The LPU Independent Sentinel

QUALITY JOURNALISM MATTERS. ✍️

In times of tweaked facts and outright lies spreading on social media as a platform to change the historical narrative, today is the day to differentiate fact from fiction.

As we mark World News Day, let us show appreciation to journalists continuously fighting for the truth, striving to tell their stories with objectivity, balance and fairness to the communities they serve.

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UPDATE :

The Lyceum of the Philippines University management has already released an official advisory regarding the rebates on tuition fee increase. According to the said advisory, 70% rebate will apply to laboratory, off-site PE facilities and the like whereas20% rebate will apply to miscellaneous fees excluding LMS and Athletics Fees. Scholars will also continue to enjoy their scholarship privileges until the following semester AY 2020-2021.

On the other hand, it is with great honor that LYCESGO announces the approval of the 0% tuition & miscellanous fees increase for the next school year. In this regard, we would like to thank every single student who fought with us in championing accessible education for every Lycean. We would also like to thank the LPU administration for heeding our call.

Nevertheless, our fight is far from over. LYCESGO still STANDS FIRM to demand mass promotion for ALL enrolled students in the current semester. With this, we would like to request for your continued support so that our voices maybe heard. In order for quality education to take place, equity must first be achieved. Mass Promotion is the only equitable answer to our current problems. Mass Promotion is the only way to ensure that No Lycean will be left behind.

Defending press freedom must be undertaken not only on a national scale, but also by the struggling campus press.

-Salin sa wikang Filipino-

PAHAYAG NG LPU INDEPENDENT SENTINEL HINGGIL
SA PAGPAPATIGIL-OPERASYON NG ABS-CBN

Ang piling alumni ng LPU Independent Sentinel, ang opisyal na pamahayagang pangmag-aaral para sa kolehiyo ng Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila, ay tumatayo kaisa ng ABS-CBN, ng mga mangangawa sa midya, at ng sambayanang Pilipino, sa pagiit ng ating karapatan sa malayang pamamahayag matapos ang pagbigay ng isang cease and desist order ng National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) laban sa pinakamalaking korporasyon ng midya sa bansa.

Noong panahon ng martial law, ang ating pamahayagang pampaaralan ay iniluwal matapos ang masidhing paghiling ng mga Lycean sa isang sariling pahayagan para sa mga mag-aaral na malaya sa restriksyon ng administrasyon. Sa mga pangyayaring ito, natuto kaming pahalagahan ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag na lubos na kailangan sa demokrasya, pag-unlad, at pagbabago. Ang malaya at demokratikong lipunan ay nangangailangan ng isang boses na pupuna upang tiyakin na ang kapangyarihan ay hindi aabuso, at siguraduhin na ang pamahalaan ay sumusunod sa atas nitong paglingkuran ang mga mamamayan.

Noong 1972, ang namayapang Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ay naglabas ng Liham Tagubilin Blg. 1 na nagpatigil sa operasyon ng network sa pinakaunang pagkakataon. Apatnapu’t walong taon pagkatapos nito, muling pinahina ang mga karapatan sa pamamahayag, pagsasalita, ekspresyon at impormasyon dahil sa mga ginawang aksyon ng pamahalaan kamakailan lamang.

Nananawagan kami sa mga may pananagutan sa pagsupil ng mga karapatang ito na ginagarantisahan ng Saligang Batas ng 1987, tulad ng Opisina ng Solisitor Heneral at ng Mababang Kapulungan, upang bilisan ang pagkilos sa pamamagitan ng pagsalungat sa mga pinasalang dala ng kanilang mga naunang ginawa, o ang kawalang-aksyon, lalung-lalo na ngayong may pandemyang coronavirus, kung kailan ang impormasyon ay ang pinakamahalaga sa publiko.

Kami rin ay nananawagan sa komunidad ng LPU at sa buong sambayanan upang ipagtanggol ang ating pinapahalagang demokrasya at mithiin. Nararapat na panindigan natin ang mga karapatan at mga kalayaan na ipinaglaban ng buong tapang ng ating mga ninuno. Ang diktaturya ay ginawang armas ang batas at pinatahimik ang pamamahayag noong nakaraan. Utang natin sa hererasyong nagpatumba nito na matuto tayo sa kasaysayan, at siguraduhin na hindi na kailanman ito mauulit.

Alinsunod sa Veritas et Patria, kami ay patuloy na magkakawal.

-English Version-

STATEMENT OF THE LPU INDEPENDENT SENTINEL ON THE ABS-CBN SHUTDOWN

The concerned alumni of the LPU Independent Sentinel—the official student publication for college level of Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila—stand in solidarity with ABS-CBN, media workers, and the Filipino people in asserting our right to a free press after a cease and desist order was issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against the country’s largest media conglomerate.

During the martial law era, our school organ was born after the Lyceans clamored for an independent student press free from the constraints of the administration. Learning from this, we have valued press freedom as essential to democracy, progress and change. A free and democratic society needs a critical voice to keep the powers in check and ensure that the government is fulfilling its mandate to serve the people.

In 1972, the late President Ferdinand Marcos issued Letter of Instruction No. 1 that put the network off-air for the very first time. Forty-eight years later, the recent actions by the government have yet again undermined our rights to free press, speech, expression, and information.

