UPCAT Filing of Applications for Metro Manila Extended Up to Friday, June 26, 2009

24 June 2009

I was at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City this afternoon to file my daughter's UPCAT application. The original deadline set for Metro Manila applications was yesterday.  I was told that they're extending it up to Friday, June 26.

The application forms (Form 1, Form 2 and the general information sheet) are downloadable from the UP website. The application fee is P450.00 plus any applicable bank charges.

The examinations themselves will be administered on August 1 and August 2.

Please drop by again tonight for more details; I'll be posting some pictures plus a map of the UP Admissions Office which I still have to scan.  

Thanks.  

UPDATES

24 June 2009  10:31pm

Here is the map of UP Diliman showing the UP Office of Admissions which they were giving away this afternoon to those who were filing their UPCAT applications (please click on the image to enlarge):

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PDEA Enters the Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Sex Video Scandal — Issues Subpoenas for Friday Meet to Probe Charges of Drug Use

26 May 2009

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has issued subpoenas to Dr. Hayden Kho and to Katrina Halili summoning them to appear for investigation this coming Friday, May 29.  

The PDEA's entry into the controversy was occasioned by the admission of Hayden Kho's lawyer, Atty. Lorna Kapunan and by his own mother, Mrs. Irene Kho, that the doctor got hooked into drugs and their allegation that it was actress Katrina Halili who lured Hayden into using drugs in the first place. 

This is the video clip courtesy of GMAnews.tv:

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This move by PDEA is a welcome development. The way celebrities behave in public has a strong influence in modeling public behavior.  Somehow, their example affects what eventually becomes acceptable or not. Perhaps the public should now remind these stars that they are but mere mortals, that they're not above the law, and that their popularity will not shield them from a trip to prison if they insist on making that trip.     

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