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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday said it will organize a panel of experts "to define the meaning of academic freedom and the role of security forces in the protection of academic freedom and the welfare of students."

Past and current Student Regents of the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Student Regent on Thursday opposed the Department of National Defense’s (DND) decision to terminate the deal preventing state forces from entering university grounds.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says a conversation between the UP President and Defense chief may be the ‘proper course of action’ to resolve issues surrounding the accord, saying he would even offer his ‘good office’ should the parties need assistance.

Malacañang said President Duterte was not consulted before the Department of National Defense (DND) unilaterally terminated its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP) that bars the entry of the military or the police in campuses without prior notice to the university's administration.

FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) — A congresswoman of the Duterte Youth Partylist has called on the Department of National Defense to scrap its pact with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines that bans the unannounced entry of uniformed security personnel in school premises. Duterte Youth Rep. Ducielle Cardema on Tuesday said the accord between DND and the state university should also be abrogated, similar to what Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana did with the 1...

By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 20, 2021 10:27am Updated January 20, 2021 12:14pm Albay Representative Edcel Lagman is calling for a House probe into the one-sided revocation of the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that prohibits entry of state forces into the university without prior notice to its officials. In House Resolution 1490, Lagman, a UP alumnus, urged the House Committee on Human Rights to conduct the inq...

SunStar File January 20, 2021 DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assured on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, that there is no plan to deploy state forces inside University of the Philippines (UP) campuses. Neither does the military wish to suppress academic freedom and freedom of expression. He said he made this clear when he informed UP President Danilo Concepcion in a letter about the abrogation of the agreement between the Department of National Defense (DND) and UP effective Januar...

Soldiers visit gardening project in Diliman days after DND ended pact with UP By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published January 20, 2021 10:13am Updated January 20, 2021 10:44am Troops from the 7th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday visited the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman to inspect their urban gardening project. The visit was conducted days after the Department of National Defense (DND) decided...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) — The abrogation of the Univeristy of the Philippines-DND accord that bars unauthorized entry of security forces into UP campuses is not meant as an attack against the university, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assured on Wednesday. "This is not an attack against UP or the alumni. Gusto lang namin malinis ang UP sa mga bad elements sa loob... I have nothing against UP, we want to protect UP and its students," Lorenzana said in a news...

Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Academic freedom, freedom of expression and association, due process, privacy, and other fundamental rights are guaranteed by the Philippine Constitution. These basic rights cannot be taken away by the unilateral scrapping of an agreement for operational coordination,” assured Cayosa in a statement. “Considering its institutional autonomy as a National University under R.A. 9500 (the UP Charter of 2008), primary authori...