Beloved. That is how to best describe Prof. Ruben Figueroa Balane of the UP College of Law (CL) who passed away on Oct. 11. He was 80. In preparing this piece and scouring through posts online, this writer saw how well respected and how well loved Balane was by his colleagues and former students. Not only was he loved by UP but even by other academic institutions, among them the Ateneo Law School (AL) and the University of Santo Tomas. There was a…

The UP Diliman Office of the Chancellor released today, October 12, Memorandum No. FRN-21-162: Reissuance of Memorandum No. FRN-20-058 (Guidelines for Suspension of Remote Learning Activities Based on Storm Signals).  

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson, Jose Luis Martin “Chito” C. Gascon, passed away on Oct. 9 from COVID-19, the CHR announced. He was 57. Gascon was the youngest member of both the Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution and the 8th Philippine Congress, in which he was tasked with preparing the draft articles on education in acknowledgement of the fact that the educational system “deteriorated significantly during Martial Law.” “I take pride in having contributed significantly to that article, as well as…

Rebuild the Philippine Economy by Strengthening Filipino Capabilities When the Philippine Congress convened its regular session in July, Congressional leaders vowed to fast-track the enactment of laws that will have a long-lasting and wide-ranging impact. Certified as urgent by President Rodrigo Duterte, these bills will now allow 100-percent foreign ownership and management of vital public services and small retail businesses. Specifically, three Senate bills are on the table: Senate Bill Number (SBN) 2094 will reclassify key strategic sectors, previously considered public utilities under Commonwealth Act of 146 (or the Public Service Law) as “public services,” which may result in 100-percent foreign ownership…

CMC raised funds for non-UP contractual employees and frontliners “Bayanihan sa CMC,” a cash donation drive, collected over P100,000 for the benefit of the UP College of Mass Communication‘s employees affected by the pandemic. UP arki designs central referral complex CMC raised funds for non-UP contractual employees and frontliners “Bayanihan sa CMC,” a cash donation drive, collected over P100,000 for the benefit of the UP College of Mass Communication‘s employees affected by the pandemic. UP arki designs central referral complex

A group of UP Diliman scholars under the Space Technology Applications, Mastery, Innovation, and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) Program is set to build the largest earth observation satellite the Philippines has ever deployed. The 16-strong team who will build the satellite, named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA), is composed of project manager John Leur Labrador, Julie Ann Banatao (systems engineer and technical lead), Edgar Paolo Violan (mechanical analysis engineer), Manuel Del Rosario Jr. (attitude and orbit control system hardware and global positioning system engineer), Daniel Fadi…

A team composed of students from all over the UP System emerged as one of the three winners in the Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) 2021 Solution Challenge. UP Systeam, composed of Rex Ronter Ruiz (UP Diliman), Jian Asiado (UP Los Baños), Joerian E. Gauten (UP Open University), and Patricia Marie C. Garcia (UP Visayas Miag-ao Campus), created the cloud-based disaster risk management system called Island Response and Intervention for Systemic Evacuation (i-RISE). Their system was chosen based the technology they used and their project’s impact. According…

  Memorandum No. FRN-21-156: Call for Submissions of GAD PAPs (Programs, Activities, and Projects) PDF          

Memorandum No. OSU2021-01-16 (a): Notice of Resolutions of the Board of Regents at Its Special Meeting Held on 20 August 2021 PDF