MISSING CONTEXT: UP Diliman only barangay in PH with no police station
Jan 26, 2021 3:22 PM PHT
Rappler.com
At a glance:
Claim: The University of the Philippines (UP) campus in Diliman, Quezon City is a barangay (village). It is the only barangay in the Philippines without a police station.
Rating: MISSING CONTEXT
The facts: The University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, is different from Barangay UP Campus, but the university occupies a huge part of the barangay. The university also has its own police force that cooperates with the Philippine National Police (PNP).
Why we fact-checked this: A reader emailed the claim to Rappler for verification.
As DND scraps accord, PNP suddenly calls Barangay UP Campus as crime hotspot
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Philippine National Police released a statement declaring
Barangay UP Campus a crime hotspot all of a sudden as the university is seeking to discuss with the Department of National Defense its unilateral junking of their 1989 accord to keep police and military outside the campus.
PNP Public Information Office said the jurisdiction covering much of the grounds belonging to the University of the Philippines Diliman ranked 20th in the peace and order indicator of Quezon City since 2016. The city has a total of 142 barangays.
Brgy. UP Campus also covers eight barangays in the city UP Campus, Krus na Ligas, San Vicente, Botocan, Culiat, Old Capitol Site, Pansol and Vasra.