UP Baguio Outcrop

14/02/2025

WATCH: Innabuyog-Gabriela Youth UP Baguio performed One Billion Rising during a flash mob at the University Cafeteria, February 14.

February 14 is the International One Billion Rising Day of Action, the largest campaign to end violence against women globally.

11/02/2025

NOW HAPPENING: Makabayan Bloc supporters and volunteers from Baguio City hold an introductory program for the Makabayan Bloc senatoriables, as well as the Gabriela, Kabataan, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), and Bayan Muna Partylists, at Malcolm Square.

08/02/2025

ICYMI: Various progressives from Baguio City gathered at Malcolm Square to forward the removal of Vice President Sara Duterte from the Office through a candle lighting, February 5.

In December 2024, three impeachment complaints were filed against the Vice President on the grounds of Duterte's betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution.

The case was passed last February 5, 2025 to the Senate after the House of Representatives reached a 215-vote in favor of the impeachment.

The trial will start once the Senate reconvenes on June 2, 2025.

Photos by Dana Guarino

08/02/2025

Makabayang araw, mamamayan ng Gitnang Luzon!

We are on the last day of the 58th Convention of the General Assembly of Student Councils, 15 resolutions are on the table.

Follow UP Baguio Outcrop’s X (formerly Twitter) for real-time updates.

07/02/2025

OUTCROP’S OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST MEDIA ATTACKS

Today, as we celebrate the National Day of Action Against Media Attacks, UP Baguio Outcrop condemns the continued attacks on the press despite the new administration’s promise of upholding press freedom.

While speaking at the Manila Overseas Press Club, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to support and protect the rights of the Philippine media, which had experienced harassment and vilification during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s term. However, this could not be further from the truth. The Philippines continues to be one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. The country dropped two places, from 132nd to 134th, in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index.

Meanwhile, journalists still experience continued attacks from the state. Just recently, Deo Montesclaros, Pinoy Weekly multimedia reporter and former correspondent of Northern Dispatch, was charged with terrorist financing along with four other Cagayan activists.

Similarly, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a journalist from Eastern Vista, was also charged with terrorist financing and illegal possession of fi****ms after the military raided her home in 2020. She is still under police custody five years later.

Additionally, James Balao, former Editor-in-Chief of Outcrop, was abducted in 2008, while Dexter Capuyan, also a former Editor-in-Chief of Outcrop, and journalist Bazoo de Jesus, were both abducted in 2023. They are still missing as of today.

As Bongbong Marcos faces his third year as president, we continue our demands for him to uphold his promises of protecting the press, to drop the charges against journalists like Motesclaros and Cumpio, and to surface all Desaparecidos, including Balao, Capuyan, and Bazoo.

Despite the continued attacks on journalists, UP Baguio Outcrop promises to continue telling the stories of the students and the masses.

Mapagpalayang kaisipan para sa malayang pahayagan!

07/02/2025

07/02/2025

NOW HAPPENING: Makabayan Coalition Senatoriables France Castro, Teddy Casiño, Danilo Ramos, Alyn Andamo, Mimi Doringo, Amirah Lidasan, and Mody Floranda present themselves to the 58th General Assembly of Student Councils at UP Diliman Extension Program In Pampanga, February 7.

07/02/2025

ON RECORD: Renee Co, Kabataan 1st Nominee and Former Student Regent of the University of the Philippines discussed the national situation of the Philippines amidst the corruption under the administration of Marcos-Duterte. Co also challenged the youth to persistently fight for systemic oppression.

07/02/2025

ON RECORD: During the presentation of resolution, UPB USC Nationalist Corps Councilor, Karlo Ancheta, condemned UP on its unutilized and misallocated funds in which it contradicts its mandate to be a university that prioritizes the betterment of all its constituents.

07/02/2025

LOOK: UP Solidaridad along with the delegates of and student publications across UP System staged a chalk art protest at the UP DEPP quadrangle, February 7.

The program commemorate the first National Day of Action Against Media Attacks in relation to its approval in the 2024 UP Solidaridad Congress.

The commemoration highlights the calls to junk the trumped-up charges former UP Vista Editor-in-Chief Frenchie Mae Cumpio who was unjustly arrested alongside progressive organizers Marielle Domequil, Alexander Philip "Chakoy" Abinguna, Mira Legion, and Marissa Cabaljao last February 7, 2020.

Photos by Ayien Jetia Pesimo and Danaya Victorino

07/02/2025

Luid la ring Iskolar na ning B***n!

The resumes today with the remaining agenda particularly on the discussion of 18 resolutions on the table.

Today, we commemorate the 5th year since the arrest of Tacloban 5 and the Day of Action Against Media Attacks.

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07/02/2025

NOW HAPPENING: Delegates of the 58th convention of the General Assembly of Student Councils and Publications across the UP System holds a chalk-art protest at UP DEPP to commemorate the 5th year of the arrest of the Tacloban 5, including community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, and to celebrate the Day of Action Against Media Attacks on February 7.

In 2024, UP Solidaridad, the largest alliance of student publications and writers' organizations in the UP system, passed a resolution declaring February 7 as the Day of Action Against Media Attacks.

06/02/2025

IN PHOTOS | Student publications across the University of the Philippines (UP) system gathered for the first leg of the 2025 UP Solidaridad Bi-annual Congress, with the theme “Campus Press at the Polls: Ensuring Critical Reportage and Defending Press Freedom”, at the UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga, February 3-5.

kicked off with a mobilization in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Tarlac, together with peasants from Hacienda Luisita, to forward their call for genuine land reform and land distribution among farmers.

Afterward, delegates had a basic mass exposure at Hacienda Luisita.

The second day started with a discussion by Bell Lacerna from College Editors Guild of the Philippines on the role of student publications in covering elections. Lacerna emphasized the importance of critical reportage amidst red-tagging of candidates, possible electoral fraud, and distrust of the election process. His overall talk was in line with the vision of Kabataan Tayo ang Pagasa which promotes genuine people’s politics.

This discussion was followed by a workshop led by Gwen Latoza, a researcher from Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, where it aims to equip student publications with skills and knowledge on how to cover election activities including following candidates’ expenses on their campaigns.

19 student publications across the UP System presented their publication reports where they highlighted the current state of their institutions, and their plans for the academic year.

On its third day, the congress passed 9 resolutions scoping anti-imperialist and anti-fascist campaigns, campus journalism issues, elections, and national and governance concerns including the support to the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte and denouncing budget cuts.

Photos by Ayien Jetia Pesimo, Kirstien Balagot, and Danaya Victorino

06/02/2025

ON RECORD: UPB USC CSS Representative Zen Agulto emphasized the help of the Office of the Student Regent in relation to the presentation of the University Demands to the office of the chancellor.

06/02/2025

LOOK: Here is the attendance of the first day of the 58th Convention of the General Assembly of Student Council.

With 44 of 56 councils present, the session is in quorum.

06/02/2025

Mayap a Abak, Central Luzon!

Today is the first day of the 58th Convention of the General Assembly of Student Councils where student leaders across the University of the Philippines System convene at the UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga to discuss issues faced by the university and beyond.

Follow UP Baguio’s X (Formerly Twitter) for real-time updates.

Photo by Ayien Jetia Pesimo