UP Newsletter September 2012

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VOLUME X X XIII NUMBER 9 DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY SEPTEMBER 2012SEPTEMBER 2012Read UP Newsletter online at http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.phpUP Newsletter online at http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.phpUP Newsletter

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The UPLB websi te now has l inks to their official publications: Horizon and Link (http://www.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/publications/viewcategories). The issues can be used for future reference and maybe even track developing research.

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Five research projects which were fi rst to qualify for the UP System’s Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR) Program were presented to the public last August 29 at the National Institute of Physics Auditorium, National Science Complex, UP Diliman (UPD).

The grant aims to promote world-class interdisciplinary research doable in four years to solve problems of the country, or to produce results of major benefi t to the country.

The fi ve research projects that qualifi ed are:

1) “Social-Ecological Resilience on Different Spatial and Temporal Scales (Emphasis on the Coast)” by Dr. Maria Helena Yap, Dr. Prospero Naval Jr., Dr. Johnrob Bantang, and Dr. David Leonides Yap, all of UPD;

2) “Towards Good Water Governance for Development: A Multi-Case Analysis” by, from UP Los Baños (UPLB), Dr. Agnes Rola, Dr. Maria Helen Dayo, Dr. Virgilio Villancio, Dr. Juan Pulhin and Dr. Myra

The UP Board of Regents (BOR) during its 1,282nd meeting last September 20 approved the appointments of Atty. Hector Danny Uy as vice-president for legal affairs and Prof. Christopher Espina as assistant vice-president for development, effective September 1, 2012, both to serve at the pleasure of their immediate superiors.

For UP Diliman, the board approved the appointment of Prof. Leonardo Rosete as dean of the College of Fine Arts, effective October 1, 2012 until September 30, 2015; and for UP Los Baños, Dr. Crisanto Dorado as vice-chancellor for administration, effective August 1, 2012 to serve at the pleasure of the chancellor.

The UP Diliman (UPD) Third World Studies Center (TWSC) launched its 2012 public forum series with its initial offering last September 5 titled, “May Tubo ba ang Pagtulong ng UP?: What Counts as Public Service in the National University?”

The event featured four panel speakers: Political Science Professor Emeritus and former UP President Francisco Nemenzo,

Public Administration and Governance Professor and UP Vice-President for Public Affairs J. Prospero de Vera III, Marine Science University Professor Emeritus Edgardo Gomez and retired Economics and Management Professor Niceto Poblador.

Nemenzo said that while the UP Charter merely states what the university

The Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s Nobel Prize, was conferred on Dr. Romulo Davide, professor emeritus at the UP Los Baños College of Agriculture (UPLB-CA).

Davide was cited for “his steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of farmers in the Philippines, who have consequently multiplied their yields, created productive

farming communities, and rediscovered the dignity of their labor.”

The other recipients of the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award were Chen Shu-Chu from Taiwan, Kulandei Francis from India, Syeda Rizwana Hasan from Bangladesh, Yang Saing Koma from Cambodia, and Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto from Indonesia.

Credited for establishing the Farmer-

Scientists Training Program (FSTP) in his hometown in Colawin, Argao, Cebu in 1994, Davide later expanded to more areas in Cebu and then to 10 other regions, namely, Regions 4B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 under Executive Order 710 signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2008. FSTP will also soon be implemented in Region 1.

The FSTP empowers small farmers to

Research grant awardees present projectsJo. Florendo B. Lontoc

BoardWork: New appointments

TWSC forum: UP as a public service universityArlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo

UPLB professor emeritus is Ramon Magsaysay awardee

has already been doing, he did not realize that the declaration of UP as the national university, as explicitly stated in Republic Act No. 9500, would result in redefi ning the university’s identity. He did not see this as negative, since it has led UP to ask, “What more can we do as the national university?”

Nemenzo emphasized that even as UP pursues public service endeavors, it should never forget its essential mission: to develop intellectual capital. To be able to get the best and the brightest students, the university must “help [in improving] secondary, even elementary, education in public schools.” He added that he “hopes his colleagues in the academe would not fi nd it beneath themselves to create textbooks” that would raise the level of public education in the country.

In relation to society at large, he stated his objection to the widely-known assertion that “UP is a microcosm of Philippine society.” The university is not and should never be a “miniature or mere refl ection of the status quo.” Nemenzo said UP should not mirror but strive to improve existing realities through innovation and creative and critical thinking that is “out of the box.”

De Vera, meanwhile, explained that the phenomenon of universities’ assuming a role in civic engagement started in the early 1990s, so it is “nothing new.” UP itself “has had a long tradition of public service” even before the mandate of “lead[ing] as a public service university by providing various forms of community, public and volunteer services, as well as scholarly and technical assistance to the government, the private sector, and civil society while maintaining its standards of excellence” was stated in its Charter. The university is “uniquely positioned” to fulfi ll this mandate, he said, as it has expertise, linkages, network of alumni and geographic reach that allow the provision of public service on a national scale.

He cited as an example UP Padayon Task Force Sendong, a public service endeavor consisting of four teams— public health and sanitation, medical, forensic and geohazards—that went to Iligan City in the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong in December 2011. The university had three factors crucial to the undertaking: “expertise to provide strategic, focused, high impact and immediate assistance during disasters, capability to provide long term technical assistance through its scientifi c and policy research, and network of alumni, students, other universities, and linkages with national and local governments to undertake strategic

Former UP President Francisco Nemenzo shares his insights on UP’s public service mandate as VP for Public Affairs Prospero de Vera III listens.

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Sporting shaved heads, the UP Pep Squad perform their winning routine en route to a third straight championship at the Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition held at the Mall of Asia Arena last September 22. (See page 15 for more photos.)

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UP President Alfredo Pascual handed the Chancellor’s Mace to Dr. Raymundo Rovillos during the latter’s investiture last August 24 at the Bulwagang Juan Luna of UP Baguio (UPB).

The occasion was attended by other UP System offi cials including Student Regent Cleve Kevin Robert Arguelles, the UPB community, Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan, heads of schools from Baguio and Benguet, NGO representations and other guests from the local community.

Rovillos is the second chancellor of UPB, the seventh constituent university of the UP System, which was granted autonomous status in 2002 under then Dean Priscilla Macansantos. Rovillos is a full professor of History and a UPB alumnus who took his PhD at UP Diliman. He previously held the post of dean of UPB’s College of Social Sciences.

In his investiture speech, Rovillos described the three major roles of UPB in society: 1) seeking and imparting knowledge; 2) shaping minds that shape the nation (to borrow the words of Pascual); and 3) enriching the staging ground for cultural and national life.

On the fi rst, “The challenge is for the university to see to it that… the immediate community in Baguio City; the Cordillera region and the nation are adequately represented both in content and receivers of our curriculum, research and publication,” Rovillos said.

“Our recent research on ‘Assessing the Implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA),’ we believe, is an illustrative example of how the interlocking roles of research, teaching and extension can be done, taking into context the local, regional, national and international publics or societies,” he explained.

Rovillos sees UPB output published and “used as reference materials on courses that tackle indigenous peoples, cultural heritage, sustainable development, fi nancial management, and land use and

The UP College of Engineering (COE) has upped the ante for the rest of the university by holding the fi rst earthquake and fi re drill in UP Diliman (UPD) last September 12 at Melchor Hall.

Students, faculty members and staff members quickly assumed the duck-cover-hold on (DCH) position the moment the siren rang at 10:30 a.m., signaling the occurrence of a large-magnitude earthquake. A minute later, the building was evacuated, with members of the EMC2, Beta Epsilon, Tau Alpha and Epsilon Chi fraternities assisting in the evacuation of the various fl oors and library.

To simulate fi re and smoke, piles of wood and smoke grenades were ignited by members of the Philippine Army’s 51st

Engineering Brigade, who were present to assist and assess the conduct of the fi re and earthquake drill, while several students played the role of injured victims requiring fi rst aid during the drill.

Soon, the mock-fires were put out, including one in a laboratory on the fi rst fl oor where the Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) and Medic Team had to break down the door to bring the injured victims out to the Triage Area, where doctors and nurses from the UP Health Service were on-hand to administer fi rst aid and bring those seriously injured to the

The Offi ce of the Vice-President for Administration has stepped up measures to customize the university’s bidding system, starting with studying the bidding process for its infrastructure projects.

A three-day seminar-workshop for the accreditation of constructors’ performance evaluators (CPEs) from UP from September 4 to 7 at the Institute of Small Scale Industries in UP Diliman (UPD) was also the occasion for consulting participants on how to improve the UP System’s infrastructure procurement system and procedures.

Present during the seminar-workshop were the vice-chancellors for administration of UP constituent units and other administrative personnel involved in infrastructure bidding including campus architects.

According to Vice-President for Administrat ion Maragtas Amante, President Alfredo Pascual, who is from the fi eld of investment banking, has set bidding customization as a priority task of his administration. The customization of UP’s bidding process is in line with “eUP” and “One UP,” two of the Pascual administration’s fl agship projects.

In the university, there must be a more effi cient way of procurement which would not compromise the critical specifi cations and timetables of scientifi c projects. The vice-president for administration said the System is aiming for a “seamless, transparent, and effective” system.

According to Isagani Bagus, who is in charge of the UP System Supply and Property Management Office, Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act of 2003 is the Bible of procurement. But it is open to different interpretations and UP should have one, as well.

UP would not be the fi rst state institution to customize its bidding process. According to Rañeses, 12 government entities, including the Department of Science and Technology, have already done so.

Chancellor’s investiture highlights UPB’s role to societyJo. Florendo B. Lontoc

COE holds earthquake and fi re drill, appreciation dinner for donorsCeleste Ann Castillo Llaneta

UP to customize its bidding systemJo. Florendo B. Lontoc

management.” He prefers that results of studies are “disseminated in popular forms, rendering the scientific findings more accessible to interest groups, policy makers, media and the general public.”

In shaping minds that shape the nation, Rovillos said, “We hone our students into the rigor and vigor of the traditions of the disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and mathematics. At the same time, regardless of disciplinal training, we acknowledge the centrality of the power of the critical and trained mind both as an intellectual and as a social force.” Such a mind, he added, is “the resource that gives rise to the development and the conservation of all the other resources.”

Rovillos’s academic initiatives include the institution of the Master of Science in Environmental and Restoration Biology, Master of Science in Applied Physics, Master of Arts in Communication, and PhD in Mathematics. He plans to increase productivity in research and publication by developing six interdisciplinary research programs under the Cordillera Studies Center, namely, climate change, biodiversity and natural resource management, sustainability science, material culture, language and culture and governance and

public policy. Other plans include curricular and academic review; and establishing a Center for Research in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Rovillos views UPB as an institutional custodian of the collective memory and identity of the peoples of the Cordillera and Northern Luzon. “The new UP Baguio administration—with very encouraging support from the UP System administration—has allocated funds for the refurbishment of the Bulwagang Juan Luna…; renovation and expansion of the Galerya Cordillera to include an ethnographic museum; construction of the Cordillera/Northern Luzon Archives and Special Collection and the construction of audio-visual rooms in the College of Arts and Communication and College of Science.” He stressed that these infrastructure projects will be accompanied by a comprehensive culture and arts program integrating the museum, the performing arts and the Program for Indigenous Culture under a proposed Offi ce for Culture and Arts.

Rovillos hopes to draw support for his plans from the alumni; the local, regional and national government; civil society and the private sector.

hospital.COE Dean Aura Matias served as

on-scene commander during the drill, supervising the deployment of the various rescuing teams, while Associate Dean for Student Affairs Joseph Gerard Reyes served as safety, staging and transport officer. Other COE faculty and staff members played key roles in the drill, while members of COE student organizations served as marshalls and members of the Security Team, the Damage Assessment Team, the

Fire Fighting Team, the CSSR Team, the Medics and Casualty Collection Team, and those manning the Disaster Management Team Command Post. Other UPD units who assisted in the drill were the Campus Maintenance Offi ce, the Health Service, the UPD Police, and the Offi ce of the Vice-Chancellor for Community Affairs.

The COE faculty, staff and students involved in the drill underwent training in rescue procedures and fi rst aid at the 51st Engineering Brigade’s camp in Libis, st Engineering Brigade’s camp in Libis, st

facilitated by UP alumni in the brigade. Col. Silvino Alcabasa Jr., commander

of the 51st Engineering Brigade of the Philippine Army and COE alumnus, was an observer during the drill. Also present to assist and assess the conduct of the drill were members of the Rescue Academy and the Quezon City Disaster Preparedness Offi ce. Assisting the COE in conducting the Earthquake and Fire Drill were the 51st

Engineering Brigade and the Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS), whose members were on hand to assess the conduct of the drill.

Large-magnitude earthquakes, such as the one that struck Luzon in 1990, are said to occur every 25 years. “We are due for a big quake,” said Matias before an audience of COE faculty, administrators, department chairs, alumni, industry partners and donors during an appreciation dinner held earlier. “If we pass the evaluation of the QC DPOS, then [the Fire and Earthquake Drill] will become our template for other colleges and buildings to follow,” she said.

The appreciation dinner was held last September 7 at the UPD Executive House to honor and give thanks to the COE’s donors and benefactors, who had given gifts and donations in the form of infrastructure support, research grants, professorial chairs, “Members of the CSSR and Medic team, composed of UPCOE students, bring one of the

“victims” out of the building and to the Triage area set up outside, where doctors and nurses from the UP Health Service await them.”

Rovillos accepts the mace from Pascual, as Arguelles witnesses.


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Balikan at suriin ang mga aral ng kasaysayan. Nagpapatuloy ang panunupil at nagpapatuloy ang paglaban ng mamamayan. Militante at sama-samang pagkilos para sa tunay na pambansang kalayaan at demokrasya ang susi sa paglikha ng isang mas magandang lipunan.

Ito ang buod ng ikatlong talakayang handog ng Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy-UP (CONTEND-UP) Lecture Series on Critical Pedagogy na pinamagatang “From Martial Law to Oplan Bayanihan” na ginanap sa Pulungang Claro M. Recto, Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura (KAL), UP Diliman, noong Setyembre 18. Isa ito sa maraming pagtitipong gumugunita sa ika-40 taong anibersaryo ng pagkakadeklara ng Batas Militar sa ating bansa.Katuturan ng kasaysayan

Ayon kay Prop. Judy Taguiwalo ng Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan (CSWCD), dating Rehente ng Kaguruan, inaalaala at pinalilinaw natin ang yugtong ito upang magkaroon tayo ng malalim na pagkakaunawa sa kasalukuyang sitwasyon. Isinalaysay niya ang kaniyang mga karanasan bilang aktibista, organisador sa

hanay ng mga magsasaka, at bilanggong politikal noong panahon ng Batas Militar ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos. Aniya, marami siyang natutunang aral mula sa mga magsasaka sa Negros kung saan siya tumungo pagkadeklara ng Batas Militar. Nahuli at nakulong siya noong 1973 sa Iloilo at sa Fort Bonifacio, nakaranas ng matinding tortyur, nakatakas noong 1974, muling nakulong, at nagpatuloy ng pakikibaka sa loob ng bilangguan hanggang sa pagpapatalsik kay Marcos noong 1986.

Sinabi ni Taguiwalo na hanggang ngayon, 40 taon man ang nagdaan, nagpapatuloy ang paglabag sa karapatang pantao at hindi natapos ang pagsasamantala sa bayan. Dahil nagpapatuloy ang panunupil, nagpapatuloy ang paglaban, aniya. Sa ilalim ng Oplan Bayanihan ng rehimeng Aquino, dapat paigtingin ang pakikibaka para sa pambansang kalayaan at demokrasya, dagdag pa niya. Militarisasyon sa Quezon

Sumunod na inilahad ni Ka Orly Marcellana, tagapagsalita ng Save Bondoc Peninsula Movement, ang mga naalaala niya noong Batas Militar at ang kasalukuyang sitwasyon sa Timog Katagalugan sa ilalim ng

“Martial Law @ 40: Paggunita at Panata” ang tema sa pagdiriwang ng ika-40 taon mula nang ideklara ito na idinaos noong Setyembre 18 sa makasaysayang Palma Hall ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas na naging lunsaran ng maraming kampanya laban sa rehimeng Marcos at nagsisilbing representasyon ng demokrasya at pagkakaisa ng mga mag-aaral, kawani at guro ng unibersidad.

