QUEZON CITY, Feb. 14 — Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2 is necessary if the country is to have the flexibility to respond to inevitable changes in world economic conditions.This was one of the main arguments of Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo in a letter to House Committee.
Duterteâs Forces Have a New Target: University Students
The government in the Philippines has announced a decision to end a 32-year agreement barring security forces from a prestigious campus. Students say they wonât be intimidated.
Students and activists held a protest at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City last month.Credit.Jes Aznar for The New York Times
Feb. 14, 2021
MANILA â The posters that appeared on campus were chilling. They warned that the University of the Philippines had become a breeding ground for communist sympathizers and that students and professors needed to be on high alert for antigovernment insurgents. Some students were even named as possible offenders.
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Protesters at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City on Jan 28, 2021.PHOTO: NYTIMES
Students discuss pressing social issues at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City on Jan 28, 2021.PHOTO: NYTNS
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THE Philippine national men’s basketball team is set to add players to its pool from the rookie draft of the local professional league set for March.
Following its meeting with the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) last week, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) submitted a list of players it is interested in tapping to be part of the national team program in preparation for future international competitions.
The local basketball federation said it will be picking Jordan Heading, Tzaddy Rangel and Jaydee Tungcab from the special PBA rookie draft for Gilas on March 14.
The three players will join Isaac Go (Terrafirma), Matt Nieto (NLEX), Mike Nieto (Rain or Shine), Rey Suerte (Blackwater), and Allyn Bulanadi (Alaska), Gilas draftees in 2019, as full-time members of the Gilas Pilipinas pool.
MANILA, Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP) will accept online applications for interested freshmen students for the incoming academic year until tomorrow. Graduating senior high school students and others who are qualified to enter the university as freshmen students for the Academic Year 2021-2022 may submit their applications through https://upcollegeadmissions.up.edu.ph. Unlike in previous years, applicants will not undergo.