(JUL. 21)—In the morning of Wednesday, Jul. 16, residents of UP Diliman (UPD) woke to howling winds and heavy rains. Typhoon Glenda was barreling  through Metro Manila with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. Glenda (international name Rammasun) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, June 13. At 2 p.m. of Tuesday, […]

By Haidee C. Pineda (JUL. 1)—Nagtipon ang mahigit 200 na mga guro, manunulat, mananaliksik at mga mag-aaral mula sa iba’t ibang pamantasan para sa talakayang “Bantay Wikang Filipino: Ang Pagtuturo ng Filipino sa Kolehiyo” noong Hunyo 23 upang suportahan ang pahayag na inilabas ng Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) na tumututol sa pagpapatupad […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr., image by Leonardo Reyes (JUN. 27)— In simple ceremonies, the Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) celebrated its golden year on Jun. 19 with the theme “Celebrating Research Productivity: 50 Years and Beyond.” “This is an appropriate theme because NSRI boasts of its outstanding track record in research and in technical […]

  By Anna Regidor, images by Leonardo Reyes and Jefferson Villacruz (JUN. 25)—The UP Diliman community bid a fond farewell to it’s first chancellor, Dr. Ernesto G. Tabujara, the man who gave exemplary service to the University, steering it through the aftermath of the EDSA Revolution and towards the end of the 20th century. Necrological service. […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUN. 23)—A dance concert and a special flag retreat on Jun. 20 at the Oblation Plaza wrapped-up the 3-day celebration of UP’s 106th birthday in UP Diliman (UPD). “Alay Sayaw!” promptly started by 5 p.m. where an estimated 500 people watched the free concert organized by the […]

By Anna Regidor (JUN. 20)—The UP Diliman (UPD) community is one with the family of former UPD Chancellor Ernesto G. Tabujara, who passed away this morning at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. He was 85. In an interview with UPDate, his lawyer son Ernesto Tabujara Jr. said his father died at 7 a.m. this […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Jefferson Villacruz. (JUN. 19)—Music filled the Balay Tsanselor in the morning of Independence Day as the Voices of Aloha of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UH-Mānoa) paid the Chancellor a visit as part of a tour of the Philippines from Jun. 8 to 17.  UP Diliman was the fourth […]

By Anna Regidor, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUN. 18)—The 7:15 a.m. call time and the early morning sun did not deter an estimated 1,000 faculty, staff, upd varsity teams and students who came to Quezon Hall and walked, cheered and grooved to celebrate UP’s 106th Foundation Day. The festivities began with a warm-up activity led […]

By Haidee C. Pineda, image by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUN. 10)— UP will be at The Fort next year. “By next year, the UP Professional Schools will make its presence felt at The Fort! This should not only excite us, but also make us proud,” says UP President Alfredo E. Pascual last May 28 at […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 9)—Supreme Court of the Philippines (SC) Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro was elected president of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) on May 5.  She was sworn into office on May 9 in an IAWJ event in Arusha, Tanzania, succeeding Justice Eusebia Nicholas Munuo of the Court of […]