VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UP budget NOT slashed by P2.5B ‘after recent protests’
A YouTube video falsely claims that the administration cut P2.5 billion from UP's 2023 budget after recent protests at the Diliman campus.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UP is NOT closing down
University of the Philippines is not closing down. No such announcement has been made by the univ or any other public office or official.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UP expert’s claim on Ivermectin safety NEEDS CONTEXT
These studies were conducted, however, to demonstrate ivermectin’s safety and efficacy as an antiparasitic drug and not as a COVID-19 medicine.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lorenzana mali sa pagsabi na ‘lahat’ ng mga barangay sa Metro Manila ay may mga presinto ng pulisya; pahayag na UP campus may ‘private army’ kailangan ng konteksto
Sa pagbibigay-katwiran sa unilateral abrogation ng 1989 UP-DND Accord at muling pagpasok ng mga patrolya ng pulis sa mga campus ng University of the Philippines (UP) para sugpuin ang sinasabing recruitment ng mga rebeldeng komunista, nagkamali si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ng pahayag na bawat barangay sa Metro Manila ay mayroong presinto ng pulisya.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lorenzana falsely claims ‘all’ Metro Manila barangays have police precincts; UP campus ‘private army’ claim needs context
In justifying the unilateral abrogation of the 1989 UP-DND Accord and the re-entry of police patrol forces in the University of the Philippines (UP) campuses to quell the alleged recruitment by communist rebels, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana mistakenly claimed that every barangay in Metro Manila has a police precinct.
Live by alma mater’s motto, UP alumni urged in fight for academic freedom
By “living like a UP student,” graduates of the University of the Philippines can help defend academic freedom from a threat of military interference, a group of alumni agreed during an online forum on Thursday.
What is the opposite of red?
I recall from my erstwhile years at the University of the Philippines schoolmates who had later joined the Philippine Military Academy, one of whom became chief of the Philippine Navy. My own high school class of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan, also red-tagged by neo-McCarthyist supremo Antonio Parlade, had produced only one leftist cadre in contrast to, among others, a secretary of agriculture, an undersecretary of tourism, a public health doctor, law and medical professors, a college dean, a congressman, and two municipal mayors. The leftist cadre was held in high esteem, standing tall among the sterling as the class salutatorian.
The military’s obsession with UP: some historical notes
Toting long firearms and with the media in tow, without any coordination with either the proper authorities of the University of the Philippines (UP) or barangay officials, the military trucks rolled inside UP Diliman to the Materials Recovery Facility in Pook Amorsolo and the gardens in Pook Village B and Pook Arboretum noontime of Jan. 20, 2021.
Live by alma mater’s motto, UP alumni urged in fight for academic freedom
By “living like a UP student,” graduates of the University of the Philippines can help defend academic freedom from a threat of military interference, a group of alumni agreed during an online forum on Thursday.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report on UP’s position in recent Asian university rankings MISLEADS by mixing truth with opinion
Website trendingbalita.online published on Oct. 28 a misleading report on how the University of the Philippines fared in the 2019 QS Asian University Rankings by mixing fact with opinion.
