Tag: university of the philippines

Why the UP bonfire celebration was truly a microcosm of Filipino society

August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 FallenAngel 43 Comments

As team manager Dan Palami had promised, the University of the Philippines (UP) basketball team held a “bonfire celebration” last Saturday, August 9, because the Fighting Maroons won against Adamson University (AdU) in a game from this year’s University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) season. Now, this is an especially big thing to the…

Society

Brods investigating brods: Upsilon Sigma Phi in hot water over near-fatal hazing incident

July 8, 2014 benign0 15 Comments

Finally after many years of fraternity violence (whether it be in hazing or “rumbles”) claiming many young lives and limbs in the Philippines’ universities and colleges, we may potentially be seeing a big fish hauled to court. The venerable Upsilon Sigma Phi (Upsilon) of the University of the Philippines (UP) is currently in hot water…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Education, Society

Gunning for 2016: Ai Ai delas Alas ‘prepares’ for public office!

May 20, 2014June 20, 2018 Kate Natividad 4 Comments

Seems like the ‘in’ place in the UP Diliman campus of late is the College of Public Administration. If you had happened to have been a student there in 2010, you would’ve been able to make tambay with the likes of Ai Ai delas Alas. It is there, according to the Inquirer, where Ai Ai…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

How Serious is the Philippines’ Educational Crisis?

November 6, 2013 Richard Javad Heydarian 9 Comments

Lately, the Philippines has — for a number of good reasons — enjoyed the limelight, emerging as an economic bright spot in Asia. Receiving a stamp of approval from the world’s leading rating agencies, namely Fitch, S&P, and Moody’s, the country stands — in label — as a full-fledged investment-grade economy. This, at least theoretically, means…

Development, Education

Plagiarism: what goes on in the mind of the Filipino?

September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 FallenAngel 38 Comments

The recent news of Filipino photographer Mark Joseph Solis plagiarizing his entries in international competitions has the social media chattering classes up in arms and in a state of “outrage”. Particularly noticeable is that since Rappler broke this story with the headline “UP student plagiarizes prize-winning photos”, the focus has been on the premier state…

Crime, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Higher education for poor Filipinos: Two Cents from a ‘Filipino Traitor’

April 22, 2013December 17, 2016 Hector Gamboa 52 Comments

My last article got me accused of being too anti-Filipino for my stand against giving poor Filipinos the opportunity to get a university degree. I was told that to deny the poor Filipinos the same opportunity that I had, to get to where I am in life right now, is not only cruel but also…

Education

Kristel and the UP Dream

March 26, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 2 Comments

This paper is a continuation of my article, “Self-Destruction: The Question of Suicide and the Tendency to Harm Oneself” (GetRealPhilippines.COM and Blog Watch Citizen Media, March 19 and the Human Rights Online Philippines, March 22). Last Wednesday, a freshman student from the University of the Philippines-Manila ended her life, two days after â€œshe was forced…

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Civics, Education, Society

Self-Destruction: The Question of Suicide and the Tendency to Harm One’s Self

March 19, 2013March 19, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 60 Comments

How do people kill themselves? According to Wikipedia: â€œSuicideÂ (LatinÂ suicidium, fromÂ sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the act of intentionally causing one’s ownÂ deathâ€. The following are the usual reasons and often quoted factors given, why an individual commits suicide: â€œâ€¦is committed out ofÂ despairÂ or attributed to some underlyingÂ mental disorder, such asÂ depression,Â bipolar disorder,Â schizophrenia,Â alcoholism, orÂ drug abuse.Â Pressures or misfortunes such…

Education, Lifestyle, Society