You Are Here:Home → 2021 → April → 25 → UP security guards in limbo after dismissal UP security guards in limbo after dismissal By ARNETH ASIDDAO MANILA — More than 60 security guards at the University of the Philippines Diliman face uncertainty about their employment after the turnover of UP’s new security provider Grand Meritus Security Agency Inc. Many dismissed security guards had been working for UP for at least a decade, with some serving for as long as 23 years. In a recent meeting with Alliance of Contractual Employees (ACE) UP and All UP Workers Alliance, UP Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo reassured that UP will negotiate with Grand Meritus Security Agency Inc. for the maximum absorption of security guards into the new agency and their immediate assignment back to duty.