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Ika-86 taon • Blg. 13 • 19 Set 2008 Philippine Collegian Opisyal na lingguhang pahayagan ng mga mag-aaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas - Diliman : IVAN REVERENTE N G DESI E G PA PHOTOS: CANDICE REYES, OM VELASCO, KRIS IMPERIAL Kultura >>p.05 Serbisyo Sibil CopyCats September 21, 1977 SUMMING UP Ang kalagayan ng mga President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree 1200, which approved the manlilikod-bayan sa Philippine Five-Year Development Plan (1978-1982). The plan provided, among others, panahon ng krisis for the establishment of Region VI as the site of the University of the Philippines in the Visayas (UPV), with an emphasis on the fields of fisheries and marine sciences In commemoration of the University of the Philippines' centennial, the Philippine Collegian looks 03 BALITA 08 KULTURA back on one hundred years of history. 02 Balita Philippine Collegian | Biyernes, 19 Set 2008 Proposed '09 UP budget down by over 50% Toni Tiemsin tional budget to debt servicing. this July and the overhauling of the A decade of meager subsidy Congress is now deliberating Salary Standardization Law (SSL), on the 2009 budget. Both houses which mandates compensation for he seven UP campuses will still meet in a bicameral con- government workers. DBM claimed and the Philippine Gen- ference to finalize their versions that UP is not included in the SSL as Teral Hospital (PGH) may into the General Appropriations expressed in its new Charter. receive less than half of their ac- Act, which will be submitted to Roman said DBM is reviewing the tual needs, as the Department of the President for approval. Mean- draft of a memorandum of agreement Budget and Management (DBM) while, hearings on the UP budget they submitted to DBM on August 29. forwarded to Congress only 47 is tentatively set on September 23. “We are asking... that government will percent of UP System’s proposed continue to provide for our salaries and budget for next year. Low subsidy increases in salaries, and we will con- According to the UP adminis- According to the NEP, DBM tinue to raise funds to raise benefits for tration’s budget proposal, the uni- proposed only P1.7 billion, or deserving faculty and staff.” versity would need P14.35 billion one-fifth of the P6.45-billion For the university’s maintenance and *Does not include the automatic appropriations for Retirement and next year, but the budget agency proposal, for the university’s cap- other operating expenses (MOOE), the Life Insurance Premium for retired UP employees slashed the proposal to P6.69 bil- ital spending for new infrastruc- budget agency granted only 19 percent, **To be deliberated in Congress tentatively on September 23 lion in its National Expenditure ture and equipment. from P3.26 billion to P620 million. Source: Office of the UP Vice President for Planning and Finance Program (NEP) for 2009. Considering the disparity be- According to the recent audit re- Acting Vice President for Plan- tween the proposals of UP and port on UP by the Commission on ning and Finance Joselito Florendo DBM, Roman said the adminis- Audit (COA), UP spent P1.75 billion for said the proposed P6.69-billion bud- tration will have to postpone the MOOE last year, of which only less than 52 kabahayan, gigibain get is higher than the 2008 approved construction of other buildings, half was paid for by the government. funding worth P6.23 billion. which was included in their bud- However, the increase is still get proposal. “This means we Extra income from students para sa Eng’g Complex will just have to wait and see if To augment the lack of government “insignificant” considering the ng serbisyo at bilang ng miyembro ng we can get donations from do- subsidy, Florendo said, UP will rely Richard Jacob Dy actual budget proposal of the uni- pamilya ng isang empleyado. nors,” she said. on its revolving fund collected from versity and the record increases in Saad ni Greogrio, hinihintay na la- The CO funding will go to income-generating revenues such as the prices of commodities such as akatakdang gibain ang 52 ba- mang ang tugon ni Chancellor Sergio acquisition of equipment and tuition and other fees, interest income water and electricity, Student Re- hay sa Area 17 sa UP Diliman Cao ngayong linggo upang maisama completion of buildings worth and land rentals such as the science gent Shahana Abdulwahid said. upang bigyang-daan ang sa relokasyon ang mga empleyadong UP President Emerlinda Ro- P983 million for the Engineering and technology parks. N pagpapatayo ng Engineering Complex hindi nagawaran ng pabahay. Research and Development for Last year, UP earned P1.35 billion man said the university has been (EC) ngayong Oktubre. Aniya, bibigyan umano ng adminis- Technology project and the con- from its income generating projects, receiving increase in subsidy in Ani Vice-Chancellor