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No need to legislate accords between schools, state forces: CHED chair

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Updated as of Jan 25 12:00 PM

Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero de Vera said Monday it was unnecessary to legislate accords between universities and state forces as such agreements can be discussed by both parties. Read more »

Ilang UP alumni umalma nang masama sa listahan ng mga 'nadakip, napatay na NPA'

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Posted at Jan 24 07:12 PM

Pinalagan ng ilang graduate o alumni ng University of the Philippines ang pagsama sa kanila ng Armed Forces of the Philippines sa listahan ng mga nadakip o napatay na miyembro umano ng New People's Army Read more »

Defense chief asks for meeting with UP President over accord abrogation

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Updated as of Jan 24 06:30 PM

(3rd UPDATE) Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Sunday he asked for a meeting "sometime next week" with UP President Danilo Concepcion over the abrogation of a law enforcement accord between the state university and the defense department. Read more »

Bakit mahalaga ang UP-DND accord kahit hindi ka taga-UP?

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Posted at Jan 24 10:00 AM

Ano nga ba ang academic freedom at bakit kailangan itong protektahan? Read more »

Task force claims anti-terror law violations occur in UP campuses

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Posted at Jan 23 01:27 AM

A Philippine task force against communist insurgency claims the country's anti-terror law is being violated right inside the campuses of the University of the Philippines. The allegation was made as education officials attempt to mediate between the university and the defense department over the scrapping of their security accord. Read more »

'Why don't we focus on West PH Sea?' Villanueva says UP-DND accord abrogation 'bad optics'

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Posted at Jan 22 02:37 PM

Sen. Joel Villanueva on Friday urged the country's Armed Forces to focus on other pressing issues such as China's encroachment of the West Philippine Sea and extrajudicial killings in the country instead of the abrogation of the UP-DND accord.   Read more »

UP-DND accord 'destined to be problematic': CHED chairman

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Posted at Jan 22 03:05 AM

MANILA - The agreement between the University of the Philippines and Department of National Defense that regulated police and military operations in UP campuses “was destined to be problematic,” Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero de Vera said Thursday. Read more »

UP official: University willing to iron out issues, concerns with DND

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Posted at Jan 21 09:34 PM

Officials of the University of the Philippines are willing to explain and iron out issues and concerns by the Department of National Defense, following its unilateral abrogation of the 1989 accord with the university. Read more »

Lorenzana: Explain UP students' deaths alongside rebels

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Posted at Jan 20 11:17 PM

The Philippine defense secretary said he's willing to discuss with officials of the University of the Philippines his decision to scrap a security accord with the school. Read more »

CHR questions DND’s intent on abrogating pact with UP, urges reconsideration

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Posted at Jan 20 08:38 PM

CHR said that DND’s unilateral termination at a time of mounting human rights violations casted “further doubts” on the department’s intent, which “aggravates the climate of distrust towards the government.”    Read more »

Bakit tutol ang mga aktibista sa pagpasok ng pulis, militar sa UP campus?

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Updated as of Jan 20 08:20 PM

Bakit tutol ang mga aktibista at lider-estudyante sa pagkansela sa tinatawag na UP-DND accord? Read more »

Lorenzana pinanindigan ang pagkalas sa UP-DND accord

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Updated as of Jan 20 07:34 PM

Nanindigan si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana sa desisyon niyang kumalas sa UP-DND Accord.    Read more »

'What makes UP special?': Lorenzana says other schools enjoy freedom even w/o pact with DND

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 06:17 PM

Defending his move to unilaterally terminate a law enforcement agreement between the Department of National Defense and the University of the Philippines, Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday cited "equal protection of law" as he questioned why only the country's premier state university has such kind of "treatment." Read more »

Ilang estudyante, guro nangangamba na makansela ang PUP-DND accord

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Updated as of Jan 20 07:44 PM

Nangangamba ang ilang mag-aaral at guro sa Polytechnic University of the Philippines na baka sunod na ibasura ng Department of National Defense ang kasunduang naglilimita sa police at military operation sa kanilang campus.   Read more »

Several senators seek to institutionalize UP-DND accord

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Posted at Jan 20 04:40 PM

Senate Bill No. 2002 seeks to amend the UP Charter to include guidelines on military and police operations inside the university, similar to the ones under the 1989 Abueva-Ramos Accord. Read more »

Makabayan bloc naghain ng resolusyon para tutulan ang pagputol sa UP-DND Accord

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Posted at Jan 20 03:59 PM

Naninindigan ang iba pang miyembro ng Makabayan bloc, na karamihan ay mga graduate rin ng UP, na hindi puwedeng basta na lang putulin ng DND ang kasunduan sa state university.    Read more »

'UP-DND Accord abrogation curtails students' freedom to think, speak'

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Posted at Jan 20 12:04 PM

The termination of an agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that bars state forces inside the campuses curtails the students' freedoms, the chairman of UP Los Baños' student council said Wednesday. Read more »

Unilateral abrogation of UP-DND accord now a legal question, says lawyer

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Posted at Jan 20 11:42 AM

The unilateral abrogation of the defense ministry's pact with the University of the Philippine (UP) on the entry of state forces into campus grounds has become a legal question on whether it is valid or not, a faculty member said Wednesday. Read more »

Why terminate pact that promotes peace and order? Ex-CHR chief asks

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Posted at Jan 20 11:12 AM

The 1989 accord between the Department of National Defense and the University of the Philippines that bars state force inside campuses was borne out of an agreement to promote peace and order, a former chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 19, 2021

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Posted at Jan 20 05:19 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »