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Holiday Greetings from UPERDFI
UPERDFI Trustees and Officers wish our donors, partners and supporters a blessed Christmas and a safer, healthier New Year!
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UPAA San Francisco Holiday Celebrations and Ceremonial Turnover of COVID-19 Testing Kits
UPERDFI Adviser Chato Calderon introduced UP President Danilo L. Concepcion during the UPAA San Francisco Holiday Celebration and Ceremonial Turnover of COVID Testing Kits held on December 10 at Burlingame, California. UP Alum Yobie Benjamin with the assistance of apl.de.ap Foundation and UPAASF President Sonia Delen donated the testing kits, Read more…
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UPERDFI Renews BIR Certification
Following the renewal of UPERDFI’s PCNC Certificate of Accreditation, the Bureau of Internal Revenue has issued the Certificate of Donee Institution of the Foundation. With the donee status, donations above PhP 50,000 are exempted from donor’s tax and are 100% deductible from the taxable income of the donor.
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UPERDFI Welcomes Two New Committee Heads
Following the Board resolution decoupling the Audit and Governance Committee into two separate committees, the Board nominated two Trustees to lead the two committees. Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus Glen Tabios accepted the nomination to lead the Audit Committee while former Philippine National Railways Chairman Noly Torres takes the helm of Read more…
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UPCOE Wraps Up 2021 Professorial Chair Award Colloquiums
UPERDFI congratulates the UP College of Engineering headed by Dean Ferdinand Manegdeg and the respective department chairs and institute directors for successfully completing the 2021 Professorial Chair Award Colloquium Series, which started on September 27 and ended on October 29. The colloquiums showcased the engineering research outputs of the UPCOE Read more…
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ChE Class ‘69 Joins Coffee Table Book Team of the Golden Jubilee Committee
Thanks to our Adviser Sec. Boy de la Peña, we have mobilized the support of his BS Chemical Engineering Class ’69 cohorts initially composed of Sec. Boy himself, Benjie Lopez, Cesar Yñiguez and Pepe Santiago to assist in the editing of our 50th Anniversary Coffee Table Book. They form the Read more…
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UP Alumni Association in British Columbia Sets Up Study Grants
The UP Alumni Association in British Columbia (UPAABC) set up study grants for two qualified engineering students starting AY 2021-22 in partnership with UPERDFI and UPCOE. The slots are open to Freshmen, with a possible 4-year support if requirements are satisfied. The UPAABC is currently supporting eight UP students in Read more…
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RL Royal Prime Construction Company Starts Scholarship Program
Iloilo-based firm RL Royal Prime Construction Company, represented by its President, Roswell T. Limsui established a scholarship program for BS Mining and BS Metallurgical Engineering students hailing from Region VI. The Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs (ADSA) has begun communicating the scholarship availability to qualified students for Read more…
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Six UP Engineering Alumni Bag 2021 UPAA Awards
The UP Alumni Association fetes distinguished alumni for their contributions in various sectors of society. This year, the roster of awardees includes six (6) UP Engineering alumni. UPERDFI Members1. Engr. Raymund Arnold S. Alberto – Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation2. Engr. Ramon F. Allado – Engineering and Construction Management (Infrastructure Development)3. Read more…
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UPERDFI Secures Philippine Council for NGO Certification Renewal
UPERDFI has been granted a PCNC Certificate of Accreditation for the next five years by the PCNC Board. This will be forwarded to the BIR for the renewal of the Certificate of Donee Institution of the Foundation. With the donee status, donations made to UPERDFI are exempted from donor’s tax Read more…