Military tries agitprop

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 01/20/2021

A detail that has always struck me as revealing was that during the Diliman Commune, some residents banded together to hunt down students participating in the revolt. That was the other face of the University of the…

Academic excellence, freedom

Michael L. Tan - @inquirerdotnet 01/20/2021

I hope there was a miscommunication somewhere that led Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to abrogate, unilaterally, an agreement that barred the military and the police from entering any of the University of the Philippines campuses without prior…

A tale of two mass gatherings

Kay Rivera - @inquirerdotnet 11/30/2020

In June 2020 at the University of the Philippines campus in Cebu, police arrested eight individuals who were participating in a rally against the anti-terrorism bill. There was no long, drawn-out investigation prior to the arrests. Authorities…

Treat everyone you meet as carriers, physicians urge

Christine O. Avendano 08/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Now that Metro Manila and other areas with a high number of COVID-19 cases are easing back to a general community quarantine (GCQ), a doctor has this advice: Act as if people you meet…

Student Body raises concern over ‘ghost accounts,’ attacks vs UP Cebu community

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – “Duplicate” and “fake” accounts bearing the names of some students of the University of the Philippine (UP) have started to proliferate on social media sites. The UP Office of the Student Regent suspects…

Cebu City, NCR must ‘continue significant restrictions’ – experts

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The national government must ‘continue significant restrictions’ in areas high-risk of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak such as Cebu City. This was just one of the recommendations from experts of the University…

VSMMC identified as COVID-19 testing center for Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Scientists from the University of the Philippines (UP) have identified the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) as one of the testing centers for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Visayas. Dr. Raul…

UP in top 500 of World University Rankings 2020

Neil Arwin Mercado - Inquirer.net 09/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines – The University of the Philippines (UP) earned the distinction of being recognized one of the top 500 universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. UP made it to the 401-500…

Cebu’s Mantilla all set to play for UP in UAAP Season 82 

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 08/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The jersey may have changed but Cebuano point guard Jaybie Mantilla asserts that he will continue to be that jitterbug of a player when he suits up for the highly-touted University of the Philippines (UP)…

UP condemns death of UP Cebu graduating student killed in coffee shop incident

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/13/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – The University of the Philippines (UP) condemned the brutal death of Kis Tryvl Ramos, a graduating Psychology student enrolled in the university’s Cebu campus who was among the casualty of a shooting…

A business born out of love for coffee shops and coffee

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/27/2017

Aspiring lawyer partners with her father in cafe venture When she was still a sophomore at the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu, then 14-year-old Rejzl Awit took coffee lessons at Caro & Marie with hopes to open…

UP Singing Ambassadors in the Queen City

PR 06/09/2017

THE University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA), one of the country’s foremost choral groups, is partnering with UP Cebu’s official choral group, The UP Serenata, for a one-night-only concert. Happening today, June 9 at 7:30 PM,…

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