U.P. Sinirangan

About Us

Sinirangan is a Waray word for Silangan or East to describe the geographical location of the UP campus in Eastern Visayas.

U.P. Sinirangan is an organization formed by and through the efforts of the alumni of the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College mainly as a response to the continuing call of addressing the region’s social problems. The UP Sinirangan envisions itself as a support, network and socio-civic organization of UP Tacloban graduates based in Manila and Cebu. Guided by the principle of establishing a community inspired organization that is committed in continuing public service, nationalism, citizenry and transformative leadership nurtured by century old UP education, dedicated for the advancement and development of the nation and its marginalized sectors.