The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, July 21, appealed to local government units (LGUs) and the public to be more cautious and discerning when declaring or calling for class suspensions, warning that frequent cancellations contribute to significant learning loss among students. Heavy...
The University of the Philippines (UP) on Friday, July 11, strongly condemned the brutal killing of UP Diliman student Sophia Coquilla, who was found murdered in her home in Tagum City. In an official statement, the university expressed profound sorrow over the tragic loss of Coquilla, who was...
ILOILO CITY — Grassroots leaders Reynilda Partida and Fredil Muid reminded graduates of University of the Philippines Visayas to embrace community service. Partida and Muid said they can make a difference in their own communities during the July 8 ceremony at the main campus of UP Visayas in...
A 19-year-old University of the Philippines Manila student was robbed and killed by four individuals in Barangay La Filipina, Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Wednesday, July 9. Police identified the victim as Sophia Coquilla, who was on vacation when she was slain. She sustained 38 stab wounds in...
National University mustered all its strength in the fourth quarter but Japan Women’s College of Physical Education simply had the momentum to deny the Filipinas dribblers with a 77-68 win in the women’s final of 2025 BLIA Cup University Basketball Invitational Sunday, July 6. Playing at the...
Soft corals found in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank are among the most diverse in the world, according to an international study published in Nature Scientific Reports in May. The study, titled “Biodiversity and biogeography of zooxanthellate soft corals across the Indo-Pacific,”...
Reigning champion University of the Philippines and University of Santo Tomas are on the move during the off-season, securing themselves additional big men for the upcoming UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball tournament. As Quentin Millora-Brown, Aldous Torculas, and Francis Lopez bid their...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing reforms in the Philippine justice system with the launch of the National Forensics Institute (NFI). During the launch on June 18 at UP Manila, UP President Angelo Jimenez described the initiative as a “national...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is considering to pilot a housing rental project at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City under the administration’s flagship “Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH)” expanded program. DHSUD Secretary...
Philippine universities are facing an uphill battle on the global academic stage, according to the newly released Philippines University Rankings 2025 by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), published on Monday, June 2. Despite the inclusion of two institutions—University of the...
Breast cancer claimed over 670,000 lives worldwide in 2022, 11,000 of those were Filipinos. Second only to lung cancer, breast cancer is one of the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the country. A new tool developed by biologists from the University of the Philippines (UP) hopes to help...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines Visayas unveiled a food safety manual titled “Food Safety and Community: A Practical Guide to Food Safety for Food Service” on Friday, May 23. The participatory food safety manual is not only a technical guidebook but also an applicable tool...
