DZUP 1602 DZUP 1602
  • Radio
  • Video
  • Read
  • Classroom
  • Our Story
    • Vision and Mission
    • Legacy
    • Behind the Mic

Archives

  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020

UP Department of Broadcast Communication
2F Media Center Building, Plaridel Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City

Hosted by ILC Diliman

  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
DZUP 1602 DZUP 1602
  • Radio
  • Video
  • Read
  • Classroom
  • Our Story
    • Vision and Mission
    • Legacy
    • Behind the Mic
  • Campus News

Protesters take their calls to Concepcion’s doorsteps, share issues on labor, housing

  • DZUP News
  • November 26, 2020
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Protesters headed to the University President’s official residence, bringing with them issues on labor and housing. (Photo: Ram Hernandez)

University of the Philippines (UP) President Danilo Concepcion faced Thursday morning, November 26 protesters outside the Executive House at UP Diliman to discuss with them issues on labor and housing within the University.

Demonstrators brought to Concepcion’s doorstep their calls to end contractualization and protect the welfare of UP’s workers, and guarantee housing for residents of the Arboretum due to the impending construction of another Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on campus.

They also asked UP’s chief executive to absorb as regular employees all agency hired workers of the state university, as well as to implement merit promotion and quickly release the “sagád award” for school employees who have reached their peak step increments within their salary grades.

Attendees are petitioning the President to grant an award of P50,000 to employees who have reached their maximum step as compensation for years of service without promotion.

Residents of UP Diliman’s Arboretum joined the protest to urge Concepcion to fight for their right to housing. (Photo: Stephanie Cabigao)

“Itigil ang workplace discrimination sa pamantasan,” they said.

Former UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs and now national president of the All UP Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU) Prof. Melania Flores shared to Concepcion other concerns of her constituents.

Aside from AUPAEU, members from the Alliance of Contractual Employees in UP, Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy UP Diliman, and the Arboretum community participated in the protest.

Former UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Melania Flores directly talked to Concepcion. Echoing the calls of her constituents, she asked the President to end workplace discrimination in the University. (Photo: Ram Hernandez)

Late last month, the UP Board of Regents approved the reclassification of some portions of Arboretum, a protected forest area, for the construction of a new unit of PGH in Diliman, Quezon City.

“Instead of mobilizing UP experts and putting in place programs for much-needed forest protection and rehabilitation as well as the replanting of the denuded areas, the BOR has voted in favor of deforestation,” a joint statement from the University’s Student, Faculty, and Staff Regents read.

“The sustainability and viability of the whole Arboretum as a natural forest has been put in question by this initial reclassification,” they added.

While critics have slammed the decision, University officials had earlier said that the project will benefit the public.

“Ang UP PGH Diliman ay kailangang-kailangan nating itayô kasi po hindi na táyo maaaring mag-expand sa UP Manila campus ng PGH,” Concepcion said in a Senate hearing for UP’s 2021 budget last September.

“Pero, kinakailangan po nating lakihan ‘yung ating ospital upang dumami ang ating mga pasyente at nang sa ganoon ay lumaki rin ang capacity ng ating College of Medicine na paramihin ang kaniyang estudyante para sila ay ma-train at maging doktor,” he also said.

“Mayroon po kaming nakitang area doon sa may Arboretum na wala namang mga maraming punò na puwede nating gawing bagong site ng PGH sa Diliman na atin pong ipinapanukalang itayô,” Concepcion added.

The proposed PGH unit in Diliman, with an indicative cost of more than P19 billion, would be a 700-bed health facility with an expansion of the College of Medicine and a Cancer Research Center.

“Ito po ay magandang preparation na rin for our next health crisis kung magkakaroon ulit ng pandemic,” the UP executive explained.

Related

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0

You May Also Like

The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman will be implementing special traffic rules on campus for the UP College Admission Test, June 3-4. File Photo: UP Diliman
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

UP Diliman to implement special transpo, traffic rules for UPCAT

  • Gian Carlo Librojo
  • June 1, 2023
Students from the University of the Philippines Diliman have chosen to vote "abstain" for the University Student Council Chair and Vice Chair posts. File Photo: DZUP
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

USC chair, vice chair candidates outvoted by abstentions

  • Gian Carlo Librojo
  • May 24, 2023
The University of the Philippines Diliman University Council has called for the strengthening of democratic governance in the selection of officials, May 22. File Photo: UPD
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

‘Ensure transparency in appointments,’ UPD faculty urges BOR

  • Gian Carlo Librojo
  • May 23, 2023
University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II visited the UP College of Mass Communication, April 28. Photo: DZUP
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

Vistan visits UP CMC, commits to supporting programs

  • DZUP News
  • April 28, 2023
The University of the Philippines Board of Regents approved the elevation of UP Tacloban into an autonomous unit under the UP Office of the President. File Photo: UP Tacloban
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

BOR elevates UP Tacloban into an autonomous unit

  • Gian Carlo Librojo
  • April 27, 2023
The University of the Philippines College of Law took the top five spots in last year's Bar examinations. Photo: DZUP
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

UP takes top 5 spots in 2022 Bar, garners most topnotchers

  • Gian Carlo Librojo
  • April 14, 2023
Groups hold mob at Quezon Hall as the Board of Regents deliberate on the selection of the new Chancellor of UP Diliman. Photo: Ivy Montellano/DZUP
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

UPD Chancy selection draws criticism from professors emeriti

  • Gian Carlo Librojo
  • April 11, 2023
Amidst outrage over the Board of Regents' decision to appoint UP Law Dean Vistan as the new UPD Chancellor, some students tried to forcibly open a door. Photo: Ivy Montellano
View Post
  • Campus News
  • News

BOR demanded to publicize its vote on UPD Chancellorship

  • Ivy Montellano
  • April 3, 2023

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

2nd Floor Media Center Building,
College of Mass Communication,
Ylanan Street, UP Diliman
Quezon City, Metro Manila 1101
Philippines

Hosted by ILC Diliman

Webmaster: Cherish Aileen Brillon
Development: Darvy Ong
Design: Gene Paolo Gumagay
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

Input your search keywords and press Enter.

{{playListTitle}}
  • {{ index + 1 }} {{ track.track_title }} {{ track.track_artist }} {{ track.album_title }} {{ track.lenght }}
{{list.tracks[currentTrack].track_title}}{{list.tracks[currentTrack].track_artist? list.artist_separator :''}}{{list.tracks[currentTrack].track_artist}}
{{list.tracks[currentTrack].album_title}}
{{ currentTime }}
{{ totalTime }}
  • {{store['store-name']}}