“Malugod naming ibinabahagi ang pinakabagong publikasyon sa ilalim ng programang Aklatang Bayan-Online na “Wika at Pasismo: Politika ng Wika at Araling Wika sa Panahon ng Diktadura” ni Dr. Gonzalo A. Campoamor II. Maaari itong madownload nang libre sa http://sentrofilipino.upd.edu.ph/e-bahagi/“

(ABS-CBN)—The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) was named grand prize winner in the 66th Concorso Polifonico Internazionale “Guido d’Arezzo” choral competition in Italy. Read more…

(AUG. 14)—There are more than 160,000 Filipinos in Italy and most of them work in the domestic and family sector.  This is according to the 2016 executive summary of the Ministerio del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali on the Filipino Community (http://www.integrazionemigranti.gov.it). The summary states the Filipino community is the sixth largest in terms of regular residents in Italy, with more Filipino women (57.3 percent of the Filipino community) than Filipino men.   Filipinos working and living in Italy were the focus of the panel discussion…

Ano ang Sawikaan? Isang masinsinang talakayan para piliin ang pinakanatatanging salitâng namayani sa diskurso ng sambayanang Filipino sa nakalipas na taon. Ano ang mga salitâng maaaring ituring na “Salita ng Taon”? Bagong imbento Bagong hiram mula sa katutubo o banyagang wika Luma ngunit may bagong kahulugan Patáy na salitâng muling binuhay Sino ang maaaring lumahok sa “Salita ng Taon”? Bukás ito sa sinumang interesado at/o makawika lalo na yaong mga eksperto sa larang na nagpatanyag sa diskurso ng lahok na salita.  Proseso ng Paglahok sa Sawikaan 1) Magsumite ng isang pahinang panukala na naglalamán ng: a) etimolohiya o pinagmulan ng salita; b) mga tiyak…

(JUL. 30)—Dr. Alice G. Guillermo, professor emerita and former chair of the UP College of Arts and Letters Department of Arts Studies (DAS), passed away on Jul. 29 after a long illness. She was 80.  In May this year, the DAS, together with the College of Fine Arts and Alliance of Concerned Teachers, organized a fundraising event for Guillermo who suffered an acute intraparenchymal hemorrhage or hemorrhagic stroke and an acute kidney injury.  Guillermo, a renowned art critic, writer, researcher and Philippine art professor, was born on Jan. 6, 1938…

(JUL 13)—After 16 months of renovation, the UP Computer Center was inaugurated Jul. 12 with UP President Danilo L. Concepcion and former center directors as special guests. With its new facilities, the Center is envisioned to serve as UP Diliman’s model building for information and communication infrastructure. The renovation was undertaken through the Office of the Campus Architect. Located along the Magsaysay Street, the Center maintains the Diliman Network, which the Center describes as “one of the largest networks…

POLICY To exercise and safeguard academic freedom and uphold your right to quality education, the University of the Philippines needs to process your personal and sensitive information—that is, information that identifies you as an individual.  UP is committed to comply with the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/08/15/republic-act-no-10173/ in order to protect your right to data privacy. This notice explains in general terms the purpose and legal basis for the processing of the typical or usual examples of personal information that UP collects from students like you, the measures in place to protect your data privacy and the rights…