UP IBALON

UP IBALON UP Ibalon is a socio-cultural organization of UP Diliman students from provinces in the Bicol Region An UP IBALON
Naghihingoha,
Nagtatalubo,
Asin Nagpapadagos.

Founded in 1974, UP Ibalon is the ONLY REGIONAL ORGANIZATION of Bicolano Students in UP Diliman. It has persistently propagated the much-revered Bicolano culture, honing the cultural and social consciousness of its members. Scholastic excellence and leadership in all fields remain to be its main thrust. This year, UP Ibalon marks its 47th anniversary with renewed commitment in its adherence to the promotion of active and socially relevant Bicolano culture, and to give back to its native land.

๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐˜๐€๐‹ ๐๐€ ๐๐€๐‡๐€๐˜๐€๐† ๐๐† ๐”๐ ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐Ž๐ ๐’๐€ ๐๐€๐†๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐–๐€๐๐† ๐๐† ๐๐”๐–๐€๐ ๐๐† ๐Š๐€๐๐€๐๐€๐ˆ๐‡๐€๐๐™„๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ž๐™๐™–๐™ฃ!Sa huling ara...
31/03/2026

๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐˜๐€๐‹ ๐๐€ ๐๐€๐‡๐€๐˜๐€๐† ๐๐† ๐”๐ ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐Ž๐ ๐’๐€ ๐๐€๐†๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐ˆ๐–๐€๐๐† ๐๐† ๐๐”๐–๐€๐ ๐๐† ๐Š๐€๐๐€๐๐€๐ˆ๐‡๐€๐

๐™„๐™ฅ๐™–๐™œ๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™–๐™ž๐™๐™–๐™ฃ!

Sa huling araw ng Marso, muling nakiisa ang UP Ibalon sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Kababaihan โ€” isang pagkakataon upang kilalanin, ipagtanggol, at ipagpatuloy ang laban para sa lakas, ambag, at karapatan ng kababaihan.

Sa kabila ng patuloy na laban, sunod-sunod pa rin ang paglabag sa karapatan ng kababaihan, at patuloy pa na umiiral ang kultura ng pambabastos at misogyny sa lipunan. Kamakailan lamang, ang mga pahayag ni Cong. B**g Suntay hinggil kay Anne Curtis ay nagsilbing malinaw na manipestasyon ng patuloy na pag-oobjectify at pagmamaliit sa kababaihan. Hindi ito dapat palampasin bilang simpleng biro dahil ito ay ebidensya ng malalim at sistemikong problema sa pagtingin at pagtrato sa kababaihan.

Sa mas malawak na konteksto, malinaw na ang mga isyung kinahaharap ng kababaihan ay hindi hiwalay, kundi nakaugat sa mas malalaking sistemang panlipunan na ang burukrata-kapitalismo, imperyalismo, at pyudalismo. Sa gitna ng kasalukuyang krisis at lumalalang kalagayan ng ekonomiya, ang mga ito ay patuloy na nagluluwal ng ibaโ€™t ibang anyo ng pagsasamantala at pang-aapi na higit na tumatama sa kababaihan, mula sa mas mababang sahod at kawalan ng seguridad sa trabaho, hanggang sa limitadong akses sa serbisyong panlipunan, at laganap na karahasan at diskriminasyon.

Sa Bikol, patuloy na namamayagpag ang lakas ng kababaihan. Kinikilala natin ang iilang Bikolana katulad nina Leila De Lima, Nora Aunor, Leni Robredo, at Catriona Gray bilang simbolo ng tagumpay. Ngunit higit sa kanila, naroon ang libu-libong Bikolanang kababaihan โ€” ang mga magsasaka, mangingisda, g**o, health workers, estudyante, at mga ina na araw-araw na lumalaban para sa kanilang pamilya at komunidad. Sila ang tunay na haligi ng lipunan, at ang kanilang kolektibong lakas ang patuloy na nagbibigay-buhay sa diwa ng paglaban at pag-asa sa rehiyon.

Ang pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Kababaihan ay hindi lamang selebrasyon, kundi isang malinaw na panawagan sa kolektibong pagkilos upang ipagpatuloy ang laban para sa karapatan at kapangyarihan ng mga babae.

Hindi natatapos sa pagdiriwang sa buwan ng Marso ang laban ng kababaihan. Habang patuloy ang pagaapi, pambabastos, at pagaabuso, patuloy din ang ating paglaban. Ating igiit ang karapatan, dignidad at kapangyarihan ng bawat babae.

Abante, Babae! Sulong, Kababaihan!





