Tag: Board of Regents

Escudero denies he made proposal to offer UP honorary degree to President Duterte

By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News)– Senator Chiz Escudero on Wednesday denied that he was behind the proposal to confer a University of the Philippines honorary doctorate to President Rodrigo Duterte, but admitted that he “did not object when it was proposed.” “I did not move but I did not object when it was proposed given that it is a UP tradition that Philippine heads of state (including the Chief Justice […]

UP denies social media post regarding Mayor Duterte

LOS Baños, Philippines – The University of the Philippines denied a post in the social media regarding its alleged issuance of a resolution declaring Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as persona non grata in its campuses, in connection with the issue about a UP Los Baños student accused of being disrespectful to the said mayor. According to UP, the Board of Regents did not issue said resolution and that said university is non-partisan and is […]