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A unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) apologized Monday for publishing on its social media page a faulty list containing the names of former University of the Philippines (UP) students who allegedly joined the New People's Army (NPA).
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. ...
DILG seeks review of own agreement with UP enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) 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 of...
Published January 25, 2021 2:41pm The Department of Justice (DOJ) will not issue a legal opinion on the termination of the University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense accord unless requested, Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday. Guevarra has declined to comment on the unilateral termination of the UP-DND pact, saying the matter may reach his office for adjudication. Considering the "apparent dispute" between UP and the DND on the validity of the termination of the accord, the secretary said the DOJ will view any request for legal opinion as a request for administrativ...
AFP needs facts not hypotheticals on UP deal abrogation –professor Published January 25, 2021 6:07pm A professor from the University of the Philippines' Department of Political Science said Monday that the reasoning behind the termination of the University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense accord needs to be supported by facts, not hypotheticals. “Dapat kung sinasabi [ng Armed Forces of the Philippines] na ito ay empirical, dapat magbigay sila ng pruweba,” Prof. Jaime Naval said on Balitanghali. Earlier, military spokesman Major General Edgard Arevalo claimed that...