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(Contributed image) MANILA - Anti-communist group, Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), believes that "scrapping" the bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP)-Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter, will protect campuses from infiltration of communist terrorist groups (CTGs). LIPI national chairperson Jose Antonio Goitia, in a statement Thursday, defended the DND's earlier decision to abrogate its agreement with UP, saying "it would end the underground mass recruitment of the communist groups inside campuses." "We...

University of the Philippines-Diliman (Photo courtesy of UPD Facebook) MANILA - The bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP) - Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter will allow communist terrorist groups to continue recruiting more students to join the armed struggle. Kabataan Kontra Droga At Terorismo (KKDAT) national spokesperson Franz Arabia said in a statement Friday that the long history of disappearances of UP student leaders has been linked to the underground recruitment of the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) legal front ...

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...

DILG, UP agree to review 1992 accord Emmanuel Tupas © STAR/Boy Santos/File DILG, UP agree to review 1992 accord MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the University of the Philippines agreed yesterday to review a 1992 agreement banning the entry of police officers in UP campuses without prior notice. The decision was reached at the end of an hour-long meeting at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters at Camp Crame in Quezon City. Present during the meeting were UP president Danilo Concepcion and chancellor Fid...

Published February 4, 2021, 12:03 PM Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill seeking to uphold academic freedom in the University of the Philippines (UP) and provide the institution the “democratic space” to ensure that exchanges and expression of ideas within its premises are free from intimidation from state forces. Senator Leila de Lima (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “While it is important to protect our national security, it is likewise important to afford our academic institutions the democratic space conducive to free exchange of ideas and critical thinking, which leads to...