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UP campus in Diliman, Quezon City (Photo courtesy of UP Diliman Facebook page) MANILA - A bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP) - Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter hurdled third reading approval at the House of Representatives. During Tuesday's plenary session, the chamber overwhelmingly approved with 179 affirmative votes House Bill 10171, which seeks to amend Section 11 of Republic Act 9500 or the University of the Philippines Charter of 2008. The bill seeks to prevent state security forces, such as the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), from entering and enforcing its operations in all UP campuses without prior notice to "the President or the Chancellor of the constituent university or the dean of the regional unit concerned" except "in cases of hot pursuit and similar occasions or emergencies." It mandates university officials, whenever requested by law enfor

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