Cover of the DPP project report. Image from the PMM Lab report handout News organizations remain as key sources of information on the upcoming 2022 national elections on YouTube (YT), but a set of media actors are gaining ground, challenging the traditional setup. This was a finding of a big data study that the Philippine Media Monitoring Lab (PMM Lab) reported on Jan. 12 via Zoom and livestreamed on the PMM Lab Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pmm.upcommres). The study is under PMM…

Ngayong Enero 13, mayroong 335 aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus. Ang mga purok o komunidad sa UP Campus kung nasaan ang mga aktibong kaso ay nasa mapang kasama sa stat report na gawa ng Special Committee ng UP Diliman COVID-19 Task Force. Lubhang tumaas ang bilang ng mga aktibong kaso sa ating komunidad mula sa 81 noong nakaraan. Muling ipinapaalala sa lahat na itaas ang ating depensa…

Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor Benjamin E. Diokno was named global central banker of the year by “The Banker,” an international monthly banking, finance, and business magazine and online portal affiliated with the “Financial Times.” Diokno, UP Diliman’s professor emeritus in economics, was recognized for “his efforts to help stimulate economic recovery and growth for the Philippines amid the COVID-19 crisis,” according to the Jan. 5 BSP article (https://www.bsp.gov.ph/). Diokno. Photo from the School of Economics The award —…

Exactly a week after his 88th birthday, Prof. Samuel K. Tan, PhD, historian and expert on the role of Filipino Muslims in the history of the Philippines, passed away on Jan. 6.  Tan was chair of the UP Department of History from 1977 to 1982. During his term, the “Kapistahang Asyano” (Asian festival) was established in the University. He underscored the importance of doing research on oral and local history, which then paved the way for the launch of the International Conference on Oral and Local History in UP Diliman in 1979.

The UPDIO serves as the University’s public information arm. It provides accurate, comprehensive, and timely information about UPD’s plans, programs, and activities. The UPDIO serves as the University’s public information arm. It provides accurate, comprehensive, and timely information about UPD’s plans, programs, and activities. The University of the Philippines Diliman Information Office (UPDIO) was created on Dec. 16, 1994 through Executive Order No. 94-11 by former UP President Emil Q. Javier. It is one of the offices under the Office of the Chancellor and headed by a director.  The UPDIO serves as the University’s public information arm. It provides accurate, comprehensive, and timely information about UPD’s plans, programs, and activities. The University of the Philippines Diliman Information Office (UPDIO) was created on Dec. 16, 1994 through Executive Order No. 94-11 by former UP President Emil Q. Javier. It is one of the offices under the Office of the Chancellor and headed by a director.  The UPDIO serves as the University’s public information arm. It provides accurate, comprehensive, and timely information about UPD’s plans, programs, and activities.

Mayroong 81 aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus. Ang mga purok o komunidad sa UP Campus kung nasaan ang mga aktibong kaso ay nasa mapang kasama sa stat report na gawa ng Special Committee ng UP Diliman COVID-19 Task Force. Sa muling pagtaas ng bilang ng mga aktibong kaso sa ating komunidad mula sa apat noong nakaraan, mahigpit na ipinapaalala sa lahat na sundin ang mga…

Former UP College of Law (CL) dean and one of the Philippines’ giants in international law, Merlin M. Magallona, passed away on the evening of Jan. 1. He was 87. According to the report of Celeste Ann Lopez Castillo of the UP Media and Public Relations Office (https://up.edu.ph/former-up-law-dean-and-international-law-luminary-merlin-magallona-passes-on/), Magallona was described by stalwarts of the Philippine judiciary as a “‘Filipino luminary in the field of international law,’ ‘a pillar of the Philippines’ international legal academy,’ and ‘one of the best Supreme Court justices we, unfortunately, did not have,’ not to mention ‘one of…

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 ng tulong. Ipinaabot din niya na bukas ang AUPWU Diliman Chapter sa pagtulong sa mga kasamang kawani sa Visayas.  Sa mga nais magpaabot ng tulong o di kaya ay nangangailangan ng tulong, maaaring tumawag o mag-text…

Muling panoorin ang mensahe ni Bise Tsanselor para sa Administrasyon Adeline A. Pacia para sa buong komunidad ng UP Diliman. Una itong natunghayan sa birtuwal na seremonya ng pagtataas ng watawat ng Pilipinas sa UP Diliman para sa buwan ng Enero.

Panoorin ang unang birtuwal na seremonya ng pagtataas ng watawat ng Pilipinas sa UP Diliman ngayong taon. Tampok sa seremonya ang mensahe ni Bise Tsanselor para sa Administrasyon Adeline A. Pacia at ang bidyo ng UP Diliman COVID-19 Response Framework, isa sa mga ginawaran ng “Government Best Practice Recognition” ng Development Academy of the Philippines noong 2021.