[๐๐„๐– ๐„๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐€๐๐๐Ž๐”๐๐‚๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“]UP Ibalon has officially transitioned to a new email address for this term, which will also be u...
31/03/2026

[๐๐„๐– ๐„๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐‹ ๐€๐๐๐Ž๐”๐๐‚๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“]

UP Ibalon has officially transitioned to a new email address for this term, which will also be used in the succeeding terms moving forward.

This was previously shared during our 1st semester email blast, but weโ€™ve noticed that some messages are still being sent to our old email. Kindly be guided accordingly.

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ: [email protected]
๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ (๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐): [email protected]

Thank you for your cooperation!

๐€๐๐Ž ๐ƒ๐€๐€?Baad muya mo man makaukod nin Bikol? O baad muya mo sanang ibahagi an saimong kultura asin taramon? Huni na ang ...
30/03/2026

๐€๐๐Ž ๐ƒ๐€๐€?

Baad muya mo man makaukod nin Bikol? O baad muya mo sanang ibahagi an saimong kultura asin taramon? Huni na ang ANO DAA?โ€” isang exciting at masayang paraan upang pag-aralan at ipagdiwang ang Kabikulan.

Kada semana, may bagong tataramon, may bagong istorya! ๐Ÿ’ฌ๐ŸŒธ
An bunot bunot natin ngayong linggo ayโ€ฆ
๐†๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐“. Nitong mga nakaraang araw, maraming Pilipino ang nakakaramdam ng matinding inis at pagkabahala dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihinโ€”lalo na sa gitna ng digmaan ng Estados Unidos sa Middle East. Ramdam ito sa bawat pamamalengke, pamasahe, at pang-araw-araw na gastos.

Ngayong panahon, mahalagang kilalanin at pangalanan natin ang ating nararamdaman. Sa ibaโ€™t ibang wika tulad ng Bikol, may sari-sariling salita para sa galitโ€”at sa bawat salitang iyon, mas nagiging malinaw kung ano talaga ang bigat ng ating pinagdadaanan. โœŠ๐Ÿ’ฌ

Padagos sana an pagpapa-uswag ta kan kulturang Bikolano! ๐ŸŒธโœจ

Pagbati sa kahusayan ng ating Ibalon Resident Member na matagumpay na nakapasa sa Electronics Engineers Licensure Examin...
30/03/2026

Pagbati sa kahusayan ng ating Ibalon Resident Member na matagumpay na nakapasa sa Electronics Engineers Licensure Examination (EELE)

๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐š
๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ (๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜Œ) ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ

Ipagpatuloy ang pagsemento ng ating integridad, kahusayan, at serbisyo sa ibaโ€™t ibang larangan. ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐จ๐ง!

Balikan natin ang mainit na pagbabalik ng UP Ibalon sa Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) noong Pebrero 24...
26/03/2026

Balikan natin ang mainit na pagbabalik ng UP Ibalon sa Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) noong Pebrero 24, 2026! โ˜๏ธ๐Ÿค“

Bitbit ang mga napulot na aral mula sa โ€œTugrok Bulok,โ€ nawaโ€™y patuloy tayong maging kritikal sa mga bitak-bitak at hungkag na proyektoโ€™t pangako ng pamahalaan. ๐Ÿš๏ธ

Gamitin natin ang ating natutunan upang ipaglaban ang tapat at sapat na serbisyo para sa masa. โœŠ

โ€œ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ฅMaraming salamat sa lahat ng nakisabay sa kasiyahan at energy ng ating 25B Pabiristuhan ...
25/03/2026

โ€œ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’ฅ

Maraming salamat sa lahat ng nakisabay sa kasiyahan at energy ng ating 25B Pabiristuhan sa Third Space, Kamia RH! ๐Ÿงธโœจ

Sa simpleng kuwentuhan at pagpapakilala na nagpabalik sa atin sa pagiging bulilit, tunay na naging espesyal ang hapon na ito!!

