Public advisory on fake Facebook accounts

The University of the Philippines System has received reports that fake or dummy Facebook accounts have been created for UP students, officials, and alumni. We urge the members of the UP community to check their names and accounts and to make the proper report to the Data Protection Officer of Facebook.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this webinar on Thursday, 16 April 2020, 16:00 (Manila time), will bring together experts from Shanghai, Jeju, Manila and Newcastle to share their views on the crisis from various perspectives on public health policy, economic impact, cybersecurity threats, and communication management and aims to address the most important questions pertaining to these topics.

DANILO L. CONCEPCION

Dear members of the UP community: I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to you all for your amazing response to this crisis—a global situation the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes. We have been forced to suspend classes, work and all other campus activities, and to stay inside our homes and practice social distancing, all to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and to keep our healthcare system from being dangerously overwhelmed. For some of us, the effects of these measures on our finances, work, and social lives, and on our mental and physical health, have been devastating.