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 […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (JUN. 5)—Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, a professor at the UPD School of Statistics, was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as the first National Statistician to head the newly-created Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). She assumed her post on Apr. 29. The PSA, created through Republic Act 10625, serves as […]