Sa masunod giraray! ๐ŸŒป

[KADUNONG LECTURES]Asog Allegories: Trans Feminine Intimacy in the Fractured Locus of Colonial DifferenceJaya Jacobo, Ph...
23/03/2026

[KADUNONG LECTURES]
Asog Allegories:
Trans Feminine Intimacy
in the Fractured Locus of Colonial Difference
Jaya Jacobo, PhD
In this talk, I revisit scenes in selected accounts from the colonial archive where the Asogโ€™s "animacy" could only begin to degrade from the gendered aspects of her "animality". It is through this prose of degradation that I would also argue that such allegorical propositions on the Asogโ€™s abjection open up the possibility for the trans feminine figure to aggravate further the aperture within the coloniality of gender, and this time through intimacy, whose definition is expanded here from a methodology of fulfilling desire to a capacity of building community, where trans folk could begin to delink themself from the abstractions of allegory, affirming a resistant inhabitation of what Marรญa Lugones would describe as the โ€œfractured locusโ€ of โ€œcolonial difference.โ€ While the Asog is extirpated from colonial society by way of her purported deviance, imperial narration could only describe the q***r dimensions of her participation in colonial modernity. To imagine the planetary reach of such ironic modes of resistance and reexistence, especially in the global south, I will compare the Asog with cognate figures in decolonial trans folklore, such as the Sarimbavy of Madagascar and the Tr****ti of Brazil, specifically Xica Manicongo, marking out paradigmatic moments in the prose where the Asog and her sisters are suspended in between figurations of dissidence and complicity, at the same time seeming to propose within the fracture a pedagogy of transgender difference.
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About the speaker
Jaya Jacobo is a trans feminist poet, dramaturg, scholar, and theorist teaching trans and q***r studies at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She holds an AB-MA in Filipino Literature from the Ateneo de Manila University and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Stony Brook through the J. William Fulbright Foundation and was Postdoctoral Fellow of the Global Grace: Gender and Cultures of Equality Programme funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation, which allowed her to immerse in decolonial performance in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She has co-created alongside tr****ti and tr*******al women artists, scholars, and community workers in diverse sites throughout Brazil, including the Amazon, as well as with trans, q***r, and nonbinary Filipina/x/o performers from the Philippines and the Philippine diaspora abroad. Arasahas, her debut volume of poetry in Filipino (Savage Mind, 2023 & 2024; Pulso, 2025) was a Finalist for Best Book of Poetry in Filipino at the 2024 National Book Awards, and the translation in English by Christian Jil Benitez Arasahas: Poems from the Tropics (PAWA & Paloma, 2024) was a Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Award in Transgender Poetry. In the Autumn of 2025, she was Curator of Theory & Discourse at Sincerely Yours, The Philippines: Festival for Dance, Performance and Karaoke at Kรผnstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, in Frankfurt, Germany.
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March 27, 2026
2:30 โ€“ 4:00
CSSP Health & Wellness Center

[KADUNONG LECTURES]

Asog Allegories:
Trans Feminine Intimacy
in the Fractured Locus of Colonial Difference

Jaya Jacobo, PhD

In this talk, I revisit scenes in selected accounts from the colonial archive where the Asogโ€™s "animacy" could only begin to degrade from the gendered aspects of her "animality". It is through this prose of degradation that I would also argue that such allegorical propositions on the Asogโ€™s abjection open up the possibility for the trans feminine figure to aggravate further the aperture within the coloniality of gender, and this time through intimacy, whose definition is expanded here from a methodology of fulfilling desire to a capacity of building community, where trans folk could begin to delink themself from the abstractions of allegory, affirming a resistant inhabitation of what Marรญa Lugones would describe as the โ€œfractured locusโ€ of โ€œcolonial difference.โ€ While the Asog is extirpated from colonial society by way of her purported deviance, imperial narration could only describe the q***r dimensions of her participation in colonial modernity. To imagine the planetary reach of such ironic modes of resistance and reexistence, especially in the global south, I will compare the Asog with cognate figures in decolonial trans folklore, such as the Sarimbavy of Madagascar and the Tr****ti of Brazil, specifically Xica Manicongo, marking out paradigmatic moments in the prose where the Asog and her sisters are suspended in between figurations of dissidence and complicity, at the same time seeming to propose within the fracture a pedagogy of transgender difference.

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About the speaker

Jaya Jacobo is a trans feminist poet, dramaturg, scholar, and theorist teaching trans and q***r studies at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She holds an AB-MA in Filipino Literature from the Ateneo de Manila University and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Stony Brook through the J. William Fulbright Foundation and was Postdoctoral Fellow of the Global Grace: Gender and Cultures of Equality Programme funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation, which allowed her to immerse in decolonial performance in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She has co-created alongside tr****ti and tr*******al women artists, scholars, and community workers in diverse sites throughout Brazil, including the Amazon, as well as with trans, q***r, and nonbinary Filipina/x/o performers from the Philippines and the Philippine diaspora abroad. Arasahas, her debut volume of poetry in Filipino (Savage Mind, 2023 & 2024; Pulso, 2025) was a Finalist for Best Book of Poetry in Filipino at the 2024 National Book Awards, and the translation in English by Christian Jil Benitez Arasahas: Poems from the Tropics (PAWA & Paloma, 2024) was a Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Award in Transgender Poetry. In the Autumn of 2025, she was Curator of Theory & Discourse at Sincerely Yours, The Philippines: Festival for Dance, Performance and Karaoke at Kรผnstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, in Frankfurt, Germany.