We call on the parties responsible for stifling these rights guaranteed by the 1987 Constitution, such as the Office of the Solicitor General and the House of Representatives, to act swiftly by reversing the damages done by their actions, or lack thereof, especially during this coronavirus pandemic when information is of the utmost importance to the public.

We call on the LPU community and whole nation to defend our democratic values and ideals. We must uphold the rights and freedoms which our forebears have valiantly fought for. A dictatorship had weaponized the law and silenced the press in the past. We owe it to the generation that toppled it to learn from this history, and to ensure that never again would it be repeated.

In Veritas et Patria, we soldier on.

JUST IN: students hold a protest in light with the proposed tuition fee increase.

Photo courtesy: Helen Ricafort

"Publication fees are still being collected from Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) students, but where will it go to?"

#AyokoNangMagmahalLPU: Publication fees continue, but where’s The Sentinel? Publication fees are still being collected from Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) students, but where will it go to?

APPLICATION PERIOD IS EXTENDED!

Go to the Student Affairs Office to get/pass your application forms.

- Student Affairs is now accepting applicants for The LPU Independent Sentinel Qualifying Exam, AY 2019-2020.

Filing of Application for Editorial Exam is on August 20-31, 2019. You may get an application form at SAO and submit a copy of your EAF. For inquiries, look for Ms. Mila Roldan or call 527-8251 to 56 local 137

LPU Independent Sentinel is currently accepting applicants (writers, photographers, graphic artists, and illustrators) for Academic Year 2019-2020. Don't miss this chance to be a part of the official student publication of Lyceum of the Philippines University Manila!

Application forms are available at the Student Affairs Office.

Application for AY 2019-2020 has started. Be part of the official publication of LPU Manila!

- Student Affairs is now accepting applicants for The LPU Independent Sentinel Qualifying Exam, AY 2019-2020.

Filing of Application for Editorial Exam is on August 20-31, 2019. You may get an application form at SAO and submit a copy of your EAF. For inquiries, look for Ms. Mila Roldan or call 527-8251 to 56 local 137

June 24, 2019 is a special non-working day in the City of Manila to mark its 448th foundation day. Campus access will be restricted. Entrance test, enrollment and all transactions will also be suspended.

in representing the studentry in LPU! With pride and honor, we present to you the LYCESGO Officers who will serve this coming Academic Year 2019-2020:

President - Cinco, Mac Ericson A. (CITHM)
Vice President - Jose, Melody S. (CBA)
Secretary - Buising, Jay Marlon T. (COT)
Treasurer - Uy, Nate Jerahmeel A. (CAS)
Auditor - Cruz, Madeleine G. (CIR)

LOOK: The Proclamation has now begun

Live tweets are available

The 2019 LPU Student Elections Proclamation is about to begin. Live tweets are available .

The LPU Independent Sentinel in partnership with the Lyceum Debate Society present to you “DISCOURSE 2019: The Official Coverage of the LPU Student Elections”.

This will include video interviews of the candidates and an infographic designed in place of the traditional College Face-Off.

This is done in order to reach more Lyceans and to help them to choose their future student leaders.

Lyceans may ask candidates from their respective colleges about their platforms and other matters deemed important to them. (Please do note that the questions will be evaluated by SAO & LPU COMELEC).

Attached herewith are the consent letters signed by the Secretary Generals of the three recognized political parties in the university.

Send your questions through this link: https://tinyurl.com/lpuelections2019

We will only be accepting questions until 11:59 PM Tomorrow, May 7, 2019

LPU Independent Sentinel is currently accepting applicants (writers, photographers, graphic artists and illustrators). Don't miss this chance to be a part of the official student publication of Lyceum of the Philippines Manila!

Get your application form from the Student Affairs Office.

The LPU Independent Sentinel's official statement regarding the issue of its inactivity.

Student Affairs is now accepting applicants for the LPU Independent Sentinel Qualifying Exam, AY 2018-2019.

ICYMI: The Council of Presidents General Assembly was held yesterday at the JPL Hall of Freedom.

The Lyceum Central Student Government (LYCESGO) has achieved 16 out of the 22 projects in their strategic plan. One of their projects, the "University-wide LED TVs," has been adopted by LPU.

"I vetoed and I rejected the project installation of smart TV. (...) But we are talking to a vendor who will be supplying three unit[s] of television so that's no longer taken care of by LYCESGO but it's now a project of the institution," said Dean Jayson Barlan of the Student Affairs Office (SAO) during the student election's CIR Face Off.

Read more at: https://goo.gl/RUVbGg

LYCESGO accomplishes 72.72% of programs in strategic plan | LPU Independent Sentinel LYCESGO Secretary Chester Jan Singian has provided a report stating that out of the 22 target activities, the LYCESGO has fulfilled 16 of those projects.

The academic year is about to end. How much did your college's student council accomplish in their tenure? Find out in these infographics.

: Elected LYCESGO Representatives on Thursday, April 19, voted for their positions in the university's central student government. Here are the new set of officers for the academic year 2018-2019.

Missing out on the results of the ? Here's the tally of votes for each college. (SOURCE: LPU - Comelec)

DISCLAIMER:The total tally of votes for the candidates of CITHM has been given to the Sentinel along with the overall voter turnout for this year's elections just today.