Dulaang Laboratory / PULSES

Dulaang Laboratoryo presents

PULSES

a new play inspired by people living with HIV

Written by Icarus & Iscariot
Direction by Pat Valera

Sept. 22, 23 & 24, 2011
Teatro Hermogenes Ylagan (THY), Faculty Center
University of the Philippines Diliman

"PULSES is a play that weaves personal accounts, monologues, scenes, songs and poems. By creating a tapestry of whispers, cries and clamor, PULSES is a play that asks everyone to be aware - and to understand. It is a prayer for love, hope and acceptance."

Cinemalaya U.P. Diliman 2011 Film Showing Schedule

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With this year’s highly successful Cinemalaya finally winding down, the final leg of the festival will showcase this year’s films at the UP Film Center’s Cine Adarna.

Tickets are selling out quickly in the already limited screenings, so we advise that you contact 09272990318 for ticket reservations . Tickets are priced at P80.00.

July 26 (Tues)
Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa, 5pm
Babae Sa Septic Tank, 8pm

July 27 (Wed)
Amok, 5pm
Bahay Bata, 8pm

July 28 (Thurs)
Cuchera, 5pm
I-libings, 8pm

July 29 (Friday)
Nino, 5pm
Ligo na U, Lapit na Me, 8pm

August 2 (Tues)
Teoriya, 5pm
Busong, 8pm

August 3 (Wed)
Isda, 5pm
Bisperas, 8pm

August 4 (Thurs)
Shorts A, 5pm
Patikul, 8pm

August 5 (Fri)
Shorts B, 5pm
Best Picture-New Breed, 7pm
Best Picture-Director’s Showcase, 9pm

Crap Awaits you, Candare or a Welcome Letter from a Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Volunteer

 (Various cats at the Bahay ng Alumni,

U.P. Diliman)

A welcome letter from a PAWS volunteer to Joseph Carlo Candare, the first to be convicted of animal cruelty in the Philippines. Please note that I AM NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PAWS (Philippine Animal Welfare Society) or any related group/agency. 

Dear JC,

Read the rest here.

(Photos by: Chanda Shahani)

Maris Diokno is elected as the new Chairperson of the National Historical Commission

 

U.P. Diliman History Professor Ma. Serena Diokno is the new chairperson of the National Historical Commission, according to the Facebook page of  Ambeth Ocampo, its former chairperson. He wrote: "Last April 7, 2011 I swore in Dr. Maria Serena Diokno of U.P. Diliman as Board Member of the National Historical Commission. She was later elected as the new NHC Chair. After 12 years with the NHC (9 of which as Chair) I now have my life back and retire knowing that I leave the agency in good hands. I also hope that all the nice people out there will give Dr Diokno the same love and support they gave me these past 9 years." 

(Photo source: Facebook page of Ambeth Ocampo)

Learning from Success Stories

(Editor's note: The following short note was forwarded to us today by noted marine scientist, Dr. Flor Lacanilao and is by Raul K. Suarez, a Professor at the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara. We are uploading this in view of the interest shown by some of our readers (no matter what position they are taking) on the issue of grey literature and its policy implications for the Philippine academe)

By Raul K. Suarez

When we examine success stories in Philippine science, we see common features. For example, at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, the National Institute of Physics and the Marine Sciences Institute have both embraced the culture of proper publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals. At the International Rice Research Institute, highly productive Filipinos, working alongside and publishing with international scientists, have blurred the boundaries between basic and applied research concerning rice. The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in Iloilo has become a publication-oriented institution that conducts international caliber research that benefits the country.

It is when people recognize what is wrong with certain practices and ways of thinking that institutions are able to change and make progress. However, that change is required for progress to occur is a message that is not always welcome. There are still those who believe that there should be PhD programs in the sciences, scientific journals, science institutes, academies, policy making bodies and funding agencies run by those who do not publish actively and never have. There are those who believe that government investment in endeavors that generate MS and PhD degrees or “completed” research projects that do not yield peer-reviewed publications is a proper use of public funds. The validity of research results generated by such an enterprise becomes a matter of faith, rather than a matter of empirical verification or the scrutiny of international experts.

To suggest that the narrow views or standards of a few are being unreasonably imposed on the majority is to ignore the fact that there are accepted ways of doing science, norms that have become part of and have benefited international science for more than half a century. Many Asian countries, even ultra-nationalist ones, have learned this. Those at the IRRI, SEAFDEC, NIP and MSI have learned this. Although some may feel inclined to shoot the messenger, it would be more productive to focus on the essence of the message and on what can be learned from the success stories that exemplify the message. It is up to the next generation: they can remain stuck in old ways of thinking and repeat mistakes that have led to failure, or they can reform Philippine science as they have seen it done by their fellow Filipinos and by their Asian neighbors. The older generation faces the choice of either welcoming and facilitating change or becoming an obstacle to it.

Raul K. Suarez
Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
California 93106-9610
U.S.A.

Telephone (805) 893-7563

FAX (805) 893-4724
Website http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/faculty/suarez/index.html