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March 27, 2026
2:30 โ€“ 4:00
CSSP Health & Wellness Center

โ€œReady, Get Set, Goinโ€™...BICOLilit!!โ€๐“ข๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ang nagbabalik para muling magpa-init ๐Ÿ”ฅ at maghanap ng mga hawt ๐Ÿฅต Bico...
27/02/2026

โ€œReady, Get Set, Goinโ€™...BICOLilit!!โ€

๐“ข๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐”‚ ang nagbabalik para muling magpa-init ๐Ÿ”ฅ at maghanap ng mga hawt ๐Ÿฅต Bicolanos sa UP Diliman?!?

TAMA!!

Muling nagbabalik ang application process ng UP Ibalon ngayong ikalawang semestre!

Bukas ang aplikasyon para sa lahat ng mag-aaral ng UP Diliman na nagmula sa Rehiyong Bicol o may isa o parehong magulang na Bicolano.

Inaanyayahan namin kayo sa 25B Pabiristuhan: The Grand Orientation na gaganapin sa:

๐Ÿ“… Marso 2, 2026 (Lunes)
๐Ÿ•“ 4:00โ€“6:00 ng hapon
๐Ÿ“ Orange Zone, The Third Space, Kamia Residence Hall

RSVP NOW!!
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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐˜๐€๐‹ ๐๐€ ๐๐€๐‡๐€๐˜๐€๐† ๐๐† ๐”๐ ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐Ž๐ ๐”๐Š๐Ž๐‹ ๐’๐€ ๐ˆ๐Š๐€-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐๐€ ๐€๐๐ˆ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐€๐‘๐˜๐Ž ๐๐† ๐„๐ƒ๐’๐€ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐„ ๐๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป! ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป ...
25/02/2026

๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐’๐˜๐€๐‹ ๐๐€ ๐๐€๐‡๐€๐˜๐€๐† ๐๐† ๐”๐ ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐Ž๐ ๐”๐Š๐Ž๐‹ ๐’๐€ ๐ˆ๐Š๐€-๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐๐€ ๐€๐๐ˆ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐€๐‘๐˜๐Ž ๐๐† ๐„๐ƒ๐’๐€ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐„ ๐๐Ž๐–๐„๐‘

๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป! ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ๐—”! ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€-๐——๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ!

Apat na dekada na ang nakalipas mula nang matagumpay na mapabagsak ng nagkakaisang lakas ng sambayanan ang diktaduryang Marcos Sr. Milyon-milyong Pilipino mula sa ibaโ€™t ibang mga hanay at sektor ng lipunan ang tumungo sa lansangan ng EDSA upang labanan ang pasismo ng estado. Patunay ito na malawak ang kapangyarihan ng kolektibong pagkilos ng mga mamamayan.

Sa paggunita ng ika-40 anibersaryo nito, nakikiisa ang UP Ibalon sa pagsasabuhay ng diwa ng EDSA People Powerโ€”ang diwa ng pakikibaka at pakikipaglaban para sa katotohanan, katarungan, at karapatan ng bawat Pilipino. Ito ay hindi lamang simpleng pag-alala ng nakaraan, kundi patuloy na panawagan na ipagtanggol ang ating demokrasya.

Gayunpaman, sa nakaraang dekada, unti-unting bumalik ang pwersa ng pasismoโ€”mula sa madugong war on drugs ni Rodrigo Duterte hanggang sa pagkaluklok muli sa kapangyarihan ng pamilyang Marcos. Muling nahaharap ang sambayanang Pilipino sa mga pahirap sa bayan na sumusupil sa ating mga karapatan. Sa ilalim ng rehimeng Marcos-Duterte, pilit na binubura at binabaluktot ang kasaysayan gamit ang makinarya ng disimpormasyon at mapanlinlang na mga kampanyang propaganda.

Ngunit, hindi nito maitatago ang katotohanan na ang mga nakaupo ngayon ay mga anak ng dalawang pangulong nag-iwan ng malalim na sugat sa ating bansa. Pekeng โ€œunityโ€ ang kanilang ipinangako at hindi kailanman ito naging para sa interes ng mamamayan, at ang hidwaan ngayon ng hari at ng reyna ng korapsyon ay patunay lamang sa pagiging peke nito.

