"Sa pagputok ng bagong taon, patuloy pa rin ang laban ng mamamayang tutol sa huwad at pahirap na PUVMP. Kalakip nito ang pagpapaingay ng panawagan para sa makamasang transportasyon para sa mamamayang Pilipino. Balik pasada, balik prangkisa, PUVMP, ibasura!"
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
Juan Miguel Severo performs a spoken-word rendition of the national anthem. Rica Nepomuceno leads the crowd in singing the national anthem.
#GrandMa
ñanita
#JunkTerrorBill
LOOK: Lights and colors dominate Carabao Park with tonight’s Christmas Lighting Ceremony, complete with the nativity scene as its centerpiece.
#PaskongElbi2020
#UPLB
PANOORIN: Kasunod ng malakas na pagpapatugtog ng PNP upang gambalain ang mapayapang programa ng delegasyon ng Timog Katagalugan, naglabas ng posas ang isang miyembro ng kapulisan nang subukang pahintuin ng negotiation panel ang pagpapatugtog.
#EDSA38
#NoToChaCha
LOOK: Chancellor Camacho prohibits the giving of online assessments starting today. He also informs the faculty that the deadline for submission of grades is extended to January 21, 2021.
#UPLBupdates
BREAKING: Armed guards were seen harassing resident farmers of Hacienda Yulo in Canlubang, Calamba last August 22. The guards blatantly pointed their guns to the residents after the latter attempted to block them from entering the community.
#StopTheAttacks
#DefendHaciendaYulo
LOOK: UP Office of the Student Regent (OSR) encourages students to stage a walkout in classes. The OSR adds that no classes must be held under a Marcos presidency.
#SuspendClassesNowUP
BREAKING: [With a vote of 7-4], Dr. Jose Camacho, Jr. succeeds Dr. Fernando Sanchez, Jr. as UPLB's new chancellor, following the Board of Regents (BOR) votation.
#UPLBChancy
JUST IN: Red-tagged peasant farmer Rommy Torres, reported missing last February 3 in Norzagaray, Bulacan was found dead in Laguna today, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reports.
NEWS UPDATE: HOURS AFTER DISAPPEARANCE, TWO ACTIVISTS FOUND DEAD IN FUNERAL HOME
Just hours ago, Chai Lemita-Evangelista and Ariel Evangelista [pictured], alongside their 10-year-old child Raymart were reported missing after a raid in their home in Nasugbu, Batangas.
READ: Eligible and qualified UPLB students who need mental health-related medications and/or consultations, as determined by the UPLB Office of Counseling and Guidance, will receive an assistance of P7500 per semester.
#UPLBupdates
NOW: Multisectoral groups are now here in front of the Quezon Hall at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) to register their calls to junk the Anti-Terror Act of 2020.
#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW
LOOK: UPLB Department of Humanities releases a statement denouncing Rodrigo "Jiggy" Manicad's stand on press freedom, claiming it belies state-led pressures exerted on the media and is against the principles of journalism.
Manicad is an alumnus of UPLB's BACA program.
LOOK: Path leading to the Main Library is covered in dispersed cotton fibre from the Kapok tree. In the previous academic calendar, the dispersal of cotton fibre was a sign graduation season was near as well as a sign that a new batch of Freshmen will enter the university.
JUST IN: UP suspends the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) for the third straight year, UP Office of Admissions Director Francisco N. de los Reyes says.
#UPLBupdates
BREAKING: UPLB Council of Student Leaders (CSL) officially declares a university-wide STRIKE on the circulating protests of the UP community to end the semester and pass the students.
#UPWalangIwanan
#AcademicEaseNow
#WelgaUPLB
[Trigger warning: murder and violence]
JUST IN: A video showed that a Parañaque City police officer brutally shot two unarmed individuals Brgy. Cabayaoasan, Paniqui, Tarlac around 5:10 PM yesterday, Youth UNBOUND-Southern Tagalog says.
READ: Submission of requirements due from November 9 to 12 are suspended to "provide a more sincere and compassionate reading and wellness break" for students.
Examinations scheduled in this period are also suspended.
#NoStudentLeftBehind
#UPLBupdates
LOOK: Fallen trees and leaves in UPLB as Severe Tropical Storm Paeng brings heavy rains and strong winds in Southern Tagalog and other parts of the country.
#PaengPH
#BagyongPaeng
#STupdates
LOOK: Tributes pour in for late College of Development Communication (CDC) Assistant Professor Lynette Carpio-Serrano as flowers, candles, and post-it notes with messages were seen outside her office.
#UPLBupdates
Trigger Warning: Death and suicide
LOOK: Students remember Kristel Tejada through an installation of an armchair and a UP student ID calling for free education at the Oblation Park, UPLB.
#JusticeForKristelTejada
#FreeEducationforAll
LOOK: Los Baños Police attempt to forcibly take the megaphone and disperse the protest in front of Olivarez Plaza against the Maharlika Wealth Fund.
