Outburst: Exposing the Hues - An Acoustic and Open Mic Chill Night

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Unleash the hues inside you while enjoying your favorite acoustic tunes with free-flowing drinks at UP JPIA Week 58’s Big Event entitled OUTBURST: Exposing the Hues!

It envisions a chill night full of serene music and joyful friends. It is also a celebration of the diverse hues and views of the youth, particularly college students, and the culmination of this year’s campaign for Right to Know.

Last year, UP JPIA Week 57 highlighted the importance to integrate transparency into our daily lives. Now, Week 58 will strengthen the campaign for our Right to Know, promoting financial transparency both within and beyond the university. We move further towards our envisioned society where the values of transparency and accountability are always upheld by those in power.

It is right to know—OUR right to know.

Come and join us on April 7, Friday at The Lounge, Tomas Morato! Event Shirt Passes are priced at Php150 each. For more details, visit facebook.com/UPJPIARightToKnow.

This event is presented by UP Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants, John Robert Powers, and Synergy Mobile Bar. It is also brought to you by Uber.

Wazzup Pilipinas is a proud media partner. 

PNP Chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa at the National Summit on Cybercrime

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As part of the 4th founding anniversary of the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Unit, the PNP held activities aimed to strengthen cyber-security as it secures the nation's digital transformation to eCommerce, like the National Summit on Cybercrime which was held on March 21 to 22, 2017 at the PNP Multi-Purpose Center located in Camp Crame of Quezon City.

No less than PNP Chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa was the guest of honor who gave an inspirational message to the attendees composed mostly of government officials. He was introduced by PSSupt. Marni C. Marcos Jr., the Acting Director of the PNP.

PSsut. Ronaldo F. De Jesus, Deputy Director of PNP ACG, gave the opening remarks, while Mr. Joey Regala, Chairman of the ACG Advisory Council, gave the congratulatory message.

We have a video coverage containing Dela Rosa's full talk, as well as the others, so please do watch it below or from our YouTube channel at http://www.YouTube.com/wazzuppilipinas

Statistics show that there are 556 million cybercrime victims annually, 1.5 million victims per day and 18 victims per second.

The PNP’s Anti-Cybercrime Group was established as an independent unit from Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on 2013. It recognizes the importance of public awareness on cyber crimes, cyber security and how do government all around the world respond to the increasing cyber threats in the Philippine cyberspace and how to combat it.

Now is the Time to Protect Benham Rise - Oceana

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Oceana, Earth’s largest international non-government organization working on ocean conservation, urged the Philippine government to protect Benham Rise – an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources.

“Benham Rise is part of Philippine territory. We must exercise our sovereignty over this area and assert our rights. The immediate creation of a management framework to ensure the protection of this special place and the conservation of its marine resources is a compelling first step,” says lawyer Gloria Estenzo Ramos, Vice-President for Oceana Philippines.

The Department of National Defense (DND) recently disclosed that a Chinese vessel conducted an unsanctioned survey in the region, believed to be rich in both marine and mineral resources.

Benham Rise is an undersea territory located east of Luzon. It includes a 13-million hectare extended continental shelf validated in 2012 by the United Nations’ Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UN CLCS) as the Philippines’ newest territory. This expanded the original region from 11.4-million hectares to 24.4-million hectares – just under the total land area of the country, which currently stands at 30-million hectares.

The Philippine government has conducted numerous expeditions to the region to study its resources. Last May 2016, Oceana joined government scientists from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), plus the University of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Navy for an expedition to Benham Bank – the shallowest portion of the Rise.