A 3.04 meters female dugong (Dugong-dugon) with an estimated weight of about 300 kilograms, was found lifeless along the coast of Brgy. San Rafael, Miagao, Iloilo last March 3, 2023. The University of the Philippines Visayas, in coordination with the LGU responded and provided technical assistance in the assessment of the stranded marine mammal. 

UP Visayas hosted the project briefing for the two-year Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG) during the first inception meeting held at the OICA Conference Room of the UPV Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage, Iloilo City campus on March 09, 2023.

“Pa burger naman dyan.” 

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS) is currently hosting the work immersion of the Grade 12 senior high school (SHS) learners from Pontevedra National High School (PNHS), Province of Capiz. 

The Office of Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) received a donation of a wood relief sculpture from UP High School alumnus Anthony Castillo on 6 March 2023. 

Chancellor Clement C. Camposano constituted a task force to respond to the oil spill that happened in Tablas Strait last Feb. 28, 2023, after a vessel known as MT Princess Empress carrying 800,000 liters of oil sank.