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UP will forge through risk-filled neoliberal terrain; so will militant activism persist by Satur C. Ocampo
Posted (July 15th 2008)

PAMANTASANG HIRANG: PANGWAKAS NA TULA - BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
Professor Emeritus at Pambansang Alagad ng Sining - Binasa sa pagtatanghal ng ”Pamantasang Hirang,” Selebrasyon ng UP Sentenyal, Hunyo 18, 19, 20, 2008, sa Cultural Center of the Philippines. (This is a poem in Pilipino written by Prof. Angelita Lutero of the Marawi State University in General Santos City. She read it during the Symposium last Feb. 2008 on U.S. Military Intervention in Mindanao where Prof. Roland Simbulan was the guest speaker.)
Posted (July 8th 2008)

The 2008 UP Charter: Forging the Transition from the Premier State University to a Privately Run Corporate Enterprise Driven by the Search for Profit
Posted (June 12th 2008)

Ito ang talumpati ni Dr. Bien Lumbera sa pagtatapos ng mga mag-aaral ng UP Tacloban. (National Artist Bien Lumbera's Commencement Speech)
Posted (Apr 30th 2008)

  A Statement of the University Council of the University of the Philippines Diliman - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has no basis to continue in office.
Posted (Mar 3rd 2008)

  ALL UP ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION CALLS FOR THE OUSTER OF ARROYO FROM THE  PRESIDENCY
Posted (Mar 3rd 2008)

U.P. CENTENNIAL CONVERSATIONS  - by Roland G. Simbulan, Professor & former Faculty Regent, University of the Philippines System.
Posted (JAN 22nd 2008)

PRESENTATION TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
UP- WIDE DEMOCRATIZATION MOVEMENT 3
(UP WIDEM 3)
November 26, 2007
Presented by Prof. Judy M. Taguiwalo, Ph.D
Convenor, UP Widem 3
National President
All-UP Academic Employees Union
Posted (OCT 27th 2007)

RESPONSE AT TESTIMONIAL DINNER - HOSTED BY THE BOR & PRES. ROMAN  - by Roland G. Simbulan, Professor, University of the Philippines.
Posted (OCT 10th 2007)

ANG KOMERSYALISASYON NG EDUKASYON SA U.P. (Statement of Roland G. Simbulan, Professor and Faculty Regent, U.P. System)
Posted (Feb 20th 2007)

The Recent Tuition and Other Fee Increase(TOFI) in UP exposes the Undemocratic Governance of the and the Tuition Fee Increase (All UP Academic Union)
Posted (Feb 20th 2007)

The New UP Tuition Structure (The Devil is in the Details) (Signed by: Jose Maria Balmaceda, Cynthia Rose B. Bautista, Virginia B. Dandan, Maria Serena I. Diokno, Maria Carmen C. Jimenez, Dina Ocampo-Cristobal, Consuelo J. Paz, Ly SyCip, Ana Maria L. Tabunda, Rosario Torres-Yu)

Note: This is an alternative proposal on tuition by a group of former University of the Philippines administrators:

former Vice President for Academic Affairs Maris Diokno
former Asst Vice Pres.for Academic Affairs Joey Balmaceda
former UP System Admissions Director Ly Sycip
former Social Sc.and Philosphy Dean Cynthia Rose Bautista
former College of Fine Arts Dean Virginia Dandan
former CIDS Director Carmen Jimenez
former College of Education Dean Dina Ocampo-Cristobal
former CSSP Dean Consuelo Paz
former School of Statistics Dean Ana Maria Tabunda
and former College of Arts and Letters Dean Rose Torres-Yu

Posted (Feb 8th 2007)

Issues Pertaining to the STFAP Re-bracketing and Tuition Fees (by Roland G. Simbulan, Professor and Faculty Regent, U.P. System)  (Feb 8th 2007)

SOCIAL JUSTICE, NOT COMMERCIALIZATION IN U.P. EDUCATION (Statement of Roland G. Simbulan, Professor and Faculty Regent, U.P. System) January 19, 2007
Posted (Feb 8th 2007)

A DISSENTING VOTE TO THE 300% TUITION FEE INCREASE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Posted (Dec 28th 2006)

FACULTY REGENT'S CRITICAL COMMENTS ON THE
                            PROPOSED TUITION FEE INCREASE(TOFI) 
     (As per Atanacio Report on STFAP which is implementing guideline for De Dios Report) 
Posted (Dec 28th 2006)

The need for an In-depth study and further review of the Tuition and other fees increase (TOFI) at UP

                                                                              
by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System

Posted (Dec 28th 2006)

