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(MAY 28)—The UP Society of Industrial Designers (UPSIDE) students and alumni recently raised funds to help families affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). A socio-academic university-wide organization based at the College of Fine Arts (CFA), UPSIDE launched the cash donation drive Project TeamUp (TeamUp) on Apr. 12 to provide monetary aid to seven beneficiaries. The beneficiaries were the families of Mark Joseph Selidio, Junebert Jose M. Cantila Jr., Job V. Constantino, Barbie Beroncal, Margie Estabaya, Ernesto “Mang Nestor”…

(MAY 26)—Amid the gradual reopening of commerce, a modicum of mobility among citizens had been observed in the last week, as Metro Manila came to life under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). Anticipating the challenges of a more relaxed MECQ, UP Diliman (UPD) continued its efforts to assist its various publics. Donation drives.  COPE UP raised P63,170.70 as of May 6. The funds were used to purchase personal protective equipment, meal packs and sanitizing products for National Center for Mental Health frontliners. A non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian and university-wide recognized organization raising…

The Training, Outreach, and Extension Program Unit of the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies will be offering their gender responsive training courses soon. For further updates, please feel free to get in touch with Vince Hermoso through his email address, fmhermoso1@up.edu.ph, or through his mobile number, (0995)342-2151. Please keep following the UPCWGS social media platform to get the latest updates. https://www.facebook.com/upcwgs/photos/a.259904820758501/3053609101388045/?type=3&theater

News of an incident in Pook Palaris involving several residents have been brought to our attention, alleging that one of them, an employee of the Philippine General Hospital, was evicted from his home due to discrimination against health workers. Reports from investigations of Barangay UP Campus, the Office of Community Relations and in the March 21 complaint the alleged victim filed with the UP Diliman Police did not mention his occupation as the reason for his eviction, only the fact that a number of earlier domestic incidents had occurred between the health worker and his neighbors. The Office of the Vice…

‘Carillon a musique’ is an old name for the music box, a small, finely crafted container that could be put in one’s pocket and carried anywhere. When opened, it would unleash a familiar melody that was usually dear to the bearer’s heart. The Cherubim and Seraphim, the official children’s choir of the University of the Philippines launches ‘Carillons a Musique’ a virtual series of small gemlike pieces from a repertoire stretching back 49 years. Every piece will be sung by members and alumni from the five decades of our existence. The songs will be released at regular intervals, starting tomorrow,…

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(MAY 20)—To continue providing frontliners protective gear to battle COVID-19, the UPD Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) is making a clarion call for volunteers to assemble face shields. Deadline for volunteers to enlist is today, May 20. To increase the production of face shields for frontliners, particularly those working in the hardest hit areas of Metro Manila, the OVCAA, through the Office for International Linkages Diliman, set up the Facebook page OVCAA Volunteers (https://www.facebook.com/OVCAA-Volunteers-106392697735444/?ref=br_tf&epa=SEARCH_BOX) where interested parties may know more about the assembly of face shields. Face shields may…