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PHILIPPINES-SECURITY/ (PIX):Philippine protest over permission for security forces to enter university

The University of the Philippines is willing to engage in a dialogue with the Department of the National Defense (DND) following the one-sided cancellation of the pact that kept state forces out of its lands for three decades, the chancellor of its flagship campus said Tuesday.

UP accord terminated to protect Filipinos vs 'enemies of the state' – Lorenzana enablePagination: false FILE PHOTO Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday justified the Duterte administration's decision to abruptly end the Department of National Defense's agreement with the University of the Philippines that prohibits the entry of state forces in its campuses without prior notice. He claimed the three-decade old agreement accorded to UP out of courtesy is now obsolete because there is a need to protect the majority of Filipinos against a...

Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte on Tuesday suggested that Congress amend the Charter governing the University of the Philippines (UP) to assure the implementation of the provisions stated in the UP-Department of National Defense (DND) Accord.

Luis Liwanag/BenarNews The defense secretary Tuesday defended a government move to terminate an agreement that barred security forces from entering the Manila campus of the state-run University of the Philippines, as he cited concerns about it being a haven for communist insurgents. The move by the Department of National Defense, announced on Monday night, was widely criticized on Tuesday as potentially trampling on dissent and free speech, while students from the campus staged a protest in response to it. Students’ outspokenness on issues, such as President Rodrigo Duterte’...