The University of Santo Tomas formally began its traditional Paskuhan celebrations with a lighting ceremony for its campus décor and the Eucharistic Celebration at the Plaza Mayor. It was livestreamed through the official UST Facebook page on November 27, 2021.
Immediately prior to the lighting,
SunStar 4 universities: ‘We must retain independence, autonomy’
MANILA. Many student activists are members of Anakbayan, one of the organizations that the military alleges is a front for the communist movement. The group has denied the allegation and denounced the military for red-tagging. (File)
+ January 24, 2021 FOUR of the largest universities in the country on Sunday, January 24, 2021, jointly issued a statement objecting to the red-tagging by a military general and emphasizing that they “must retain independence and autonomy from the State.”
Top officials of Far Eastern University (FEU), De La Salle University, University of Santo Tomas (UST) and Ateneo de Manila University stressed that their institutions “neither promote nor condone recruitment activities of the New People’s Army (NPA) and any movement that aims to violently overthrow the government.”