May 12, 2008 · 6 Comments
Crude oil and various petroleum products are crucial in literally fueling the economy of a nation, ensuring its security and defense and help provide basic consumer needs. Presently, oil has become a strategic and vital product to the global nations. If blood is the lifeline of our body, then oil is the lifeline of the economy, even sustains the life of a nation. Ang langis ang nagpapatakbo sa industriya at serbisyo hanggang sa mga batayang gamit pangkonsumo. Ang langis ang nagpapatakbo sa mga makina ng sektor ng manupaktura... [Read the full story]
May 11, 2008 · 3 Comments
Let us remain vigilant. The new Academic Calendar has been approved. The peculiar thing is, the usual Wednesdays-off has been changed. Now, Monday is our official day off, aside from the weekends. On February 4, 2008, the Board of Regents, approved the resolution submitted by UPD Chancellor Sergio Cao recommended by the UPD Executive Committee, observing Mondays-off. This is in line with RA 9492, an Act rationalizing of national holidays amending for the purpose Section 26, Chapter 7, Book 1 of Executive Order No. 292, as... [Read the full story]
May 5, 2008 · 3 Comments
Last Friday, May 2, The League of College Councils (LCC) of UP Diliman was officially convened by USC Vice Chairperson Airah Cadiogan. The meeting, which aimed to introduce the LCC and its functions to the newly-elected college student councils in UP Diliman, was the first for the Academic Year 2008-2009 and was hosted by the College of Education Student Council. However, the unwelcome news of a blackout in the UP area resulted in a slew of logistical adjustments that saw the council members in attendance ushered from one... [Read the full story]
April 22, 2008 · 1 Comment
Below is a manifesto prepared by the University Student Council’s Community Rights & Welfare Committee under CSWCD Rep. Carmela Lagang seeking for a moratorium on the “One-Way Acad Oval” traffic policy of the UP Admin. Â MANIFESTO OF UNITY AGAINST THE UNDEMOCRATIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ONE-WAY ACADEMIC OVAL POLICY University Student Council (Community Rights & Welfare Committee) All-UP Workers Union (AUPWU) Office of the Student Regent (OSR) Samahan ng mga Manininda sa UP (SMUP) All-UP Transportation... [Read the full story]
May 8, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last May 6, 2008 the Students Rights & Welfare Committee (STRAW Committee), headed by Councilor Jaque Eroles, attended the student dialogue regarding the proposed Lab Fee increase for 11 Mechanical Engineering (ME) courses. Representatives from the College of Engineering Student Council (ESC) and Student Regent Shahanah Abdulwahid also attended the dialogue initiated by the ME department head, Prof. Gerald Denoga. According to Prof. Denoga, the department aims that the increases be implemented starting First Semester... [Read the full story]
Thirty of the thirty-four members of the University Student Council (USC) were present in its third formal General Assembly (GA) last May 3 at the USC Office in Vinzons Hall. The... [Read more]
Last May 6, 2008 the Students Rights & Welfare Committee (STRAW Committee), headed by Councilor Jaque Eroles, attended the student dialogue regarding the proposed Lab Fee... [Read more]
Grief is never itself a cure. The National Epidemiology Center of the Department of Health reports 52 HIV Ab seropositive cases at the HIV and AIDS Registry in February this year.... [Read more]