Justice for Chad Booc and the New Bataan 5! The University Council UP Diliman (UPD) stands with the College of Engineering, the UPD Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff, and other units of the University in calling for justice for our slain iskolar ng bayan, Chad Booc, along with Lumad school volunteer teacher Gelejurain Ngujo […]

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.

“All of us should be striving to help and care for each other, especially for those who are less privileged and most in need. That is why, along with many others, I welcome the proliferation of community pantries across the country, and I strongly condemn the “red-tagging” of those who run these pantries.”

The threat to defund UP stemmed from a misunderstanding that UP does nothing except to recruit communists. Those who blame UP for breeding communists forget that UP has bred more scientists, artists, doctors, lawyers, diplomats  and civil servants. What the UP critics brand as subversive comes from discontent at the way things are, and a […]