UP campus in Diliman, Quezon City (Photo courtesy of UP Diliman Facebook page) MANILA - A bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP) - Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter hurdled third reading approval at the House of Representatives. During Tuesday's plenary session, the chamber overwhelmingly approved with 179 affirmative votes House Bill 10171, which seeks to amend Section 11 of Republic Act 9500 or the University of the Philippines Charter of 2008. The bill seeks to prevent state security forces, such as the Philippine National Polic...