MANILA, Philippines—A House panel on Wednesday (June 2) approved a substitute bill that seeks to enact into law the abrogated 1989 agreement which prohibits the uncoordinated entry of state forces in University of the Philippines campuses.
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Wednesday passed the measure, which consolidates House Bill Nos. 8437, 8514, and 8545.
These sought to make the scrapped agreement part of the UP Charter of 2008.
A section of the bill states that government forces can enter UP campuses only in times of emergency. But when the request for entry is granted, only state forces in proper un…
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