Former rebels and parents of students allegedly drawn into underground movements staged a Labor Day protest outside the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in Quezon City on Friday, May 1, calling for stronger safeguards in schools against reported recruitment activities. The group urged...
Amid the word war triggered by opposing claims on what really happened in Taboso, Negros Occidental, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has initiated an investigation to determine whose side is telling the truth on the circumstances that led to the death of 19 people on April 19. Various groups...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday, April 24, maintained that the slain University of the Philippines (UP) student leader in a recent encounter in Negros Occidental was not an innocent civilian, saying she was allegedly found armed and in combat gear during the clash with the New...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) pushed back on claims circulating online that some, if not all, of the 19 suspected communist rebels who died in clashes with soldiers in Negros Occidental on April 19, were innocent civilians. For Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Louie G. Dema-ala, the...
In the coastal and mountainous reaches of Barangay Dibut, San Luis, Aurora, where the waves of life are dictated by the ebb and flow of the sea, UP Kalilayan—a student-led provincial organization based in the University of the Philippines, Diliman—will roll out this year’s iteration of one of...
Despite the social media rant against him, Department of the Interior and Local Government Jonvic Remulla still considers Harry Roque as a close friend. In a video message on his Facebook account, Roque even dared Remulla to go to Austria to arrest him, adding that he would wait for the DILG...
A vintage bomb was unearthed by construction workers digging near the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) Institute of Chemistry-Teaching Building on Tuesday morning, Feb. 3. Initial investigation by the police said the bomb was found by the workers at around 10:15 a.m. as they were...
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, the first Filipino to win an Olympic gold medal, has officially joined the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) as a faculty member—marking a new chapter in the career of the country’s most decorated weightlifter. In an article posted on its website on January 19,...
The University of the Philippines (UP) had been in the large Ermita block bounded by Taft Avenue, Padre Faura, Florida, and Isaac Peral. With the Commonwealth government’s plan to move the capital to Quezon City, land had been acquired in Diliman for the university. Building construction had...
The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman is set to host its most anticipated year-end tradition as Maskipaps: The Crossover 2025 transforms the iconic Sunken Garden into a massive 12-hour music festival on December 19, 2025. Organized by the UP Beta Epsilon Fraternity, the event runs from...
After the Covid-19 lockdown, C40 Cities, an international coalition of urban leaders, proposed the 15-minute city concept as part of the post-pandemic recovery. Introduced by researcher Carlos Moreno, the urban model is characterized by essential establishments, services, stores, and institutions...
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...
