Published February 1, 2021, 1:57 PM
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Chancellor Jose Camacho Jr. said the entry and presence of the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel on campus is still prohibited, allaying “insinuations” of “any agreement” during a recent visit to the Laguna Police Provincial Office.
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“Some sectors are demanding that we disclose the details of our visits to the Office of the Governor Extension Office in Calamba City and the Laguna Police Provincial Office (LPPO) on 28 January 2021,” Camacho said in a statement on Monday.
“The details of the twin visits are already available in the updates provided in our website. We took a proactive stance to uphold the academic freedom of the university, and ensure the safety and security of our constituents and our surrounding communities where our faculty and staff live and where our students reside in private dormitories,” he added.
‘We are defending a sanctuary of learning and of life’
“We will defend the University of the Philippines, our sanctuary, as much as it has defended us,” Lalah, a Grade 12 Lumad student, vowed to a crowd of protesters during a mobilisation at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman.
Members of the UP community assembled on 19 January at the steps of the historic Quezon Hall to condemn the unilateral abrogation of the 1989 University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense (UP-DND) Accord, the morning after Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced the questionable decision.
The accord lays down the guidelines on military and police entry to all UP campuses. This limits the power of state authorities to interfere with university operations, effectively protecting the freedom of faculty to determine what to teach and how it should be taught, and the freedom of students to think critically without danger. The accord, in other words, asserts UP
CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will call for a meeting with officials of the University of the Philippines (UP) this week for a review of its own 1992 UP-DILG agreement, which limits police presence in UP campuses to find out if the.
DILG seeks review of own agreement with UP
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 25) The Department of the Interior and Local Government wants to review its own agreement with the University of the Philippines.
This was confirmed by DILG spokesperson Jonathan Malaya in an interview with CNN Philippines Monday. We supported the abrogation of the agreement with the Department of National Defense. P
ero yung sa amin naman po, we are taking the path of dialogue with the University of the Philippines administration. So
nagpadala po ng sulat ang aming officer-in-charge Usec. Bernardo Florece (Jr.)
kay UP President Danilo Concepcion
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 24 The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) supports the recent act of the Department of National Defense (DND) abrogating the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP)-DND accord.
DILG Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Usec. Bernardo Florece said that “The agreement has become obsolete and no longer attuned to the times. It was signed way back in 1989, three years after the end of the Marcos dictatorship. The times have changed. The conditions have changed.”
Florece agreed with the DND of the ongoing clandestine recruitment inside UP campuses by the CPP/NPA/NDF through its various front organizations and that the agreement is being used by the Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) to allow them to operate freely. This fact has been tolerated by the government for a long time out of respect for the agreement,” he added.