UP Open University entrance
exams on Aug. 18
THE UP Open University will hold entrance examinations for
the second semester for new students in the Associate in Arts and the Master of
Public Management programs on Aug. 18 at the UPOU Learning Centers in Diliman,
Quezon City, UP College in Cebu City and UP Mindanao in Davao City.
All interested applicants should mail their applications and
other requirements to the Office of the University Registrar, UP Open
University, Los Baños, Laguna on or before July 31, 2007. Application forms are
available in all UPOU Learning Center and can also be downloaded from the UPOU
website www.upou.net.
The Associate in Arts (AA) program is a 60-unit liberal arts
program at the undergraduate level. Graduates of AA are qualified to pursue a
Bachelor’s degree, whether in the sciences or the arts. The Master of Public
Management program is designed for policy makers, administrators, and managers
of public, private, and non-government organizations; practitioners in local
government and administration; and other individuals interested in good
governance, public policy and administration.
All courses are offered through distance mode and students can pursue their
studies anytime and anywhere.
Hundreds
nabbed in raid at Pasig’s old drug den
SOME 100 suspected drug pushers and users were rounded up in a raid on the
former shabu drug den in Pasig City Thursday morning.
One person, Wilfredo Caeda, 30, was wounded in the knee and
taken to the hospital after he shot it out with raiding policemen at the
Mapayapa compound in Barangay Santo Tomas.
Among those arrested was Michael Elliot Tablizo, 29, a
traffic enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. Forty others
were invited for questioning.
Chief Supt. Luizo Ticman, Eastern Police District director, said an
undetermined amount of shabu was seized during the raid.
