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Published January 21, 2021, 3:02 PM Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has accepted Presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s offer to broker talks with University of the Philippines (UP) President Danilo Concepcion on the termination of a 30-year-old agreement between the two parties. Roque made the statement after he offered to facilitate a possible discussion between Lorenzana and Concepcion on the termination of the UP-DND accord that prohibits the uncoordinated entry of police and military to campuses. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (JOEY DALUMPINES/PRESI...

endIndex: The worry that the unilateral abrogation would imperil academic freedom and constitutional rights is not unfounded. Editor’s note: Michael T. Tiu, Jr. teaches Constitutional Law at the UP College of Law. As a lawyer at the Institute of Human Rights, University of the Philippines Law Center, he works on the intersection of issues and vulnerabilities brought about by climate change, business activities, and social change. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s. Manila (CNN Philippines Life, January 21) — February 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of what we now ...

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday welcomed the proposal of some senators to institutionalize the accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and Department of National Defense (DND) on the presence of state security forces on its campuses.

By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 21, 2021 6:18pm Updated January 21, 2021 7:13pm Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte on Thursday filed a measure which seeks to apply the provisions of the unilaterally-abrogated 1989 University of the Philippines - Department of National Defense (UP-DND) Accord to all state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country. Belmonte, a UP alumnus, filed House Bill 8443, or the proposed "Academic Freedom Act of 2021," which institutionalizes SUCs as freedom spaces where academic freedom is guaranteed.   READ: Amid the unilateral abrogati...

President Rodrigo Duterte (pic) supports the decision of the Department of National Defence to terminate its three-decade agreement with the University of the Philippines that bars the entry of the military or police in campuses without prior notice to the UP administration, Malacañang said