#NotoMaharlikaWealthFund
#HandsOffOurPension
BREAKING: Homes of urban poor residents in Brgy. Sineguelasan, Bacoor catch fire. The said area is reportedly faced with dev't aggression efforts by local politicians and will be affected by the construction of a P100-B bridge from Cavite to Bataan.
#NoToDevelopmentAggression
WATCH: Students flock at E.B. Copeland Gymnasium to apply for teacher’s prerogative on HK 12 today, June 25.
The prerogative enrollment is also scheduled to end this day.
#UPLBupdates
Honda workers will now get 280% of their monthly wage, a P110,000 lump sum amount of compensation, and a medical insurance coverage until December 2020.
FULL STORY:
BREAKING: A student leader from the College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR) had just received a death threat from an anonymous account in Facebook messenger.
The name of the student is withheld for security reasons.
#ResistCrackdown
LOOK: UP College Admission Test (UPCAT) 2024 takers wait in line outside of their respective test buildings in UPLB to take the University’s qualifying exam today, June 3.
#UPCAT2024
#UPLBupdates
BREAKING: BARANGAY TANODS KILL CURFEW VIOLATOR IN CALAMBA, LAGUNA
A 26-year old man from Guinayangan, Quezon who allegedly violated curfew regulations was beaten to death by barangay tanods in Purok Dos, Barangay Turbina, Calamba City, Laguna, Anakbayan Laguna says.
READ: Chancellor Camacho suspends all face-to-face class activities such as submission of requirements, starting March 6 as per OC Memo 2023-028.
#UPLBupdates
#NoToJeepneyPhaseout
JUST IN: Workers of Wyeth Philippines were shocked to learn that they were being laid off in a "team-building activity" in Cabuyao, Laguna, Drug Food and Allied Workers (DFA-KMU) says.
NEWS UPDATE: Hinaharas ng mga pwersa ng estado ang delegasyon ng Timog Katagalugan.
Pabalik na sa sa mga jeep ang mga delegado nang biglang may nahuling nangunguha ng litrato sa mga delegado.
#EDSA38
#NoToChaCha
#DefendSouthernTagalog
BREAKING: Around 350 homes were destroyed in a fire in Brgy. Wawa I and Zapote V in Bacoor City last night. These are the same communities affected by dev't projects such as the Green and Blue Network program of Lani Mercado-Revilla aiming to construct a river walk in the area.
Grand ‘Mañanita’ partygoers here at UP Diliman chant “Junk, Junk, Terror Bill,” to register their collective opposition against the passage of Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW
#GrandMa
ñanita
BREAKING: Online classes in the UP System are now suspended. A Memo from the UP OVPAA and Office the Chancellor is expected to be released within the day.
KWADRADO | MAMAMALAKAYA
With impending reclamation projects in Manila Bay, coastal communities in Brgy. Sineguelasan and other coastal areas face displacement resulting in the loss of their homes and livelihood.
LOOK: Oblation bears the ID card of Krsitel Tejada as a call to hold the UP administration accountable over stringent and anti-student registration policies. Today marks the 7th death anniversary of UP Manila student, Kristel Tejada.
#FreeEducNow
#JusticeForKristel
PANOORIN: Kasalukuyang naglulunsad ng isang kultural na pagtatanghal ang Umalohokan, Inc. laban sa isinusulong ngayong Charter Change ng administrasyong Marcos.
#EDSA38
#NoToChaCha
#DefendSouthernTagalog
NOW: UPLB students, alumni, and affiliates conduct a mobilization to condemn the impending release of ex-mayor Antonio Sanchez, the main perpetrator of the 1993 rape-slay of UPLB students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez.
#JusticeForEileenAndAllan
#SanchezWagPalayain
While observing physical distancing, progressive groups collectively chant their calls slamming the Duterte administration’s policies.
#JUNKTERRORBILLNOW
NGAYON: Nagtungo ang mga tsuper, opereytor, kasama ang iba’t ibang sektor mula Timog Katagalugan, sa harap ng LTFRB upang kalampagin ang ahensya at ipagpanawagan ang pagbabasura ng PUV Modernization Program (PUVMP).
#NoToPUVPhaseout
#TransportWorkersFightBack
IN PHOTOS: Roughly 800 students, faculty, organizations, and student councils unite for
#LabanKabataan
, a mobilization condemning campus militarization and to uphold academic freedom.
During the program, the
#DefendUPLB
alliance was formed.
#DefendUP
#UPwalkout
LOOK: Bonifacio mural painted by
@karmakomiks
at the Student Union Bldg. to be used at the protest action tomorrow at Crossing, Calamba for the Bonifacio Day celebration.
