Various representatives from University sectors reiterate that military and police forces are “not welcome” across all UP campuses, in a systemwide press conference held by Defend UP Network. Continue reading Calls for #DefendUP intensify amid current state attacks
The 39th Student Regent selection will be conducted by the 53rd General Assembly of Student Councils, which will convene from August 26 to 27 at UPLB. Continue reading A rundown of the visions and plans of the 39th SR nominees
UP community, supporters once more call for the 1989 UP-DND Accord to be institutionalized. “There is no point in relying on the DND [Department of National Defense] to rectify its error and participate in dialogues in good faith that it will listen to the unanimous clamor of the community,” UP Office of the Student Regent (OSR) said in their statement posted on Facebook. Strong denouncement … Continue reading Why Defend UP? SR Renee Co and Hon. Sarah Elago talk acad freedom, campus security
First update (May 17, 2021 1:27 PM) UPLB University Student Council (USC) chairman Siegfred Severino was not able to present his speech representing the UPLB studentry in a deliberation today by the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Higher and Technical Education. Severino says that this was due to “blatant red-tagging” by the Department of National Defense (DND) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairperson … Continue reading UPLB USC Chair deprived from arguing as DND, CHED ‘used too much time red-tagging’ in UP-DND talks
PNP to work with UPLB for ‘peace and security’? Police remains prohibited, Chancellor Camacho says. “Let us work together, in UPLB-PNP Joint Initiative for Peace and Security” The sentence, plastered in white, accompanied by the picture of the Philippine National Police (PNP) national headquarters were all it to bring the UPLB community into a frenzy. In a January 29 Facebook post, PNP teased a partnership … Continue reading Chancellor Camacho debunks PNP’s report of partnership. Campus remains off-limits from police and military
Some UP alumni were shocked last January 29, after coming upon a bizarre discovery: their graduation portraits and some of their own quotes were appropriated for a red-tagging campaign. The now deleted post from the pro-state Facebook page ‘Basika’ made it look as if the graduates were pushing for financially struggling students to pick “education over revolution” and to not “let the CPP/NPA/NDF [Communist Party … Continue reading State propaganda page appropriates images and quotes of 7 UP alums for red-tagging campaign
A newspaper has been one of the traditional places where the so-called free market of ideas has been enshrined. People read newspapers — especially in the time of current socio-political changes — to take a step back from the daily grind of news, and to analyze and put these events into the proper perspective (no pun intended). While each newspaper has its own political standpoint, … Continue reading Tribune’s low blow: A distraction
At the height of the UP-DND Accord controversy, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson BGen. Edgard Arevalo voiced his support for the Department of National Defense’s (DND) decision to unilaterally terminate it. (READ: UP strikes back against Accord “termination”) His justification caught everyone by surprise: “Paano na lamang po kung mayroong shabu laboratory, for instance, sa loob ng University of the Philippines community or campus … Continue reading AFP spox blasted for shabu lab comments. CDCSC, students call to revoke alumni award
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