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From UPJourn.net:

Nagkakaisang Iskolar para sa Pamantasan at Sambayanan (KAISA)’s Titus Tan has been elected as the new University Student Council (USC) chairperson, while Jacqueline Eroles from Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (Stand-UP) is vice-chair.

Four councilors from Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral Para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA), four from Stand-UP, three from KAISA and one independent were also elected.

More details at from UPJourn.net

Reposted from Mike’s Multiply account

Meet Meliton Zamora, a retired University of the Philippines janitor and my hero.

For forty-five years, he swept floors, cleaned up trash, watered plants and did odd jobs at the University.

I met him when I was active with the UP Repertory Company, a theater group based (then) at the third floor lobby of the Arts & Sciences (AS) building. He would sweep and mop the hallway floors in silence, venturing only a nod and a smile whenever I passed him.

Back then, for me he was just one of those characters whom you got acquainted with and left behind as soon as you earned your degree and left the university for some big job in the real world. Someone whose name would probably ring a bell but whose face you’d have a hard time picturing. But for many UP students like me who were hard up and had a difficult time paying their tuition fees, Mang Mel was a hero who gave them the opportunity to finish university and get a big job in the real world.

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From What’s UP Diliman

What better way to salute our beloved UP–the mother of all Philippine Universities than the coming together of her sons and daughters all over the world to celebrate the final days of her 100 years of service? How fortunate that in our lifetime we will be able to give back in big way through this glorious affair dubbed as “The Last Hurrah! A Grand Centennial Ball”.

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Economic Development Specialist-II
The successful candidate shall be based at the Public Relations Division of the Development Information Staff. The PRD handles information and communication services for external clients such as media, development agencies and other stakeholders.

Economic Development Specialist-II

The successful candidate shall be based at the Multimedia Division of the Development Information Staff. The MD handles publications, audiovisual and new media services that cater to internal and external clients.
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