Independent filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik is this year’s recipient of the highest award given by the University of the Philippines (UP) to a media practitioner.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Diliman kicks off foundation with pay upgrade, museum
June 20, 2009 – 10:13 pm
By Jenin Velasquez
Despite the gloomy weather, the university administration found reason to commemorate its 101st foundation on June 18 with the approval of the Salary Standardization Law III and the inauguration of heritage museum Bulwagan ng Dangal.
Salary Standardization Law III
After opening the system-wide anniversary with a flag-raising ceremony in Quezon Hall, Diliman campus chancellor Sergio Cao announced [...]
Modified acad requirement for org recognition proposed by orgs, profs
June 20, 2009 – 10:11 pm
By Ernica de Guzman
The Faculty-Student Relations Committee (FSRC) proposed June 16 to drop the “no grade of 4.0” rule for officers among other changes to the annually-amended Guidelines for College of Mass Communication-based student organizations.
The committee decided to remove the guideline provision that an officer “should not have incurred a grade of 4.0 in the [...]
Huts as substitute for tambayans –CMC college sec
June 20, 2009 – 10:07 pm
By Ernica de Guzman
College of Mass Communication (CMC) secretary Lourdes Portus suggested Tuesday the purchase of seven “kubo” (huts) as temporary substitute for tambayans during the first Faculty-Student Relations Committee (FSRC) meeting.
Portus, also the chair of the FSRC, said that the administration would try to purchase the huts to address the continuing plea of the [...]
UP groups call for student, media protests against Con-ass
June 13, 2009 – 7:31 pm
Members of the University of the Philippines (UP) community on Wednesday encouraged their ranks to join the protests and show a united stand against charter change, eight days after the House of Representatives approved House Resolution 1109.
New CMC dean to boost college programs
June 12, 2009 – 12:08 pm
By Rachel Miranda
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Incoming College of Mass Communication (CMC) dean Rolando Tolentino said Thursday that he will expand the college’s offered programs in the tradition of an “independent and liberal” education amid the “growing state control of media”.
The eighth CMC dean said he will strengthen the college’s diploma and online master’s degree in journalism, and [...]