UP Sunflower Run in honor of women and children

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/14/2023

“Pagpugay sa Kababaihan, Pag-asa Para sa Kabataan”. The first ever UP Sunflower Run was held last March 11, 2023 at the Academic Oval of Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines (UP) as part of the…

LOOK: Google Doodle features Filipino writer Paz Marquez Benitez

Faith Argosino - @inquirerdotnet 03/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Google honored Filipino writer Paz Marquez Benitez on Friday in remembrance of her 129th birthday and contribution to Philippine literature. Benitez was doodled, holding a book with a purple background surrounded by stars. She…

UP Fair as a music festival on social issues

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 02/21/2023

Music serves as a vehicle for social change with its power to emotionally, morally, and culturally affect society. Political expressions always had their place in music as artists often use their creative talents to send message on…

UPCAT resumes in June, application opens March

Beatrice Pinlac - @inquirerdotnet 02/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) will be administered anew nationwide for Academic Year 2024-2025  after the same was deferred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The state university announced…

UP professor arrested for ‘violating’ SSS law

Abby Boiser 02/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The arrest of a university professor for an alleged labor violation drew outrage in her own community, which cited an accord with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) restricting police presence…

This 2023, let the small things count

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 12/29/2022

Even the little things can make a big difference. But that’s not quite what we were told growing up. That is not how it seems. In a politically asymmetric world, where so little is given to so…

Eraserheads and nostalgia of UP college life

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/27/2022

The reunion concert of the Eraserheads dubbed “Huling El Bimbo” is peppered with elements associated with our college life at the University of the Philippines (UP). Eraserheads performed before a huge crowd of 75,000 people on Dec. 22, 2022…

‘UP Fight’ reverberating during UAAP games

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/21/2022

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) games galvanized an extraordinary sense of solidarity for constituents of the University of the Philippines (UP), often described as the microcosm of a highly diverse nation. An academic community…

UP nears back-to-back UAAP titles, beats Ateneo in Finals Game 1

Philippine Daily Inquirer 12/11/2022

MANILA, Philippines–University of the Philippines fired too many weapons Ateneo found hard to neutralize as the Fighting Maroons seized Game 1 of their UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament championship showdown with a compelling 72-66 win on…

The search for the next UP President

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/06/2022

It was former Education Secretary Onofre “OD” Corpuz who told me that one of the pioneers in the establishment of banks in the Philippines is a namesake, Damasco Gorricho. He said that my surname is perhaps a…

Cesafi swimming competition: 8 teams ready to see action at CCSC pool on Nov. 26

Glendale G. Rosal 11/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc.’s (CESAFI) much-awaited sports events, the swimming competition will unfold tomorrow, Nov. 26, at the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) pool. The tournament director, Catherine Vestil…

‘This is my championship’: Former UP star Kathy Bersola becomes doctor

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 11/12/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Call her Dr. Kathy Bersola from now on as the former University of the Philippines middle blocker passed the physician licensure exam. Bersola bared on her social media accounts that she is officially an…

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