                                                                                                                                 Also read the Atanacio Report  

ASSERT OUR BEING THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ‘ISKOLAR NG BAYAN” OPPOSE TUITION AND OTHER FEE INCREASES! NO TO THE “NEW STFAP” FIGHT FOR GREATER STATE SUBSIDY

December 11, 2006
ALL-UP ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION University of the Philippines
Posted (Dec 11th 2006)

THE CONDITION OF THE UP FACULTY TODAY
by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
Posted (Nov 19th 2006)

Rejoinder of the All UP Academic Union (AUPAU) to the Response of the de Dios Committee to the AUPAU Position Paper on the Proposal to Increase Tuition and Other Fees for incoming UP students

Posted (Nov 18th 2006th)

POSITION PAPER OF THE ALL-UP ACADEMIC UNION ON THE PROPOSED   INCREASE IN TUITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES

Posted (Nov 18th 2006th)

STATEMENT OF THE U.P. FACULTY REGENT ON THE REBELLION RAPS AGAINST FORMER U.P. PRESIDENT FRANCISCO "DODONG" NEMENZO, ET AL

by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
 

Posted (OCT 20th 2006)

U.P. Academic Union Letter on Tenureship Policy by the U.P. Academic Union
 

Posted (OCT 20th 2006)

TOWARDS A RETHINKING OF THE TENURESHIP POLICY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
 

Posted (OCT 20th 2006)

THE U.P. AT THE ADVENT OF ITS CENTENNIAL: STRUGGLES, DIRECTIONS AND ROLE AMIDST A NATION IN CRISIS

by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
 

Posted (OCT 19th 2006)

ANG U.P. NATING NAGIGING MAHAL?

by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
 

Posted (June 23rd 2006)

Filipino Advocates Now an Endangered Species

by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
 

Posted (June 23rd 2006)

WHY THIS FACULTY REGENT DOES NOT SUPPORT TUITION FEE INCREASES

by Roland G. Simbulan Professor and Faculty Regent University of the Philippines System
 

Posted (May 4th 2006)

KUNG BAKIT ITINUTULAK NG PAMAHALAAN - ANG RASYUNALISASYON NG BUROKRASYA
 
ni Professor Roland G. Simbulan Faculty Regent, Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
 

Posted (Apr. 28th 2006)

Ang Kaguruan ng Unibersidad at ang Krisis ng Sambayanan ni Roland G. Simbulan, Propesor at Rehente ng Kaguruan, Board of Regents, Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
 

Posted (Apr. 4th 2006)

MESSAGE FROM THE INCOMING FACULTY REGENT
PROFESSOR ROLAND G. SIMBULAN
10 February 2006

Posted (Feb 27th 2006)

ON PROCLAMATION 1017 - by ROLAND G. SIMBULAN

Posted (Feb 27th 2006)

THE ANATOMY OF A GOOD TEACHER - Delivered by Dr. Rafael Cruz Bundoc, MD
Department of Anatomy
College of Medicine, UP Manila
2005 Metrobank Outstanding Teacher, Collegiate level
September 2,2005 Metrobank Plaza Awarding Ceremonies

Posted (Sept 19th 2005)

UP Manila-PGH GAMOT(Gloria Arroyo Move OuT) 

Posted (Sept 19th 2005)

Statement of the University Council of UP Manila on the Current Political Crisis 

Posted (August 18th 2005)

  The University of the Philippines Amidst a Nation in Crisis: Its History, Role and Directions

  (May 26th 2005)

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The UP 11  vigorously campaign for the IMF recommended  2%  increase of the current 10% VAT rate by Dr. Edberto M. Villegas

  (April 19th 2005)

Academics, Power and the Crisis of the University by Walden Bello

(based on a speech he gave at Linggo ng KAPP (College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Week), University of the Philippines at Diliman, Feb. 15, 2005. )  (March 30th 2005)

PRESENTATION TO THE SENATE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES  BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, Sept. 16, 2004.  (March 22nd 2005)

HB 2327 (alternative UP Charter bill)  (Oct 6th 2004)

The “Elite” Dominated University Vs a People’s University   by Edberto M. Villegas

In the House has been filed a bill entitled “An Act Reorienting the Charter of the University of the Philippines in order to Ensure Academic Excellence, Democratic Participation and Patriotism in the Premier State University”, which seeks to change the present UP Charter (Act 1870), enacted in 1908 during the American colonial regime in the Philippines. (Aug 28th 2004)

Background materials on the circumstances of Dr. Romy Quijano's arrest and harrassment right in the UPManila Campus, in violation of the UPSystem- DILG Memorandum of Agreement of Dec.2, 1992.

Factsheet: Pesticide poisoning in Kamukhaan

A Signature Campaign -- Calling for Philippine Agriculture Sec. Luis Lorenzo to immediately stop dangerous pesticide use by own banana plantation.

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