MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte has named Budget Undersecretary Janet Abuel as acting secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

Tapping & awakening the creativity of students in Civil Engineering; --- by Tasking these Students to apply their Textbook Knowledge on creative, real life situations. --- Consider this particular UC CE Student Project: "To transform useless & hazardous material into practical use."

University of the Cordilleras (UC) roared their way to the top after bagging seven golds including three silvers and two bronze medals to win the overall title in the taekwondo competition at the resumption of the 32nd Baguio - Benguet Educational Athletic League (BBEAL).

Baguio's Janet Abuel, who topped the Bar in 1998, has been named by President Rodrigo Duterte as officer-in-charge of the Department of Budget Management.

Judith Dinayugan and Rohan Andre Treptor, Grade 12 Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) students of the University of the Cordilleras - Senior High School (UC-SHS), finished Second Runner-up overall in the 1st Bede ABM Cup held at San Beda College in Muntinlupa City on January 11, 2019.

The University of the Cordilleras (UC) was among the Top 3 finalists for Best Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) and Humanitarian Assistance in the 2018 National Gawad Kalasag held on December 4, 2018 at the AFP Theater in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.

As part of the Tublay Agri-Ecotourism plan mapped by the University of the Cordilleras (UC) in partnership with the Investments in Loving Organizations that can build Village Economies (ILOVE) Foundation, members of the Tublay Organic Farming Practitioners Association Inc. (TOFPAI) were trained in making various products from local organic ingredients.

Various organizations have pledged support towards the Ecotourism Plan for Tublay in Benguet by the University of the Cordilleras (UC) which was among the Top 8 national entries in the Quest for Loving Organizations that can build Village Economies (Quest for LOVE).

After being chosen as one of the Top 8 entries in this year's Quest for Loving Organizations that can build Village Economies (Quest for LOVE), the first phase of the University of the Cordilleras' (UC) Ecotourism Plan for Tublay, Benguet is now under way.

BC-BCF-UC Founder Benjamin R. Salvosa and Rodolfo S. Cornejo were contemporary students at the University of the Philippines. Before Cornejo became famous, he was commissioned by the Founder to compose the music for then Baguio Colleges. The lyrics well reflect the Founders' vision for the first institution of higher education in Baguio City, in the Cordillera highlands, as relevant today as it was in 1946.