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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:617px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1757907712644G02SOvOaEAAe4hb.jfif" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">The University of the Philippines Cebu holds an indignation protest against corruption, particularly on the controversy of the flood control projects. <em style="text-align:left">Annie Perez/ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span>MANILA — The University of the Philippines Cebu community converged on Monday morning in protest against corruption, particularly regarding the flood control projects.</div><p>Students, teachers, staff and officials poured out from different buildings into the oblation square where a ceremonial veiling of the statue was done.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/12/up-students-rage-against-government-corruption-1415">UP students rage against government corruption</a></div><p>“Kailangan madunggan ang atong tingog isip usa ka eskwelahan, dili pwede kita magpakahilom (Our voices need to be heard as a university, we cannot be silenced),” said Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Palmy Pe-Tudtud.</p><p>Almost a thousand participants also marched along Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/8/14/cebu-governor-welcomes-probe-on-flood-control-projects-1054">Cebu governor welcomes probe on flood control projects</a></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;text-align:center"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:560px;height:316px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1967398122310811653&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-09-15T04%3A30%3A47.816305%3A2da75f3d-7ea1-477e-bb95-a8d83ae79460%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=eadf840f95ef2ba9d2179de6eeaa27aca62ffa25&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1967398122310811653" spellcheck="false"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>“Makatarunganon ang atong kasuko (Our rage is justified),” said Associate Professor Noe Santillan of the UP Academic Employees Union. </p><p>The movement was in response to UP Cebu Chancellor Leo Malagar’s call against the issue.</p><p>“This is not normal. Wala mi classrooms, faculty item (We don’t have classrooms and faculty items),” said Malagar.</p><p>Cebu province has the second most flood control projects, based on data from DPWH. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/17/map-flood-control-projects-in-visayas-1645">MAP: Flood control projects in Visayas</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oUHFNxc0UiM?si=h9RqaN_ztjrBnDd7" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>The University of the Philippines Cebu community converged on Monday morning in protest against corruption, particularly regarding the flood control projects.</p>

The University of the Philippines Cebu community converged on Monday morning in protest against corruption, particularly regarding the flood control projects.

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UP Cebu joins in ‘indignation’ against corruption, flood control anomalies

Annie Perez,

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Published September 15, 2025 11:53 AM PHT

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Updated September 15, 2025 03:19 PM PHT

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