The University of the Philippines' first Mindanao Lumad president hails from Butuan City in the Caraga region
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – The University of the Philippines will have a historic moment as it holds its president’s investiture in Mindanao for the very first time in 115 years on Thursday, September 14.
He later became a Lee Kuan Yew Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and obtained a Master’s in Public Management from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Jimenez went back to Butuan City in early February after he was named UP president to take a symbolic oath of office before children of a hinterland Lumad community in Sitio Mahayahay in Barangay Anticala. He recalled frequenting the place as a boy growing up in Butuan.
The UP-Bangsamoro Development Program Summit, scheduled on Wednesday, September 13, at Dusit Thani Residence Davao, aims to establish the UP-Bangsamoro Development Program, the first program of its kind in the country.
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