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(Eagle News) – Malacanang is currently looking into proposals to reform the curriculum of education in the country after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., declared his full support for this. Palace press secretary Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that this was one of the issues discussed during the President’s second cabinet meeting which was done virtually. Marcos wants a review of the current education curriculum to better prepare students for higher learning, the Palace said. During […]
(Eagle News) — The University of the Philippines will not be administering its College Admissions Test for the academic year 2022 to 2023. In suspending the conduct of the UPCAT for the second consecutive year, UP, through Memorandum No. OVPAA 2021-158 released by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs on November 18, cited “immense logistical challenge” of administering the test “in the UP campuses and 95 testing centers throughout the archipelago while […]
Balitalakayan interviews political analyst UP Prof. Clarita Carlos on Sept. 21, 2021, on the Marcos martial law years, and the need to study and analyze the martial law regime of former President Ferdinand Marcos by experts, with objectivity and without political color or bias.
(Eagle News)– The country’s COVID-19 cases could have reached 220,000 by the end of August if Metro Manila and surrounding areas remained under General Community Quarantine (GCQ), according to a University of the Philippines prediction. But with the return to the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) protocols, UP experts said that there would be about 170,000 total cases by end of the month, saving as many as 50,000 cases. “Iyong bagong forecast po natin […]
(Eagle News)–A group on Saturday, July 4, filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of the anti-terrorism law. The group led by lawyer Howard Calleja filed the petition for certiorari and prohibition electronically with the Supreme Court, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the law that would effectively replace the Human Security Act of 2007. The group also urgently asked the High Court for a temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction and/or other […]
(Eagle News) – The total patient recoveries in the country continued to increase far more than the COVID-19 deaths as recoveries reached almost a thousand, or 975 to be exact. Forty-three patients recovered in the past 24 hours, according to the Department of Health while new deaths reached 19, bringing the total to 530. This came about as total COVID-19 cases reached 7,958 as of 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 28. -More patients recovering than succumbing […]
(Eagle News) – The University of the Philippines Office of Admissions (UPCAT – U.P. System) has announced that it is postponing the release of the UP College Admissions Test (UPCAT) 2020 results, originally scheduled today, Monday, March 30. In an announcement posted at the UP website on Saturday, March 28, the U.P. System said that it considered the situation of UPCAT applicants, who “will have different levels of access to online results in light […]
(Eagle News) — A member of the University of the Philippines community is being monitored for symptoms of the coronavirus disease. This is according to UP Diliman chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, who issued a statement on Tuesday, March 10. According to Nemenzo, the UP constituent who was nursing a high fever was screened yesterday at the University Health Service holding area “and has since been sent to another hospital for testing.” “We assure you that in […]
(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the test kits developed by University of the Philippines scientists for the coronavirus disease. In a statement on Tuesday, March 10, the FDA said the certificate of exemption was issued for the test kits developed by the university’s National Institute of Health and funded by the Department of Science and Technology. “This supports the CODE RED status raised by the Department of Health (DOH) and […]
(Eagle News)–The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Inc. has lifted its suspension on University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons head coach Bo Perasol over his outburst in a game against Ateneo. In lifting the suspension on Perasol, the UAAP noted the “sincerity and voluntariness” of his “words and actions” when he personally spoke to the commissioner and “expressed deep regrets over the incident and its unintended effects” on the referee who was the subject […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Monday, Sept. 30, the wake of the University of the Philippines student leader who died after being implicated in a hazing incident. The Palace on Tuesday, Oct. 1, said the President visited the Quezon City wake of the pupil, a member of the Sigma Rho fraternity, who was not identified by UP. Reports said however that he was the son of a government official. The death of the student […]
(Eagle News)–The death of a University of the Philippines student leader after he was implicated in a hazing incident should “serve as a gentle reminder to everyone to extend kindness, patience and understanding to all.” This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who is also a member of the Sigma Rho fraternity of which the deceased, who was not identified by UP, was a member. Panelo said this was all the more important, “especially […]
