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Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said the recent flak received by the military for falsely accusing several University of the Philippines alumni as being members of the New People’s Army has triggered the need to determine how billions of pesos in intelligence and confidential funds are being spent by state security agencies.
On the other hand, Quezon City Rep. Jesus “Bong” Suntay, said red tagging and directly linking individuals as members of communist organizations does not, in any way, justify intelligence fund disbursements.
“The penchant of our military and police personnel of publishing list of individuals tagged as member of the New People’s Army must stop. Clearly the intention is to show that with the intel funds they have accomplished their job,” said Suntay, chairman of the House Committee on Human Rights.
“At the time, it was in the hands of the government and research institutions, and a few universities. It was a closed ecosystem and I was with a group of Filipinos who went to Washington to discuss certain programs for the Philippines.
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 Defense s 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 statement. The school requested an agreement on the date and place where the dialogue will be held. “We believe that with shared openness and respect, we can settle issues between our respective institutions,” it said.
DILG seeks review of own agreement with UP
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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 dialogue with the University of the Philippines administration. So
nagpadala po ng sulat ang aming officer-in-charge Usec. Bernardo Florece (Jr.)
kay UP President Danilo Concepcion
January 26, 2021 THE newly-inaugurated Police Regional Office (PRO)-Davao Covid-19 Molecular Laboratory is expected to help in Davao Region s testing needs.
On January 18, 2021, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas conducted a command visit at PRO-Davao in Catitipan, where he led the formal inauguration of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) molecular laboratory.
This is the fourth molecular lab of the PNP in the country and the first in Mindanao.
In a press conference, Sinas said he will leave the operation of the lab to PRO-Davao, which will also decide as to who can avail of their testing service.
PRO-Davao Director Filmore Escobal said their medical technologists are still training at the University of the Philippines-Mindanao (UP-Min) Genome Center and they are still waiting for them to graduate before they can formally operate.