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DND ‘ignored basic courtesies’ in scrapping accord with UP, say alumni Published January 26, 2021 9:54pm Updated January 27, 2021 12:09am By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News The Department of National Defense (DND) “ignored and disregarded basic courtesies” when it unilaterally terminated its 31-year-old accord with the University of the Philippines (UP) that prevented state forces from freely entering campuses, alumni said Tuesday. The UP Alumni Association (UPAA) underscored that the agreement was entered into “in good faith” by both parties in 1989. “The one-sided cance...

Published January 26, 2021, 11:07 PM The 24-member Senate on Tuesday passed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to welcome the decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to answer the various calls for dialogue with the University of the Philippines (UP) on the termination of the 1989 UP-DND accord.     Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) Sponsored by opposition Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, proposed Resolution 616 also urges “both parties to revisit the accord and to further urge DND to hold dialogues with other academic institutions to find a co...

News Published January 26, 2021 7:06pm The University of the Philippines on Tuesday called out the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after the military said that the university's "silent majority" supported the abrogation of the UP-DND accord, after one person claimed this to be the case—and for identifying that person as a UP professor when he isn't. In a Facebook post, the AFP’s Civil Relations Service (CRS-AFP) quoted a Michael Eric Castillo, whom it identified as a UP professor, as saying, "Papaano nasabi na hindi sang-ayon ang majority sa pag abrogate ng UP-DND accord? You ...

Press Release Senate welcomes DND move to dialogue with UP on 1989 Accord The Senate on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, passed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to welcome the Department of National Defense's (DND) decision to answer the various calls for dialogue with the University of the Philippines (UP) on the termination of the 1989 UP-DND agreement. Sponsored by Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, proposed Resolution No. 616 also urges "both parties to revisit the accord and to further urge DND to hold dialogues with other academic institutions to find a common ground that promote...

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is scheduled to meet with UP President Danilo Concepcion next week to discuss the dissolved UP-DND accord.