Hands off our Development Workers! Ang Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan, sampu ng kanyang mga guro, kawani at mag-aaral ay nagkakaisa sa pagkondena sa hindi makatarungan at iligal na pag-aresto kay Agnes Mesina at kanyang mga kasamahan, at sa tahasang panggigipit at pagpatay sa mga development workers at human rights defenders tulad ng tinaguriang New Bataan […]

We, the UP Diliman College of Engineering (UP COE) community, express our deepest sorrow and indignation on the death of its brilliant alumnus, Chad Errol R. Booc.

Fidel Nemenzo Chancellor, UP Diliman   I reiterate strongly UP Diliman’s stand on the defense of academic freedom.  We stand with lawmakers who seek to institutionalize it to law—not to circumscribe and limit it, but to protect and ensure that it continues to nourish freedom of thought, creative expression, critical examination, and innovative solutions-making.  Our […]

Fidel Nemenzo Chancellor, UP Diliman 19 January 2021   The unilateral and unjustifiable abrogation by the Department of National Defense (“DND”) of the Agreement (“Agreement”) entered into on 30 June 1989 by and between the University of the Philippines System (“UP”) and the DND causes grave concern for several reasons. The Agreement was signed in […]

19 January 2021   Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana Department of National Defense Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City   Dear Secretary Lorenzana, I am acknowledging receipt of your letter of 15 January 2021 informing me of the unilateral abrogation by your office of the agreement signed on 30 June 1989 by then DND Secretary Fidel V. Ramos […]