The funeral Mass for the cash-strapped University of the Philippines student who committed suicide saw the Catholic church launching a project that could hopefully prevent another Kristel Tejada.
Students of the University of the Philippines Visayas joined protest actions on Tuesday to demand an overhaul of the UP system’s tuition scheme and higher government subsidy to education.
In death, Kristel Pilar Mariz Tejada has definitely grabbed her school’s attention. A day after the student’s suicide put the University of the Philippines and its student support system under scrutiny, UP president Alfredo Pascual on Saturday said the state-run institution “can turn the tragedy into a greater resolve to act and make UP accessible to the poor.”
With the 2013 elections only a few months away, a new issue comes into view – the possible occurrence of a “Catholic Vote”. There have been varied opinions on whether the Filipino Catholics will vote as one block this coming election.
The University of the Philippines can invest in high-stakes projects to earn bigger dividends when it completes a three-year plan to digitally centralize the administration, communication and financing systems of all UP campuses in 2014, UP President Alfredo Pascual said.
Look how far P10,000 can go. Pledged by 150 alumni of the University of the Philippines, the amount has grown to P1.5 million in a year. And as planned, it is going to be used to sculpt the Oblation, the iconic symbol of the state university, for its campus at the Clark Freeport in Pampanga.
Students taking the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (Upcat) Saturday and Sundaycan avail themselves of free rides to the UP Diliman campus in Quezon City courtesy of the Upcat Libreng Hatid program of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority.
Expect howls of protest from several sectors over the University of the Philippines’ plan to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in strategic areas and barrier gates inside its Diliman campus in Quezon City as part of the state university’s enhanced security measures.
At 20 years of age, he knows he has a lot to be thankful for.
Inquirer publisher Isagani “Gani” Yambot had his eye on the future.
Noting a huge disparity between the declared assets and government salary of Chief Justice Renato Corona, a party-list group has called for the confiscation of his “unexplained” wealth estimated to be worth P78 million.
That one moment at home watching television Wednesday afternoon was unlike any other for 27-year-old Raoul Angelo Atadero. He heard his name read out as this year’s top bar passer.
There’s someone from the University of the Philippines (UP) on the Top 10 of the bar exams, after all. But he earned his law degree not from UP but from the San Beda Alabang College of Law in Muntinlupa City.
