Mensahe ng Pakikisa ng ALL UP WORKERS ALLIANCE SA PAGKILOS NG UP KILOS NA CEBU NGAYONG MARSO 17

By All U.P. Workers Union

WAKASAN ANG PANGGIGIPIT NI AVILA SA UP CEBU! TUTULAN ANG PANGHAHARAS SA PRESIDENTE NG ALL UP WORKERS UNION-CEBU CHAPTER! PALITAN NA SI AVILA! TANGGALIN SI SHARIF AT PINEDA!
Marso 17, 2011

 Matindi ang pagkabahala ng All UP Workers Union at All UP Academic Employees Union sa mga pinakahuling kaganapan sa UP Cebu.

Matandaan na nanawagan na ng pagpapatalsik kay Dekano Enrique Avila ng UP Cebu, kanyang kanang kamay na si  Alsidry Sharif  at ang makapangyarihang consultant na si Ernesto Pineda bunga ng mga di demokratikong pamamahala na apektado ang lahat na sektor ng UP Cebu: mag-aaral, guro, administratibong kawani at mga security guards. Sunud-sunod na protesta ang ginawa ng komunidad ng UP Cebu na rumurok  sa isang buong araw na welga noong Marso 8, 2011.

Ano ang naging tugon ni Dekano Avila sa mga ito? Nagpalabas siya ng Memorandum noong Marso 11, 2011 na nagbabala sa anyo ng “pagpaalaala” sa paglabas ng mga dokumento kaugnay ng mga palakad sa UP Cebu. Kahapon, Marso 16, 2011, ipinaabot ng mga kasamahan ng ating unyon sa Cebu na tinatarget na si Gigi Carcallas, ang President ng All UP Workers Union, Cebu Chapter sa panggigipit.  na ito!

Ang mga panggigipit na ito ay ang tugon ni Dekano Avila (na binigyan ng Administrasyong Roman ng ikatlong termino bilang Dekano) sa mga reklamo ng mga nagpoprotestang mga taga UP Cebu. Ang mga reklamong ito ay kinabibilangan ng mga sumusunod:

1) Mga kwestyonableng kontrata sa Pagaett Place Condotel na tinambak sa UP soccer field ang dumi mula sa pinaghukayan; kontrata sa Sun Celluar  sa isang lote ng UP Cebu sa renta na P15,000 kadawa buwan samantalang tinatayang nasa P70,000 kada buwan ang tunay na halaga ng lupa.

 2)  taliwas sa rekomendasyon ng Security Committee, agarang tinanggal sa puwesto (hindi ni-renew) ni Avila ang 15 security personnel kahit na ang nanalong bagong security agency ay handang i-absorb ang naturang mga security personnel.

3) ang hindi pag-rekomenda sa tenure ni Prop. Roberto Basadre, kahit rekomendado na ito ng lahat na academic bodies na sumusuri sa tenure samantalang itinalaga pa na Budget Officer si Sharif kahit na may mga kasong nakabimbin kaugnay ng kanyang  ethical conduct  at ginawang Chair ng isang bidding committee si Pineda habang di naman ito regular na empleyado ng UP.

4) Sa parte ng mga mag-aaral, ginagamit ng administrasyong Avila ang konsepto ng “awtonomiya” upang tanggalin ang Student Representation sa Executive Committee (Execom). Sa tinatanaw na pagiging autonomous unit ng UPV Cebu, iniaangkla ng administrasyong Avila ang pagtatanggal sa Student Representative sa Execom diumano sa dahilang sa ibang autonomous units tulad ng UP Diliman ay walang representante ang mga mag-aaral sa Execom. Sa halip na hanguin ang mga positibong praxis ng demokratikong pamamahala sa unibersidad – tulad ng pagkakaroon ng student representative sa Execom – ay idinidikta pa ng administrasyong Avila na talikuran ang pagkakataong umabante tungo sa demokratikong pamamahala at na bumalik sa panahon ng kawalang-demokrasya.

 Itaguyod ang demokratikong pamamahala sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas!

UP JMA Presents: ADHOC- The Absolute Affinity on Sept 4, 2010

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When the countdown reaches zero, a dazzling spectacle of lights will radiate throughout the dance floor. A roaming camera will capture the party’s euphoria while projecting it on screens. One of the country’s best DJs will play groove-inducing chart-topping hits that will liberate the crowd from their inhibitions. Everyone's affinity will be heightened, disparity will be dissolved and the 6 degrees of separation will be reduced to nothing.

No good party runs without great tunes.  One of the most renowned MCs will hype up the crowd and draw them into the dance floor.  Infectious, chart-topping R&B and Hiphop beats played by infamous DJs will fill the air and keep the partygoers moving and dancing all night long.

Join UP JMA as we present our major event for the year: ADHOC the Absolute Affinity this September 4, 2010-- 8PM at the World Trade Center, Events Hall.

Unlimited drinks will be served all night to boost the crowd’s affinity. Readily accessible bars will be strategically placed within the venue, catering to the craving of liquor-thirsty partygoers.

For more information, visit http://www.upjmaadhoc.com or check UP JMA Adhoc Major Event's Facebook Fan Page. You can also text 09178259988.

COMMENTARY: Blogger's analysis sheds light on Sen. Manny Villar's personal financial track record and opens up questions about U.P. Diliman's "Wednesday Club."

