The 5th International Conference on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences was held at Summit Hotel in Tacloban City on November 6 and 7, 2019.

The University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) produced one topnotcher and garnered a 96.30% passing rate in the Psychometrician Licensure Examination administered by the Board of Psychology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in various parts of the country last October 27-28, 2019.

UP Visayas Tacloban College will host the 5th  International Conference on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (ICFAS) at the Summit Hotel, Tacloban City on November 6 and 7, 2019. This year’s  theme is “Promoting Technological, Ecological and Socio-Cultural Resiliency.”

Close to 400 people gathered to participate in the DEVTALK 2019: Ideas Forum on Local Development Planning at Diversion21 Hotel on October 31, 2019. Organized by the Office of Continuing Education and Pahinungod of UP Visayas, in partnership with DILG Region 6, Support for the Local Governance Program (SLGP) and Local Governance Regional Resource Center VI, the DEVTALK 2019 is a celebration to highlight the partnerships of DILG, State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Local Government Units (LGUs) to enhance local development planning in the Philippines. DEVTALK 2019 is also an activity to cap off the 28th Local Government Code Anniversary celebration.

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For the nth time, UP Visayas, through the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, is the top performing school in the recently released result of the Fisheries Technologists Licensure Exam given in the month of October.

The Indigenous Peoples Resource Hub of the Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS), College of Arts and Sciences partnered with the Asosasyon ng mga Dalubhasa, may Hilig at Interes sa Kasaysayan (ADHIKA) – Iloilo Balangay in organizing the 8^th Regional Conference on West Visayan History and Culture on 25-27 October 2019 at Pandan Central School, Pandan, Antique. In line with the celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Month, the conference’ theme was, “Tumandok: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP) to Pedagogy and Praxis towards Inclusive and Contextualized Social Science/Studies/History Education.”

Eight College Librarians of UP Visayas attended the UP Libraries Conference and Planning-Workshop held at David M. Consunji Theater, Institute of Civil Engineering, and University of the Philippines Diliman on July 29-30, 2019.

The UPV Health Services Unit received four pieces of stainless waiting chairs, a cabinet and side tables on October 28, 2019 from the UPMASA alumni group.

"Do good, do not cheat and steal, treat everyone fairly and equally, serve with honesty, integrity and dedication. But above all, fear God," says Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires, keynote speaker of the 1st UP Visayas Administrative Conference held on Oct 24-25, 2019, UPV Iloilo City campus.