Mainam na manumbalik sa mga alaala sa yugtong ito ng kasaysayan ng bansa sa panahon ng Batas ng Militar sa pamamagitan ng mga aktwal at personal na testimonya at salaysay ng maraming kabataan, guro, at iba pang mga kasapi sa pakikibaka sa namamayaning sistema sa panahon ng dating Pangulong Marcos. Mapalad na natunghayan sa programa ang pagdalo at pagbahagi ng kani-kanilang mga salaysay at gunita noong sila’y aktibong kumilos laban sa administrasyong Marcos tulad nina Dr. Judy Taguiwalo, dating UP Faculty Regent; Dr. Carol Araullo, BAYAN chairperson; Teofi sto Guingona Jr., dating bise-presidente ng Pilipinas; Fr. Jose Dizon ng Pagbabago People’s Movement; Raphael Mariano ng Anak Pawis Party List; Joanna Cariño na kasama ng mga katutubo ng

Cordillera laban sa Chico River Dams maging sa Cellophil Corp. na pawang pag-aari ng crony ni Marcos. Naroroon ding nagbahagi ng kaniyang karanasan si Sr. Emelina Villega ng Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary kasama ng mga manggagawa ng La Tondeña na nagwelga laban sa nasabing korporasyon; at sinundan naman ni Emmi de Jesus at panghuli si Satur Ocampo, ang pangulo ng Makabayan Coalition.

Napatingkad nang husto ang okasyon dala ng mga testimonyang isinalaysay ng mga panauhing pandangal at lalo pa itong naging maalab nang isalaysay ang pag-inog ng mga pangyayari sa loob ng rehimeng Marcos partikular ang pagkakabuo ng mga organisasyon mula sa iba’t ibang sektor, ang pagdami at paglawak ng suporta ng mamamayang Pilipino sa pagkilos hanggang sa paghantong nito sa tanyag na EDSA Revolution noong 1986. Kung kaya kasama sa pag-aalala hindi lamang ang mga lider ng iba’t ibang sektor tulad nila Jose Diokno, Lorenzo Tañada at tanyag na pinaslang na lider estudyante ng UP noon na si Lean Alejandro na naging mahalaga sa pakikibaka at pagpapabagsak sa diktadura, kundi ang mga tauhang

Panunupil at paglaban mula Batas Militar hanggang sa kasalukuyan, tinalakay sa KAL Fred Dabu

Paggunita sa Batas Militar, isang patuloy na panata ng pakikibaka para sa pagkamit ng hustisya at tunay na kalayaan Stephanie S. Cabigao

Ika-25 Anibersaryo ng All-UP Workers Union, ipinagbunyi

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tumatak sa kasaysayan ng pakikipaglaban sa pamamagitan ng kanilang ambag sa sining. Ang ilan sa tinanghal na mga katha ay mula kina Pete Lacaba na pinamagatang “Ang mga Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz” at “Prometheus Unbound” na isinadula naman ng UP Repertory Company, pagtanghal ng Chorale ng sipi mula sa “Makata” ng First Quarter Storm at ang “Panata” sa panulat ni Propesora Joi Barrios-Leblanc na pinamunuan naman ng tanyag na manunulat na si Bibeth Orteza.

Mahalaga ring ipinalabas ang mga biswal na produksyon na pumuno sa mga puwang ng pagbabalik-tanaw sa panahon ng Martial Law tulad na lamang ng mga aktwal na dokumentaryo ng mga larawan o kaya naman bidyo mula noong ideklara ang Martial Law hanggang sa pagpiket at pagrally ng iba’t ibang sektor, pati na rin ang pagpapalabas ng produksyong pinamagatang “Rise and Fall of Marcos Dictatorship: Causes and Consequences up to the Present (Abridged Version)” ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison, isang politikal na bilanggo sa panahon ni Marcos. Hindi rin nakaligtaan ang pag-awit ng “Bayan Ko” sa pamumuno ng batikan at mahusay na aktor at dating miyembro ng Kadena, isang organisasyon ng mga maralitang taga-lungsod, na si John Arcilla, ang musikerong si Jess Santiago at ang awiting “Manggagawa” na inawit naman ni G. Tony Palis.

Sa pagsasara ng programa, naging panawagan ni Bonifacio Ilagan, isa sa maraming naging political prisoners noon, sa lahat ng dumalo na higit sa paggunita ng mga pangyayaring inukit na sa kasaysayan ng bansa noong nakaraang Batas Militar ay ang palakasin at ipagpatuloy ang panata ng pakikibaka sapagkat wala pa ring nakakamit na hustisya sa daan libong naging biktima ng panunupil at pang-aabuso sa karapatang pantao, silang nakumpurmiso sa mga sumunod na rehimen at magpasahanggang ngayon ay tuloy pa ring mga biktima ng namamayaning inhustisya sa kasalukuyan. Dagdag pa rito, ani Dr. Judy Taguiwalo, isa

Puno ng siglang ipinagbunyi ng mga kawani, REPS at faculty ang ika-25 taong anibersaryo ng All UP Workers Union. Isang linggong mga aktibidad ang naganap mula Setyembre 24 hanggang 28 para sa naganap na pagdiriwang. Ang ilan sa ating mga ipinagbubunying tagumpay sa loob ng 25 taon ay ang mga sumusunod:

•Pagtaas ng loyalty pay mula PhP100 tungo PhP500•Rice Subsidy na may minimum na tatlong beses mula noong 2003•Year-end incentive pay: PhP5,000 (1999), PhP 2,500 (2000), PhP15,000 (2001)•Incentive Bonus PhP10,000 (2008)•Dagdag na three-day special leave privileges•Dagdag na three-day job related sickness leave•2 days nursing leave•UP Centennial Bonus PhP20,000 (2008)•Pagtaas ng sahod nang 10% noong 1988, 1999 at nang 5% noong 2000•Amelioration Pay: PhP7,000 (1998)•Annual Grocery Allowance (PhP1,000) mula noong 2006•Grocery Allowance PhP4,000 (2011)•10 Days Recognition Pay para sa mga REPS at Kawaning regular (2011)

Sinimulan ang pagdiriwang nang nakaraang Setyembre 24 kaalinsabay na rin ng pasinaya ng bagong renovate na opisina ng unyon. Isang parada sa Academic Oval ang isinagawa bilang panimula ng aktibidad. Dinaluhan ito ng mga delegado mula sa mga iba’t ibang UP kampus— Baguio, Cebu, Diliman, Iloilo, Los Baños, Manila, Mindanao, at Tacloban.

Ang mga delegado ay pinangunahan ng mga opisyal ng All UP Workers Union tulad nina Larry laureta, Noel Marquina, Linda “Yda” Buenaobra, Rara Ramirez, Delfi n Aledro, Gigi Carcallas, Mauricio Quintos, Benjamin Santos.

Naroon din ang mga opisyal ng All UP Academic Employees Union mula sa iba’t ibang CU sa pangunguna nina Prof. Phoebe Zoe Sanchez ng Cebu, Prof. Tomas Talledo ng UP Iloilo, Prof. Adela Ellson ng UP Mindanao, Guillermina Panizales ng UP Manila at Prof. Sharon Briones ng UP Diliman. Tinatayang umabot sa mahigit na 400 ang sumama sa parada.

Pagkatapos ng parada ay sinimulan ang pasinaya ng opisina kung saan nagbigay ng pambungad na pananalita si Tsanselor Caesar Saloma ng UP Diliman at sinundan ni ACT Teachers Party List representative na si Rep. Antonio “Tonchi” Tinio.

Ang dalawang milyong pondong ginamit sa pag-aayos ng opisina ay nagmula sa ACT Teachers Party List kung kaya naging bahagi ng pananalita ni Tinio ang pormal at simbolikong turnover ng susi ng opisina ng unyon. Ito naman ay malugod na tinanggap ng pambansang pangulong si Ka Felix Pariñas. Ang pasinaya ay sinundan ng pagbasbas ng holy water sa loob at labas ng gusali batay sa kaugaliang kristyano o simbolikong paglilinis na pinangunahan ni Father Ronnie ng Church of the Holy Sacrifi ce.

Ang pagpapasinaya at pagbabasbas sa bagong-ayos na opisina ng unyon kabilang ang kinatawan ng isponsor na ACT Partylist na si Rep. Tinio, at si Ka Felix ng pambansang unyon.

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Matapos ang miting ng Lupon ng mga Rehente (BOR) ng UP noong Setyembre 20 sa Bulwagang Quezon, hindi hinayaang agad na makasakay sa kanyang sasakyan ang direktor ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) na si Patricia Licuanan na siya ring tagapangulo ng BOR. Hinarang siya ng ilang estudyante mula UP Diliman (UPD), Manila (UPM), Los Baños (UPLB) at Cebu.

Sinisingil ng mga estudyante si Licuanan dahil hinayaan nitong maipatupad ang mga dagdag na bayarin sa susunod na semestre—tulad ng ilang bagong laboratory fee at ng pagtataas na idudulot ng pagtatakda sa bracket A bilang default bracket ng Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP).

Ayon kay USC Councilor Aryanna Canacan, ang pagpapalit ng default bracket “mula B patungong A” ay “disguise na tuition increase mula P1,000 to P1,500 kada yunit.” Dagdag pa nito, “Anumang pagbabago sa STFAP ay dapat dumaan sa isang komprehensibong konsultasyon.”

Nang tanungin ng mga estudyante si Licuanan kung bakit hinayaang maipasa ang mga dagdag na bayarin, hindi ito agad sumagot. Nang hindi agad makasakay, sinabi niyang hindi raw doon ang lugar upang pag-usapan ang polisiya.

“Marami talaga tayong problema sa CHED. Hanggat hindi natin sila ginaganito (binabarikadahan), hindi ni la tayo kinakausap. So, we have to resort to this,” ani Rehente ng mga Mag-aaral Cleve Robert Arguelles habang nagaganap ang kaguluhan sa parking lot ng Bulwagang Quezon.

Hindi diumano natalakay nang malalim ang default bracket A dahil ala-una na at ayaw nang ituloy ng BOR ang pulong. Dagdag pa ni Arguelles, ang inasahang pag-usapan sa BOR ay ang mga mosyon na 1) ipagpaliban ang bracket b certifi cation scheme; 2) ipawalang-bisa ang pagpasa ng PE lab fee; 3) magkaroon ng sistematiko at multisektoral na rebyu ng STFAP at 4) iba

Ilang estudyante, tumutol sa dagdag-singil sa matrikula Arbeen Acuña

pang dagdag na bayarin, “pero may mga isiningit na adyenda (ang admin).”

Makalipas ang ilang minuto ng gitgitan, nakasakay rin si Licuanan at nagdaos ng programa ang mga estudyante. Nagmartsa ang hanay patungong AS Steps upang ibahagi ang kinahinatnan ng pulong ng BOR. Umaga hanggang tanghali nang magdaos ng programa ng protesta ang mga estudyante, kawani at guro kasabay ng pulong ng BOR, kung kailan dumating ang mga estudyante mula sa iba’t ibang kampus. Ayon sa mga kinatawan ng kani-kaniyang kampus, may kasabay na kilos-protestang nagaganap sa kanilang mga kampus upang ipaabot ang mga nangyayari sa pulong ng BOR.

Nang humanay at umupo na ang mga estudyante sa Bulwagang Quezon, inulat na ni Arguelles na ang “kinatatakutan nating paglipat sa bracket A bilang default bracket” ay ipinasa bilang polisiya. “Kailangan na po nating maghanda sa mga susunod na semestre. Kung kayo po ay may pambayad, magbayad po kayo nang mas malaki. Kung wala, maghanap na po kayo ng ibang pamantasan. ‘Yan po ang mensahe ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas: na kung wala

kang kakayanang magbayad, at hindi mo afford ang mataas na tuition dito, hindi ka na pwedeng mag-aral dito at maghanap ka na ng ibang pamantasan.”

Inulat din ni Arguelles sa mga estudyante na hindi ipatutupad ang laboratory fee sa PE hangga’t hindi dumaraan sa rebyu at konsultasyon sa mga estudyante, pero may ilang mga ipinatupad na dagdag-singil. “Bagama’t kinilala ng board na mali ‘yung computation ng (Management 186) lab fee, ipinasa ito at sisingilin na po ‘yung mga mag-aaral (ng UP Cebu) sa susunod na semestre. Sa music lab fees, hindi siya dumaan sa maayos na proseso ng konsultasyon sa mga mag-aaral, sa konseho o sa rehente, kaya ito po ay approved in principle pero kailangan dumaan sa (tamang) konsultasyon.” Dagdag ni Arguelles, inaprubahan ng BOR ang panawagang rebyuhin ang STFAP. SUCs sa Kasaysayan

Binalikan sa kasaysayan ni STAND-UP deputy propaganda committee head RG Emmanuel Tesa ang pinagmulan ng STFAP. Ayon kay Tesa, pinatupad ni Ferdinand Marcos noong 1983 ang Education Act of 1982. “Dineregulate nila ang pagtataas ng matrikula, hindi lang sa SUCs, maging sa

pribadong pamantasan. Kaya noong 1992, panahon ni Cory (Aquino), pinatupad ang unang bersyon ng STFAP na magliligtas daw sa mga iskolar ng bayan sa mayayaman dito sa pamantasan. Pero ang binigay lang nito ay tuition increase at pagdating ng enrolment, kailangan n’yo munang patunayang hindi n’yo kayang magbayad.”

“Sana patuloy tayong magpakilos para kami na nasa administrasyon ay napapaalalahanan ng aming mandato na dapat ang SUCs ay naglilingkod sa sambayanan at nagbibigay ng dagdag na oportunidad sa mga anak ng mga magsasaka at manggagawa,” ani UPD Bise-Tsanselor Para sa mga Gawaing Pampamayanan Melania Flores. Pinaalala rin ni Flores na may pagkilos-komemorasyon kinabukasan, Setyembre 21, para sa ika-40 taon ng deklarasyon ng Batas Militar. “May kilos-protesta para ma-pressure ang policy makers at administrators kung sila ay naliligaw ng landas. ‘Yan ang sinasabi sa atin ng kasaysayan mula 1970s hanggang kasalukuyan.”

Dagdag pa ni Flores, “Noong ‘80s, estudyante pa kami, maipasa lang naming ang 60% (ng subject), may allowance pa kami; at mayroong aid, kapag anak ng manggagawa at magsasaka. Mayroon pa kaming allowance, kaya noong ‘90s pagbalik ko, nagulat akong mayroon nang STFAP.”

Pinaalala rin ni Flores na “may maliliit na isyung nakatalop sa STFAP” pero “ang pangunahing layunin ay ipakita na ang edukasyon ay dapat may state subsidy.” Ang STFAP ay “isyung nakapaloob sa balangkas ng pagpapakitid ng isyu ng universal education at state subsidy sa edukasyon. Mula P300, naging P1,000, to P1,500. Ibig sabihin, may ilang mga isyu at laban na dahan-dahang pumupuslit.”

Ayon kay Tesa, noong 2006 unang binarikadahan ang Quezon Hall para ipagtanggol ang pamantasan. “Pero ang ginawa ni President (Emerlinda) Roman? Nagtago sa College of Law para ipasa ang TOFI at bagong STFAP.” Dagdag pa niya, sa panahong dumarami ang hindi nakakapag-aral, pinapasok na ang pamantasan ng mga pribadong korporasyon. “Para ano? Educational daw, pero anong laman ng Technohub? Puro kainan at call center. Pinalayas yung mga taga-UPIS; educational din daw yung ‘technology incubator.’ Tapos ang makikita n’yo: Ayala Mall.”STFAP sa SUCs

Nakaayon sa Philippine Development Plan (PDP) of 2011 ang patagong pagtataas ng matrikula sa porma ng STFAP, sabi ni Garett Paris, Secretary-General ng STAND-UP. “Kasama sa framework ng PDP ang roadmap for public higher education reform o RPHER.” Ayon kay Paris, laman ng RPHER ang “rationalization” na naglalayong bawasan ang bilang ng SUC sa isa bawat rehiyon at ang pondo ng SUCs kung saan ang mga pamantasan lang na may magandang performance ang binibigyan ng badyet. Kasama din sa mga layunin ang K+12 na bagama’t magandang pakinggan ay ibang bansa, imbis na Pilipinas, ang makikinabang.

Ayon kay UPD Bise-Tsanselor Para sa mga Gawaing Pang-mag-aaral Marion Tan, magkakaron ng pang-System na summit sa UPLB kung saan bubuuin ang modelo ng STFAP na ipapalaganap sa iba’t ibang SUCs. “Kapag nakapagpahayag tayo ng paninindigan (sa mga usapin ng edukasyon), makakatulong tayo sa ibang iskolar ng bayan.” Dagdag pa ni Tan, “Kahapon, pinigilan po natin ang isang insiyatibo na magsimula na magsampa ng kaso na ‘misdeclaration’ o violation ng iba’t ibang STFAP rules, dahil ang ating mga abugado

Nagdala ng mga produkto ang mga galing sa iba’t ibang CU. Nagbigay ito ng pagkakataon na makapamili at makatikim ang mga empleyado ng mga produktong ispesyal mula sa iba’t ibang rehiyon ng bansa.

