Newsline Tarlac

03/07/2026

From the photo library: Live performances...
https://newslinetarlac.net/a-look-back-live-performances/

02/07/2026

NOW ACCEPTING PARTICIPANTS: CINEMAMAMAYAN 2026...

🎬 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
“𝘈𝘕𝘎 𝘛𝘈𝘖, 𝘈𝘕𝘎 𝘉𝘈𝘠𝘈𝘕: 𝘉𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰. 𝘉𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯.”

The Provincial Human Rights Office–Tarlac officially invites all aspiring and passionate filmmakers to take part in this year’s CINEMAMAMAYAN 2026 Short Film Making Competition. This year’s competition seeks to highlight the lived realities, struggles, and aspirations of the people through film.

Participants are encouraged to carefully read the official mechanics, accomplish the registration form, submit your film synopsis through the link provided, and take note of the deadlines for submission. For the complete mechanics and other important details, visit our official page.

📌 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤:
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📌𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
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Maglahad ng kwento. Maging tinig ng bayan. Maging bahagi ng pagbabago.

02/07/2026

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO… By Reyn Cruz

What it costs to be educated ON QUALITY EDUCATION: The education sector in the country emerges more fragile than ever as the controversial ‘UP Burgis’ issue only showed and emphasized the need and the fight for a more liberating and student-centered education. I did not pass the UPCA in 2021. It...

25/06/2026

From the photo library: Protests and demonstrations from the old Tarlac…

https://newslinetarlac.net/a-look-back-on-tarlac-protests-demonstrations/

16/06/2026

Planning to enroll at the UP – Open University’s online platform without the necessary equipment is a concern being addressed by The Local Government of Tarlac thru the launching of a Learning Hub at UP Manila School of Health Sciences (SHS) Extension Campus in Tarlac City. Last June 4, 2026, Pr...

15/06/2026

A LOOK BACK: June 15, 1991, the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo

In remembering Mt. Pinatubo’s eruption 35 years after, the following is culled from the editorial archives of Newsline published in June 1991.

We shall overcome…

Eleven months after a devastating earthquake, we are again at the mercy of a volcano unleashing fire and fury after 600 years of silence.

Tarlac has barely recovered from the destruction wrought by the July 16 tremor and it seems, after 11 months, the little we have managed to rebuild would be drowned in the dust and with it our last strands of hope.

Must nature be so unkind? What power have we stop it?

Alas, too, that it is only in times of destruction and suffering, many of us realize there is one super being whose power is more than what we mortals have.

Like the July 16 earthquake, Mt. Pinatubo has a message to tell us.

That message rests in the deep recesses of our hearts- continually put to test- as we try to overcome disaster after disaster, both man-made and natural.

There is no telling how the Filipino survives, how the Tarlaqueno survives but as in the past, Venceremos, we shall overcome.

01/04/2026

FREESPIRIT
By Atty. Jo Z. Martinez-Clemente

On the TSU presidential search
A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY & QUICK RESOLVE

“it is ironic that the LEB, under Resolution No. 2019-406, in fact considers the basic law degrees of Ll.B. or J.D. as already equivalent to a doctorate degree in other non-law academic disciplines…” [Pimentel v. Legal Education Board (2019)]

That is the Supreme Court speaking!

The irony stems from the LEB’ s minimum requirement of a Master of Laws Degree for Law Deans and professors but considers the Juris Doctor Degree as equivalent to a doctorate outside legal education.

To be more graphic about it, picture a situation where a JD graduate can become a university president when its law dean needs to be a Master of Laws (LLM) Degree holder.

For more: https://newslinetarlac.net/freespirit-on-the-tsu-presidential-search/

Photo credit: Tarlac State University page

12/03/2026

TAKING ROOTS. Newsline Editor Atty. Jo Clemente meets celebrated historian Prof. Xiao Chua, himself a Tarlaqueno. Prof Chua was in Tarlac City recently to discuss a local history project for the City with Mayor Susan Yap.

07/03/2026

FREESPIRIT by Atty. Jo Z. Martinez-Clemente

Memories Flipping through the pages of Newsline, one wonders how time flew by. Newsline was born in 1987, a year after the EDSA People Power Revolution. It was established during Cory Aquino’s ascension to power and under a revolutionary constitution. Our sense of freedom then ran high, reeling as...