for Community trasyon ang mga empleyado ng tulong struction of the National Science according to COA. The largest chunk the past three years, but, at least Affairs Cynthia Grace Gregorio, itinakda sa paghahakot ng mga kagamitan at ng Complex worth P700 million. came from tuition collection that rose in the last eight years, the funds ng administrasyon ang halos tatlong materyales sa paggawa ng bahay mula With 99 percent of the whole by 20 percent to P389 million, when amount only to 60 percent of UP’s buwang palugit upang gibain sa kaha- sa Supply and Property Management CO alloted for Diliman, only UP has implemented the 300 percent actual financial requirement. baan ng C.P. Garcia St. sa Area 17 ang Office. P17 million are left for six other tuition hike. Airah Cadiogan, vice chair- tirahan ng 22 mga empleyado ng UP at Ngunit ani Anoos, malabo umanong UP units and PGH. “Positive Other major sources of income person of the University Student ng 30 na mga informal settler. maglabas ng pondo ang administrasyon na ibibigay ang budget para sa for UP are hospital fees amounting to Council, said the inadequate sub- Ani Sonia Lumbre, empleyado ng para magbigay ng materyales. Dagdag engineering and science, pero about P344 million; interest income sidy pushes UP and other state UP na tinatayang 20 taon nang resi- niya, kakaunti ang sasakyan ng Campus maiiwanan ang ibang colleges at from revolving fund, P232.67 million; universities and colleges in the dente ng Area 17, noong Agosto 15 la- Maintenance Office na magdadala ng PGH. Hindi sabayan ang devel- dormitory rentals, P44 million; and rent country to generate revenues on mang ipinaalam ng administrasyon ng mga kagamitan ng mga empleyado. opment,” Abdulwahid said. income, P40.88 million. their own through tuition and UP na saklaw ng tatayuang EC ang ka- Saad ni Gregorio, pinapahintulutan The agency likewise reduced Cadiogan feared that the adminis- other fee hikes, and land rentals. nilang lugar. “Wala kaming tutol dahil din ng administrasyon na magtayo the proposed budget of UP for tration might push through with the Cadiogan said the adminis- para sa [UP] iyon. Yun lamang, hindi sila ang mga empleyado ng sariling tira- personal services or the salaries pending tuition hike this second se- tration must demand for higher nag-abiso nang [mas] maaga” aniya. han sa loob ng UP dahil sa kawalan ng of UP employees from P4.65 to mester, as the university is coping with subsidy instead of resorting to Saad ni Noli Anoos, tagapangulo ng pabahay. ��������������������������Ngunit ani Lumbre, mapapa- P4.36 billion. Florendo said one low government funding. income-generating projects that All-UP Workers Union, ayon umano sa gastos pa ang mga residente sa pagbili reason for the decrease is the In December 2006, the Board of burden the students. She added batas, bago ipaalam ng administrasyon ng mga materyales. disapproval of DBM for addi- Regents approved the annual increase the Arroyo administration must be ang tungkol sa demolisyon, mayroon Aniya, sapat lamang ang kanyang tional PGH employees. in tuition based on the prevailing in- pressed to allocate more funds to na dapat nakahaing maayos na lugar at sahod upang mabayaran ang liman- The agency also excluded UP flation. Last July, year-on-year inflation social services especially education mga tirahan para sa relokasyon ng mga daang pisong upa sa tinitirhan ng ka- from two salary increases: the reached 12.2 percent, the highest since instead of alloting almost half of residente. nyang pamilya ngayon. ��������������“Tatlo ang ak- 10-percent hike earlier approved 1991. n the proposed P1.415-trillion na- Maliban sa geodetic engineering, ing anak at nakatira sa akin ang aking ililipat ang mga kurso ng College of [magulang]. Sana bigyan naman kami On the Charge Engineering sa bubuksang EC sa 2009 ng maayos na tirahan,” dagdag niya. sa tinatayang 8 hanggang 10 ektarya ng Ayon kay Gregorio, nakatakdang n UP Taekwondo jin lupang saklaw ng Area 17. ibigay kay Cao ngayong linggo ang Wynde Legarda forces her rekomendasyon ng komiteng binuo opponent back as she sets Walang tiyak na relokasyon noong Agosto na magbigay ang ad- up another combination Ani Anoos, karamihan sa mga em- ministrasyon ng tulong, maliban sa in the Taekwondo UAAP pleyado ng UP ang wala pa ring tiyak na pinansiyal, sa mga apektadong resi- tournament at the FEU Gym relokasyon sapagkat tinitirhan ngayon ng dente sa Area 17. on September 13. The UP mga informal settler ang mga pabahay women team won against na nakatakda sanang paglipatan ng mga Hiling ng non-UP employees the De La Salle Jins, 5-2. empleyadong residente ng Area 17. Ani Anoos, nararapat din umanong Since this match, she won 5 Dagdag ni Anoos, sa ngayon, apat pa straight matches to win the bigyan ng pabahay ang mga residen- 1st place in the lightweight lamang sa 22 bahay ng mga empleya- teng hindi empleyado ng UP dahil division on September 17.