Correction regarding the Student Regent

February 26, 2010 - This is to correct a previous dispatch of the Diliman Diary made on February 25, 2010 which stated in part that: "However, the Office of the Student Regent, located in Vinzon's Hall, U.P. Diliman confirmed that (Student Regent Charisse) Bañez's application for an injunction with prayer for issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and TRO (temporary restraining order) was denied. She therefore attended today's BOR (Board of Regents)  meeting as an observer, and not as a full voting regent."

The Diliman Diary received an email today from the University of the Philippines (U.P.) Alumni Regent, Alfredo E. Pascual, which said in part that: "As you may know by now, the incumbent Student Regent was not allowed to participate as a voting member nor sit in as an observer at yesterday’s meeting of the BOR. We will now have to wait for the court to rule on the status of the SR based on the case she filed. While a TRO was denied, I understand the main case is still subject to adjudication."

The Diliman Diary's previous dispatch was based on Student Regent Charisse Bañez's February 22, 2010 application for an injunction with prayer for issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order (TRO), filed with the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch # 215; restraining the University of the Philippines (U.P.) Board of Regents (BOR) from approving and implementing a draft BOR resolution seeking Banez's disbarment as a voting Regent, wherein she stated that she had been invited on February 14, 2010 by the Secretary of the University, Dr. Lourdes Abadingo, to sit in the February 25, 2010 BOR meeting as an observer. However, this has been superseded by events, as per the email clarification of the Alumni Regent, Alfredo E. Pascual.

The Diliman Diary regrets the error.