Seminar on Family Wealth Planning Essentials

The UA&P Southeast Asia Business Studies (SEABS) is pleased to invite UA&P faculty, staff, and alumni to Part 1 of the Family Wealth Planning Seminar Series entitled "Family Wealth Planning Essentials" on January 22, 2025 (Wednesday) from 8:30 am to 12:00 noon in UA&P.

The seminar will cover the following topics:

• Family Wealth Planning Basics (0.5 hr)
• Estate Tax Planning (1 hr)
• Asset Transfer Methods (1 hr)
• Business Leadership Succession (0.5 hr)

Join us as we learn to navigate inheritance, tax strategies, and succession for high-net-worth families and businesses and explore asset transfer methods and legal frameworks in the Philippines. Register now at bit.ly/fwp-reg. 

UA&P faculty, staff, alumni, and groups of three enrollees get a 10% discount.

UA&P sports ed expert leads NAS curriculum validation workshop 

The government-run National Academy of Sports (NAS) tapped UA&P physical and sports education expert Dr. Stella Marie M. Urbiztondo to lead a pool of experienced resource persons in a curriculum validation workshop held last November 25-29 in Pasay City. 

The NAS has engaged experts from the academe to draft, validate, and finalize a coherent curriculum for the sports academy, starting with the junior high school in 2024 and the senior high school in 2025. 

Resource persons from the UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics, UP Manila, University of the East, and Rizal Technological University joined Dr. Urbiztondo and their respective counterparts from the Department of Education in the development of a curriculum anchored on a comprehensive National Sports Program that includes, among others, the country’s programs for grassroots community sports and school sports from basic to tertiary level education.

Created in 2019 by virtue of Republic Act 11470, the National Academy of Sports System is envisioned as an organization of future regionally funded high schools for sports integrated into one system of governance and management. Its mandate is to implement a quality and enhanced secondary education program integrated with a special curriculum on sports for the early recognition and development of highly talented, exceptionally gifted students demonstrating the potential to excel in sports. Its main campus sits at the existing New Clark City Sports Complex in Capas, Tarlac.

Dr. Urbiztondo (center) flanked by (L) NAS Academic Affairs, Curriculum and Instruction Division Chief Dr. Abel D. Soto and (R) Deputy Division Chief Ms. Rea M. Lingat together with the resource persons from UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics, UP Manila, University of the East, and Rizal Technological University.

Validation team from the Department of Education (standing) with their counterparts from the academe (seated) led by Dr. Abel D. Soto, Ms. Rea M. Lingat, and Dr. Urbiztondo.

UA&P prof, MSIE grads enter into int'l publishing with book on banking

University of Asia and the Pacific professor Dr. Jovi C. Dacanay, along with her research associates Ella Mae O. Leonida and Michaela Nicole Meriño, both alumni of the Master of Science in Industrial Economics (MSIE) Program of the UA&P School of Economics (SEC), has achieved a significant milestone in international publishing. Their book, Bank Competition and the Effects on Financial Stability: Insights into the Emerging Banking Markets of the Philippines, was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of its Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions series. This carefully peer-reviewed work stands out as one of the few locally authored books to gain recognition in the global academic community.

The book delves deeply into the stability and industrial organization of Philippine Universal and Commercial Banks, shedding light on their role in maintaining financial stability amidst economic shocks, particularly within the context of a developing economy. It argues that banks with sufficient market power, efficiency, and stability are better equipped to endure economic disruptions.

This publication is the culmination of five years of extensive research into the complexities of the Philippine banking sector by Dr. Dacanay, director of the PhD in Business Economics Program of SEC; Leonida, a senior analyst at RingCentral Inc., a US-based provider of AI-driven cloud business communications; and Meriño, an investment officer of First Metro Asset Management, Inc. and a certified Treasury Professional.

A part of Springer Nature, the British company Palgrave Macmillan is a world-class publisher of books and journals with more than 175 years of experience in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Its Higher Education textbook division, Macmillan International Higher Education, carries a selection of STEM textbooks and distributes several US imprints outside North America.

The book series Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions is indexed under Research Papers in Economics (RePEc). RePEc is a central index of economics research, including working papers, articles, and software code.

Dr. Jovi Dacanay (2nd from right) with her School of Economics colleagues (L-R) SEC OpCom Secretary Mr. Perry Reyes, SEC Dean Dr. Peter U, and Master in Business Economics Program Director Dr. Victor Abola.

Announcement from the SSE OpCom

The School of Sciences and Engineering Operations Committee (SSE OpCom) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Mary Chona del Castillo as the Department Chair of Science from the 2nd Semester of AY 2024-2025. She takes over from Dr. Edwin Olmos, who is set to retire by the end of the year.

Mrs. del Castillo teaches Chemistry and Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and has worked actively as a researcher in various research centers. She has published papers on marine biology in Scopus-indexed publications. She has two master's degrees from the University of Philippines Visayas and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

We thank Dr. Olmos for his dedicated service to SSE, especially as program director of the BS Industrial Engineering program and chair of the Science Department. We wish him a happy retirement and look forward to his continued service as a part-time faculty member.

We enjoin everyone to support Mrs. del Castillo in her new role.

UA&P Kagawaran ng Filipino, dumalo sa UP Writers Night

Dumalo ang buong UA&P Kagawaran ng Filipino sa taunang Likhaan: UP Writers Night na ginanap sa Gimenez Gallery sa University of the Philippines, Diliman noong Nobyembre 28.

Tampok sa pagtitipon ang mga bunga ng programang Literature for Social Development, kabilang ang serye ng mga proyekto at kolaborasyon ng Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing at iba't ibang manunulat, artista, at organisasyon. Binalikan din ang mga forum, publikasyon, at palihang nag-ugnay sa iba't ibang manlilikha.

Ang UP Writers Night ay naging makabuluhang okasyon upang makihalubilo at makipagpalitan ng ideya ang Kagawaran sa mga batikan at bagong henerasyon na mga manunulat sa bansa. Naging daan din ito upang muling makibahagi sa mundo ng malikhaing pagsulat at magbigay-inspirasyon upang lumikha ng mga tula, kuwento, at dula sa hinaharap.

Ang imbitasyon ay bunga ng paglahok nina Dr. Moreal Camba (Tagapangulo ng Kagawaran ng Filipino) at ni G. Louise Vincent Amante sa UP Likhaan: 4th Bienvenido Lumbera Salin-Panitik noong Agosto 2024.