Jan 24, 2021, Rappler.com Four of the Philippines’ top universities denounced on Sunday, January 24, the latest red-tagging effort against them by the spokesperson of the government task force against communists. In a joint statement, leaders of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), Far Eastern University (FEU), and University of…
At least 8 of the people on the list are still alive, not captured, and have not been linked to the New People’s Army At a glance: Claim: A list of former UP students who joined the New People’s Army (NPA) are now dead or captured by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Rating:…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 22, 2021 Why did Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana suddenly and unilaterally terminate the 31-year agreement between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that bars police and military forces from entering the state university without first notifying its officials? The accord, signed in 1989 between…
By: Katrina Hallare – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /January 23, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — University of the Philippines (UP) president Danilo Concepcion on Saturday said the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) allegation that some of the university’s colleges, units and offices have condoned the “infiltration” of communist rebels lacks evidence and serves as an unnecessary distraction. “The…
By: Neil Arwin Mercado – Reporter /INQUIRER.net /January 21, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A bill that would essentially make the recently terminated University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense (UP-DND) Accord applicable to all state colleges and universities (SUCs) in the country has been filed in the House of Representatives. Quezon City 6th District Rep….
Christian Deiparine (Philstar.com) – January 19, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Chancellors of different University of the Philippines campuses pushed back on the defense department’s termination of the accord barring state forces in their schools, urging government to rescind the widely criticized decision. The DND’s move this week had been an apparent culmination of the Duterte…
Agence France-Presse/January 18, 2021 SEOUL — The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker. Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone and…
Editorial, Jan 18, 2021, Rappler.com Hindi nagulat ang mga taga-Rappler na nagsasaliksik ng disinformation sa nangyari sa Capitol Hill sa Washington DC nitong Enero 7. Totoong nakagigimbal makitang sinusugod ang Capitol Hill, ang tahanan ng US Congress, ang pugad ng demokrasya ng bansang Estado Unidos, na de facto lider naman ng kilusang demokratiko sa buong…