• SDG 14: Life Below Water

March 21, 2022, marked a momentous event when UP Visayas and Rare Philippines, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate and collaborate in exploring ways to conceptualize, co-design, initiate, deliver, and pilot-test services, projects, programs, campaigns, studies, researches, proposals, and policy initiatives toward building resilient and sustainable coastal communities and coastal ecosystems, using resources in their respective organizations. Both Rare Philippines, Inc. and UP Visayas will endeavor to achieve the objectives and deliverables within a period of up to 3 years. 

Another retired faculty member of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS), was appointed member of the Professional Regulatory Board (PRB) of Fisheries.

President Danilo Concepcion visited UP Visayas to launch and inaugurate several projects at the Iloilo City campus, initiated under his administration on March 16, 2022. President Concepcion was joined by his wife, Atty. Gabriela Concepcion, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Affairs Rica Abad and Dr. Grace Alfonso of DZUP.

A Bacolodnon blogger, an Ilonggo journalist, and Radyo Pilipinas Iloilo (RP1) headline the awardees of the first ever BANTALA UPV Media Excellence Awards of the University of the Philippines Visayas last March 23, 2022. 

University of the Philippines President Danilo L. Concepcion capped off his three-day visit to UP Visayas with a trip to Guimaras island on March 18, 2022. 

UP Visayas very much welcomes the donation. It is noted that during summertime, power shortage seems to be happening more often due to more people using aircon units because of the summer heat. 

• SDG 14: Life Below Water

UPV and Rare, Inc. (Phils) formally entered into a contract to build resilient and sustainable coastal communities and coastal ecosystems for the fisheries sector. 

On day two of his visit to Iloilo, UP President Danilo Concepcion was at the UP Visayas Miagao campus on March 17, 2022, for a site visit of UPV’s ongoing and newly completed infrastructure projects in UPV Miagao Campus that were constructed during his term. 

• SDG 4: Quality Education

In collaboration with UP Visayas (UPV), the College of Education of UP Diliman will now be offering its first-ever Ph.D. in Education extension classes in the UP Visayas Iloilo City Campus.