Noong Setyembre 25, naglunsad ang All UP Workers Union ng pagbisita sa UP Los Baños kasama ang mga delegado mula sa Baguio, Visayas at Mindanao. Habang ang All UP Academic Employees naman ay naglunsad ng Instructor’s Training sa kanilang mga National Council members at iba pang opisyal ng unyon.

Sa pagdiriwang na ito, binigyang din ang pagpapahalaga sa mga nanguna sa pagtaguyod ng unyon sa unibersidad. Nagkaroon ng parangal noong Setyembre 28 para sa mga naging kasama sa unyon tulad nina Lita Paren, Roberto Beltran, Consuelo Paz, Rogelio Estrada, Rosario Del Rosario, Virgilio Panganiban, Angelito Manalili, Remegio Rullan, Restituto Reyes, Alfredo Kimuell, Oscar Evangelista, Rogelio Bongon, Baby Bravo, Meliton Zamora, Brando Saulo, Marita Reyes, Minda Luz Quesada, Jessie Besido, Erlinda Bilog, Sally Acosta, Edilberto Villegas, Raul Segovia, Danilo Exconde, Rolito Bacalangco, Lermy Sanchez, Rosendo de Quilla, at Ernesto Lazanas.

Bagama’t sila ay retirado na sa UP, nakakatuwa na sila ay aktibo pa ring nakikibahagi sa ating mga ipinaglalaban sa

unibersidad. Para naman sa mga yumaong unyonista na ating binigyang parangal, nagpapasalamat ang unyon sa pagdalo ng kanilang mga mahal sa buhay upang tanggapin ang ating ibinigay na pag-alala bilang pasasalamat sa kanilang mga naging ambag sa unyon.

Naganap ang sabayang National Council Meeting mula Setyembre 26 hanggang 28 ng umaga ng All UP Workers Union at All UP Academic Employees Union. Nagbahaginan ng mga resolusyon ang dalawang unyon para sa pagpapatuloy ng pakikipaglaban para sa sahod, trabaho at karapatan at patuloy na pagtataguyod ng isang militante, progresibo at makabayang unyonismo sa UP.

***25 RISON, BAKIT YUN YON?Tula ni Ani B. handog sa Ika-25 Anibersaryo ng AUPWU

Kay bilis ng panahon mula ng umahon (1987)Isang unyon na may pilak na hamonUnang paglahok nabigo ng kalabanSumunod na takbo resulta’y tagumpay.

Alam mo ba bakit nariyan ka?Inaani ang tagumpay na pinaghirapan nilaPayo ng nagtayo pagyamanin mo twinaAng sinimulang benepisyo dagdagan mo pa.

Ito na, ito na ang dahilan ng lahatBakit ako nag-stay di na-sway at kumalatAba san ka pa? di lang unyong pang-pamilyaLipunang pagbabago ang hangad na linya.

Magbilang na tayo ng isa hanggang bente-singko Baka di maubos pagpupugay mo ditoIto ang unyong militante, progresibo at makabayang unyonismoMasugid, mapag-giit ang sagot tayo mismo.

Unang tinatag na dalawang unyonAlalaoy nagbaklas dahil sa legal opinyonAng alyansa’y nag-iba ng daanNgunit nagtagpo sa iisang laban-Karapatan at Kagalingan.

Marami ng nawala, marami rin ang dumatingIba’t ibang paraan sa pag-oorganaysingMay taong tahimik at may malakas ang datingLahat isinusulong benepisyo’y kamtin.

Sa huli, kahit anong harassment at union busting ang gawin ng ibaAng itinamin sa amin di na mabubunot paTatak All-UP, Tatak UnyonistaAng susunod na Anibersaryo ay Sikwenta naGintong Pagkilos pagdiriwang ng mga new blooded unyonista.

Nirehistro ng mga estudyante ang pagtutol sa dagdag-singil sa matrikula.

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“It is really inspiring to know that we are in one global struggle together,” said Jo Mo, a member of the Seattle-based Black Orchid Collective and participant in the Decolonize/Occupy Seattle Movement. “What happens in the US and what happens in Southeast Asia are not separate, but connected.”

The current state of both the Occupy movement and anarchism worldwide, their rich histories and future directions were discussed by Jo Mo and other experts in a public forum entitled “The Occupy Movement and Anarchy” sponsored by the Third World Studies Center, where it was held last August 23. The forum attracted representatives from anarchist movements here and abroad as well as faculty members,

students and others interested in the US Occupy movement.

“What is Occupy?” asked Chris De Vera of the Local Autonomous Network (LAN) in his presentation “Overview on Occupy Resistance and its Politics.” After defi ning the term as a “living in” for a specifi c period of time as part of civil disobedience and resistance, De Vera explained why “occupiers” engaged in this sort of action.

Occupation, he said, is both an attack against oppressive institutions and a defense of one’s own life, land, dignity and rights.

An important reason why people occupy, De Vera added, is to “reclaim”: “Reclaiming the time, space, situation, life and the future in your own hands that (are)

robbed by the capitalist, state, landowners, church and some other organization who want to control and dominate you.” He then gave a summary of the history of occupation from South America’s landless and factory workers, to Europe, to Occupy Wall Street in the USA, and fi nally to the Philippines with Occupy Luneta.

Baz Umal i , a l so of the Loca l Autonomous Network, picked up where De Vera left off, to discuss the activities of Occupy Luneta which happened on October 15 last year. It began, Umali said, with a Facebook announcement about two months before the actual occupation began. The actual occupation was attended by students, artists, and other mostly young individuals who were inspired by news of

It’s one global struggle, says Occupy Movement activist Andre Encarnacion

intervention.”De Vera said that “civic engagement

has the most impact if it is well-targeted, strategic, and cannot be provided by other institutions and civil society organizations”; and that it must be coordinated at “the highest levels of leadership to ensure linkages with national agencies, local governments, Congress and funding agencies, allow for quick decision-making, mobilize fi nancial and human resources, and to increase media and political visibility for activities”; that mobilization of alumni “is crucial for legitimization, resource mobilization, and support system”; that media coverage is very important to provide correct information and analysis, increase visibility for the university, and facilitate long term involvement”; and that “civic engagement can be maximized if the legal framework is in place.”

The creation of the UP Padayon Public Service Office was formalized by the Board of Regents in March of this year. According to de Vera, it will “(1) coordinate and monitor all public service modalities and volunteer programs throughout the UP System, help document the various public service activities of the university, and in cooperation with the UP System Information Office, disseminate these activities, programs and information to the UP community, other universities, policy makers, local governments, and the general public; (2) assist CUs in initiating, implementing and evaluating public service initiatives toward developing a relevant, strategic, sustainable and systematic public service program consistent with the mandate of RA 9500 and promotion of One UP; (3) review

the Occupy movement online. Umali clarifi ed that the choice of Luneta

was not an arbitrary one. He called Luneta “a microcosm of Philippine society” because of the presence of the marginalized, the poor, the jobless, and other struggling sectors of Philippine society. Umali also shared the “Food Not Bombs” initiative where he and his partners gave out free vegetarian food as a statement against poverty.

Jo Mo, on the other hand, gave her perspective as a participant of the Decolonize/Occupy Movement in the US West Coast. First she explained her preference for the term “decolonize” rather than “occupy.”

“The term ‘occupy’ has a lot of imperialist and colonization connotations,” she said. “The history of the US is an occupation. It’s an occupation of native land. We are on stolen native land, and we want to remember that history.”

Despite this, she still believes that the term “occupy” holds great importance, albeit in another context.

“We use the term occupy not in the colonization sense but in the sense of worker and other communities reclaiming land and commons—land that had belonged to them before.”

Among her experiences as part of the movement, Jo Mo narrated how they accomplished the West Coast Port shutdown – an activity where several ports in the West Coast were closed by community people.

“It was a really big deal and the reason for doing that was ‘this is Wall Street on the waterfront.’ Wall Street is not just in New York, it’s in different parts of the country as well.”

She praised the shutdown as an example of dynamic grassroots action. “We were saying: no to police brutality, no to austerity, budget cuts... we were putting out our demands as a broad group of people. We were also supporting the port truckers who were mainly immigrants, who were not in unions. There was a lot of discrimination against them; they were called monkeys by people who work in the ports.”

Finally, Prof. Eduardo Tadem of the UP Asian Center gave a slightly different twist to the discussion by introducing the people of Zomia, or stateless highlanders of the vast Southeast Asian massif. In his lecture “Anarchism as a Way of Life: Refl ections on Stateless Southeast Asian Communities,” Tadem highlighted the work done by Yale anthropologist James Scott on the ways subaltern people resist dominance. In this case, Tadem focused on how the people of Zomia “resisted the project of nation-building and state-making of the states to which it belonged.”

Tadem noted the antagonistic but connected histories of Southeast Asian people who lived in the hills and in the valleys. “What distinguishes Zomia from bordering lowland regions is its relative statelessness,” he said. He notes how the hills have been a space of cultural refusal where the absence of large, permanent religious and political establishments makes for a fl at, local sociological pyramid.

“Civilizations simply cannot climb hills,” he said, quoting historian Fernand Braudel to assert the cultural gap between the plains and the mountains. Thus Zomia is said to be a region of refuge for those who have “chosen to place themselves out of state reach.”

“State rulers find it impossible to exercise sovereignty over people constantly in motion, with no permanent organization or allegiances, ephemeral leadership, pliable and fugitive subsistence patterns, and who

the conduct of public service activities and programs and recommend to the president policies to ensure system-wide replication of successful programs, fund innovative activities, and create an award system for individuals and programs that increase institutional visibility for UP; (4) transmit to appropriate agencies for timely legislative, executive, or private sector action such policy studies emanating from UP CUs, research units, extension projects, including those generated from evaluation and impact assessments of public service projects; and (5) upon instructions of the president, coordinate the delivery of immediate, focused and strategic technical assistance to various publics that need assistance.”

The office is already coordinating various projects. Among them are Project Climate Change Twin Phoenix and Project ReBUILD, with funding from AusAid and New Zealand, respectively. These projects will assist Iligan City, Iloilo and Cagayan Valley and involve the following UPD units: College of Social Work and Community

Development, National College of Public Administration and Governance, National Institute of Geological Sciences and School of Urban and Regional Planning. For the 2013 elections, the offi ce is coordinating efforts to undertake voter education, registration and monitoring in cooperation with the Commission on Elections, ABS-CBN and Interaksyon TV. This will be done on a system-wide level.

“The best public service we can give is being among the best in the world,” stated Gomez. Public service activities of UP Padayon and UP Pahinungod should not be frowned upon, he said, as they are important. However, he said that there are existing government agencies tasked to address concerns such as disaster risk reduction and management. What the university can do as a form of public service, he said, is to provide assistance through research and training so that these agencies can perform their tasks better and more effectively and effi ciently.

Poblador, who was the last speaker, talked about the intellectual property rights (IPR) policy of the university and how it contradicts the idea of public service. He said that while the administration encourages the generation of new knowledge to be disseminated to a wider public, he believes that the opposite will happen because of the protection of IPR. The so-called benefi ts of the patent system, he stated, include the prevention of copying scientifi c and creative works and passing them off as the copier’s own, thereby “usurping their commercial value” and the reduction of risks associated with developing new products. Still, Poblador asserted that the restrictions posed by protecting IPR will make it hard for the public to access information and knowledge and therefore runs contrary to the idea that new knowledge from UP will be easily available to a wider audience.

The 2012 TWSC public forum series is held in collaboration with the UP Offi ce of the Vice-President for Public Affairs.

Nurturing world’s environmental specialists. Hiroshima University’s Global Environmental Leaders Education Program summer course participants from all over the world learn about the latest trends in low-carbon development during lectures hosted by UP Diliman’s School of Urban and Regional Planning early last August.

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Students, faculty members and other interested parties listen to lectures on the Occupy movement and Anarchism at the TWSC.


“Why has the Philippine investment rate remained so low?” asked Economics professor and National Scientist Raul Fabella in his lecture “Deconstructing the Philippine Investment Puzzle: The Role of Collective Action Failures” last September 7 at the UP School of Economics, UP Diliman.

Fabella’s lecture, the 4th UP President Edgardo J. Angara (UPPEJA) Fellowship Paper Presentation, highlighted how “collective action failures” have contributed to Philippine underinvestment. Fabella credited the term “collective action failure” or CAF to political scientist Mancur

Olson. He defi ned CAF as “the result of the incapacity of a collective to transform collective action opportunities into collective surplus.”

Fabella mentioned the four conventional explanations for the country’s visible lack of public and private investment: resource defi cit, policy defi cit, institution defi cit and culture defi cit. To these, he added the layer of CAFs, which according to him has Game Theory for its language. For his primary example he mentioned two contrasting collective action outcomes: the successful Three Gorges Dam project in China and NAIA Terminal 3, which he labeled “a

resounding CAF.”Fabe l l a ca l l ed the

Three Gorges Dam the “embodiment of actualized opportunity and superior economic outcome.” Terminal 3, on the other hand, in addition to the San Roque Multi-purpose Dam and the still un-integrated MRT and LRT, are examples in which the pursuit of immediate individual gains has led to inferior social outcomes for the whole.

What accounts for the difference? Fabella argued that the state is “the most important human artifact for the address of collective action problems.” A perfect state according to Fabella would easily sort out any public goods or market failure. An imperfect one, on the other hand, breeds interventions that can

Two city mayors—Herbert Bautista of Quezon City and Hong-Chul Yum of Deajeon Metropolitan City (DMC) of South Korea—led participants in an international conference on “The Role of Local Governments, Industries and Universities in the Promotion of Regional Prosperity” held last August 16 at the National Engineering Center, UP Diliman.

In his keynote speech, Yum said the conference seeks “to encourage international cooperation and sharing of scientific and technical knowledge by establishing a partnership between Chungnam University and Hannam University of Korea and the UPD,” which will be “mutually benefi cial to everyone involved.”

In addition to the city mayors, the conference also featured officials from Chungnam University, led by its president Prof. Sang-Chul Jung; Hannam University represented by its president Prof. Hyung-Tae Kim; UP Vice-President for Public Affairs J. Prospero de Vera III; UPD Chancellor Caesar Saloma, and faculty members of several UPD colleges. The event was sponsored by the World Technopolis Association (WTA).

Yum noted the role of universities in regional development, stressing that “capable human resource is now the center of social capital, universities should take the responsibility to make capable of

playing a pivotal role in the city’s industries, services and administration.” Yum is also the president of WTA.

Bautista, on the other hand, noted the significance of the conference. “This collaboration between prestigious universities plays an important role in the advancement of science and technology and local development by promoting exchanges information and human resources. International cooperation among universities, research institutes and local governments encourage the sharing of knowledge and technology thereby enhancing competitiveness,” he said.

According to Bautista, Quezon City is one of the fastest-growing cities in Metro Manila and “is geared towards the same direction as DMC.” Quezon City is recognized by the national government and the business sector as the ICT (information and communications technology) Capital of the country because of concentration of ICT companies in the city.

Daejeon is South Korea’s fi fth largest city and the provincial capital of Chungnam. It is also the hub of science, technology, transportation, government and education in Korea.

Saloma opened the conference by welcoming the participants. Setting the tone for the activity, he noted the role of universities in such an undertaking. “Universities are a nation’s premier generator of knowledge, which is essential

Collective action failures behind low PH investment rate, says National Scientist Fabella Andre Encarnacion

UPD, Korean institutions promote regional prosperity

become “government failures – purveyors of waste and venality.” Thus, taming the state so it can pursue inclusiveness, said Fabella, is “the biggest collective action challenge of our time.”

Government failures, he said, arise “due to either non-benevolence or incompetence or both on the part of the state.” In the case of public goods failure, the state’s action according to Fabella may be either ineffective (non-payment of taxes) or ineffi cient (procuring goods at enormous cost, etc.). He noted the importance of creating a regulatory environment that protects property rights and enforces contracts in hastening investment and growth.

Weak states are incapable of punishing perpetrators; they instead outlaw policy instruments as an easy way out, as was the case in integrated power companies and larger than 5-hectare land ownership. These states can only push political settlements of least resistance rather than making credible commitments.

Strong states on the other hand are able to mediate “inter-temporal, inter-class and inter-regional confl icts of interest.” He described the current state of society as one of “fragmented trust” where trust has “retreated to smaller and smaller trust groups which people think can nurture their aspirations,” and where the state itself is distrusted. “Competing groups want their share “now” because the state cannot guarantee fair redistribution later.”

To halt and reverse fecklessness in government, Fabella recommended a strategic retreat from its most egregious failures. Weak states are “as a rule overloaded with many commitments far in excess of the number it has fi nancial and/or expertise/integrity/resources to implement well.” He believes that states must do “fewer, more fundamental things better, based on competitive advantage.” This is a pragmatic, not an ideological position – “the size of the state does not matter as long as it is effi cient!”

