(AUG. 30) — “Journalism’s best weapon against lies is to be transparent, thorough and provocative.” This was the gist of seasoned broadcaster Ma. Cristina Monzon-Palma’s message at the UP Gawad Plaridel 2017. “You cannot be challenged if you know the truth, if you personally know the truth, you trust the organization and the people you […]

Dr. Porfirio M. Aliño, The Marine Science Institute (MSI) professor, was conferred the 2017 Pantas Award (Outstanding Research/Scientist category) by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (PCAARRD-DOST). His citation reads “for his sustained commitment to research on coral reefs and associated ecosystems […]

The Small-Scale  Mining (SSM) Industry comprises up to 75 percent of the country’s gold production, and from 2007-2008, contributed P32 billion to the Gross Domestic Product. Green mining. In 2009, a group of scientists and students from the UPD College of Engineering Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (DMMME) managed to create a system […]

To succeed, there should be better integration among member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC). This was the general consensus among four political economists at the public forum “National Interest and the ASEAN Economic Community: Convergence or Competition?” held Aug. 17 at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. The political […]

UP Diliman welcomes the memo from UP President Danilo Concepcion, which provides that “no tuition and other school fees shall be colelcted from Filipino undergraduate students” throughout the UP System.  The memo was issued “in the spirit of the recently promulgated Universal Access to Tertiary Education (Republic Act No. 10931) signed into law last Friday […]

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno at its 106th General Commencement Exercises held June 25 at the University Amphitheater. The Doctor of Laws, honoris causa is the University’s highest academic rank and honor. It is awarded […]

Prof. Maria Patricia V. Azanza, PhD and Prof. Casiana Blanca Villarino, PhD, both faculty members of the College of Home Economics’ Department of Food Science and Nutrition (CHE-DFSN), received accolades from the Philippine government and from a non-profit international organization, respectively. Azanza is this year’s recipient of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) 2017 […]

NIP Professor Jose Perico “Perry” H. Esguerra received the 2016 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Achievement Award last March 22, 2017 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. The NRCP Achievement Award is the highest recognition bestowed by the Council on its members whose works greatly contributed to the advancement of […]

(JUL. 6)—Prof. Evangeline C. Amor, PhD and Ma. Theresa T. Payongayong, PhD, have been appointed to head the offices of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the University Registrar, respectively. Amor, a professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the College of Science, served as University Registrar from April 2011 to April 2015. Recognized […]

Two Chinese scholars presented opposing views on China’s territorial claim on the South China Sea (SCS) in a public lecture at the UP Asian Center. “Between Assertiveness and Self-Restraint: Understanding China’s South China Sea Policy” had Dr. Zhou Fangyin and Dr. Chen Hanxi of the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) presenting their analysis on […]