The military’s obsession with UP: Some historical notes

Miguel Paolo P. Reyes, Joel F. Ariate, and Larah Vinda Del Mundo, VERA Files

<p>That was five days after Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana informed UP President Danilo Concepcion that he is terminating the 1989 agreement between UP and the Department of National Defense (DND) on military and police operations in the premier state university.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/24/21/defense-chief-to-meet-up-president-over-accord-abrogation'>Defense chief asks for meeting with UP President over accord abrogation</a></li></ul>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/20/20210120-up-afp-urban-gardening-md-6624.jpg' ><figcaption>Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines visit what they said was their pilot urban garden project at the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City. Barangay UP Campus chairperson Zenaida P. Lectura, however, belied that the AFP has an urban farming project in UP Diliman. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Toting long firearms and with the media in tow, without any coordination with either the proper authorities of the University of the Philippines (UP) or barangay officials, military trucks rolled inside UP Diliman to the Materials Recovery Facility in Pook Amorsolo and the gardens in Pook Village B and Pook Arboretum noontime of Jan. 20, 2021.</p>

<p>The military’s boldness in making their presence known and felt in UP was rooted in a more extensive operation that had the full blessing and participation of Malacañang.</p>

The military’s boldness in making their presence known and felt in UP was rooted in a more extensive operation that had the full blessing and participation of Malacañang.

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The military’s obsession with UP: Some historical notes

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