The second step, he says, is adopting

simpler modalities to accomplish the same ends, such as the conditional cash transfer (CCT), and public-private partnerships (PPP) where the market can do things better. “With a pared down agenda, each commitment will be done better, what with larger budgets, higher salaries, and more focused attention.”

Fabella believes that trust in the political center will return when the state is seen as the nemesis, not the breeder, of betrayal. He cites the removal of Renato Corona as an “immense conjuncture” and stresses the need to return the judiciary to its mandate of enforcing accountability. “Perhaps we are witnessing the birthing of a positive perception cascade when the fl apping of butterfl y wings cascade when the fl apping of butterfl y wings cascadecan become a gale,” he says.

“This has the making of a singular collective opportunity. Would that we all join the fl apping of the wings!”

In his opening message, UP President Alfredo Pascua l pra ised Fabel la ’s insightful diagnosis of the country’s ills. He cited in particular Fabella’s idea of “squandered collective action” in describing underdevelopment and the State’s regular failure “to provide a ‘benevolent and competent Visible Hand’ to a positive solution to a collective action problem.”

Pascual described the scenario as a failure to ensure the effective provision of public goods and infrastructure for the country’s benefi t. “Instead, what we have is a series of ‘collective action failures’ where the members of a community or a country choose to dodge the responsibility of helping provide for or contribute to the good of all.”

Pascual also congratulated Fabella not only for the multidisciplinary nature of his work, but also for his perspective on the “problem of healing” – improving government’s effi ciency and competence, in addition to restoring the people’s lack of trust. By using a multidisciplinary approach, Pascual added that scholars can better answer the question “what’s wrong with the country?” and its corollary question: “what must we do to make it right?”

decide on their own what best agricultural practices can be done in their farms using scientific methods and through enhanced values in partnership with local stakeholders.

Davide is also recognized for developing BIOACT, the trade name of the first commercial biological nematicide for the control of plant parasitic nematodes that attack economic crops. BIOACT is an effective, safe to use, non-toxic, non-chemical and environment-friendly biological control for fruits and vegetables.

The Magsaysay Award is given annually to persons or organizations in Asia who “manifest the same sense of selfl ess service that ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader” to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay’s example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.

The awardees received a certificate, a medallion, and a cash prize during presentation ceremonies at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) last August 31. (From www.uplb.edu.ph)

to technological innovation and economic progress and must therefore interact with various institutions for research and public service,” he said.

Jung and Kim also spoke briefl y at the opening ceremonies. Jung spoke of the WTA, which he described as “a multilateral international organization created with the purpose of connecting the advancement of science and technology with local development in order to achieve shared development through cooperation and exchanges among cities.”

Meanwhile, Kim spoke of Hannam University’s linkages with 168 universities in 40 countries, with UPD as one of these universities. “We have maintained a close bond with UPD over the past two decades, based on an agreement signed in 1989. Their unwavering devotion to academic excellence is always a source of inspiration to our academic community.”

Among the conference speakers were four UPD professors: School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR) Dean Jonathan Sale; National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) Dean Edna Estifania Co; Dr. Rene Ofreneo of SOLAIR and Dr. Remigio Ocenar of NCPAG’s Center for Local and Regional Governance. (Chi A. Ibay, UPDate Online)

Fabella describes the current state of society as one of “fragmented trust” where trust has “retreated to smaller and smaller trust groups…” and where the state itself is distrusted.

UPLB professor emeritus is Ramon Magsaysay awardee

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Two panelists in favor and two others against the Reproductive Health bill pending in Congress presented their views in a September 19 forum organized by the Offi ce of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs through the Offi ce of Institutional Linkages (OIL) and the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS).

The forum was held at the National Institute of Physics, National Science Complex, UP Diliman and gave equal time to the presentations of two pro-RH bill and two anti-RH bill panelists.

Dr. Ernesto Pernia, professorial lecturer at the UP School of Economics, used Philippine statistical data and surveys to support the economic theory that population growth cannot be left unfactored in solving the country’s poverty. Atty. Elizabeth Pangalangan, director of the UP Law Center’s Institute of Human Rights, cited legal and human rights bases and the state’s legal obligations to argue for the enactment of an RH bill.

Dr. Ligaya Acosta, executive director of Human Life International for Asia and Oceania, argued that contraceptives are abortifacient and harmful to the body, mind, and the environment. Edgardo Sorreta, board chairman of Pro-Life Philippines Foundation, decried the huge amount of money from Catholics that will be spent on something against their faith. He described the bill as an attack on the constitutional rights of Catholics.

Vice-President for Academic Affairs Gisela Concepcion explained the CIDS’ key areas of involvement: education, employment, environment and economic emancipation. She said the reason for the forum fell under the fourth responsibility of the center.

Assistant Vice-President for Academic

Dr. Ricardo Bagarinao, associate professor and UP Open University registrar, was named one of the Outstanding Filipino Research Leaders for 2012 during the World Research Festival held from August 22 to 25 at the Marco Polo Plaza in Cebu City.

Bagarinao also received the Diamond First Prize Award and Platinum 2nd Prize Award for PowerPoint Presentation and Oral Presentation for his papers “Learners’ Access Patterns and Performance in an Online Course in Science, Technology and Society” and “Geospatial Distribution of Distance Education Learners in UP Open University: Implications for Student Support,” respectively.

UPOU University Researchers Alvie Simonette Alip and Luisa Gelisan were also awarded Diamond First Prize Awards for their papers “Use of Non-Traditional Assessment on Online Science Courses” and “Student’s Perception and Assessment of a Distance Institution’s Information Services.”

The World Research Festival is co-organized by the International Association of Multidisciplinary Research (IAMURE), Philippine Association of Institutions for Research and the Commission on Higher Education, and co-hosted by the Liceo de Cagayan University, Cebu Normal University, University of Cebu, and the University of San Jose Recoletos.Distance education orientation

The UPOU also participated in a one-day book exhibit and sale at the festival and conducted distance education orientation and program promotions at the Abellana National High School and the Cebu International Distance Education College.

UPOU Information Offi ce Director Primo Garcia, Information Offi cer Anna Cañas and UPOU Learning Center Coordinator Arleen Tampus were interviewed over DYLA 909khz Cebu City.

The participants paid courtesy calls on UP Cebu OIC Dean Teresita Rodriguez and Cebu City Vice-Mayor Joy Augustus Young. (Anna Cañasand Cebu City Vice-Mayor Joy Augustus Young. (Anna Cañasand Cebu City Vice-Mayor Joy Augustus Young. ( )Anna Cañas)Anna Cañas

The fi rst session for the series of UP Open University Round-Table Discussions on “The Openness of Open Universities” was held last August 23 at the Oblation Hall, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna. Scheduled every third Thursday of the month, the series serves as UPOU’s self-evaluation of its own openness practice.

The lead discussants were UPOU Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso and Prof. Alexander Flor, former Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, who delivered talks on “The UP Open University: In Thoughts of Openness in a Digitized World” and “The Downside of Open Knowledge Resources,” respectively.

As the lead discussant, Alfonso asked: “Is openness valued in our university? Does our name refl ect our ‘Universitas’ ethos—a university that has an early appreciation of ICT, new media and digital media for course development and delivery? Does openness underlie our dealings with our students? Is openness an essential part of everyday operations? Is it an agency moving towards openness or is it just migrating traditional educational values and practices enveloped in enhanced technologies?” The chancellor

reminded everyone of the need to create meanings shared by UPOU constituents.

She said, “the work and practice that will come out from this RTD will certainly strengthen our commitment to social transformation through learning.”

Flor discussed the downside of open knowledge resources. One is that technology is fast making the teacher redundant and the World Wide Web is fast replacing the university as the repository of knowledge.

Flor also discussed the concept of the “invisible” teacher and how he did it in his class. He explained how online teachers could be effective while being minimally invasive of their student’s learning space.

He reminded everyone how “we may be subjecting ourselves to inordinate risks when we apply open education and open access approaches in our academic work. For instance, our colleagues from conventional universities will certainly admonish us for being ‘invisible teachers.’ The university itself having been the traditional bastion of IPR (intellectual property rights) may not take the notion of open access and open educational resources kindly.”

He concluded that, “we are in the process of reinventing ourselves, but it is a risky business.” (Eleanor Payawal-Manipol)

Pros and antis clash in UP RH forumJo. Florendo B. Lontoc

Associate professor receives Outstanding Filipino Research Leader Award

First round-table discussion on ‘Openness of Open Universities’

Affairs and CIDS Executive Director Marilou Nicolas gave a brief overview of the RH bill before the panel presentation. She began with the Philippines’ signing of a Declaration on Population together with 11 other countries in 1967, with population control and family planning evolving in many forms and names with each succeeding administration.

Questions from the audience were written on pieces of paper which the moderators, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs and OIL Director Antoinette Hernandez and Nicolas, sifted through and read selected parts of for the panelists to address.

Oplan Bayanihan ng pamahalaang Benigno Aquino III. Aniya, noong bata pa siya, pinatay ng militar ang kanyang tiyuhin at dalawang pinsan. Dahil laganap daw ang pang-aabusong militar noong 1980s, lalong dumami ang sumali sa New People’s Army (NPA) at nag-armas laban sa gobyernong Marcos.

Ayon kay Marcellana, kasalukuyang may walong batalyon na ng pinagsanib na sundalo, pulis at paramilitar ang nakahimpil sa dalawang distrito sa Timog Katagalugan upang diumano’y labanan ang NPA. Sabi niya, may mahigit 50 himpilan na doon ang militar na nagrerekrut ng CAFGU at tumutugis sa NPA, habang dumarami naman ang kaso ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao. May mahigit 200 kaso na raw ng pang-aabuso ng militar laban sa mga sibilyang taga-Timog Katagalugan ang kanilang naitala. Kabilang sa mga kasong iyon ang iligal na detensyon, iligal na paghalughog, paglabag sa karapatan sa panirahan, sapilitang relokasyon, pananakot, pananakit at pagpatay, subalit hindi ito napapabalita sa midya, dagdag pa niya.

Ipinaliwanag ni Marcellana kung bakit tila mas marami pang sundalong nakahimpil ngayon sa Quezon at Bondoc Peninsula kaysa noong panahon ni Marcos. Aniya, may 44 nang kumpanya ng pagmimina ang interesado sa likas yamang ginto, pilak at tanso doon. May multibilyong-pisong dam na itatayo sa Macalelon, may mga

plantang pang-elektrisidad sa Pagbilao at Atimonan, at tinatayang mahigit sa 240,000-ektaryang lupain ang posibleng minahin. Idinudulot diumano ng mga proyektong ito ang kawalan at pagkasira ng kabuhayan ng mga maralitang magsasaka. Dahas at panunupil daw ang tugon ng kasalukuyang gobyerno laban sa mga di-sang-ayon sa mga ipinatutupad na proyekto.

Mahigit 100 katao na ang naging biktima ng extra-judicial killings mula nang maupo si Pang. Noynoy Aquino, 17 biktima ay mula sa Timog Katagalugan, ayon kay Marcellana. Nagpapatuloy na pasismo ng estado

Ayon kay Prop. Rommel Rodriguez ng KAL, kasalukuyang coordinator ng Opisina ng mga Gawain ng Mag-aaral (OSA) ng UPD, kinakailangan ang mga kontra-naratibo o talakayang tulad nito upang ilantad ang patuloy na pandarahas ng estado. Aniya, bagama’t may pambansang pag-alaala sa Batas Militar, may pagbura ang estado sa totoong kasaysayan at ginagawang naaayon na lang sa kasalukuyang may-kapangyarihan. Isinasantabi daw ng naghaharing uri ang mga magsasaka, manggagawa, kabataan at iba pang sektor na lumaban sa diktadura at pinakanapinsala ng pasismo ng estado. May pagkalimot sa mga nag-alay ng buhay at nakibaka noon.

Marami raw ang nalinlang noong panahon ng Batas Militar at maging pagkatapos

mapatalsik si Marcos. Ipinaliwanag niya na nagdeklara si Marcos ng Batas Militar upang manatili sa puder, supilin ang lumalawak na protesta ng sambayanan, at patatagin ang naghaharing sistemang nagsasamantala sa buong bayan. Pagkatapos naman ng EDSA People Power noong 1986, marami ang naniwalang naibalik na ang demokrasya ngunit umigting pa ang pasismo at lalong dumami ang paglabag sa karapatang pantao. Lahat ng ito ay orkestrado ng kapitalismo, aniya, kaya mas kailangan ngayon ang ibayong pagkakaisa upang mailahad ang kasaysayan ng rebolusyon at patuloy na pakikibaka.

Ayon sa pahayag ng CONTEND-UP, mahigit 60,000 katao ang inaresto ng gobyerno mula 1972 hanggang 1977. Tinortyur ng militar ang mga bilanggong pulitikal, pinaslang ang higit sa 500 aktibista

sa pagitan lang ng 1975 hanggang 1980. May tinatayang $5 bilyon hanggang $10 bilyon nakaw na yaman sina Marcos, ayon sa Transparency International, habang aabot sa $35 bilyon ang tantiya ng iba pang grupo.

Laganap pa rin umano ang pamamaslang, tortyur at pagdukot, kahit walang pormal na deklarasyon ng Batas Militar sa kasalukuyang panahon. Sa ilalim ng Oplan Bayanihan ni Aquino III, may naitalang mahigit sa 430 biktima ng iligal na pagdakip, 67 tortyur, 29,465 sapilitang paglikas, 27 tangkang pagpaslang, 19,325 kaso ng pananakot, 100 biktima ng pulitikal na pagpaslang at 11 biktima ng pagdukot. Pagpapatuloy ng laban ng mga kabataan

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This year marks a decade of UP’s Information Technology Development Center’s (ITDC) Philippine Youth Congress on Information Technology, popularly known as Y4iT. The theme of the Congress this year is “IT is Power: Celebrating a Decade of Transforming Lives.”

Y4IT continues to serve as a meeting place for the best minds in IT, while giving participants a rare chance to meet and share breakthroughs, establish a network of contacts, and see how the fi eld looks like nationally. The Y4iT congress is considered to be the biggest gathering

of renowned local and international IT experts, professionals and educators and students from all over the country.

The 2012 Y4IT was held from September 10 to 15 and was attended by more than 30,000 students and onsite registrants from all over the country. The

UP Theatre, UP Film Institute and Ang Bahay ng Alumni were the venues where about 90 speakers both local and foreign spoke about developments, trends, support-and-management solutions in hardware, software and associated processes of computer-based systems.

ITDC’s Y4IT marks 10th year

ICT security expert reveals high-tech US military weapons

FOSS advocate presents ICT for the People in 10th Y4iT

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At Y4it’S Day Two, at the UP Theater, UP College of Architecture alumnus Joseph Desmond Cruel delivered the talk “Information Technology in Today’s Digital Filmmaking and Media Content Production.” The highlights of his lecture included current changes in the Philippine fi lmmaking industry, particularly in how movies are shot and exhibited.

Cruel added that these changes were brought about by two “disruptive technologies”: the digital fi lm camera, and the digital cinema projector. The changes

have imposed new requirements in terms of filmmaking and the engagement of IT professionals. “One of the biggest challenges during this change is the transition of skills from the traditional to the digital.”

Joseph Desmond Cruel is currently a post-production consultant for ABS-CBN Film Production, Inc. – Star Cinema. A licensed architect and visual effects artist by trade, Cruel, over the past ten years, has set-up and run various visual effects, CG animation studios and post-

production companies. Cruel was the operations manager for Roadrunner Network, ABS-CBN’s integrated post-production company. Joseph also manages The Philippine Visual Effects Professionals Group on Facebook (http:www.facebook.com/groups/philvfxprof) and Linkedln, where members can talk about issues, trends and the state of the Philippine visual effects and industry.

The following is a post-talk interview Joseph Desmond Cruel with the UP Newsletter. Newsletter. Newsletter

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What is the signifi cance of IT in today’s digital fi lmmaking and media content production?

“Filmmaking used to be the domain of just artists and auteurs. Now that fi lmmaking and media content production is transitioning to the digital realm, IT plays a key role in the craft. The medium is changing and so many IT disciplines and fi elds or researches are now crossing over into the acquisition and delivery of the art form.”

Is the Philippines at par with other countries in terms of IT in digital fi lmmaking and media content production?

“The Philippines produces some of the best IT professionals and practitioners in the global industry today. However like the other IT professionals and artists around the world currently transitioning from analog forms of art to digital, our IT professionals are learning and adapting to these changes along the way. Our Filipino IT professionals have always stood out for their resourcefulness and industriousness, two characteristics that will be an advantage in this evolving fi eld so they can adapt, innovate and not be left behind.”

