Published February 22, 2021, 3:46 PM
A University of the Philippines (UP) employee and his colleague have been “illegally” arrested for supposedly engaging in online gambling, the university’s Office of the Student Regent said Monday.
In a Facebook post, the student regent’s office denounced the arrest of UP Islamic Institute employee Jun Nario and his colleague who were allegedly caught on Sunday night “engaging in online karera (racing) while failing to observe social distancing measures.”
They were allegedly arrested when “forces of the Crime Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) intruded Pook Village A last night at 7 PM.”
Although the two were eventually released “when UP lawyers intervened,” the student regent said, “the harassment and intrusion” of the police “violates the UP-DILG (Department of Interior and Local Government) agreement that remains effective to this day.” The office referred to an agreement that prohibits police from entering
Published January 28, 2021, 9:44 PM
The University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents (BOR) has failed to adopt a resolution lodged by its sectoral regents that called upon the board to continue upholding the UP-Department of National Defense (DND) accord.
In a Facebook post, the UP Office of the Student Regent said the BOR instead referred the resolution to a technical working group, supported UP President Danilo Concepcion’s efforts to engage in dialogue, and affirmed Concepcion’s statements on the matters of UP-DND accord and red-tagging.
“The members of the Board have made known that they stand with the principle of academic freedom. The challenge now is to translate this unity into decisive action,” the UP Office of the Student Regent said.