UPLB College of Economics and Management Student Council

28/05/2026

LOOK: The incoming officials of the College of Economics and Management Student Council (CEM SC) officially take their oath of office today, May 28, at the Fabian A. Tiongson Conference Room of the Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship.

Present at the oath-taking were Chairperson-elect Red Xavier Macarandang, Vice Chairperson-elect John Leo Venedict Perez, and College Representative-elect to the University Student Council Jana Oria, alongside Councilors Chris Danielle Ferrer and Jasmin Lopez.

Dr. Ma. Angeles O. Catelo, incumbent dean of the college, administered the oath, with members of the CEM Executive Board also in attendance.

Following the oath-taking, Chairperson-elect Macarandang acknowledged that in spite of the incomplete slate, the council vows to forward genuine student representation and assures that the welfare of the student body will remain their priority.

"The genuine student representation is crucial in advancing the calls of the studentry and forwarding their demands into action. Our mission is always to fight for the welfare of students, and to make sure no student gets left behind," said Macarandang.

Words and photos by Charles Rosel

18/05/2026

𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐍𝐔𝐒𝐏-𝐒𝐓

We, the undersigned student councils, organizations, and members of the academe in Southern Tagalog, express our unified call to condemn in the highest degree, the proposed Reframed General Education (GE) Curriculum of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) which serves as another manifestation of a neoliberal policy that further deepens the colonial, commercialized, and fascist orientation of Philippine education.

As we recall, the plan of reframing the General Education Program came to reality as a response to the report and recommendations of the Second Congressional Commission on Education or EDCOM II as well as an alignment with the Senior High School Basic Education Curriculum to “avoid redundancy” of course content, which explains its railroading by the higher education commission.

The impending reduction of GE programs is an outright move to focus the tertiary education curriculum to the production of a docile workforce favorable to foreign monopoly corporations and a neocolonial bureaucracy. As it lessens space not only for humanities and social sciences but also mathematics, it deprives the students of a space for academic freedom and critical thinking necessary to examine and understand the cultural and political contexts of our country. It is also anti-scientific in that it reduces the natural and information sciences to mere development of technical skills demanded by the neoliberal order.

This is also clearly an attack on the academic freedom of both students and the professors with the attempt to kill their ability to think critically and holistically. It is clear that the state is afraid of the youth and the masses getting critical and continuously exposing the lies and the atrocities of the fascist state to the masses, hence this attempt to silence us by removing courses that fosters social awareness.

This move further threatens the job security of teachers, particularly those teaching General Education courses as their jobs are put at stake. This proposal is, therefore, a blatant violation of the rights of the teachers and professors.

The National Union of Students of the Philippines-Southern Tagalog, together with the students and teachers of the region, join the calls to oppose and junk the proposed Reframed GE Program. This only curtails the quality of an already rotten education system by serving the interests of the imperialist United States, the primary force pushing the implementation of the neoliberal agenda, as manifested in the 4-Day Compressed Work Week and 100% Online Classes. The masses are already tired of anti-people policies being implemented that do not really reflect our lived realities and provide solutions for these.

Along with the calls to junk this proposal, we must continue to advance an education system with a Nationalist, Scientific, and Mass character. Schools and universities must be at the forefront of cultivating students’ ability to think critically and analyze the current social state that we are in. Courses being taught must answer the social conditions of the masses and most importantly, education must really be accessible to the masses.

𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍!
WHEN: May 19, 7:30 AM
WHERE: UPLB HUM Steps, Mass-Up

𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗘!
𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺!
𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀-𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

17/05/2026

𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗨𝗠, 𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗡, 𝗦𝗜𝗬𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗜𝗞𝗢, 𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡!

Inaanyayahan ang lahat na 𝙙𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙤 𝙨𝙖 𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙨 ngayong 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟭𝟵 𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, sa ganap na 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀, 𝗨𝗣 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 upang sama-samang ipakita ang mariin nating pagtutol sa Reframed General Education Curriculum ng Commission on Higher Education!

Malinaw ang paninindigan ng mga kabataan-estudyante, mga g**o, mga kawani, at mga akademiko sa Timog Katagalugan kasama ang multisektoral na hanay ng mamamayan: Ang Reframed General Education Curriculum ng CHED ay sumasalamin sa patuloy na pagtulak sa mga makakapitalista at neoliberal na interes sa edukasyon na hindi nagsisilbi sa sambayanang Pilipino kaya nararapat lamang ang panawagan ng kagyat na pagbabasura nito.

Bilang tugon, ating isinusulong ang pagkakaroon ng isang makabayan, siyentipiko, at makamasang General Education at tipo ng edukasyon sa pangkabuuan sa buong bansa. Sa ganitong paninindigan, nilalayon natin na maging lunsaran ang akademya sa pagluluwal ng mamamayang may kritikal na pag-iisip, humahamon sa kasalukuyang kaayusan ng lipunan, at may malalim na pag-unawa sa kaniyang kakayahan at sa mas malawak na lipunang Pilipino.