How do you describe the state of IT in today’s digital fi lmmaking and media content production?

Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) national coordinator Rick Bahague Jr. discussed how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can help advance ICT for the benefit of the people on day three of the 10th Philippine Youth Congress on Information Technology or Y4iT held in UP Diliman last September 10-15.

He presented FOSS as an alternative tool ordinary citizens and grassroots organizations can freely use in day to day activities as well as during critical times such as national elections and natural disasters.

According to CPU, FOSS are “free, high-quality alternatives to proprietary software ranging from your operating system to applications you would use at home, in business, education and other social purposes. The affordability and viability of FOSS tools have important economic and social impacts especially in third world countries like the Philippines.”

Bahague told the audience how ICT could have helped prevent massive flooding due to the heavy monsoon rainfall and environmental destruction, among many

During the 10th Philippine Youth Congress on Information Technology or Y4iT of the University of the Philippines Information Technology Development Center (UP ITDC) held last September 10 to 15 in UP Diliman, information and communications technology (ICT) security expert Craig Covey gave the public a glimpse at some of the “cutting edge” weapons developed for the US military.

Last September 13 at the UP Film Institute, Covey showed slides of Lockheed Martin’s HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) robotic exoskeleton, DARPA and Sandia Labs’ self-guided bullets, ray guns, lightning bolts, and unmanned aircraft or drones, among others.

According to Covey, the HULC is a “battery-powered, hydraulic exoskeleton capable of performing deep squats, crawls and upper-body lifting with minimal human

exertion. An advanced onboard micro-computer ensures the exoskeleton moves in concert with the soldier.” The device helps soldiers carry heavier loads over longer periods of time.

Self-guided or self-steering bullets, meanwhile, revolutionize “rifl e accuracy and range… a technology that could potentially give any hunter sniper skills, if

made public.” A BBC News report says “the bullet uses tiny fi ns to correct the course of its fl ight allowing it to hit laser-illuminated targets.”

Covey said “Sandia Labs’ bullets can change direction in fl ight and hit a target more than a mile away, thanks to an optical sensor in its nose and fins for guidance. The bullet’s brain processes the

data and steers the fi ns.” He said “the Pentagon research arm’s ambitious aim is a guided .50 caliber bullet that will introduce unprecedented accuracy at extremely long ranges, unhampered by crosswinds or a moving target.” He added that “DARPA’s bullet can change course during flight, using a real-time guidance system and control software that tracks and directs the bullet.”

The development and testing of “futuristic” weapons, like ray guns, has also been announced by the US military. Covey said “this directed-energy beam weapon exploits one of our natural defense mechanisms - pain. This natural reaction is the basis for the US military’s new pain beam, which burns the surface of the skin in order to drive away adversaries.” He explained that the pain beam “is an alternative to conventional weapons that are designed to injure and kill” and that ray guns would prove useful for hostage situations or when innocent persons are mixed in with “terrorists.”

Covey further disclosed “the existence of a device that can shoot lightning bolts down laser beams to take out a target.” He said the technology is “known as laser-induced plasma channel” where it “seeks out targets that conduct electricity better than the air or ground that surrounds them.”

Covey presented a video of how unmanned aircraft or drones are operated in secret bases hundreds of miles away from the target zones. The video showed two drone operators coordinating in the elimination of a targeted moving vehicle. He described drone operation security and training protocols as extremely high, even if it looks like simply operating a video game aircraft.

According to Reprieve http://reprieve.Reprieve http://reprieve.Reprieveorg.uk/investigations/drones/, US drone

other national concerns, and how existing technology could improve the disaster response and the advocacy capabilities of various organizations. He lamented that even with recent advances in ICT supposedly now available to Filipinos, “majority of the people have yet to benefit from them.”

In response to the emerging need for accessible ICT, Bahague said “we can create tools to support grassroots movements.” This, he said, challenges ICT personnel to get involved with the people’s struggles. He named several web sites, such as www.nababaha.com, Project NOAH of the

Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Mobit Mindanao (a mining monitoring project for the Southern Mindanao region, using Envaya, android, php, MySQL), and Vote Report Philippines, as examples of web-based ICT that utilize FOSS, created by socially responsive ICT personnel, and which address the needs of ordinary people and community-based organizations.

Bahague explained how “FOSS enables grassroots movements to access the same quality of tools available to businesses.” This translates into lower costs vs. proprietary

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The UP Mindanao (UPMin) TAGBO 2012 - Student Leadership Camp was held from July 25-27, 2012 at Hope Mountain, Ulas, Davao City. It was the third year of the Leadership Camp in UPMin. Chancellor Gilda Rivero congratulated the students for giving priority to the camp, which will equip them with skills for leadership roles that will surely come their way in the future. Simon “Monchito” Mossesgeld of Ayala Foundation gave a lecture on Servant-Leadership. The Camp was organized by the UPMin Offi ce of Student Affairs, with the Ayala Foundation, Davao Jaycees, and the UP Alumni Association-Davao as sponsors.

One of the activities in the Leadership Camp

UP Mindanao holds TAGBO Student Leadership Camp anew

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tagapangulo ng Anakbayan, na malinaw na hindi pa tapos ang Batas Militar. Wala pa ring nananagot sa pagpatay kay Cris Hugo noong 2005, sa pagkawala nina Karen Empeño at Sherlyn Cadapan noong 2006, at sa marami pang kaso, aniya, kaya hindi pwedeng kalimutan o balikan na lang ang Batas Militar bilang bahagi ng nakaraan. Sabi niya, nagpapatuloy ang red-baiting ng militar sa mga paaralan, ang pagrerekrut

“Most of the IT professionals who get into media and entertainment come from industries that have been associated with traditional IT-related fi elds like software development and network administration. It is only once they are in the media and entertainment industry that they adapt their skills to the current requirements and needs in the job at hand. Now that most traditional fi elds are going into digitization, I just think that information (and digital) technology should not just be relegated as elective subjects to supplement individual curriculums in traditional arts and design. In a few years, filmmaking and media content creation and delivery will be a balance between art and engineering, and the individual that can balance both will for sure make a difference in their craft.”

What is at stake and in store for the youth of today in utilizing IT in any form of cultural production?

“These are exciting times. We are in a time of knowledge and technological abundance. Easy access to resources and information are only limited by the creativity of how we can use what’s already accessible to further the craft. Information technology should support the artist and the art form, and IT professionals who will be working in this dynamic fi eld can now be part of this artistic creative process.”

What is your message to today’s youth?

“Think of the ‘why’s,’ not just the ‘how’s’. It’s so easy to get lost in all the technical data and focus on how to do things, we tend to forget why we’re doing what we’re doing in the fi rst place. Now that disciplines are crossing into IT, take this as an opportunity to ask ‘why’ we’ve been doing what we’ve been doing and see if there is a ‘how’ that can help make it better.” [Taken from I.T. is Power Program Speakers’ Profi le]

strikes have killed more than 3,000 people in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, where more than 1,000 victims are reported to be civilians.

Covey also showed videos of a supersonic stealth aircraft that can fly across a continent in a matter of minutes, a self-camoufl aging robot, and an all-terrain robot that can carry supplies or ammunition

to soldiers in any battlefront. He said all these information about

“cutting edge” IT in the US military have already been released to the press and are available in the internet.

Covey, a US Air Force retiree and the founder of Cobra Itech company, also discussed several other topics during the Y4iT and shared some tips culled from

his decades-long experience in developing software and providing technical support for many military, intelligence and criminal investigation agencies.

Covey discussed Information Security last September 11 at the UPFI, Programming and Website Security last September 12, and Search Engine Optimization last September 15, both at the UP Bahay ng Alumni.

software, higher productivity for the users, and up-to-date information for the public, among many other benefits.

He said FOSS gives users “the freedom to run the program for any purpose.” FOSS gives users “the freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish; the freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor; and, the freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements (and modified versions in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits.”

Bahague encouraged the audience to join or work with non-profit organizations, such as the CPU, to advance ICT as an

alternative tool to promote the people’s common good. This, he said, will help bring FOSS technology to the grassroots where ICT would matter, especially in the daily lives of the marginalized sectors.

The CPU has been active in various ICT campaigns in national politics, such as KontraDaya during the 2010 Automated Election and the Pagbabago! People’s Movement for Change, and is also a partner in the EU-CenPEG Project 3030 policy research and monitoring on AES 2010. CPU envisions a society where ICT serves the real development needs of the people and economy and a country free from monopolist domestic and foreign control.

sa mga tagapagpadaloy ng programa, “ang isa sa pinakamagandang parte para sa akin ay ang pagtugon ng mga kabataan sa hamon ng patuloy na paglaban para sa tunay na kalayaan at demokrasya.”

Nagwakas ang gabi ng paggunita at panata sa pagtitipon ng mga dumalo sa tanyag na AS Steps habang nananawagan hawak ang kanilang mga placards at isang malaking tarpaulin na may nakasaad na “Never Again to Martial Law! Tuloy ang Laban para sa Katarungan!”

might shift linguistic practices and ethnic identity,” Tadem clarifi ed. He suggested exploring a history composed instead of normative and normalized statelessness, punctuated by short-lived dynastic states, as an alternative to state-centric paradigms.

“The concept of ‘Zomia’ marks an attempt to explore a new genre of ‘area’ studies in which the justification for designating the area has nothing to do with national boundaries (e.g. Laos) or strategic conceptions (e.g. Southeast Asia) but is rather based on ecological regularities and structural relationships that cross national frontiers,” Tadem said.

eUP Partners. Vice-President for Development Elvira Zamora points President Alfredo Pascual to a clause in the Memorandum of Understanding they are about to sign with Smart Communications Inc. represented by its chief wireless advisor Orlando Vea (beside Pascual) and PLDT represented by its EVP and head of enterprise and international and carrier business Eric Alberto (extreme left). Also in photo is Atty. Ana Celeste Bernad, notary public. UP signed MOUs with Smart and ePLDT which will provide UP the wherewithal to implement the modernization program eUP—management systems and wireless connectivity. The signing took place last September 17 at the UP Diliman Executive House.

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It’s one global struggle, says Occupy Movement activist

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FOSS advocate presents ICT for the People in 10ththe People in 10ththe People in 10 Y4iT

ICT security expert reveals high-tech US military weapons

Cruel talks about trends in fi lmmaking

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ng student intelligence, ang paniniktik at marami pang paglabag sa karapatan.

Ayon kay Crisostomo, ang estado mismo ang sumusupil sa mga mamamayan nito, gamit ang mga sundalo at pulis ng bansa na nagtatanggol sa naghahari-harian sa lipunan. Tinalakay rin niya ang

pagkakakulong ng maraming kabataan sa mga pansariling interes at pangarap, maging sa kahon ng teknolohiya tulad ng internet at social networking sites. Aniya, kailangang aralin ang kasaysayan, magsuri, at makibaka sapagkat hindi sapat ang “may magawa lang” o “tokenism” na pabor sa gobyerno.

Hinimok niya ang mga iskolar ng bayan na mangarap para sa mas magandang kinabukasan para sa bayan, palakasin ang pag-oorganisa at pagkilos para sa pagbabago, maglingkod sa mamamayan, at makibaka para sa pambansang kalayaan at demokrasya.

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The paper “Policy Reforms and Governance in the Philippine Health Regulatory System” by a team from UP and the Department of Health was awarded the best paper prize during the International Conference on Public Policy and Governance held from September 4 to 6 at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

The paper explored and discussed the policy agenda on hospital regulatory procedures and system of licensing hospitals

during centralization, decentralization and recentralization period under the Health Sector Reform Agenda.

Its authors are Dr. Oscar Ferrer of the College of Social Work and Community Development, University Researcher Maria Clarisa Sia of the Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED) of the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG); and, from the Department of Health, division chiefs Dr. Cynthia Rosuman and Dr. Elizabeth

Matibag of the Bureau of Health and Facilities Services, and Clarissa Reyes, senior health program offi cer of the Health Policy and Planning Development division.

The conference was attended by about 225 paper presenters. These included another paper “Harmonization and Streamlining of Hospital Licensing System” by NCPAG-CPED, which analyzed the implementation mechanisms and evaluation of the practices and processes in hospital licensing systems.

It has long been helping build the capability of health profession teachers not only in the Philippines but also in other Asian countries. But only recently was this expanded role offi cially recognized.

Last August 24, the National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions (NTTCHP) was recognized by the World Health Organization as a Regional Education Development Center (REDC) in the Health Professions in the Western Pacifi c Region (WPRO) in a program held at the NTTCHP Auditorium. UP Manila Chancellor Manuel Agulto announced the designation during the program.

Not only is NTTCHP the sole WHO REDC in the Philippines. It is also one of only two WHO REDC institutions worldwide, the other being the Seoul National University in South Korea.

As a WHO WPRO Regional Education Development Center, NTTCHP will assist in strengthening National Education Development Centers in the Region; promoting and/or supporting collaborative education development activities; and facilitating the gathering, analysis, and sharing of information on health professions education development and good practices among member states.

WHO WPRO Director Shin-Young Soo said the award is very much deserved. NTTCHP has been training health teachers from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam for the past several years. In Cambodia, the

Master of Health Professions Education started to be offered at the University of Health Sciences in June 2011. In Laos, NTTCHP was replicated as the Educational Development Center for the Health Professions.

During the recognition program, Health Undersecretary Teodoro Herbosa, representing Health Secretary Enrique Ona, emphasized that health professionals play vital roles in improving access to quality health care. He added that with the government’s goal of providing all Filipinos access to all health services under its “Kalusugang Pangkalahatan” program to be implemented soon, the challenge is to create a stronger core of health professions teachers in terms of quantity, quality and relevance if they are to meet the populations’ health needs.

UP Assistant Vice-President for Public Affairs Jose Wendell Capili, speaking on behalf of UP President Alfredo Pascual, cited the health challenges facing the world, such as communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, environmental outbreaks and hazards. He underscored the problems faced by health workers, such as poor working environment, low resources, and need to improve their capacities. To save lives and improve the quality of health, adequate, competent, and responsive health workers are required to provide timely and appropriate interventions.

For his part, Agulto stated that much of

UP team wins international public policy award

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the growth of health professions education in the Philippines can be attributed to NTTCHP. He thanked the center’s pioneering and trailblazing efforts, such as the offering of its graduate program, the Master in Health Professions Education, and training courses that paved the way for the recognition and growth of this discipline in the Philippines.

Since its founding in 1975, NTTCHP has been recognized for the following achievements: it was fi rst to offer training courses and certifi cate program on health professions education (HPED), and the fi rst to offer the master’s program in the

same fi eld in 1980. Its graduates now occupy top and strategic positions in local and international health organizations. It also conducts the annual conference on HPED and held the fi rst international conference on HPEd in 2008. It created the national association of health professions educators; and published the fi rst book on HPED in the Philippines.

The designation affi rms the NTTCHP’s leadership role in building the capabilities of teachers in the health professions not only in the Philippines but also in the Western Pacifi c region. (Cynthia M. Villamor/IPPAO-UPM)

WHO WPRO Regional Director Dr. Shin Young Soo, Health Undersecretary Dr. Ted Herbosa and UPM Chancellor Manuel Agulto unveil the NTTCHP’s new marker showing its designation as a Regional Education Development Center

A number of students, faculty, staff and residents of UP campuses had been admitted in UP health services units for dengue as of September.

In UP Diliman, Dr. Jesusa Catabui, head of the Public Health Unit at the UPD Health Service, reported that there were 33 confi rmed cases of dengue H-fever admitted from June to August 8. Fourteen of these patients have been transferred to tertiary care hospitals since the UP Health Service in Diliman is only a 50-bed primary hospital. Five of the 14 were hemorrhagic cases. Eleven of the 33 cases came from nearby communities outside the campus: Culiat, Old Balara, Cainta, Batasan Hills, Ateneo Campus, Loyola Heights, Libis, Xavierville, Teachers Village and UP Village.

Monsoon rains are indicative of that time of year when rainfall is above average, inducing the cultivation of disease-carrying agents. One type of mosquito to watch is the Aedes Aegypti, the dengue mosquito.

Aedes Aegypti, whose name originates from Greek of “unfriendly” or “unpleasant,” are usually visible during daytime and thrive in both clean and unclean stagnant water. Dengue mosquitoes appear to have white stripes or spots all over their thorax (torso) and are usually smaller than a non-dengue mosquito. An adult Aedes Aegypti is usually found in dark and damp areas.

Although its occurrence increases during the wet season, according to UP Diliman

Health Service Director Jesusa Catabui, dengue H-fever may happen throughout the year since mosquito breeds in stagnant water found in jars, tires, and the like.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is one of many common yet deadly viral diseases rampant in sub-tropical and tropical countries like the Philippines. Aedes Aegypti usually feed on children and can cause an outbreak if their breeding process is not controlled.