Sa kasalukuyan, patuloy nating hinaharap ang mga suliraning gumigimbal sa demokrasya. Isa na rito ang maanomalyang flood control projects at ang bigong imbestigasyon nito. Kasabay na rin ang lantarang pangreredtag ng estado sa mga aktibista at lider-komunidad upang pagtakpan ang mga pagkukulang ng rehimen. Sa halip na pakinggan ang kanilang mga hinain, sila ay sinasampahan ng gawa-gawang mga kaso, dinadampot, o kaya ay pinapatay. Kamakailan lamang, naging target ng pangreredtag ang ilang Bikolanong aktibista tulad ni Sir Julius mula sa Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Bicol Union, sa pamamagitan ng pagdikit ng posters sa labas ng mga paaralan, at panghaharass sa mga lider-estudyante.

Sa kabila ng lahat ng ito, hindi pa natatapos ang laban para sa tunay na pagbabago sa bulok na sistema. Kasalukuyan nang isinasagawa ang confirmation hearing ng kaso ni Rodrigo Duterte sa International Criminal Court. Habang bukas naman ang mga panibagong impeachment complaints kay Sara Duterte, kasunod ng pagkalipas ng one-year bar. Bilang commander-in-thief, hindi rin ligtas si Marcos Jr. mula sa pananagutan sa korte ng mamamayan.

Sa ating pag-alala sa makasaysayang anibersaryo na ito, ating isabuhay at sariwain ang rebolusyonaryong tapang ng mga Pilipino na sumibol noon. Patalsikin natin ang mga kurakot at pahirap sa masa, at panagutin ang lahat ng sangkot! Hanggaโ€™t hindi nagwawakas ang kapangyarihan ni Marcos Jr., at ng kanyang mga kasabwatโ€”ang mga tunay na salot sa lipunan, tuloy ang laban ng sambayanang Pilipino!

Never again, never forget!






23/02/2026

SIGWA: ACLE Cultural Night

Sama-sama nating salubungin ang pagtatapos ng unang araw ng Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) sa isang gabi ng mga kultural na pagtatanghal. Inaanyayahan ang lahat sa SIGWA: ACLE Cultural Night!

Sa ating nagkakaisang tinig, patuloy nating ipatambol ang mga panawagan kasabay ng himig ng paglaya mula sa bulok na sistemang umiiral. Tampok ang mga awit, tula, at iba pang anyo ng kulturang magpapalakas sa sigaw ng paniningil laban sa korapsyon at kawalang-pananagutan.

Bilang mga Iskolar ng Bayan, tungkulin nating manindigan at igiit na ang pagkatuto ay hindi nakakulong sa apat na sulok ng silid-aralan, kundi nakaugat sa pakikibaka ng mamamayan.

Patuloy na kumilos! Buhayin ang sigwa ng paglaban!

See you sa February 24, 5-8PM sa Vinzonโ€™s Courtyard!

23/02/2026
๐—ง๐—จ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ž ๐—•๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—žCorruption and Infrastructure Failure in the Bicol RegionBicol is no stranger to typhoons, floods, and disas...
20/02/2026

๐—ง๐—จ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ž ๐—•๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ž

Corruption and Infrastructure Failure in the Bicol Region
Bicol is no stranger to typhoons, floods, and disasters. But when flood-control projects fail and roads remain perpetually under construction, we have to askโ€”are these simply delays, or signs of something deeper?

From stalled roadworks to the controversial DPWH ghost flood control projects linked to figures like Zaldy Co and Chiz Escudero, frustrations across the region continue to grow. Promised development constantly turns into inconvenience, wasted funds, and unanswered questions.

โ€œTugrokโ€ in Bicol means to build; โ€œBulokโ€ means rotten. Together, we will capture the irony of these infrastructure developments that were supposedly meant to uplift communities but instead reveal cracks in governance, transparency, and accountability.

Join us as we unpack corruption, ghost projects, and the systems that allow them to persist. Letโ€™s move beyond passive frustration and start critical conversations about responsible governance in the Bicol region.

๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  (๐’๐”๐) ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
๐Ÿ—“ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
โฐ ๐Ÿ’:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ โ€“ ๐Ÿ”:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

๐‘ท๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’‘๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‘๐’‚๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’Œ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’–๐’‰๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‚ ๐’๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’Œ๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’Š ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’๐’๐’Œ.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ:
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