Invitation: Special Lecture of Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer (Batch '77) on Peace

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UP Centennial Thematic Lecture on Peace


TO ALL PSHS ALUMNI:


Please join Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer (PSHS Diliman, Batch '77) in the public forum featuring the UP Centennial Thematic Lecture on Peace on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 2:30- 4:00 p.m. in NISMED Auditorium, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.

On this occasion, Prof. Coronel-Ferrer will explore the theme “Peace ngayon, war bukas, pwede ba yon? The Constitutional Imperative to Pursue Peace.”

Instead of a straight lecture or a panel of presenters, Prof. Coronel-Ferrer has prepared a video documentary that will examine how and to what extent the 1987 Philippine Constitution compels the political leadership and Congress to renounce war, and pursue a policy of peace through peaceful means. The multi-media presentation will include interviews with former Constitutional Commissioners, and dramatized excerpts from the actual proceedings of the 1986 Constitutional Commission. I am putting these together with the able help of production director Tootoots Leyesa of the Dakila artists’ group.

Among the controversial questions that will be addressed are:

· How should the “renunciation of war, adoption of the principles of international law and adherence to a policy of peace, justice, etc.” provision and other relevant provisions guide executive policy-making and law-making?

· Did support for the US-led global war against terror and an “all-out war” policy against the Moro and communist armed groups constitute culpable violations of the Constitution?

· Is there a “constitutional imperative” to pursue peace?

The thematic lecture is one of only seven thematic lectures included in the 2008 UP Centennial Thematic Lecture series. The others themes are women/gender, global warming, poverty alleviation, the state of the nation’s health, the state of Philippine education and indigenous peoples. UP President Roman added peace upon the suggestion of former UP president and now senator Edgardo Angara.

The Thematic Lecture on Peace will be held at the NISMED Auditorium, UP Diliman. It will be webcasted in real time in all seven UP campuses. Through vide-conferencing, guests present in all these venues may field questions and comments during the open forum.

As professionals, peace advocates, academics, NGO activists and citizens concerned with our country’s and the world’s many wars, may we invite you to come and join Prof. Coronel-Ferrer and other members of the UP community in any of the UP campuses on this date?

For details, you may contact the Office of the Chancellor of the UP campus nearest you (see http://centennial.up.edu.ph/?page_1d=22 for contact information) or send me a message through e-mail (mcf178@yahoo.com).

We look forward to your participation in this special event.

Thank you.

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Note: Prof. Miriam Coronel Ferrer is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines-Diliman. She is a PSHS Alumna (Diliman, Batch '77).

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Last Reminder: PSHS National Alumni Association Annual Meeting, 6/14/08

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TO ALL PSHS ALUMNI (ALL CAMPUSES):

Please be reminded that Annual Meeting of the Philippine Science High School National AlumniAssociation (PSHSNAA) will be held on Saturday, June14, 2008.

Registration (including payment of annual membershipfee) is from 9:30 a.m. to 9:49 a.m.Meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. and is expected to end at12 noon.

Venue is the Physics Room of the Main Building, PSHS,Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City.

More information:http://pisayforum.blogspot.com/2008/05/reminder-philippine-science-high-school.html

Thanks and Best Regards,

Raffy Saldaña
Board Secretary
PSHS National Alumni Association
6/13/08

PSHS National Alumni Association Board Meeting (6/11/08)

Photo Caption: Members of the PSHS National Alumni Association Board of Trustees met last June 11, 2008 in PSHS, Quezon City to discuss preparations for the PSHS NAA annual general meeting scheduled on June 14, 2008. In photo are (L-R) Joel Garduce (Board Member), Raffy Saldana (Board Secretary), Ciel Habito (Chairman/President), Roggie Zenarosa (Treasurer), Raymond Ancog (Asst. Secretary), Dang Flores (Board Member), Jun Sabug (Vice-President), and Eric Soriano (Board Member).


Link: http://pisayforum.blogspot.com/2008/06/pshs-naa-board-meeting-61108.html

PSHS Alumni Association Board of Directors' Meeting (6/4/08)

Photo Caption: 1st Row (L-R) - Tina Jardiolin, Susan Warren-Mercado, Butch Zaldarriaga, Carlo Subido, Raymond Ancog, Joyce Simpas, Gladys Barrer, Pio Esguerra; 2nd Row (L-R) - Elena Dacanay, Jun Sabug, Raffy Saldaña, Jocelyn Sanchez-Mendoza. Date: 4 June 2008. Venue: PSHS Alumni Office, PSHS, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City.

Photo Caption: Some members of the PSHS Board of Directors are shown during a meeting held last May 14, 2008 in Philippine Science High School, Diliman, Quezon City. (L-R): Jeff Jubilado, Jun Sabug, Gladys Barrer, Jocelyn Sanchez-Mendoza, Butch Zaldarriaga, Pio Esguerra, Susan Warren-Mercado, Raffy Saldaña, and Carlo Subido.

Members of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Science High School Alumni Association (PSHSAA) are scheduled to meet today (4 June 2008) in PSHS, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City starting at 6:30 p.m.