january 2013
DZUP people went around UP Diliman giving away radio sets and other valuables free of charge, in celebration of the station’s 55th anniversary on November 26 to December 11, 2012. Many other events marked the twoweek long celebration under the network’s banner “Kasali Ka!” DZUP, a member of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, is the official radio station of UP Diliman. It is an alternative educational radio station in the country, which has been on and off the air since 1957. Its colorful history included being a rebel radio station during martial law, which led to its closure by the military. In 1987, DZUP was transferred from then Institute of Mass Communication to its present “home”—the Broadcast Communication Department of the College of Mass Communication (CMC). The station was “revitalized” in February 2010, and now airs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday. Currently, it has 34 programs hosted by UP deans, professors, and students. DZUP 1602 kHz is heard all over Metro Manila, Pampanga, Cavite, Bulacan,
U.P. NEWS JANUARY 2013
DZUP celebrates 55 years By Robelyn Bañez, Maria Zain Gapit, Ruiel John Valencia and Criz Lanzaderas
Photo courtesy of DZUP
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At the DZUP@55 roving celebration at the College of Architecture, 2011 Miss Universe 3rd Runner UP and UP College Architecture alumna Shamcey Supsup co-hosts the event with DZUP Promotions Assistant RJ Valencia.
and Laguna. The network can be accessed worldwide through online streaming at www.dzup.org. Its tagline “Kasali Ka” indicates that DZUP is not only for the UP community but also for everyone who actively participates in a “Matinong Usapan para sa Maunlad na Bayan” through its programming Owing to the quality of its programs, the new DZUP has gained awards from the Philippine media industry such as the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas Golden Dove Awards and Catholic Mass Media Awards in just less than a year after its 2010 relaunch. The anniversary celebration had the support of the Offices of UP president Alfredo E. Pascual, UP Diliman chancellor Caesar C. Saloma, and UP Manila chancellor Manuel B. Agulto and private companies such as Manila Bulletin, Roche (Philippines), Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Manila Electric Company, SMART Communications, Inc., Unilever Philippines, and Data Recovery Center and media partners ClickTheCity.com, WheninManila. com, and Business World. —With report from DZUP Marketing Team
CBA alumnus is new AFP chief of staff (With a report by Emmanuel Louis Bacani/Sunnex)
Hail to the newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of Staff, General Emmanuel Bautista, an alumnus of the UP College of Business Administration (CBA). Bautista took over the AFP top post from retired Gen. Jessie Dellosa in simple rites at the AFP general headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City last January 17. In a remarkable display of leadership by example, the turnover of command was shorn of pomp and pageantry. The motorized contingent and sky diving exhibition were scrapped along with the assets and capability demonstration. And unlike in previous AFP anniversary celebration and change of command ceremonies, the traditional participation of from the Philippine Military Academy and Officers Candidate School cadets was
also absent from the event. Dellosa held the AFP’s top post for more than a year since assuming office on December 12, 2011. He reached his mandatory retirement age last January 20. Previous to his new appointment as the 44th AFP chief of staff, Bautista was commanding general of the Philippine Army. He also served as Commander of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. “I can only repay this trust and confidence by devoting the remaining days of my career in the service to our people and the performance of the AFP’s mandate,” Bautista said in a statement. Bautista was a graduate of the PMA’s “Dimalupig” Class of 1981. He completed his Masters in Business Administration at the UP Diliman, Quezon City, in 1985.
(Based on http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/localnews/2013/01/16/simpler-afp-change-command-ritesset-263201)
Girls rule Philippine Sudoku championships anew Jerry Esplanada,
Philippine Daily Inquirer
U.P. NEWS J. PROSPERO E. DE VERA III Editor in Chief DANTE VELASCO Editorial Consultant JOSE WENDELL P. CAPILI Issue Editor JO. FLORENDO B. LONTOC Managing Editor ARBEEN ACUÑA, STEPHANIE CABIGAO, FRED DABU, ANDRE ENCARNACION, CELESTE ANN CASTILLO LLANETA, JO. FLORENDO B. LONTOC, KIM QUILINGUING, ARLYN VCD P. ROMUALDO Writers BONG ARBOLEDA, MISAEL BACANI, JONATHAN MADRID Photographers OBET EUGENIO Editorial Assistant TOM MAGLAYA Circulation The U.P. NEWS is a monthly publication of the UP System Information Office, Office of the Vice-President for Public Affairs. We welcome contributions from the faculty, non-academic staff, REPS and students. Please send your contributions to: THE EDITOR U.P. News Mezzanine Floor, Quezon Hall, UP Diliman, Quezon City 926-1572, 436-7537 e-mail: upnewsletter@up.edu.ph upsio@up.edu.ph
For the second year in a row, girls ruled the annual Philippine Sudoku Super Challenge (PSSC) championships. Kaye Janelle Yao, a junior high school student of the Grace Christian College in Quezon City, is the country’s new Sudoku champion. Yao, 15, and a mainstay of the national mathematics team, topped the finals of the 7th PSSC Grandmaster Division, held last January 27 at the SM CityNorth Edsa mall, also in Quezon City. Alvin Ian Chan, 18, from the Ateneo de Manila University and Ralph Joshua Sarrosa, 20, from the UP Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo, placed second and third, respectively. Both are BS Applied Mathematics students. Aside from trophies, Yao, Chan and Sarrosa also took home cash prizes of P60,000, P40,000 and P20,000, respectively. In the competition’s Wizard Division, Candice Renee Beatrice Solidarios from the UP Rural High School in Los Baños, Laguna, placed first. The 12-year-old high school freshman won P50,000 and a trophy. Natalia Beatrice Dy from St. John’s Institute in Bacolod City and Mike Paul Ayroso from Grace Christian College took the
second and third places. They won trophies and P30,000 and P20,000, respectively. In the Whiz Kid Division, Sanielle Meliz Ong, also from St. John’s Institute, emerged champion. She was followed by Vicente Raphael Chan from Zamboanga Chong Hua High School in Zamboanga City and Jan Vincent Simbol from the BHC Educational Institution in San Fernando, La Union. Aside from trophies, they won P20,000, P10,000 and P5,000, respectively. A total of 176 students, all winners in the PSSC regional contests, which saw over 5,200 participants, competed in the finals, according to Dr. Simon Chua, president of the non-government Mathematics Trainers’ Guild, which cosponsored the competition with SM Malls. This year’s PSSC winners will represent the country in any of the following international competitions: 2013 World Sudoku Championship in Beijing; 2013 Brand’s Sudoku Asia-Pacific Open in Singapore; and the 7th Brand’s Sudoku Thailand International Open and Princess Somsawali Cup in Thailand. (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/349865/girls-rulew w) philippine-sudoku-championships-anew)