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Canadian
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SURP officers and
representatives from the Vancouver Island University, Canada (L-R)
Ms. Jean Dickinson, Dr. Marideth R. Bravo, Mr. Jim Dickinson, Prof.
Ernesto M. Serote, Ms. Jocelyn A. Yuzon, Ms. Pamela Shaw, Dean
Candido A. Cabrido, Jr., Dr. David T. Yap, and Mr. James Shaw.
May 13, 2008
--- The Dean and officers of the U.P. School of Urban and Regional
Planning welcomed guests from
Vancouver Island University to discuss the possibility of
establishing academic and institutional linkages between the two
schools. Vancouver Island University, formerly Malaspina
University-College, in Canada offers planning courses in its
undergraduate program and is particularly interested in natural
resources-based planning and development. The two universities
intend to explore and eventually pursue tie-up activities in the
areas of faculty exchange and joint researches and academic
programs.
Currently, the
School has a continuing partnership with the
University of Dortmund in Germany through the
Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies or SPRING, a
graduate program in regional and district development planning and
management. International linkages with other universities such as the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in
Australia, Institute for Housing and Settlements in the Netherlands,
and
Diponegoro University in Indonesia are also being established.
These activities are in keeping with the School’s thrusts in the U.P.
centennial year to strengthen and widen linkages with foreign
universities for faculty exchange, and joint academic, research and
training programs.
The meeting was
facilitated by Senator Edgardo Angara, who is also the Chair of the
University of the Philippines Centennial Commission. Sen. Angara
was represented by Ms. Jocelyn A. Yuzon during the meeting.
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SURP
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April 27, 2008
--- Three doctoral candidates and three dean’s medalists
led the fifty one (51) other candidates for graduation who were
presented during the 2008 SURP Recognition Program held at the
Firmalino Hall of the U.P. School of Urban and Regional Planning. The
fifty-seven (57) SURP students were later conferred with degrees during the
University commencement exercises held at the UP Diliman Ampitheater.
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SURP Faculty Conference
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April 2008---Faculty members of the UP School of Urban
and Regional Planning (SURP) convened for the School’s faculty
conference, which was held from April 7 – 9 at the Mimosa Montevista
Villas in Clarkfield, Pampanga. The main objectives of the faculty
conference included improving the School’s academic offerings and
drawing up a curricular proposal to reintroduce the fields of
specialization.
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Centennial
Public Lecture
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As part of the University of the Philippines Centennial Year Celebration, the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) launched its
Centennial Public Lecture Series in October 2007 and has so far conducted three lectures on various planning issues in the Philippines. The lecture series runs until October 2008 in time for SURP's 43rd Foundation Day.
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Special Course in Urban and Regional Planning (SCURP)
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The University of
the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP-SURP)
conducts a series of SCURP training programs for 2008. The Special
Course on Urban and Regional Planning (SCURP) 2008, with the main
theme "Rationalizing Local Planning in the
Philippines",
aims to introduce a model for local environmental planning and
development that will integrate planning in the overall governance
function. Through this special course, UP-SURP hopes to contribute
to the national effort to localize the principles of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).
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Celebrating Edith's
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February 28, 2008---SURP held a tribute
program for its Records Officer Editha dela
Rosa, who had been with the School for 22 years. SURP faculty, staff, and
students, and Edith's family and friends all came together to celebrate
her journey through life.
Editha Dela Rosa
8 September 1953 - 25 February 2008
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Congress to act on
land use code
House
to cooperate with Local Government
department and UP to resolve land use issues
THE House of
Representatives, spearheaded by Speaker
Prospero Nograles, together with the
Department of Interior and Local Government
and the University of the Philippines, have
agreed to join forces to work for the
ultimate enactment of a National Land Use
Code, which will serve as a guide for the
judicious and appropriate utilization of the
country’s land resources.
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UP declared National University
Admin urges community to work hard for
Charter implementation
UP is officially the national
university of the Philippines.
On April 29, 2008, just in time for the UP
Centennial, “The University of the
Philippines Charter of 2008” was enacted
after several years in the legislative mill.
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Fire Code up for upgrade through four Senate
bills
Senate Bill (SB) 1477 by
Francis Joseph G. Escudero, (SB) 1740 by
Miriam Defensor-Santiago, SB 1954 by Ramon
B. Revilla, Jr. and SB 2196 by Senate
President Manuel B. Villar, Jr. all propose
changes in land use, disaster preparedness,
budget and reengineering of the Bureau of
Fire Protection (BFP).
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Arroyo signs new UP Charter
CEBU CITY -- President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law the new
University of the Philippines Charter that
would grant the university additional funds
and strengthen the composition of its Board
of Regents.
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PGMA-signed
‘U.P. Charter 2008’ grants P500-M & greater
autonomy to U.P. system
April 29, 2008 -- The
proposed University of the Philippines
Charter of 2008 -- which President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo had just signed into law
today at the UP Cebu campus in Cebu City --
provides a P500-million ‘centennial gift’ to
the UP System that will defray the cost of
modernizing the country’s state university,
especially its research facilities.
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Gov’t orders immediate stop to land
conversion
MANILA -- Taking a cue from
the experts, Agrarian Reform Secretary
Nasser Pangandaman Tuesday ordered an
immediate stop to the conversion of
agricultural lands to real estate
development in the face of a feared shortage
in the supply of rice.
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Land titles stir tribal communities
In
Barangay Salvacion in
Trento,
Agusan del Sur,
people are now
astir by an outside force that they see as
potentially disastrous to their tightly knit
relationship and to the generous mountains
that surround the place. A lumad leader told
residents that their village is within his
group’s ancestral domain. He showed a
certificate of ancestral domain title (CADT)
approved by the National Commission for the
Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on July 22, 2003.
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DA-DENR-DILG issue Joint Administrative
Order No. 1
The joint AO,
issued on January 31, 2008, defines and
identifies the areas of cooperation and
collaboration among the Departments of
Agriculture, Environment and Natural
Resources, and Interior and Local Government
in the planning, management and control of
aquaculture development to mitigate impacts
on the environment.
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