(Manny Villar, BSBA, U.P. Diliman 

(1970) and U.P. MBA (1973)

Source: http://www.wikipedia.org/)

By Chanda Shahani

She's done it again. Lila Shahani, whose incisive blogs about national issues in "Notes from an Insomniac" (http://lilashahani.blogspot.com/) now commands a large following, leads us down the money trail in pusuit of presidential candidate, Senator Manny Villar's personal finances. She asks questions about Senator Villar's personal financial statements which he submitted as a public official - She asks if it is a case of perjury or money laundering? And why not? As an individual who has fairly good chances of making it to the top slot, even Villar himself, a former analyst at SGV and a BSBA graduate (1970, U.P. Diliman) and an MBA graduate (1973, U.P. Diliman) could hardly disagree about the necessity of undertaking due diligence before making an important decision. And what decision is more important for us Filipinos than choosing our next top leader and closely scrutinizing his and even all the other candidates' records?

You can read all about Lila Shahani's analysis of Senator Villar's personal financial track record at:
http://lilashahani.blogspot.com/2010/03/concentric-circles-private-musings-on.html#comments

Notice of Full Discloure: Lila is my lovely and very intelligent sister and a Senator Noynoy Aquino partisan. I also admit to being partial to voting for Noynoy Aquino in the next elections. However, her analysis is very well written and well-researched and raises the kinds of questions regarding the ethics of our leaders that we like to ask at the Diliman Diary. We assure our readers that if we came across an equally substantive analysis of Senator Noynoy Aquino's finances or any other candidates' finances, we would post it here due to our policy of going out of our way to provide balanced coverage on any issue. If and when Senator Villar refutes or challenges the assertions raised in her blog, we will dutifully post them as well.

But what "Notes from an Insomniac" also does for a community weblog like the Diliman Diary is to provoke the thought that if some have characterized the Philippine economy and our very own social and political fabric as being dominated by an interlocking and a very exclusive series of relationship-based webs excluding the vast majority of our countrymen from anything other than the barest of crumbs at the dinner table; while others have more than their fill of the national repast (at the expense of others); then down home here in the Diliman area, what are the interlocking series of webs in our own backyard and are they helping or hurting the national interest or even both?

(College of Business Administration, U.P. Diliman

Source: http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cba/building.htm)

We are interested in ferreting out more relationship-based webs, and their possible impact on public life, beginning with the Diliman area. For example, Senator Manny Villar graduated BSBA from U.P. Diliman (1970) where he also met the current U.P. Regent representing the House of Representatives, Rep. Cynthia Villar (earlier, Cynthia Aguilar (BSBA, 1970)), whom he later married. Their fellow batchmate was SSS Chairman Romulo Neri (BSBA, 1970) (Sources: http://tinyurl.com/ydhhsp6  and http://www.upd.edu.ph/~cba/alum_net.htm), who was once the Chairman of the U.P. Board of Regents when he was the Chairman of the Commission for Higher Education and Development (CHED), and whom Senator Villar investigated in the recent ZTE telecommunications controversy, when Neri was Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) (http://tinyurl.com/y94fra9).

Siginifcantly for U.P. Diliman and the U.P. System, Senator Villar also took his MBA at U.P. Diliman, and ultimately became the President of the U.P. MBA Alumni Society, which automatically guaranteed him immediate entry into the fabled "Wednesday Club," of U.P. Diliman, where drinking sessions were held every Wednesday evening at the U.P. Diliman College of Business Administration (CBA). We bring up the issue of the "Wednesday Club" since many of our readers want to understand the inner dynamics of the current power structure running U.P. Diliman and its role in influencing the next President of the Philippines in choosing the next U.P. President after current U.P. President Emerlinda Roman (DBA, U.P. Diliman) steps down this November. It is this "Wednesday Club," that is in danger of thwarting democratic and legitimate dissent within U.P. about the future and directions of the University being set by the current U.P. Administration; based as it is on "very exclusive series of relationship-based webs excluding the vast majority."

We need to ask the question, "What is the 'Wednesday Club'"?  Is it really true that in U.P. Diliman, power radiates not only from Quezon Hall, but also from the faculty lounge in the CBA, which is the site of the "Wednesday Club?" Is it, in fact, true that the "Wednesday Club" literally runs U.P. Diliman like a corporate entity, which could account for the current rash of corporate-style board room antics at the BOR resulting in the unceremonious removal of Student Regent Charisse Bañez and PGH Executive Director, Dr. Jose Gonzales? But for all we know, the "Wednesday Club" never existed and is nothing but the product of this writer's feverish imagination. Nevertheless, the "Wednesday Club" serves as an appropriate metaphor for the "very exclusive series of relationship-based webs excluding the vast majority" in U.P. Diliman. After all, why are so many people demonstrating in favour of the Student Regent? Or for Dr. Gonzales? Why do people keep on bombarding the Diliman Diary with outraged comments about what is happening now to the entire U.P. System under the current U.P. Administration? If Senator Villar wins the May elections and becomes the next President, will this ensure that the current "Wednesday Club" will be able to perpetuate itself by determining, as early as now, that its chosen nominee shall wear the crown, the robe and the ruby slippers of the next U.P. Presidency, who shall be appointed by one of its very own?

Assuming, on the other hand, that the other Presidential elections front-runner, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino wins the Presidency, will he not, in fact be presented with a fait accompli of a simple majority of "Wednesday Club"-friendly warm bodies from the U.P. Board of Regents whose terms of office have all been recently updated; but whose legitimacies are being questioned in various administrative and legal fora (See Diliman Diary, March 11, 2010)? We do not yet know the complete answers to these questions, but we invite our readers to send in any infomation they have about the "Wednesday Club," and its activities, so that we can conduct a more thorough analysis. The analysis of Senator Villar's finances have opened up more questions about the "Wednesday Club," and the tax-paying public deserves more answers.