Ten public and 9 private high schools around Naga City sent their high school seniors to UP Ibalon Bicol’s UP Orientation-UPCAT Review held at Fernando Hall, Plaza Medica, Naga City, last Saturday, June 14, 2008. UP Ibalon Bicol is an organization with worldwide membership composed of alumni of UP Ibalon, a 34-year old organization of Bicolano students at the University of the Philippines (UP)... 

TIWI, ALBAY – Situated in the northernmost part of Albay is Tiwi, a small town known for its fine ceramic products, well preserved Spanish era churches, and sumptuous halo-halo. It made the headlines two years ago along with images of the devastation brought by Typhoon “Reming.” The tragedy was a major setback to this quaint town which from the onset already suffers from a high incidence... 

From the start she was Dr. Francisco Dodong Nemenzo’s personal choice to replace him as UP President. After some voting deadlocks between her and Edgardo Espiritu, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Dr. Emerlinda Roman became the 19th and first woman President of the University of the Philippines by a vote of 7 -5. Rallies of support for Dr. Roman marked the election...