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DND ‘ignored basic courtesies’ in scrapping accord with UP, say alumni Published January 26, 2021 9:54pm Updated January 27, 2021 12:09am By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News The Department of National Defense (DND) “ignored and disregarded basic courtesies” when it unilaterally terminated its 31-year-old accord with the University of the Philippines (UP) that prevented state forces from freely entering campuses, alumni said Tuesday. The UP Alumni Association (UPAA) underscored that...

Published January 26, 2021, 11:07 PM The 24-member Senate on Tuesday passed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to welcome the decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to answer the various calls for dialogue with the University of the Philippines (UP) on the termination of the 1989 UP-DND accord.     Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) Sponsored by opposition Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, proposed Resolution 616 also urges “both parties to revisi...

News Published January 26, 2021 7:06pm The University of the Philippines on Tuesday called out the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after the military said that the universitys "silent majority" supported the abrogation of the UP-DND accord, after one person claimed this to be the case—and for identifying that person as a UP professor when he isnt. In a Facebook post, the AFP’s Civil Relations Service (CRS-AFP) quoted a Michael Eric Castillo, whom it identified as a UP professor,...

Press Release Senate welcomes DND move to dialogue with UP on 1989 Accord The Senate on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, passed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to welcome the Department of National Defenses (DND) decision to answer the various calls for dialogue with the University of the Philippines (UP) on the termination of the 1989 UP-DND agreement. Sponsored by Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, proposed Resolution No. 616 also urges "both parties to revisit the accord and to furth...

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is scheduled to meet with UP President Danilo Concepcion next week to discuss the dissolved UP-DND accord.

A unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) apologized Monday for publishing on its social media page a faulty list containing the names of former University of the Philippines (UP) students who allegedly joined the New People's Army (NPA).

UP ready to talk with DND to discuss accord Published January 25, 2021 9:47pm The University of the Philippines administration on Monday said it is ready to discuss the Department of National Defenses unilateral termination of the 31-year-old UP-DND agreement with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.  “We in the University of the Philippines are pleased to hear that Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has decided to engage in a dialogue with us,” UP said in a sta...

DILG seeks review of own agreement with UP enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 25) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government wants to review its own agreement with the University of the Philippines. This was confirmed by DILG spokesperson Jonathan Malaya in an interview with CNN Philippines Monday. "We supported the abrogation of the agreement with the Department of National Defense. P ero yung sa amin naman po, we are taking the path of di...

Published January 25, 2021 2:41pm The Department of Justice (DOJ) will not issue a legal opinion on the termination of the University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense accord unless requested, Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday. Guevarra has declined to comment on the unilateral termination of the UP-DND pact, saying the matter may reach his office for adjudication. Considering the "apparent dispute" between UP and the DND on the validity of the termination of the accor...

AFP needs facts not hypotheticals on UP deal abrogation –professor Published January 25, 2021 6:07pm A professor from the University of the Philippines Department of Political Science said Monday that the reasoning behind the termination of the University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense accord needs to be supported by facts, not hypotheticals. “Dapat kung sinasabi [ng Armed Forces of the Philippines] na ito ay empirical, dapat magbigay sila ng pruweba,” Prof. Jaime...