Nixie E. Serna Magna cum laude BA in English (Creative Writing) College of Humanities and Social Sciences 精东影业 Mindanao   I am Nixie E. Serna, 23 years old, from Surigao City. I studied BA in English (Creative Writing) at the 精东影业 Mindanao and graduated Magna cum laude. As a […]

I am a Filipino鈥搃nheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task鈥搕he task of meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing my obligation to the future. I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of ancient Malayan pioneers. […]

Commencement Address of President Angelo Jimenez 30 July 2023 UP Diliman Madiyaw nga hinaat kaniyo nga tanan! Honorable Members of our Board of Regents, UP Diliman Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan, the Chancellors of our other Constituent Universities, our University officials, faculty members, staff members, workers, students, distinguished guests, and above all our graduating students today […]

  Angelo Azura Jimenez has the distinction of being the first UP Student Regent to be elected UP President and the first Mindanaoan to hold the position. He brings to the table a lived understanding of sectoral representation and the hope and the pride of the people of Mindanao. Having worked in government, he has […]

  To the UP community, the name Jose “Pepe” Alcantara is up there in the annals of the brave as one of the UP student-activists who opposed martial law. Now, coming back to UP, not as a student leader but as Executive Vice President (EVP) in President Angelo Jimenez’ administrative team, Jose Fernando Tagum Alcantara […]

  鈥淚 was already set on early retirement. I took a week to decide.鈥 Dr. Leo De Paz Cubillan narrated how he became UP鈥檚 new Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA). That week was one of contemplation for the ophthalmologist who wanted to see things more clearly. After studying how he could contribute to UP, […]

  So what made you come back to UP? 鈥淚鈥檝e been asking myself that question for the past month,鈥 lightly answered Ms. Iryn Y. Balmores, the newly appointed UP Vice President for Planning and Finance (VPPF). First, what actually happened: With his official takeover of the UP Presidency in February 2023, Atty. Angelo Jimenez tapped […]