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Press Release New rumors of bomb threat in UP Diliman M. L. Tan, Chancellor, UP Diliman September 4, 2016 Following the bomb threat hoax last Thursday, there have been numerous postings on social media of a message claiming that “reliable intelligence sources” have warned about Abu Sayyaf plans to bomb UP Diliman. Has UP Diliman received new bomb threats?  The answer is no but with or without bomb threats, UP Diliman is on the alert and is taking extra precautions.  It is not easy given the size of the campus and our many portals so we ask for your cooperation as we require vehicle…

This afternoon our Campus Maintenance Office hotline received a text message allegedly from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) claiming they had placed bombs in UP Diliman and that these would explode after 3:30 pm (“naglagay kami ng maga bomba na naka2lat sa UP Diliman.  SDa2bog ang ito pagkatapos ng pagda2sl naming ng 3:30 PM.”)  The message claimed this was to take revenge (“bilng gnti”) for attacks in Patikul, Sulu. Our Chief Security Officer and disaster response team see it as a hoax. Contrary to rumors, the administration have neither cancelled classes nor ordered evacuations as they would only encourage…

The UP Fighting Maroons kicked off the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 79 in style as they held the annual Pep Rally last Aug. 24 at the University Theater. Twice that afternoon (3 p.m. and 6 p.m.), the University Theater was filled to the rafters with cheering athletes and fans as the varsity teams and five performing arts groups danced their hearts out. The UP Ballroom Formation Team composed of members from the UP Filipiniana Dance Group, UP Pep Squad, UP Streetdance Club and UP Dancesport Society gave the…

    In celebration of its 100th year of business education in the Philippines, the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB), in cooperation with the ASEAN University Network for Business and Economics (AUN-BE), hosted a conference to discuss the impacts and prospects of the ASEAN integration in the region’s business and economic community. The ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)…

The Department of Linguistics (DL) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy celebrated the life and work of Ernesto Constantino, avid folklorist and a pioneering figure in Philippine linguistics last Aug. 25 with “Paglingon,” a lecture series held at the Bulwagan ng Dangal. Constantino served the university for 36 years beginning in 1959 as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics until his retirement as University Professor in 1995. The academician. He worked with the 1971 and 1986 Constitutional Commissions, during which he contributed significantly to the…

Francisca “Babes” Custodio, a veteran radio practitioner and DYVL’s station manager from Tacloban City,  graced the UP Film Institute’s red carpet on Aug. 24 to receive the prestigious Gawad Plaridel 2016 award. The UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) honored Custodio as the 12th recipient of the Gawad Plaridel Award for her outstanding contribution to the Philippine radio and longevity in the broadcast industry, a highlight of which was “bravely being…

They say necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of popular global positioning system (GPS)-based navigation app Waze, frustration and a gift were the seeds that drove its creators to find a better way to navigate the busy streets of Tel Aviv, Israel. Dror Cohen, Ads Product Manager and one of the original developers of Waze, described the popular app’s beginnings in a teleconference held at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) Auditorium on Jul. 19. The conference is part of a partnership between the EEEI, the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and the Embassy of Israel in…

The latest issues of UP Diliman’s (UPD) three refereed journals “Humanities Diliman” (Vol. 13 No. 2), “Science Diliman” (Vol. 28 No. 1) and “Social Science Diliman” (Vol. 12 No. 1) are now online. Edited by Dr. Reuben Ramas Cañete, “Humanities Diliman” has six articles: “Ang Talaban ng Pangingibabaw at Pagtutol sa Pangingibabaw sa Manga Tagobilin sa Manga Dalaga ni Antonio Maria Claret (Dominance and Defiance in Antonio Maria Claret’s Manga Tagobilin sa Manga Dalaga) by Pauline Mari Hernando; “Kuwentong Buhay ng Isang Pambansa-Demokratikong Rebolusyonaryong Bakla sa Rehiyon ng Katimugang Mindanao (A Life Story of a Gay National-Democratic Revolutionary in Southern…

  Six researchers from UP Diliman were among the 12 Filipinos honored as world-class by The Philippines Promising Star Awards 2016 of Thomson Reuters on Jul. 26. Honored were Clarissa C. David (College of Mass Communication) and Armand Salvador Mijares (Archaelogical Studies Program) for…