Dengue H-fever infection is worst during the stage when the patient exhibits the Dengue Shock Syndrome, characterized by panic attacks, blood in vomit, urine and stool, and circulatory failure. This syndrome may end in death.

Dengue H-fever symptoms include 1) high fever that can last up to a week; 2) joint and muscle pains; 3) pain experienced during eye movements; 4) appearance of rashes also known as “petechiae rashes” in some parts or all over the body; 5) bleeding nose as fever subsides; 6) bloody discharge in vomit; 7) dark stool.

A dengue educational campaign by the Public Health Unit of UP Diliman Health Service has been launched on campus, primarily in areas where dengue larvae and mosquito and patients have been monitored.

Catabui’s unit has released a matric which enjoins the community to “search

In another report by Catabui on UHS admissions of dengue cases dated August 14, an ocular inspection was conducted by the Public Health Unit last August 13 and 14 in some areas within the campus after reports of cases of dengue H-fever among UP students acquired on campus.

According to the report, there are four major areas on campus alerted for the presence of Aedes larvae and mosquitoes: Area 2 where a stagnant canal was seen on the right side of the street going toward the track and fi eld oval; the College of Human

Kinetics grounds where the playground contraptions include old tires; the UPIS, particularly drainages and a big stagnant canal at the far end towards Balara Filters of the UPIS building along Katipunan Road.

According to Catabui, almost half of these patients had to be transferred to big hospitals due to dangerously low levels of platelet count, which can cause them to spontaneously bleed. UP Los Baños

According to Dr. Marilyn Palma-Reano, director of the campus University

Health Service (UHS), the number of probable dengue H-fever patients in the town reached about 138 from January to June of this year based on the Municipal Health Office of Los Baños, Laguna. Twenty-fi ve of them were admitted at the UHS, coming not only from the campus but also from surrounding communities. There has not yet been any reported case in July 2012.UP Baguio

The UP Baguio Health Service Offi ce headed by Dr. Linda Macalalag has gathered data from the Baguio Health Department showing an increase in the number of dengue cases from 489 in 2011 to 521 in 2012 over the same period. As for UPB, Macalalag said that there was no reported case or admission of dengue H-fever patients in 2011, while in 2012, there was only one documented case last January and none thereafter.

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Catabui suggests the creation of a Health Liaison Committee/Offi cer in all academic and non-academic units in UPD to help the UHS in the surveillance, not only of dengue-carrying mosquitoes and H-fever, but also of any disease that is of public health importance, inside and in

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UP Baguio (UPB) Chancellor Raymundo Rovillos has identified the establishment of an ethnographic museum for the “material and visual expressions of Cordillera cultures” as one of the five programs of action under his administration.

In line with this, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed last August 24 between UPB, represented by Rovillos, and the National Museum, represented by National Museum Assistant Director Ana Labrador. Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Wilfredo Alangui, Prof. Analyn Salvador-Amores of the Cordillera Studies Center’s Program for Material Culture, and Raquel Flores and Edwin Dela Rosa, cultural resource managers of the National Museum, witnessed the MOA signing.

UP Baguio ties up with National Museum Analyn Salvador-Amores

Prof. Delfin Tolentino Jr. delivered the lecture “Making Artifacts Speak: The Study of Cordillera Material Culture 1980-2010” last July 26 at the College of Social Sciences, UP Baguio (UPB). It was the second of the Cordillera Studies Center Jubilee Lectures series.

In an extensive bibliographic survey of material culture studies in the region, Tolentino stressed that even with the rich material culture of the region (with Ifugao as the most studied), there is no systematic examination of the studies on Cordillera material culture. Most of the published and unpublished literature has focused on other indigenous institutions such as kinship, religious life, marriage, autonomy, political and economic system, and others. Hence, a future research undertaking on this subject is certainly warranted.

Tolentino mentioned the definitions of objects as “stuff, artifacts, and things” but in fact, objects are commonly referred to as material culture. They are the material things that people encounter, interact with, and use. Objects are created and produced “to make visible and stable cultural categories, to deploy discriminating values and to mark aspects of their self and others” (Woodward 2007: vii).

Studies of material culture have as their primary concern the mutual relations between people and objects. In particular, studies of material culture are concerned with what uses people put objects to and what objects do for, and to, people. Furthermore, scholars working in the field of material culture studies aim to analyze how these relations are one of the

important ways in which culture – and the meanings upon which culture is based – are transmitted, received and produced.

In general, material culture refers to any material object (e.g. textiles, pots, woodcarving) or network of material objects (e.g. rice-granary, shrine, ator) that people perceive, touch, use and handle to carry out social activities with, and to contemplate upon. These objects are produced with varying motivations, transformations and use, thus it is relevant to look at why and how these objects animate relations with people.

While studies in material culture have started as a subfield in archaeology and anthropology, material culture is a newly developed field at the University College of London, with Prof. Daniel Miller as a proponent for this new field of study.

Although material studies have been a domain in archaeological studies, to study objects of the past, a recent approach is to look at material culture from interdisciplinary lens such as anthropology, cultural studies, ethno-mathematics, and even oral literature studies. In the Philippines, and in the Cordillera region specifically, “materialism or materialities have never been recognized as important social parameters in the past,” although there have been early published and unpublished documentations of material culture. Today, an emerging interest is how these objects are re-contextualized in the contemporary period. These re-contextualizations refer to how objects “move,” “in circulation” in the modern context. Here, the dynamics

of re-contextualization, valuation and reinterpretation of the objects go along their trajectories through different cultural and historical contexts (Leite 2004).

Tolentino’s lecture also urged scholars to go beyond symbolism, fetishism, or pedantry, and to examine social practices and their relations to ideologies and materialities in different contexts.

Tolent ino noted that there are gaps in the literature, but systematic analysis of published materials from 1980-2010 have resulted in “expedient clusters,” or categories informed by the inherent nature of the materials, such as ethnographic works, ethnoarchaeological studies, works on specific forms and artifacts (such as basketry, bulol, textiles, bulol, textiles, buloland pottery, among others), exhibition catalogues, museum publications and recent works from the standpoint of different disciplines.

Tolent ino a lso sa id that whi le undertaking a recent bibliographic survey, he identified a lacuna of studies on artifacts made of metals.

To ask how best to document objects on material culture, Tolentino said that the goal is not only to allow the artifacts to speak, but also to engage the living practitioners of the tradition to speak about the narratives of the objects that allow an enabling environment to study the objects.

Tolentino capped his lecture with a challenge: “While the practitioners, elders, artisans are still alive, we could invite them to share their stories about relevant artifacts, [and we can] document and record these stories that make the artifacts speak.”

Making artifacts speak Analyn Salvador-Amores

The purpose of the MOA is to develop research and educational cooperation on the basis of equality and reciprocity as well as to promote mutual understanding between both parties in the next three years. UPB and the National Museum mutually agree to undertake, promote and develop research and education cooperation.

Both parties agree to the exchange and mentoring of academic staff and students in matters related to research; cooperation in research of common interest to the National Museum and the university and the presentation of research results; exchange of museum collections, research materials, publications and other scientific information; the use of their respective library and laboratory facilities, subject to guidelines; and acceptance by the National Museum of UP students for internship.

The MOA took effect on the day after the signing, when the Museum Development Workshop with special focus on cultural properties protection for UPB faculty and stakeholders, was held at the Sarmiento Hall. The two-day workshop was held to help conceptualize a museum for the university. The workshop was an opportunity to have an internal dialogue on the kind of university museum UPB can sustain.

Forty participants attended the museum workshop including faculty members representing the Colleges of Science, Arts and Communication, and Social Sciences.

At the MOA signing (from left) Raquel Flores, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Wilfredo Alangui, Chancellor Raymundo Rovillos, Dr. Ana Labrador, Dr. Analyn Amores, and Edwin Dela Rosa

scholarships and financial support for competitions to the COE in School Year 2011-2012.

Among the UP COE’s donors and benefactors who were presented with certifi cates of appreciation were: UP Kem Global, UP Engineering Fraulein, the UP Chemical Engineering Foundation, Accenture, Icannhas, Inc., Analog Devices and Astec Philippines, Inc., RASA Surveying and GeoDev, Vicente Co, Jaime “Bing” Del Rosario and Elise del Rosario, the UP Industrial Engineering Alumni Association, Teresa Marble Corp., the UP Alumni Engineers, EEI Corp. DMCI Project Developers, Inc., DMCI Power Corp., Ramcar, Magic-Aire Industries, Inc., Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Body Shop Philippines, Gold Fields Corp., Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Co., the UP MMME Alumni Association, the Society of Metallurgical Engineers of the Philippines, the Chamber of Mines, Engr. Alberto Sandoval representing the Concepcion Hidalgo Sandoval Memorial Foundation, Lafarge Cement Services Philippines, Inc., and Dr. Magdaleno Albarracin, Jr.

Speaking on behalf of the donors and benefactors, Engr. George Son Keng Po, senior executive of Accenture, also expressed his appreciation to the COE for giving Accenture “the chance to give back and to continue to nurture and support the young talents we have in the Philippines.” Engr. Renato Sunico, director of Lafarge Cement Services (Philippines), Inc., on the other hand, announced his company’s willingness to continue supporting and cooperating with the COE, especially with regard to research in alternative fuels and heat-recovery systems that can be used in the cement industry.

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The UP Manila (UPM) administration’s swift and decisive action on the problem of inadequate PE facilities on campus that endanger the education and safety of its students is part of Chancellor Manuel Agulto’s vision to transform the university into an excellent center for health education and service.

Agulto, in several dialogs with PE teachers and students, announced the allotment of P20 million for the renovation of the PGH basketball court into a covered court. This will serve as a venue for basketball, volleyball, and Philippine Games PE classes.

As of this writing, the technical plans for the project have been fi nished. Once bidding is done, construction will start in November 2012. In February or March 2013, the facility will be ready for use.

The problem of the shortage of PE facilities has been faced by previous UPM administrations during the past several years. The Agulto administration is the latest to

inherit and actually witness its impact on the quality of education, particularly the security of students attending off-campus classes. With the burden now on their shoulders and with only about a little over two years left of their terms, Agulto and his team have decided to fi nd lasting solutions to the problem.

While these are not feasible at this time as funds are still being raised, short-term measures have been adopted. So as not to disrupt classes, students will be provided with a shuttle vehicle and a security guard or security offi cer to accompany them to and from the venue. Unlike in previous classes where the owners of the facilities used had no legal accountability, agreements for the ensuing use of the facilities will be governed by a written contract to ensure maximum protection and security to the students.

Starting the second semester of AY 2012-2013, the holding of off-campus PE classes will be stopped as part of tighter

security measures for the students, but without compromising the quality of their education. Apart from the basketball court renovation, Agulto is urging PE teachers to think of more creative ways to solve the shortage, such as offering other possible PE subjects that are less space-consuming or holding PE classes at UP Diliman. Initial negotiations have been made with UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics Dean Ronwaldo Dizer on the possibility of UPM students taking Saturday classes in UP Diliman.

“I am with you in this goal of producing the best, well-rounded students through quality education, at the same time, ensuring their constant protection. Hence, we are trying our best to fi nd a permanent solution to this problem,” the UPM chancellor told the students and teachers.

At present, the only UPM PE facility in use is the 15-year old Sport Science and Wellness Center (SSWC) with its dilapidated and cramped, ill-equipped rooms and

UP Los Baños (UPLB) Chancellor Rex Victor Cruz and Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) Director Nicomedes Eleazar awarded a DA-BAR scholarship to 12 UPLB Bachelor of Science in Agriculture majors last September 4 at the A. G. Samonte Hall.

The P5-million scholarship program for deserving undergraduate agriculture students of UPLB is the brainchild of DA Secretary Proceso Alcala, Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano, and Eleazar. It aims to boost manpower skills in agriculture, especially in plant pathology, entomology, soil science, and agri-biotechnology.

Eleazar congratulated the scholars for being the first batch of undergraduate awardees. Since 1998, DA-BAR has been awarding scholarships to CA graduate students.

CA Dean Domingo Angeles said the scholarship grant “is the biggest fi nancial assistance ever received by the college for the past 100 years for the purpose.” Cruz challenged the awardees to uphold the values of being Iskolar Para sa Bayan and to plow back to the country the gains of enjoying quality education from UPLB.

The 12 pioneer scholars are Dyanah Joy Amorio, Roy Boten, Rejell Arjean De Venecia, Glorianne Excelsis Jamilla, Roden

Carlo Lizardo, Kiran Nadeem, Nerissa Paduit, Jillian Temple, Llewelyn Jain, Vicelle Joy Ora, Ian Jomari Panaga, and Mark Paul Rivarez. They were chosen based on general weighted average, scholastic standing, fi nancial status of the family, and willingness to major in courses covered by the program.

A memorandum of agreement was signed by the students and representatives of the DA-BAR, UPLB, and the UPLB Foundation, Inc. headed by Dr. Cecilio Arboleda to honor the commitment of each one in the program. (from www.uplb.edu.ph)

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The UP Visayas (UPV) Division of Professional Education (DPE), College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) through the UP High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) conducted a K-12 Curriculum Development Seminar–Workshop last September 6 and 7 at the College’s GCEB Audio Visual Room.

On the fi rst day of the activity, DPE Chairperson Lourdes Zamora gave an orientation about the seminar-workshop and presented the K-12 program agenda of the university. This was followed by lectures on the different aspects of the K-12 Program by education experts from the Department of Education (DepEd) and UP.

DepEd Undersecretary for Programs and Projects Yolanda Quijano discussed competencies in the Social Sciences and

other learning areas, while UP Integrated School Principal Ronald San Jose discussed the program’s target competencies in Science and Mathematics.

Prof. Portia Padilla of the UP College of Education discussed language competencies by focusing on English and Filipino. UPHSI Principal Rosario Dumagpi also presented the draft curricular framework of Grades 7-12. The principals of the other UP high schools were also present, among them Prof. Aurelio Vilbar of UP Cebu College and another professor from UP Los Baňos.

The workshop on the different learning areas was conducted last September 7 at the UPHSI Conference Room. UPV Chancellor Rommel Espinosa, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Emilia Yap and CAS Dean Ma. Luisa Mabunay

attended the activity. CAS faculty members also participated in the workshop.

According to the offi cial gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (http://www.gov.ph/k-12/), the K-12 Program will cover “kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school) to provide suffi cient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. The adoption of the program is in response to the need to improve the competitiveness of our country’s graduates as the ten-year basic education cycle is seen as inadequate for work and higher education.”

UPHSI conducts K-12 Curriculum Dev’t WorkshopAnna Razel L. Ramirez

UP Manila steps up PE infrastructure projects facilities that can only accommodate basic PE subjects. Additional spaces being used are the front areas of SSWC and the alleys of the adjacent UPM College of Nursing building. Located near old condemned buildings and other hazards, SSWC facilities make the holding of PE classes unsafe for students who suffer bruises and other injuries. It is also distracting to other classes.

For the medium-term plan, the UPM administration has presented a proposal to construct a multi-level parking at the existing PGH parking lot that will include a basketball court and indoor PE facilities for students.

“I am confi dent that we can solve this problem through collective leadership. I am approaching it not only as a chancellor but as an ophthalmologist or surgeon who has to rely on accurate diagnosis and concrete plans,” the UPM chancellor stated.

For the long-term, UPM will partner with Vice-President Jejomar Binay to generate funds needed to jumpstart its six-year strategic plan that includes the construction of a UPM Centennial Building. Part of the proposed plan for the building is a University Gymnasium and a Sports and Wellness Center for the students. The university is also appealing to other UP alumni and other groups and individuals to help in its bid to improve health by educating future leaders and workers. (CMVillamor)CMVillamor)CMVillamor

mismo mula sa Diliman Legal Offi ce at kami ay nalulungkot na may nasu-suspend at nae-expel na mga iskolar ng bayan na nagsusumikap makapag-aral.”

“Nagiging dahilan ito (STFAP) para hindi dagdagan ang badyet. Dahil marami na raw bracket A na magsa-subsidize sa bracket na mas mababa,” dagdag ni Tan. “Marami na raw bracket A and B sa Diliman kaya mas maraming income ang Diliman. Bakit ang Diliman, ayaw daw mag-share. So, lumalabas, ang UPD pa ang masama at may kasalanan ng paghihirap. Pero ang dulo lang nito, sa state university, dapat lamang igiit ang libreng edukasyon. Hindi ‘yung nililito pa tayo na kailangan (mag-rebracket). Ang STFAP ay hindi sagot sa dekalidad na edukasyon.”

Ayon kay Dekano Roland Tolentino ng Kolehiyo ng Komunikasyong Pangmadla, ang automatic rebracketing sa bracket A ay taliwas sa itsura ng ating sistemang panlipunan.

