Don’t threaten me because I will oblige

To cut funding if students skip class

 November 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night threatened to slash the funding of the University of the Philippines (UP) if students skipped classes to join rallies.In a taped speech, Duterte told students to stop schooling if they were there to supposedly be recruited by communist… Read More

Roque: Duterte message on strike should be for Ateneo students

 November 18, 2020

MANILA – Malacañang on Wednesday clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte may have “somehow confused” University of the Philippines (UP) as the proponent of the planned “academic strike” instead of Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU).Presidential Spokesperson… Read More

Many UP students being recruited by CPP-NPA: Palace

 November 19, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte did not say that all students of the University of the Philippines (UP) are communists, but noted that many of them are, Malacañang said Thursday.Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Duterte, in a taped speech last Tuesday… Read More