📸 Juan Sebastian Evangelista
LOOK: The Freedom Park and Oblation Park is seen earlier today in serene settings after an hour-long drizzle. Usually, at this time of the year, both grounds host thousands of visitors and students for the commencement exercises. | 📸 by Juan Sebastian Evangelista
LOOK: Despite being stranded in the campus, students in the UPLB Men's Dormitory display their calls in solidarity with the recent protests calling to junk the Anti-Terrorism Bill. They also called to free the Piston 6 and Cebu 7, who were arrested this week.
#JunkTerrorBill
PANOORIN: Lahat ng ruta patungong Mendiola!
Kasalukuyang nagtipon-tipon sa Mendiola ang delegasyon ng Timog Katagalugan, kasama ang malawak na hanay ng transportasyon at mga komyuter mula sa iba’t ibang rehiyon ng bansa.
#NoToPUVPhaseout
#TransportWorkersFightBack
PANOORIN: Kasalukuyang isinasagawa ang snake rally na pinapangunahan ng hanay ng sangkaestudyantehan sa UPLB para irehistro ang mga panawagan kaugnay sa UP budget cut, kakulangan sa mga klase at pasilidad, at mga problema sa DX Amis.
#UPLBSuspendNow
#NoStudentLeftBehind
NOW: In light of the unilateral ‘termination’ of the UP-DND Accord, youth formations along with the UP community mobilize at Quezon Hall calling to defend academic freedom and put an end to fascist attacks against activists.
#DefendUP
#DefendAcademicFreedom
#JunkTerrorLaw
“Mentally I'm here."
LOOK: BS Forestry student Joshua Chua reminisces his personal memories in UPLB by creating
#Pixelbi
. Made in Asperite, a pixel art tool, the nostalgic pixelated collection was inspired by his past experiences in the campus.
#UPLB
READ: Chancellor Camacho, in a memorandum, prohibits faculty members from imposing deadlines from May 6 to 9, right after the reading break, for students to catch up on requirements from the first half of the second semester of A.Y. 2020-2021.
LOOK: Los Baños police vehicles were seen near UPLB gate and inside the campus, as UPLB students and different sectors staged a Black Friday Protest today, February 24.
#HandsOffStudents
#UPLBupdates
BREAKING:
@upsystem
's official Twitter account was hacked and rebranded as "takashi murakami" and started advertising Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
#UPLBupdates
The UPLB Perspective denounces its alumnus Rodrigo "Jiggy" Manicad for his statements on press freedom last January 29, 2019 and February 5, 2019. Journalists are being assaulted & silenced by Duterte -- that is the reality journalists are living in and with.
#DefendPressFreedom
NGAYON: Nagtipon ang delegasyon ng iba’t ibang sektor mula sa Timog Katagalugan sa UPLB Carabao Park bilang selebrasyon ng Pride Month.
#LAVARN
#STPride2023
ICYMI: UPLB students convene at Freedom Park to hold a "Naruto Run" event.
The last time the campus held a Naruto Run was back in September 2017.
#UPLBNarutoRun2019
LOOK: A UPLB community pantry was also launched 4PM this afternoon established in front of the UPLB Housing Office.
Health protocols including proper social distancing, face mask, and face shield are observed.
Photos by Rina Tan de Luna / Facebook
#CommunityPantryPH
BREAKING: Contrary to a recent update, the UPLB Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) claims there is no official suspension for the campus unit to make way for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.
#SEAGames2019
#UPLB
LOOK: NEGROS ACTIVISTS TAGGED IN 'KILL, KILL, KILL' LIST
Karapatan National Office, through its Public Information Desk, received text messages containing death threats to Negros activists, tagging them in a "Kill, Kill, Kill" Program.
📸 Karapatan Negros Island / Facebook
LOOK: Residents were alarmed as sightings of steam have been seen in Lakewood Subdivision, Brgy. Tadlac, Los Baños since yesterday, February 10. (1/2)
Photos from the Municipal Government of Los Baños
LOOK: Six Hacienda Yulo residents have reportedly been flogged and severely injured by Seraph Security Agency guards led by someone with the alias "Kamatayan" today, Defend Yulo Farmers says.
WATCH: Farmers assert to hold the peasant month program in Mendiola, Manila as police block the delegation.
A farmer says to the police:"Isang oras lang na programa para ipanawagan ang lupa. Anong klaseng kayong tao, kami nagpapalamon sa inyo."
#StandWithFarmers
NOW: The campus becomes crowded as the first wave of UPCAT 2020 takers end their session. According to the Office of the University Registrar (OUR), around 7,800 takers are expected to occupy the testing centers in campus throughout the two days.
#UPCAT2020
LOOK: Southern Tagalog farmers lead multisectoral protest at Crossing, Calamba commemorating the 34th anniversary of the Mendiola massacre. It can be recalled that seven out of the 13 killed in the massacre were from Laguna.
#MendiolaMassacre34
IN PHOTOS: Students from UP Los Baños staged an indignation rally along Lopez Ave., Los Baños, to register their calls in junking the Anti-Terrorism Bill. They also called out the government on their inaction towards the pandemic.
READ:
📸 Dianne Sanchez