“Sistematikong ipinatutupad ang polisiya kung san mae-etsapuwera natin ang napakaraming anak ng mga mangagawa at mga magsasaka. Hindi lang naman income tax ng mayayaman ang tumutustos (sa edukasyong UP), kundi ‘yung ordinaryong value added tax sa lahat ng bagay. Kapag nagtaas ng presyo ng gasolina, hindi naman mayayaman lang ang tumutustos nito kundi ‘yung mga ordinaryong (mamamayang) sumasakay sa jeep at MRT.”

Dagdag pa ni Tolentino, nagkakaroon ng mga anti-poor sentiment dahil sa mga polisiyang tulad ng STFAP. “Ikaw na mahirap ay kailangan pang magpatunay na kay hirap-hirap mo at karapat-dapat kang ideklarang mahirap para mailagay ka sa bracket maliban sa bracket A. At ‘yun ang nakakagalit dito: tayo na pangunahing unibersidad sa buong Pilipinas ay nagpapasimuno pa ng pribatisadong mga polisiya sa bansa natin.”

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Frequently visited by guests mostly from the Panay and Negros Islands and other parts of the country and occasionally from abroad, UP Visayas (UPV) has undoubtedly become a tourist landmark in Region VI.

In 2000, the Information and Publications Offi ce (IPO), through Director Amy Daquilania-Tanoy, conceptualized and implemented the University Tour Guide Program (UTG) in response to the need for organized tours for the visitors to the scenic campus of UPV Miagao.

Through the UTG program, the IPO hopes to provide visitors with the information they need about the university, and to project an image of UPV that is rich with history in a campus endowed with beautiful scenery. Through the guided tours, it hopes that UPV’s culture of excellence and public service may be presented to its external publics.

With this goal in mind, the IPO revived the UTG program by conducting a one-day training for student volunteer guides last September 5 at the UPV Miagao campus. The training included a brief history of UP in Iloilo, the creation of UPV, the history and symbolism of the UP Oblation, how

to properly receive, brief and tour visitors, and a simulated tour.

The new 11 student volunteer guides are Amie Noelle Cuenca, BA Literature; Billy John Lebosada, BS Biology; Elba Joy Abad, BS Economics; Joselle May Golingay, BS Biology; Mary Christine Valderrama, BS Biology; Nesgen Rhea Caburlan, BA Political Science-Management; Pouline Mariae Esteta, BA Literature; R-Vee Taladro, BA Literature; Rosario Dizon, BA Literature-Management; Shara Mae Torrefranca, BA Psychology; and Sydney Jam Sibug, BA Political Science-Management.

Johnrev Guilaran of the Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, gave a short talk on his experiences as a former UTG student volunteer. He was named UPV Outstanding Tour Guide for Academic Year 2003-2004.

In addition, fi ve security guards, namely, Rey Nocal, William Fusin, Willy Ninal, Leopoldo Nequia, and Danilo Fabillo were also invited to join the training. They are roving guards who assist the IPO in managing traffi c inside the campus when there are tours and as front liners in the main entrance of the campus.

UP Visayas Chancellor Rommel Espinosa signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the establishment of the West Visayas Local Governance Resource Center (WVLGRC), a consortium with UP Visayas as the First Host institution, last September 4 at Smallville 21 Hotel, Iloilo City.

The other members of the consortium are the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), represented by Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta; Central Philippine University (CPU), represented by its president, Dr. Teodoro Robles; University of San Agustin (USA), represented by its president, Rev. Fr. Frederick Comendador; and Western Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST), represented by its president, Dr. Luis Sorrola Jr.

WVLGRC is a creat ion of the

Local Governance Regional Resource C e n t e r V I ( L G R RC V I ) , w h i ch resulted from a German Development Cooperation Environment and Rural Development Program (GIZ-EnRD) program. Technical assistance has been provided by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to strengthen the capacity of national and local government agencies for environmental protection and sustainable rural development. A decentralization program (DP) complements EnRD by s t rengthening LGU capac i t ies for improved local governance and development management. The LGRRC is a fl agship program of the DILG.

WVLGRC aims to provide products and services that will develop the capacity of LGUs for good governance. The consortium will start by rolling out training

programs for which trainers have already been trained under the GIZ DP and EnRD technical assistance. These include the four core training courses: (1) Training on Codification of Ordinances, Laws and Policies; (2) Training on Participatory Land Use and Development Planning; (3) Training on Forest Land Use Planning; and (4) Training on Coastal and Fisheries Resources Management.

Capacity development in these areas will be crucial to sustainable development in Region VI which is rich in natural resources.

The College of Management, UPV, as the anchoring college of the first host institution for the WVLGRC, will be providing training and capability assistance to public administrators and local executives. (With sources from GIZ and CM)

UPV signs MOA for West Visayas Local Governance Resource CenterAnna Razel L. Ramirez

UPV holds tour guide trainingLyncen Fernandez

About a hundred concerned citizens from the academe, non-government offices, government offices, people’s organizations as well as representatives from the religious sector and private individuals converged at UP Baguio (UPB) last August 29 for the Workshop on “Baguio Garbage: Understanding It and Getting Involved.”

A paper by Maria Lorena Cleto on waste management in Baguio City and La Trinidad kicked off the day-long activity. In a follow-up research in 2011, Cleto did a Scoping Study on Baguio’s Urban Ecosystem, delving deeper into the waste generation and management aspect in both urban areas, using the ecosystems approach.

Her study is on major waste management issues such as low rates of waste segregation and continuous indiscriminate disposal of wastes, and in the case of Baguio, the issue of total compliance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (RA 9003) vis-à-vis the availability of a site for the requisite engineered sanitary landfill (ESL). Both Baguio and La Trinidad are also beset with issues of transparency and community participation, among many compelling issues.

Another research-based paper was presented by UPB professor Victoria Diaz. Her study dwelt on drivers of pollution in the Balili River and areas/barangays along the tributaries of the river. Diaz’s study gave

the group a closer look at waste segregation issues and waste management practices or the lack thereof in the areas covered by the study.

Atty. Fran Claver reported on the chronology of legal measures that commenced in the late 1990s up to the filing of the Writ of Kalikasan for the use of the Irisan dumpsite. A number of participants also shared local initiatives and community participation in waste management, and offered “unsolicited advice” on the management of the city’s waste.

An officer from the city’s solid waste management task force attended the event and gave an overview and updates on the

Cordillera Studies Center workshop tackles Baguio’s garbage problemOfelia Giron

solid waste management plan of Baguio.Cognizant of the pressing problems

and issues relative to Baguio garbage, the group agreed on forming a coalition akin to the alliance formed for the Balili River System Revitalization Coalition Project.

The participants also approved the formation of several committees that will oversee the activities of the coalition and the maximal use of media, the Internet and networking sites for more effective dissemination of information on the coalition and activities/initiatives on waste management in general.

A statement of the network, the “Baguio Citizens No Waste Initiative,” was drafted by the group for presentation at the Baguio City council meeting. The statement and other details on the network can now be accessed through the network’s Facebook account.

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nearby community of the campus. The committee/ offi cer will be tasked with 1) surveillance and reporting of suspected and hospital-diagnosed cases of dengue and other diseases on a weekly basis; 2) dissemination of health information; 3) enforcement of infection control practices in the unit.

Catabui encourages the whole UP community to practice prevention.

“Everyone must take part in maintaining cleanliness in the surroundings by proper waste disposal most especially clearing off containers fi lled with water. Such unity in the community is far more effective than any fogging, spraying and repellents available.”

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US-based UP alumna and Centennial Commissioner Carmencita Fulgado is coming out with a compilation of personal stories by more than a hundred contributors to raise funds for UP scholarships. Her fi rst book, Memoirs of UP Alumni Abroad was released during UP Alumni Abroad was released during UP Alumni Abroadthe Centennial (2008). This global sequel, Memories… A Legacy Gift, has stories by Memories… A Legacy Gift, has stories by Memories… A Legacy GiftUP alumni and friends, Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike.

Editor and publisher Fulgado recently announced the target launch at UP Diliman along with a signing of a deed of donation on December 5. The book is part of the UP Alumni Association-New York Special Project to generate at least $50,000 to add to the Scholarship Fund already in the UP Foundation, which now stands at $97,000. Active

with only its interest earnings being used to make scholarship awards, the Fund to date has already helped 19 students. The enlarged fund will extend scholarship opportunities for students across the UP System’s constituent universities

Fulgado is calling on the public to support the project by buying the coffee-table book, which Fulgado says is ideal for Christmas gift-giving, being artist-designed, hard-bound and glossy. Families will relate to the stories of challenges and successes, personal struggles, lessons learned, family legacies, and expressions of gratitude to the university and beyond. It costs $73 for donors (the writers donated $150/page) and $106 for non-donors, both free of shipping charges, when ordered before mid-September.

After September, the book will be

priced at $106 plus shipping charges. There are only a limited number of copies. For inquiries and order forms, interested parties may call 718 658-2106, or email [email protected] or [email protected].

In his message in the book, President Alfredo Pascual thanks Fulgado, who has led alumni abroad in giving back to the university, citing her initial donation in 2000 for a scholarship start-up fund.

He described Memoirs of UP Alumni Abroad as now part of the written history Abroad as now part of the written history Abroadof the university, and urged the public to support the sequel, especially since it is part of efforts to “raise funds for life-changing scholarships.”

“Indeed, we are one in supporting UP’s commitment to shaping minds that shape the nation!” Pascual said.

Tu l a d n g m g a M i r a s o l s a U P na simbolo ng pagsibol ng bagong henerasyon ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan, ang i t inur ing naman na Ikakl i t sa kwento ni Prop. Bernadette Villanueva Neri ng Departamento ng Filipino a t Pani t ikan ng Pi l ip inas (DFPP) ang t anda naman ng pag -usbong ng makabagong akda sa Panitikang Pilipinas.

Inilunsad sa Pulungang Claro M. Recto ng UP Diliman noong Setyembre 13 ang aklat-pambatang pinamagatang Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin.

Ibinahagi ng may akda na si Det, para sa nakararami, sa hapong iyon ang simula ng paglikha at pagbuo ng kwento ni Ikaklit. Nanumbalik ang taong 2006 nang gawing kahingian para sa kaniyang thesis masteral sa kursong Malikhaing Pagsulat ang pagsulat ng mga kwento kung kaya’t kaniyang nailathala ang kwento ni Ikaklit.

Ayon kay Det, ito ay bahagi ng isang koleksyon ng mga maikling kwento sa kaniyang pagtatangkang ihapag ang literaturang lesbyana at tangkain na itampok ang imahen ng lesbyana na labas sa karaniwang negatibo at mas ik ip na l a rawan ng kapas idad ng mg a tomboy na magmaha l a t magtayo ng sariling pamilya. Sapagkat

Book aims to raise funds for system-wide scholarships

Paglunsad ng aklat ni Prop. Bernadette Neri, tanda ng umuusbong na bagong literaturang pambata Stephanie S. Cabigao

interesante ang pagkakatampok sa paksang patungkol sa pamilya, ang tagapayo niya na s i Prop. Romulo Baquiran ang nag-udyok na isali ito sa kategoryang kwentong pambata sa Tamaraw Workshop. Ani Dr. Eugene Evasco, isa sa mga nag-organisa ng palihan ng taon ding iyon, sadyang mak in i s na o kung h ind i man ay kakaunti na lamang ang kinailangang

kinisin sa kwento ni Det. Dala ng bagong ideya at perspektibang ito ang nag-udyok naman kay Evasco na dalhin ang kwento ni Ikaklit sa kaniyang klase sa UP sa PanPil 19 o Panitikan, Sekswalidad at Kasarian. Sa taong ding iyon unang nailimbag ang kwento sa Bul-ol, isang antolohiya ng Bul-ol, isang antolohiya ng Bul-olmga kwentong pambata.

Taong 2008 naman nang muling

nalimbag ang akda ni Det sa Lagda, ang refereed journal ng DFPP, sa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ng mga editors na sina Evasco at Dr. Will Ortiz. Habang huling semestre naman ng taong iyon ni CJ de Silva sa kolehiyo nang mabasa niya ang akda ni Det sa PanPil 19 sa klase ni Evasco.

Ani De Silva, “Nagtaka ako kung bakit walang ilustrasyon ang kwento.” Ang kaniyang interes sa kwento at puna sa kawalan nito ng ilustrasyon ang nag-udyok sa tanyag na batang pintor na hanapin ang may-akda at ipagbigay-alam ang alok nitong biswal na isalarawan ang kwento ni Ikaklit. Dagdag pa ni De Silva na matapos ang dalawang taon, noong 2010, nang sila ay pormal na nagkakilala at ang kaniyang determinasyong makilala si Det ay hindi dahil siya ay kilala at mahilig na gumuhit ng Mother and Child, kundi naging inspirasyon niya Child, kundi naging inspirasyon niya Childang kwento. Inihalintulad ni De Silva ang pakiramdam ng isang nakararanas ng “true love” sa kaniyang hinangong insp i ra syon kay Ikak l i t . Ayon sa kaniya, “Bilang isang babae, bilang isang Filipina, gusto kong tindigan si Ikaklit at sa ipinaglalaban ng kwentong ito.”

Subal i t ang pagkakaroon na ng dibuho sa kwento ay hindi pa rin naging daan para sa ganap na pagkakalimbag ng akda bilang aklat. Sa palagay ni Det ay maaaring hindi pa handa ang mga manlilimbag sa mga uri ng akdang tulad ng Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin. Kung kaya noong nakaraang taong 2011, matapos ang anim na taon ay kusang inilimbag ni Det ang kaniyang aklat. Maliban pa kay CJ de Silva, kabilang sa mga tumulong sa pagbuo ng aklat ay si Jenny Malonzo, nagtapos mula sa UP Kolehiyo ng Komunikasyong Pangmadla at kasalukuyang manunulat sa Ibon Data Bank, ang nagsa l in sa teksto ng akda sa Ing les a t s i Jenn i fer Pad i l l a , nagtapos sa UP Kolehiyo ng Sining Biswal at ngayon ay isang freelance g raphics ar t ist , ang nangas iwa sa pangkalahatang pagsasaayos ng aklat.

Ang pormal na paglulunsad ng aklat sa publiko ay dinaluhan ng mga opisyal at kapwa guro mula sa DFPP at Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura (KAL) na nagsilbing nanay, kuya, at ate ni Neri, pati na rin ang kaniyang pamilya, mga kaibigan sa loob at labas ng UP at kapwa manunulat ng malikhaing akda. Nagsilbing tagapagpadaloy sina Prop. Elyrah Salanga-Torralba at Prop. Oscar Serquina sa hapong iyon.

Ipinakilala ang kwento ni Ikaklit sa mensahe ni Dr. Teresita Maceda, ang tagapangulo ng DFPP. Mahalagang ipinunto niya “ang kahalagahan ng libro na tinatanggalan ang mambabasa ng madidilim na ulap ng gender bias para sabihing lahat tayo ay tao na may karapatang mabuhay ng may dignidad na may ka layaang p i l i in ang mga ugnayan na lalong nagpapayaman sa ating pagkatao.”

Sinundan naman ng mensahe ni Evasco, ang pangulo ng Pilandokan Inc. National Research Society for Children’s Literature, at ipinahayag ng buong g a l ak ang pag t ang g ap kay Neri sa samahang Pilandokan. Pinagpugayan din ni Evasco ang lahat ng tauhan sa likod ng paglilimbag ng aklat. “Saludo ako dahil likha ito ng

Dr. Lalaine Yanilla-Aquino ng Departamento ng Ingles ng KAL (kaliwa); Prop. Berndatte V. Neri (gitna), may-akda ng naging unang gantimpala sa Kwentong Pambata ng Carlos Palanca Award, at ng umuusbong na bagong literaturang pambata; at Dr. Eugene Evascong KAL-DFPP (kanan)

David, from UP Visayas (UPV), Dr. Ida Siason, Dr. Rosalie Hall and Dr. Joy Lizada, and from UP Baguio (UPB), Dr. Corazon Abansi;

3) “Computer-Aided Discovery of Compounds for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in the Philippines” by Dr. June Billones, Dr. Voltaire Organo and Dr. Maria Constancia Carillo, all of UP Manila (UPM);

4) “Hullubaton: Putting Together the Mandaya Dawot” led by Dr. Genevieve Quintero of UP Mindanao (UPMin); and

5) “Paleoenvironmental and Biodiversity Study of Mindoro Island: An Archaeological Science Initiative” by Dr. Armand Salvador Mijares, Dr. Victor Paz, Dr. Alfredo Pawlik, Dr. Thomas Ingicco, Dr. Carlo Arcilla, Dr. Benjamin Vallejo and Dr. Corazon de Ungria, all of UPD; and Dr. Sabino Padilla of UPM.

