environmental groups, youth advocates, and urban poor residents assembled along Quirino Ave. today, May 26, to protest the planned clearing of more than 600 trees for the 40.62-kilometer Southern Access Link Expressway (SALEX) project of San Miguel Corp. (SMC).

Led by Kalikasan – People’s Network for the Environment (PNE), demonstrators emphasized that the massive tree-cutting would worsen intensifying urban heat levels as the country braces for a potential “super El Niño,” a phenomenon projected to trigger severe drought and record-breaking temperatures.

The groups called on SMC, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, and the Marcos administration to immediately halt the ecological destruction caused by the expressway project.

Broader ecological concerns were also highlighted during the protest, as the groups called for the protection of the nearby Pasig River, which faces separate threats from the proposed 19.37-kilometer Pasig River Expressway (PAREX), also spearheaded by SMC.

Read The Manila Collegian’s related report on how San Miguel Corporation's projects devastate natural resources in the comment section.

Photos by Zachary Enrique Cirineo

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