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 […]

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 […]

Official Statement of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) on the recent rehabilitation efforts in Manila Bay: Crushed Dolomite sand will not help solve the root of environmental problems in Manila Bay Read the full statement here: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1025506481204991&id=418406311915014

Dear UP Diliman Community, As of June 26, two more frontliners tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total of cases to 16. They include health, laboratory and security personnel who were assigned at the Kanlungang Palma and the UP Health Service. Following protocols, they are now isolated, and active contact tracing is ongoing. This is […]

While the case purports to be a personal one involving a media institution and an “aggrieved” citizen, the UP College of Mass Communication sees this event as a direct threat to freedom of the press. Why? The trial court judgment of guilt and imprisonment for libel for Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and UP-CMC alumnus and […]

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), through its Executive Committee, unequivocally opposes the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that is awaiting the signature of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Because UP is the national university, the country’s urgent concerns are the university’s concerns. These include policies and laws that are deleterious to our people’s rights […]

News of an incident in Pook Palaris involving several residents have been brought to our attention, alleging that one of them, an employee of the Philippine General Hospital, was evicted from his home due to discrimination against health workers. Reports from investigations of Barangay UP Campus, the Office of Community Relations and in the March […]

The University of the Philippines – College of Home Economics strongly disputes the statement of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, to provisionally remove Home Economics (HE) and focus on “key subjects” like Math, Science, Reading, and English; when school begins in August. HE is an equally […]

The shutdown of ABS-CBN, especially in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, is a disservice to the Filipino people. We consider all broadcast media organizations, including ABS-CBN, as partners in engaging the public. They provide channels and platforms for bringing vital information to communities and other places which schools and universities are not able to […]