In preparation for the coming elections on May 9, the UP Law (LAW) Center Training and Convention Division and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) recently held a live training program for military officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Reserve Command. Held on March 11, the training featured relevant discussions on constitutional and […]

Economic recovery post-pandemic was the hot topic of the seventh PilipiLunas webinar series, “Pamumuhunan sa Pag-angat at Pagbabago ng Ekonomiya” held on Feb. 21 via Zoom and livestreamed on the PILIpiLUNAS Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PILIpiLUNAS2022). The webinar’s first half featured UP School of Economics (UPSE) professors Renato Reside Jr., PhD, Cielo Magno, PhD, and Adrian Mendoza, […]

The UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) virtually launched the disaster resilience board game, Sakunwari, on Feb. 11 via Zoom and livestreamed on its YouTube channel and Facebook page. The Sakunwari board game is one of the outputs of UPRI’s Woke4COVID Project. Woke4COVID Project aims to raise awareness, enhance disaster risk management, and help Filipinos arrive at […]

Kamakailan ay dinagdagan ng DAMAYAN ng All UP Workers Union Diliman Chapter (AUPWU-Diliman) ang ayudang kanilang ibinibigay sa mga nangangailangang UPD personnel. Napagpasiyahan ng unyon na palawakin ang tulong sa pagbibigay ng mga pagkain tulad ng mga prutas at gulay, bukod sa mga gamot, pati na rin ng mga grocery item sa mga kawaning higit […]

Electric tricycle and electric vehicle (EV) drivers and owners in Quezon City (QC) now have three additional places to charge their vehicles on the road, with the inauguration of a network of rapid-charging stations for EVs in three locations in QC.  The QC Solar Electric Vehicle Charging Network is composed of three rapid electric vehicle […]

Sa gitna ng pagbangon mula sa pinsalang dulot ng bagyong Odette at sa muling pagtaas ng kaso ng mga tinamaan ng COVID-19, pinaigting ng All UP Workers Union (AUPWU) ang proyektong “Damayan sa Diliman.”  Ayon kay Eva Garcia Cadiz, bise presidente ng AUPWU, ang proyekto ay para sa mga kawani at kanilang mga pamilyang nangangailangan […]

“Bakunahan sa Diliman” is now closed. The UP Diliman vaccination project on campus, in partnership with the Quezon City (QC) local government, officially ended on Dec. 15, after almost eight months. The vaccination drive at the College of Human Kinetics (CHK) gymnasium was established for registered and confirmed UPD personnel, Barangay UP Campus residents, and […]

Some 600 individuals from at-risk populations such as the homeless and survivors of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation returned to the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Human Kinetics (CHK) vaccination site on Oct. 22 and 23 for their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The individuals were the beneficiaries of a collaboration between the UPD COVID-19 […]

More than 650 individuals from the National Capital Region’s (NCR) at-risk populations were vaccinated at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Human Kinetics (CHK) gymnasium on Sept. 24 and 25. Individuals of at-risk populations include the homeless, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), severely marginalized constituents such as those belonging to the informal sectors, and people […]

Filipinos’ perceptions on quality of life amid the pandemic were the focus of discussion in the webinar “Kumustahin ang Bayan,” launched on Aug. 6. “Kumustahin ang Bayan,” the first in the webinar series “#PILIpiLUNAS 2022: Pagbangon at Pagsulong sa Magandang Buhay at Bukas,” (#PILIpiLUNAS 2022) had experts answering the question: “What issues will matter most […]