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Sights and sounds of a Superstar

[metaslider id=30180] UNIVERSITY of the Philippines President Alfredo Pascual and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan gave Superstar Nora Aunor a certificate of recognition as the 10th Gawad Plaridel Awardee. Aunor posed with UP officials before the press, who descended on the UP Film Center’s Cine Adarna Theater where the ceremonies where held Aug. 27. Aunor was

Sights and sounds of a Superstar

UP students win big in Chit Estella journalism awards

UNIVERSITY of the Philippines journalism students hauled in the top prizes at the 2014 Philippine Journalism Research Conference (PJRC) at the University of the Philippines on Wednesday. Aiming to highlight commendable researches of journalism students, this year’s PJRC gave the Chit Estella Memorial Awards for Journalism Research to students with the most excellent work. UP

UP students win big in Chit Estella journalism awards

Legal issues hound mosque construction at UP

(Conclusion) By Jon Lindley Agustin, Katria Ayanna Alampay, Jhesset Thrina Enano, Elizabeth Escaño and Luis Adrian Hidalgo Within the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus already stand two churches: the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice for Catholics and the Church of the Risen Lord for Protestants. Members of the UP Muslim community advocating for a proper

Legal issues hound mosque construction at UP

A room is not enough: UP Muslims seek proper place of worship

 By JON LINDLEY AGUSTIN, KATRIA AYANNA ALAMPAY, JHESSET THRINA ENANO, ELIZABETH ESCANO AND LUIS ADRIAN HIDALGO.  (First of two parts) The roughly five-square-meter room at the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS) in Romulo Hall at the University of Philippines-Diliman is just a storage area. But for two hours around noon every Friday, it transforms into

A room is not enough: UP Muslims seek proper place of worship

Conditions on state-funded science scholars defeat program’s purpose

By DARLENE CAY, VINCE NONATO, RALPH TY, ADRIENNE ADRE AND CHARRY ESPINO  (Conclusion) ARWIN Cruz is unlike many graduate students at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. He studies full time at the UP College of Engineering and enjoys a full scholarship from the Engineering Research for Development and Technology (ERDT) Program. But Cruz—and 266

Conditions on state-funded science scholars defeat program’s purpose

Slow procurement delays graduation of state-funded science scholars

By DARLENE CAY, VINCE NONATO, RALPH TY, ADRIENNE ADRE and CHARRY ESPINO (First of two parts) GRADUATE student Jose Castillo was one of the tens of thousands of students expecting to graduate late last month from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. After all, except for this thesis, he had completed all the requirements

Slow procurement delays graduation of state-funded science scholars

10 things UPCAT takers should know

YOU are aware that the University of the Philippines is the country’s national university. And according to the international research organization Quacquarelli Symonds Intelligence Unit’s (QSIU) report on Asia’s top universities, UP is the best university in the country. As your research will tell you, many of the nation’s movers and shakers graduated from this

10 things UPCAT takers should know