By Kevin Brandon E. Saure (July-August)—Theirs is a difficult dribbling of balls and ballpens. Given the pressures of representing UP in the University A t h l e t i c A s s o c i a t i o n of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball competition, how do the Fighting Maroons’ cagers go […]

  By Anna Regidor  (July-August)—Advertising is big business. A 30-second commercial on television can cost as much as P250,000 if aired during primetime (8-11 p.m.). The higher a show’s ratings are, the more expensive its advertising slots are and the more revenue it generates for the network. AGB Nielsen is the Philippines’ largest market research […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (OCT. 3)—Ralph John O. Ugalino, BS Chemistry 2014 summa cum laude, topped the September 2014 Chemist Licensure Examination with a rate of 92.75 percent. Ugalino is joined in the top 10 by another UPD alumnus, Mark Justine R. Zapanta (3rd place, 88.75%). According to the Professional Regulation Commission, 421 out of […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (July-August)—How safe is your buko water? Buko beverages are prepared manually, making them vulnerable to contamination of pathogens or disease-causing microorganisms, says Dr. Alonzo A. Gabriel, an associate professor at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition of the UP College of Home Economics. “The highly manual nature of the […]

By Haidee C. Pineda, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (OCT. 2)— The UP Women’s Badminton Team (UP Lady Shuttlers) was the champion in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 77 Badminton competition held at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall last Sept. 10. The last time the team won the championship was in […]

By Kevin Brandon E. Saure (July-August)—The curtain opens. The lights fade in. A good show is on the roll. Such is a familiar scene at Palma Hall’s Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, home of Dulaang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (DUP). Conceived in 1976 by Professor Emeritus Antonio Mabesa, DUP was intended as a production arm of the […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Leonardo A. Reyes and Kevin Brandon E. Saure (July-August)—A new personality test reveals that people with the “bahala na” attitude have “high emotional instability and are not used to planning their tasks and activities.” In addition, “init ng ulo” or anger hostility “borders between high emotional instability and concern […]

The UP Board of Regents (BOR) will affirm Dr. Michael Lim Tan as Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman in official rites at the University Theater at 2 p.m. on October 17. A professor of Anthropology, Tan was appointed Chancellor by the BOR at its 1296th Meeting on February 27, 2014. He serves […]

The University of the Philippines Diliman mourns the loss of Dr. Francisco F. Feliciano, National Artist and retired faculty member of the College of Music.  He died September 19 at the age of 72, after a long battle with cancer. Dr. Feliciano was a composer, conductor and educator, one of the main figures bringing worldwide […]

(SEPT. 23)—DZUP 1602’s news analysis program host Edgie Francis Uyanguren won the Gawad Agong 2014 para sa Natatanging Pag-uulat sa Radyo in the recently concluded awards ceremony held last September 15 at Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City. Now on its second year, the Gawad Agong aims to recognize outstanding reporting on indigenous peoples’ […]