President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the ₱6.793 trillion national budget into law last January 5, approving what Malacañang described as the country’s “most prudent budget” only after the fiscal year had already begun, a delayed enactment for a spending plan that governs the nation’s public funds. The signing itself was notably restrained. According to media reports, journalists and invited guests were barred from bringing cameras and mobile phones into the ceremony, limit

Four campus journalists from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) bagged three major awards at the 11th UST National Campus Journalism Awards (UNCJA), held on January 14. They were among the seven campus journalists who emerged victorious at this year’s edition after besting nearly 200 entries submitted by 46 student publications from across the Philippines. Ariane Claire Galpao, Opinion Editor of The Communicator, PUP College of Communication’s student publica

Naalala ko pa noon sa kahabaan ng Tayuman—magkahawak ang kamay, naglalakad kahit umuulan. Iba talaga tayo noon, ’no? ‘Yun ‘yung mga alaalang masaya, mga oras na hindi ko ipagpapalit sa iba. Ngayon, sa kahabaan ng Pureza, hindi ko maiwasang maalala ang lahat ng kahapon na bigla na lang iniwan—mga tawanan na wala namang katuturan, sa bawat paghawak ng kamay na hindi natin maiwasan. Minsan naiisip ko, saan ba nagbago? Nag-iba na kasi ang lahat. Nagulat na lang ako isang umaga,