Published January 20, 2021, 5:49 PM Students across the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) decried the attempt to terminate the PUP-Department of National Defense (DND) accord signed in 1990. Student activists from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, held a protest action in Sta. Mesa, Manila to condemn the Department of Defense’s unilateral termination of an agreement with the University of the Philippines banning the presence of military and police personnel on campuses (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Following the termination of the University of the Philippines (UP)-DND accord, Duterte Youth Partylist Rep. Ducielle Cardema on Tuesday called on DND to likewise cancel a similar agreement with PUP.