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Defense Secretary Delfn Lorenzana and University of the Philippines (UP) President Danilo Concepcion would likely meet anytime this week to iron things out on the issue of the abrogation of the Soto-Enrile agreement.

Deal abrogation critics clinging to martial law mentality –Dela Rosa By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 24, 2021 6:35pm Senator Ronald Dela Rosa on Sunday reiterated his support for the abrogation of the 1989 pact between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense (DND), claiming that the presence of security forces on campuses would not violate UPs academic freedom. In a Dobol B sa News TV interview, Dela Rosa, who served as chief of the Philipp...

By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News Published January 24, 2021 8:39pm Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday defended the Department of National Defenses unilateral abrogation of its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP), claiming it was a "patriotic duty." In a video message posted via social media, Lorenzana said he was prompted to abrogate the accord given the "numerous testimonies" and "grueling experiences" reported to him by former rebels, but he did not elabor...

A former University of the Philippines-Diliman student council chairperson who is now based in Australia has expressed his disappointment over the Department of National Defense's unilateral trashing of an agreement with the premier learning institution.

UP open to talk with DND, demands clarity of claim on NPA recruitment By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published January 23, 2021 10:26am The University of the Philippines administration is open to a dialogue with the Department of National Defense to discuss DNDs termination of a 31-year-old agreement with the institution, but wants more information about allegations that students were recruited for the communist insurgency. “Gaya ng sinabi na namin, ang UP naman laging open sa dialogo lalo ...

CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III (Photo from Prospero De Vera’s Facebook page) CHED Chairman Prospero de Vera III said the recent row between the DND and the State university is expected to happen as the pact between the two institutions has “no clear operational details for implementation.” “I assert that the implementation of the DND-UP accord was destined to be problematic. The accord has no clear detailed operational details to implement the provisions of the agreement,” De V...

UP ROTC alumni express grave concern, ask DND to reconsider ending accord By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published January 22, 2021 5:07pm The UP Vanguard Inc. is calling on the Department of National Defense (DND) to reconsider its termination of a 31-year-old agreement with the University of Philippines banning the entry into the university of military and police forces without prior coordination with UP officials. “The UP Vanguard Inc. joins the whole University of the Philippines (UP) c...

No safe space for Philippines’ Indigenous youth as military allowed on campus by Mongabay.com on 22 January 2021 The Philippines’ Department of National Defense has unilaterally terminated an accord that ensured the 17 campuses of the University of the Philippines were off-limits to the military and police. The defense secretary justified the move by alleging that insurgents from the banned communist party and its armed wing are using the campuses’ sanctuary status as cover for their rec...

January 22, 2021 | 7:36 pm Font Size         THE Oblation at Dusk by Dr. Eloisa May Hernandez — VMEMECONTEMPORARY.COM The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) will convene a panel to discuss academic freedom and how law enforcers can protect it, according to the agency. This was after the Philippine military unilaterally ended a deal with the University of the Philippines (UP) banning soldiers inside the state institution. “The implementation of the Department of National ...

As DND scraps accord, PNP suddenly calls Barangay UP Campus as crime hotspot 2377 ); Philippine National Police released a statement declaring Barangay UP Campus a crime hotspot all of a sudden as the university is seeking to discuss with the Department of National Defense its unilateral junking of their 1989 accord to keep police and military outside the campus. PNP Public Information Office said the jurisdiction covering much of the grounds belonging to the University of the Philippines Dil...