The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the University of the Philippines (UP) on Monday said they agreed to review the 1992 security agreement to better address peace and security inside UP campuses without curtailing academic freedom and right to free speech and assembly.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday denied the statement of Senator Risa Hontiveros that he’s lawyering for China and downplaying the new Chinese coast guard law.
The “unpardonable gaffe” of the military in drawing up an erroneous list of University of the Philippines students supposedly recruited by the New People’s Army has prompted Sen. Panfilo Lacson to take a second look at the findings of his committee on last year’s red-tagging hearings.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday urged the Department of National Defense to at least suspend the termination of its 1989 agreement with the University of the Philippines, in the wake of recent developments involving decisions based on “false” information.
The Philippine Bar Association (PBA) on Saturday (Jan. 23) criticized the office Solicitor General Jose Calida for justifying the move of the Department of National Defense (DND) to end its agreement with the University of the Philippines (PNP) that has hindered the entry of police and the military in its campuses.
Malacañang on Thursday said the bill seeking to institutionalize an agreement barring security forces inside the University of the Philippines (UP) campuses was a “reasonable” proposal.
Arrogance has no place in public service.
The broadcast journalist has commented about her now famous “hair flip” gesture when she dealt with an on-air verbal tussle with an angry Cabinet member on her television program.
Palace Spokesman Harry Roque said he is willing to act as a mediator between Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and University of the Philippines (UP) president Danilo Concepcion to discuss the 1989 agreement that bars security forces from conducting operations in UP campuses.
Palace Spokesman Harry Roque on Wednesday lost his cool over a suggestion to denounce the decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to terminate the 1989 agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP) barring military and police from entering its campuses.
Former VIce President Jojo Binay has chided the Duterte administration for apparently reviving a witch hunt against student activists in the University of the Philippines (UP).
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is not backing down from a decision to terminate a deal with the University of the Philippines (UP) on the entry of state forces in its premises.
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday said he views with concern the unilateral abrogation by the Department of National Defense (DND) of the 1989 agreement between the DND and the University of the Philippines (UP).
Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay on Tuesday (Jan. 19) called as an attack the freedom of citizens the decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to terminate the pact with the University of the Philippines (UP) that has been preventing state forces from entering its campuses.
To ensure academic freedom is preserved, the security sector should come up with an agreement with the University of the Philippines on boundaries to be observed following the termination of a 1989 pact banning the entry of police and military forces into the campus without prior coordination.
The Department of National Defense (DND) is looking at scrapping the pacts forged with other schools similar to the newly terminated agreement with the University of the Philippines.
President Rodrigo Duterte believes the University of the Philippines is capable of inventing the country’s own COVID-19 vaccine as negotiations continue with foreign pharmaceutical firms for the purchase of the valued drug.
Supreme Court (SC) Justice Marvic Leonen on Monday (Dec. 7) expressed hope that it will ignore the impeachment complaint filed against him.
The bag of missing University of the Philippines (UP) law professor Ryan Oliva was found Friday along the shores of a community in Looc, Occidental Mindoro, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said.
Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla is taking up the cudgels for his alma mater the University of the Philippines (UP) after President Duterte threatened to halt funding of the state university.
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to stop funding for the state-run University of the Philippines if students proceed with their threat to hold a mass protest by not attending online classes.
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