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Critical Pedagogy Lecture Series: Krisis at Rebolusyon, Tugon ng GPH at NDFP
The Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) UP Diliman in partnership with NSTP-College of Arts and Letters and Taripnong Association of Cagayan Valley Advocates will be...
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Memorandum No. PAEP 15-19: eUP System Shutdown on 2 April to 5 April 2015
Please be informed that all core Information Systems (IS) under the eUP Project, namely the Student Academic Information System (SAIS); Human Resources Information System (HRIS); Financial Management...
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UP Law is No. 1 in Bar exams: Salutatorian calls for honor among batchmates
The Bar exam topnotchers from UP during a thanksgiving fellowship in honor of them and the successful examinees from the College of Law at the school’s lobby on March 26, 2015: (left to right) Mark Leo...
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UP explores collaboration with Vancouver university alliance
University officials met with representatives of the Vancouver Island Public Post-Secondary Alliance (VIPPSA) on March 16 to discuss possible areas of collaboration between the Canadian university...
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Esteemed forensic scientists in UP symposium, April 7
Forensic science is the scientific method of gathering and examining information about the past. It has been made popular with the emergence of television series on crime scene investigation, law...
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Delegates from Thailand’s Constitutional Court visit UP
Dr. Nurak Marpraneet, president of the Constitutional Court of Thailand (left), leads the Thailand delegation from the Rule of Law for Democracy Programme, College of Constitution, Institute of...
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Academic Leadership in a Globalized, Technology-Driven World: Speech...
Academic Leadership in a Globalized, Technology-Driven World Speech delivered by UP President Alfredo E. Pascual at the opening of the University of the Philippines Academic Leadership Conference 2015...
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Understanding Transportation in the Context of Urban Planning
A traffic light at the UP Diliman campus, Quezon City. Lidasan Over the past months, transport issues have caught media attention. These have mainly focused on the negative impacts of transportation,...
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Railways and Train Commuters in NCR
Protesters against the Metro Rail Transit and Light Rail Transit fare hikes. Photo from Bulatlat.com The Philippine population officially hit 100 million last July 27 with NCR as the country’s most...
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Motor Vehicles and Filipino Jeepney Drivers in Metro Manila
Scientific research in support of government’s transportation policies is crucial in addressing the National Capital Region’s (NCR) perennial traffic problem. Studies have been conducted by government...
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Transport/Travel Apps to Make Life Easier
Sakay.ph https://sakay.ph/ Sakay.ph is a web service and app that helps people use jeepneys, buses, and trains in Metro Manila, similar to Google Maps or Waze, but for commuting. It was originally...
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Women in Transit
Two female nursing students hang on for dear life at the back of a jeep. This photo, taken by Marvin Sy and uploaded last October 15, 2014 in Top Gear Philippines’ Facebook page, bore the caption: “Is...
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UP Forum Roundtable Discussion on Transportation: How do you solve a problem...
A portion of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City. Grace L. Poe Senator Republic of the Philippines Discipline is the most potent weapon. It should be a priority in the minds of...
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16th Congress Passes Three Transport Laws
Three laws involving the transport sector have been passed by the 16th Congress. The most recent one was The Philippine Lemon Law of 2014 or An Act Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Purchase of...
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The LTFRB on the Colorum Phenomenon
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino and his agents flagging down colorum taxis and buses. Most Filipinos are familiar with the term “colorum”—slang for illegal public land transport in the country. For the...
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A Place and the Case for UP and DOST’s Monorail
The Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) Prototype in UP Diliman, Quezon City. There is no better endorsement for a rail system in a congested city than the existing ones. The amount of patronage the Light...
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A Package Deal for Metro Traffic
MMDA Deputy Chairman Undersecretary Alex Ramon Cabanilla. They are massive in scale. They breathe smoke and fire. They cause tremendous amounts of inconvenience, not to mention great financial losses....
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When the Road Becomes a Parking Lot: A Hard Look at Metro Manila’s Traffic
Trust Pinoy wit to come up with the most appropriate name for the nightmare of bumper-to-bumper traffic within the metro: Carmageddon.1 Monsoon rains, road repairs, accidents, annual holidays, even a...
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The Dignity of Travel: The Cebu BRT Project
Photo from Cebu City BRT Facebook page photo album. Complex urban transport problems warrant a continuous search for solutions. The need for mobility is a given in today’s cities where commute trips...
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UP Forum issue on Transportation off the press
This is volume 15, number 5 of the bi-monthly UP Forum. This is a special issue for the months of September to December 2014, which tackles the issues on public and mass transportation in the country....
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