SUOTA, the Sustainable Obu-Manuvu Tribal Attire project, began on February 23, 2024, in the UP Marilog Land Reservation, located in the Third District of Davao City, within the Obu-Manuvu Ancestral Domain. Some 30 Obu-Manuvu women and men were trained in beads-making. Beads are a feature of their culture, being a component of the tribal attire. Beads are part of traditional apparel and are also extended to be part of headgear and worn to adorn hands and feet. A beads-making expert from the tribe will lead the training session at the UP Mindanao Training Center, Marilog, Davao City. The training will help ensure that this indigenous custom is not lost but can live on with a new generation of skilled creators. 

This effort, initiated in part by the UP Mindanao Land Reservations Management Office, addresses various Sustainable Development Goals on quality education through women empowerment, gender equality through women’s employment, and decent work and economic growth through economic productivity. 

UP Mindanao’s role in the Marilog Land Reservation is  defined  in Presidential Proclamation 1253, signed by President Fidel V. Ramos on June 15, 1998, “for research, extension, instruction purposes, watershed and forest rehabilitation and protection, biodiversity (flora and fauna) conservation, crops and livestock production, and management, including upland communities training and development center of the University of the Philippines.”  

UP Mindanao constituents and friends are invited to donate blood in "Dugo Mo, Buhay Ko," to be held on Friday, February 23, 2024, from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the EBL Hall Dormitory, UP Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City. 

Interested donors are invited to pre-register here: bit.ly/DugoMoBuhayKo

However, walk-in donors are also welcome. More donors will result in more blood bank resources.

This is the 24th UP Mindanao Bloodletting Activity. It is organized by the Office of Student Affairs in cooperation with the Philippine National Red Cross, the UPMin Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, Office of Extension and Community Service, UP Madayaw Multipurpose Cooperative, Red Cross Youth UP Mindanao Council, and the Alpha Phi Omega - Lambda Nu Chapter.   

Doji Lopez, President Jimenez, Madett Gardiola, Chancellor Murao, Victoria Espaldon, Larry Mapolon, Gracita Jacinto-Ali

The TWG review UP initiatives in the BARMM

UPMin's Michael Gatela and Erwin Protacio participate online

The Technical Working Group for the Creation of the UP-Bangsamoro Development Institute met on February 13, 2024, to map out the way forward towards the realization of this initiative. UP President Angelo Jimenez presided over the meeting attended by EVP Jose Fernando Alcantara, UP Mindanao Chancellor and TWG Chairperson Prof. Lyre Anni Murao, TWG members Dr. Victoria Espaldon, Atty. Larry Mapolon, Dr. Gracita Jacinto-Ali, and facilitators Doji Lopez and Madett Gardiola. UPMin’s Pahinungod Director Michael Gatela, Extension Director Erwin Protacio, and Jane Capacio, representing TWG member Annette Balaoing-Pelkmans attended online. Ms. Nhikki Pauline Lumayag and Mr. John Carlo Evardo served as the TWG secretariat.     

The University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) is celebrating its 29th anniversary on February 20, 2024. The Anniversary Committee crafted the theme "Duyog sa Pag-alagad: Sustainable partnership in the service to the people." 

Stakeholders and the public are invited to join any and all events in the Schedule of Events presented above (February to March) to celebrate 29 years of honor, excellence, and service to the nation.