The Manila Collegian

12/07/2025

GENERAL STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS OPENED WITH 12.85% VOTER TURNOUT

As of July 12, 12:05 a.m., the UP Manila University Electoral Board (UEB) has tallied 785 votes or 12.85% out of 6,110 students in the 46th General Student Council Elections, with School of Health Sciences (SHS)-Tarlac finishing first again with 95 complete votes.

Among the units, the College of Pharmacy (CP) received the second highest percentage at 40.94%, followed by SHS-Palo and SHS-Baler at 40% and 21.24%, respectively.

The voter turnout in the College of Nursing (CN) and College of Dentistry (CD) remained close at 10.51% and 10.41%, respectively. The College of Medicine (CM) received 8.65%, while College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the university’s largest college, registered 7.13% voter turnout.

The College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP) and College of Public Health (CPH) have 4.97% and 3.98% voter turnout, respectively.

SHS-Koronadal posted the lowest voter turnout at 1.47%.

Students may cast their votes through Qualtrics using their UP e-mail credentials until July 16.

12/07/2025

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12/07/2025

LOOK: Here is the initial list of applicants for The Manila Collegian’s next editor-in-chief.

Protests may be filed with the Selection Board until July 15, while the editorial examination will be held on July 19.

11/07/2025

PARANG MARVIN AT JOLINA LANG!?

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11/07/2025

ICYMI: Candidates of the 46th University Student Council faced the student body in the Miting de Avance held yesterday, July 10 at the UP Manila Theatre.

The program featured segments that scrutinize candidates' backgrounds, revealing the latter's stances on local and national issues including those that concern UP Manila and the UP System and sentiments on their public affiliations.

This year’s Miting de Avance marked the first time in six years that the UPM USC chairperson race has two contenders.

Compared to last year, the theatre saw a higher turnout, with supporters filling the venue in red and yellow.

The voting period will run today until July 16.

Photos by Beatrice de Asis

11/07/2025

VOTE AND BE INVOLVED, UP MANILA!

The voting period for the 46th UP Manila University Student Council elections officially begins today, July 11.

Students may cast their votes via Qualtrics by accessing the designated voting link for their respective college.

The voting will run from July 11 to 16.

Access the voting links below using your UP e-mail:

CAS: tinyurl.com/45nzujkr
CAMP: tinyurl.com/4cz88k6s
CD: tinyurl.com/27nrnxy2
CM: tinyurl.com/9262xpv7
CN: tinyurl.com/mtr3twf5
CP: tinyurl.com/m4eermje
CPH: tinyurl.com/37tuhzku
SHS-Palo: tinyurl.com/4rrve2kx
SHS-Tarlac: tinyurl.com/yf9sx3n2
SHS-Baler: tinyurl.com/3n4xjumc
SHS-Koronadal: tinyurl.com/2wyu5prv

10/07/2025

Isang taon na ako sa Maynila, naging tahanan ko na ang dormitoryo, kabisado ko na ang mga kalye at mga istasyon ng tren, marami na akong nakilala at nasaksihan, at higit sa lahat, namulat na ang aking mga mata sa reyalidad ng bayan. Tigang ang lupa sa daang aking tinatahak, pero tinubuan ito ng bunga ng pagkamulat.

Nagkaroon ng mas malalim pa na dahilan ang mga pangarap kong walang kasiguraduhan. Ma, Pa, para sa inyo ang pangarap ko, at ngayon, para na rin ito sa paglingkod sa bayan ng may husay at dangal. Wala mang kasiguraduhan ang bukas, umaasa akong ito'y maliwanag at patas.

Paras nasud, paras kaugmaon - para ninyo.

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10/07/2025

WATCH: The Miting de Avance concludes with the singing of UP Naming Mahal.

10/07/2025

Good afternoon, UP Manila!

For the first time in six years, the University Student Council chairpersonship will be met with rivalry as an independent candidate and a contender from Sulong-UP Manila vie for the post. Other two Sulong-UP Manila bets also eye to secure councilor seats.

Catch the 46th UPM USC candidates as they face the studentry for the Miting de Avance at the UP Manila Little Theater.

Should you have questions for the open forum, submit them here: tinyurl.com/27damnv8

The event is being livestreamed here: tinyurl.com/376bhzt9

Follow on X (formerly Twitter) for live updates.

10/07/2025

2025 UPCD SC polls see revival of college party rivalries

UP College of Dentistry Student Council (UPCD SC) election will witness the revival of party rivalries within the college as political parties Coalition of Responsible & Empowered Students of the UP College of Dentistry (CREST) and newcomer PROXIMA fielded candidates for this year's college polls.

CREST nominee Shantel Maree Kasing and PROXIMA’s bet Isabella Louise Badon are vying for the chairpersonship, while Kasing’s running mate, Joseph Legaspi Jr., is set to rival Badon’s ticket mate, Charisse Calonge, for the position of vice chairperson for internal affairs.

Andrei Denise Palaganas under PROXIMA will run unopposed on her bid as vice chairperson for external affairs, while incumbent public relations officer and CREST nominee Angela Sophia B. Escaba is the lone candidate for the secretary post.

Catherine Iligan and Isabelle Dominique Ortega will both run unchallenged under CREST for auditor and College of Dentistry (CD) representative to the University Student Council, respectively.

PROXIMA’s Marc Dion D. Ramoso is the lone candidate for public relations officer.

UPDC College Electoral Board will accept candidacy protests until July 13, while the official campaign period will run from July 14-23. Miting de Avance and the official voting period will happen on July 18 and July 24-28, respectively.

Report by Jose Vicente Miguel Dave

09/07/2025

To defund the universities is never just about numbers; it is about shrinking what a nation dares to imagine. The state knows this, and that is why its first strikes often land on campuses: through budget cuts, curriculum gutting, red-tagging, and control among others.

Yet, the universities remain undeterred and unyielding. Not because they are pure, but because they are practiced—in the rituals of resistance, in the long litany of truth-telling, and in the sacred duty to speak when others fall silent.

Universities must do more than speak. For the priesthood of the republic to remain credible, it must not only preach from the podium, but also descend into the streets, the margins, the lived struggle, where education goes beyond theory and oratory.

The call, then, is not only to resist—but to reflect, recalibrate, and recommit to standing with the people it claims to serve.

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