Sa diwa ng pagkakaisa ng multisektoral na hanay ng mga mamamayan ng Timog Katagalugan, inaanyayahan ang lahat ng kaisa sa mga adhikain at prinsipyong ito na sumama sa ating pagkilos.

𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦!
𝐈𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧, 𝐒𝐢𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐤𝐨, 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐄 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦!

𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗚𝗘 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗨𝗠, 𝗜𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗡, 𝗦𝗜𝗬𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗜𝗞𝗢, 𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡!

Inaanyayahan ang lahat na 𝙙𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙤 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙥𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙤 𝙨𝙖 𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙨 ngayong 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟭𝟵 𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, sa ganap na 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟳:𝟯𝟬 𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝗨𝗣 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 upang sama-samang ipakita ang mariin nating pagtutol sa Reframed General Education Curriculum ng Commission on Higher Education!

Malinaw ang paninindigan ng mga kabataan-estudyante, mga g**o, mga kawani, at mga akademiko sa Timog Katagalugan kasama ang multisektoral na hanay ng mamamayan: Ang Reframed General Education Curriculum ng CHED ay sumasalamin sa patuloy na pagtulak sa mga makakapitalista at neoliberal na interes sa edukasyon na hindi nagsisilbi sa sambayanang Pilipino kaya nararapat lamang ang panawagan ng kagyat na pagbabasura nito.

Bilang tugon, ating isinusulong ang pagkakaroon ng isang makabayan, siyentipiko, at makamasang General Education at tipo ng edukasyon sa pangkabuuan sa buong bansa. Sa ganitong paninindigan, nilalayon natin na maging lunsaran ang akademya sa pagluluwal ng mamamayang may kritikal na pag-iisip, humahamon sa kasalukuyang kaayusan ng lipunan, at may malalim na pag-unawa sa kaniyang kakayahan at sa mas malawak na lipunang Pilipino.

Sa diwa ng pagkakaisa ng multisektoral na hanay ng mga mamamayan ng Timog Katagalugan, inaanyayahan ang lahat ng kaisa sa mga adhikain at prinsipyong ito na sumama sa ating pagkilos.

𝐈𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦!
𝐈𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧, 𝐒𝐢𝐲𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐤𝐨, 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐄 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦!

15/05/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗣𝗟𝗕 𝗖𝗘𝗠 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗟 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

Sa katatapos na UPLB USC-CSC Elections 2026, nagtala ang Kolehiyo ng Ekonomika at Pangangasiwa ng aktibong partisipasyon ng mga mag-aaral na nagpakita ng kanilang boses at pakikilahok sa demokratikong proseso ✊📊

Ipinapakilala ang bagong hanay ng mga halal na lider-estudyante ng CEM Student Council para sa panibagong taon ng serbisyo, representasyon, at kolektibong pagkilos:

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭:
MACARANDANG, Red Xavier

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭:
PEREZ, John Leo Venedict

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐂-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭:
ORIA, Jana

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭:
FERRER, Chris Danielle
LOPEZ, Jasmin

Pagpupugay sa bagong hanay ng mga lider-estudyante ng CEM — sa panibagong yugto ng paglilingkod, pakikibaka, at pagkilos para sa interes ng masa ng mag-aaral. ✊🔥

12/05/2026

📢 𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻, 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 🗳️

The voting period for the University Student Council and College Student Council (USC-CSC) Elections officially begins today, May 12, 2026, and will run until May 14, 2026.

You may cast your vote:
💻 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻.𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗯.𝗲𝗱𝘂.𝗽𝗵
📍 𝗢𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗠 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆

Exercise your right to vote and take part in choosing the next student leaders.

07/05/2026

𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗡: 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗘𝗠 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗸𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻, 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝟲 𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗘𝗠 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹.

Nagpakilala ang mga kandidato sa ilalim ng ADLAW-CEM at inilatag ang kanilang mga plano para sa susunod na taon. Sinubok din sila sa fast talk segment, at hinarap ang mga tanong mula sa apat na panelists at sa mga tanong mula sa mga dumalo sa bahagi ng open forum.

Para balikan ang buong programa, maaaring tingnan ang naging live coverage ng The Staple sa X.

Inaanyayahan din ang lahat na dumalo sa University-Wide USC Miting de Avance mamayang 6:30 PM sa Freedom Park.

🗳️ Ang pagboto ay gaganapin mula Mayo 8 (12:00 NN) hanggang Mayo 12 (5:00 PM) sa halalan.uplb.edu.ph.

Bumoto at magpaboto!

06/05/2026

READ: Here are the stances of the candidates for the upcoming term of the College of Economics and Management Student Council regarding the issues faced in the university, Southern Tagalog, and the country during the fast-talk segment of the CEM SC Miting de Avance tonight, May 6.

For live updates, follow the coverage of The Staple on X.