MH Yap, et al.’s project will study interventions for the country’s coasts to build resilience in the face of human marine

and land-based activities. Mathematical approaches such as Game Theory will be used to predict optimal balance among the various subsystems such as population, industry, and the natural ecosystems and to determine socio-ecological resilience in marine areas with and without intervention.

Rola, et al.’s project aims to formulate location- and culture-specific surface water governance that can minimize if not totally eradicate present and future water confl icts, particularly at the local level. The team is looking at a kind of an “adaptive collaborative water governance” encoded in a manual.

Billones, et al. will do research in the library of small molecules or 300,000 compounds, set up a laboratory at UPM and synthesize the top hits or those potentially effective against tuberculosis.

Quintero, et al. will travel to the land of the Mandaya to record the epic poem and establish it as among the recorded

epics in Philippine literature and a relevant addition to knowledge of oral traditions, philosophy and belief systems, poetry and ethnomusicology in the Philippines.

Mijares, et al.’s project will focus on the rich archaeological and biodiversity potential finds of Mindoro island, which stands between Palawan and Luzon and could connect the oldest human remains found in Tabon and Callao caves and shed light on human colonization of the Philippine islands and the Sundaland region.

The EIDR program was approved by the Board of Regents on August 25, 2011 for P80 million a year for fi ve years. Vice-President for Academic Affairs Gisela Concepcion advised the project proponents to allocate part of their budgets in disseminating the results on top of ISI publications.

For more information on EIDR and other research programs of the UP System, please visit the Research Section of the UP System website and click on the OVPAA link.

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Jecel Censoro, 24, a member of the British Council’s Global Changemakers’ network taking graduate studies in Public Management at UP Diliman, attended the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting from September 23 to 25 at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers in New York City.

In a press release, Censoro claims she is the youngest and the only Filipino selected for the meeting.

CGI was created by US President Bill Clinton in 2005 in an effort to translate ideas into action. Participants analyze pressing global challenges, discuss effective solutions, and build lasting partnerships for social change.

“This year, our annual meeting will help CGI members design solutions to critical challenges such as empowering girls and women to be full participants in the global economy, encouraging the private sector to create markets for the under-served, and increasing the sustainability of our food supply as global demand doubles within the next 50 years,” said Clinton in a press

conference last August 28.Past meetings brought together over

150 heads of state, 20 Nobel Peace Prize winners, and hundreds of leaders in the business and nonprofit sectors. Some distinguished members expected to attend this year’s meeting were Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka; and Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.

Censoro works at the Affi liated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacifi c, where she is coordinator for checkmyschool.org, a monitoring platform that combines digital technology and community participation to help improve the services offered in public schools. Checkmyschool helps promote transparency in the education sector by providing access to information, a platform for sending feedback, and a venue to engage community members to collaborate in solving education-related issues.

Censoro dedicated her participation in CGI to the late Interior and Local

Graduate student attends 2012 Clinton Global Initiative

Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. “Secretary Robredo was a keen supporter

of Checkmyschool and he endorsed us to local governments and within his department… I consider him as one of my best mentors who taught me how to grow up good and dream for others.”

Censoro balances work with her advocacies and studies. She is an active member of the World Bank Institute’s Global Youth for Anti-Corruption and sits in the Philippines’ National Youth Parliament Executive Board. (Press releaseParliament Executive Board. (Press releaseParliament Executive Board. ( )Press release)Press release

Sa pak ik ipag tu l i ng an ng mg a pangkulturang organisasyon ng mga estudyante, idinaos ng UP Los Baños (UPLB) Offi ce for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) ang LITRATURA: Collaborative Writing and Photography Workshop and Exhibit noong Setyembre 23 sa Baker Hall, UPLB.

Ayon kay Prop. Katrina Ross Tan, pamprogramang koordineytor ng OICA Visual and Performing Arts Division, ang Litratura ay proyektong pinagtulungan ng mga estudyante. Pinangunahan ito ni Shaunnah Ysabel Cledera ng Samahang Layb. Ang iba pang kalahok na organisasyong bumuo sa aktibidad ay ang UPLB Writers Club, UP Photographers’ Society, Pantas UPLB, InFocus at KarMa Kolektib. Aniya, layunin ng OICA na hikayatin ang mga organisasyong kultural na magkaroon ng mga solidong programa para sa isang pangmatagalang kolaborasyon.

Sina Cledera at Leona Kathleen Andaya ng Layb ang nagpadaloy ng palihan. Ang inimbitahang tagapagsalitang si Om Narayan Velasco ng Department of Humanities (DHUM) ay hindi dumating sa palihan ngunit siya ang naghanda ng mga babasahin at materyal na kailangan. Pinangunahan ni Cledera at Andaya ang talakayan ng materyal na “The Dialogue between the Photograph and the Poem.” Hinati ang humigit-kumulang 60 kalahok. Batay sa piniling gagampanang papel, hinati sa mga grupo ang mga indibidwal mula sa UPLB, Malayan Colleges Laguna at komunidad ng UPLB. May isang litratista at apat hanggang limang makata sa isang grupo. Ang mga piyesa sa kolaborasyon ng litratista at mga makata ay ieeksibit kinabukasan.

Ayon kay Tan, darating ang Paete artists kinabukasan, Setyembre 24, at magkakaroon din ng bazaar. Bahagi ng mga maibebenta ay donasyon sa pamilya Cebanico. Dagdag ni Tan, idinaos ang palihan sa kaarawan ni Given Grace Cebanico, estudyanteng naging biktima ng karahasan noong nakaraang taon. “Kaninang umaga, nagkaroon ng bike ride for justice. Yung output (ng Litratura) ay iaawksyon bukas sa live concert (at eksibit) bilang tulong sa [pamilyang] Cebanico…” partikular sa kanilang labang panlegal.

Sa parehong araw magkakaroon ng libreng palihan sa paper-machie making ang Paete artists, habang si Prop. Irma Lacorte ng DHUM ay magdaraos din ng palihan sa sketching. Ayon kay Tan, magkakaroon din ng live performance art ng wood carving. Art in the Park

Bahagi ang Litratura na i to ng programang Art in the Park, ayon kay Tan. Pagdiriwang ang Art in the Park na naglalayong ilantad sa komunidad ng UPLB ang iba’t ibang uri ng sining nang libre at nasa labas ng museo. Dagdag pa ni Tan, ang iba pang aktibidad ng Art in the Park maliban sa Litratura ay ang “Saliw,” kung saan inimbitahan ang Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-Gapi) na nakabase sa UP Diliman. Nagtanghal dito ang UPLB Chorale Ensemble, UP Jammers Club, iNDIO. Itinanghal din ang Cinemasterpiece.

Ayon kay Laurence Marvin Castillo, instruktor ng DHUM at volunteer ng PelikuLAB, lingguhang film screening ang Cinemasterpiece sa Sining Makiling Gallery Lobby. May diskusyon pagkatapos

ng bawat pelikula. Dagdag ni Castillo, mga klasiko ng sinemang Pinoy ang mga naipalabas nila. “We started with a tribute to Mario O’Hara with ‘Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos’, then a Mario O’Hara-scripted Brocka picture ‘Insiang’ and Mike de Leon’s classic ‘Itim’.”

“Cinemasterpiece …is conceived with objectives of introducing to the larger community these widely-regarded examples of cinematic art and sharpening audience perception regarding the politics of aesthetic canonization. We plan to feature classics of Asian cinema after two more weeks devoted to Philippine cinematic masterpieces. Then we will screen classics of European and American cinema,” ayun pa kay Castillo.

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U.P. NEWSLETTERPROF. DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Editor-in-Chief JO. FLORENDO B. LONTOC Managing Editor PROF. LUIS TEODORO Editorial Consultant ARBEEN ACUÑA, STEPHANIE CABIGAO, FRED DABU, ANDRE ENCARNACION, CELESTE ANN CASTILLO LLANETA, JO. FLORENDO B. LONTOC, KIM QUILINGUING, ARLYN VCD P. ROMUALDO Writers

BONG ARBOLEDA, MISAEL BACANI, JONATHAN MADRID Photographers ARBEEN ACUÑA Layout OBET EUGENIO Editorial Assistant TOM MAGLAYA Circulation The U.P. NEWSLETTER is a monthly publication of the UP System Information Office, Office of the Vice-President for Public Affairs. We welcome contributions from the faculty, non-academic staff, REPS and students. Please send your contributions to: THE EDITOR U.P. Newsletter Mezzanine Floor, Quezon Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City 926-1572, 436-7537 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Mezzanine Floor, Quezon Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City 926-1572, 436-7537 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

A Visayan word synonymous with keepsake, memory, and remembrance, handumanan is the title of an exhibit evoking images, sites and places, people, and stories of the Visayan region through a diverse gathering of works by contemporary artists from the Visayas ranging from drawings and paintings, to photographs and video works.

With these artworks are selected pieces from the archives and memorabilia collection of Visayan-born Jorge Vargas, featuring literature, folklore, maps, and ethnographic accounts of the region, as well as dictionaries and prayer books in various Visayan languages.

The UP Vargas Museum will open the exhibit on October 11 at the 3F South Wing Gallery.

Mark Justiniani, Maria Taniguchi, Mark Valenzuela, Nana Buxani, Veejay Villafranca, Charlie Co, Raul Agner, Aniceto Barredo, Paul Pfeiffer, Manny Montelibano, Kristoffer Ardeña, Brenda and Libertad Fajardo, Roberto Feleo, and Antipas Delotavo are participating in this conversation on the Visayas, together with the texts of Jean-Paul Dumont, Francisco Alcina, Felix Laureano, and Eugenio Ealdama as featured artists.

As a tribute to the creative expressions from the Visayas region, the exhibition will open the 12th VIVA-ExCon, a biennial event presenting the visual arts of the Visayas from November 8 to 11 in Dumaguete City.

“Handumanan” runs until November 9, 2012. For more information, please contact Vargas Museum at +632 928-1927 (direct line), +63 981-8500 loc. 4024 (UP trunkline), +63 928-1925 (fax) or send an e-mail to [email protected]. You may also check the website at http://vargasmuseum.upd.edu.ph or like www.facebook.com/vargasmuseum.upd to get more information.

The 2012 UP Diliman (UPD) Sports Festival team events began last April 24 with the open mixed team bowling tournament at the UP Alumni Center.

Among the other team events are basketball, volleyball, slow-pitch softball, badminton, table tennis, bowling and bocce; while chess, dama, darts and fun run comprised the individual events which began with the fun run last May 8 at the Sunken Garden Grandstand.

The Offi ce of the Vice-Chancellor for Community Affairs under Prof. Melania Flores and the UPD Sports Committee facilitated the sports festival.

The bowling tournament consists of four games for over 32 teams to compete in.

For more information on the 2012 UP Diliman Sports Festival team and individual sports events please contact the Offi ce of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs at (02) 981-8600, (02) 981-8601, or Local 8600, 8601.

2012 UPD sports fest opens with bowling tournamentStephanie S. Cabigao

Vargas Museum opens exhibit on contemporary artists of the Visayas

An old photograph from the collection of Jorge Vargas

and destroy” possible breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitos, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Hence, anything that collects rainwater, water from leaking pipes, open containers for water storage, or any of the following are potential breeding places of these killer mosquitoes.

POTENTIAL BREEDING PLACE WHAT TO DO

Old tiresPile them up and cover. Store them in a shaded area where they cannot collect rainwater.

BromeliadsRemove or shake off the water, (which is a little diffi cult to do). May spray larvicide or put a few drops of used oil in the area where water collects.Totally uproot the plant or transfer to shaded area.

Artifi cial pondsSwampy areas (with no fi sh, tadpoles, snails to prey on the wrigglers)Electrically run artifi cial waterfalls(unplugged for more than a week)

Seed with fi sh or tadpoles (may buy ‘kataba’ or Poecilia reticulata from pet shops) or may totally drain the water.

Apply larvicide powder.

Stagnant drains Non-fl owing canals

Remove whatever is obstructing the fl ow of water.

Put a few drops of used oil or apply larvicide.

Gutters Clean gutters regularly or repair so water will not collect and breed mosquitoes.

Empty cans, bottles, plastic/Styrofoam containersDiscard them properly by putting them inside a plastic bag or a covered garbage bin

Flower pots or plant containers (that collect water either due to hardened soil or pot has no holes)

Remove or replace water every three (3) days.

Dumpsites of discarded or unserviceable offi ce items such as toilet bowls, kitchen sinks or tables that also collect rainwater

Remove collected water regularly or put items in the shade or cover with plastic or any waterproof material

Tree holes Cover with soil or cement.Bamboo fence or posts Cover with soil or cement. Bamboo fence or posts Cover the top portion where water can

collect

Indoors: Water containers or drums Water containers must be covered and emptied and cleaned every week to prevent growth of mosquito larvae

Flower vases Empty and replace the water regularly at least once a week.

Ant traps May place salt or oil

Dish strainers Regularly pour and clean the strainer

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lahat ng taga-UP sapagkat UP ang s iyang hardin para mai l imbag ang ganitong kwento.”

Isang ku l tura l na pagta tangha l naman ang inihandog ni Prop. Roselle Pineda ng Departamento ng Aralin sa Sining matapos ang paghatid nito ng mensahe para sa okasyon. Nagkaroon din ng tanghal-basa mula sa aklat ang estudyante ng Sining Panteatro na si Kate Sabante. Bahagi rin ng programa ang pagpapakilala sa mga taong nasa likod ng paglimbag ng aklat na sina De Silva, Malonzo at Padilla-Quintos.

At sa pagkakataong ding iyon mas nakilala nang maigi ang kumatha ng akda na si Neri sa kaniyang mensahe na nagsalaysay ng kaniyang karanasan sa pagkakabuo ng kaniyang aklat . Nagkaroon din ng ilan pang kultural na pagtatanghal mula kay Carol Rodriguez Bello. Nagtapos ang programa sa isang paglagda ng aklat.

Para kay Neri, “ang karaniwang pakahulugan sa pami lya ay yaong binubuo ng ama, ina, at mga anak, na nananahan nang sama-sama. Ito ang namamayan ing dep in i syon a t ka lakhan sa a t in ay d i to namula t kung kaya nagmimistulang ito lamang ang natatanging imahen ng pamilya n a d a p a t s u n d i n . G ay u m p a m a n , h indi maitatang gi ang pag- i ra l ng iba pang anyo ng pamilya na labas sa depinisyong ito. Mayroong mga pamilyang isa lang ang tumatayong magulang, may mga anak na nagmula sa ibang magu lang , mayroon d in namang mga batang dalawa ang nanay o tatay, may mga pamilyang malayo sa isa’t isa, at iba pa. Patunay ang mga ito ng pangangailangang magluwal ng mas masaklaw na kahulugan ng pami lya . I sang depin isyong h ind i

nakata l i sa l a rawang nakasanayan bagkus ay tumatanaw sa esens iya ng i sang tahanang mapagka l ing a , mapang-unawa, at g inagabayan ng pagmamahal…

“Sapagkat ang anumang ur i ng pagsasamang nakasandig sa pag-ibig ay dapat kilalanin bilang pamilya. Isa rito ang kuwento ni Ikaklit.”

Bukod sa napagtagumpayan ng kwento ang maiparating ang dakilang tungkulin ng l i teraturang pambata na makapagbigay ng aral at aliw sa mambabasa, binanggit ni Dr. Rose Tor re s -Yu , ang t ang apangu lo ng Sentro ng Wikang Fi l ip ino sa UP Diliman, na “ang Ikaklit ay malalagay Ikaklit ay malalagay Ikaklitna sa kasaysayan ng mga kwentong pambatang nailimbag na sa Pilipinas. Isang mapangahas ang paksang ito, at ito ay tanda ng pagbabago. Sapagkat nagbubukas ito ng pagtalakay ng hindi dating tinatalakay ng mga manunulat dahil natatakot silang pag-usapan ang mga bagay na hindi nila kinagisnan. Kabilang ang kwentong ito sa radikal na panitikan.” Iginiit din ni Yu na sana’y hindi lamang paisa-isang nalilikha ang g an i tong k laseng kwento a t nang magtuluy-tuloy na ito sa mga susunod na panahon.

At dahil nabanggit ang radikal at emergent na katangian ng kwento ni Ikaklit , tinalakay naman ni Evasco noong hapong i yon s a k an i y ang pahayag ukol sa kahalagahan ng mga akdang tu lad ng kay Ner i . Aniya , “Kailangan ang ganitong aklat na hindi lamang pangahas o panggulat kundi nagsusulong ng positibong pananaw at representasyon sa lesbyana bilang magulang, mga mapagkandiling tao na kayang magluwal ng isang mabuting indibidwal sa lipunan.”

Mula sa pahina 16Paglunsad ng aklat ni Prop. Bernadette Neri

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