UP Vice President for Development Daniel Peckley Jr. met with UP Mindanao officials and its partners on May 6 and 7, 2025, to discuss the various campus infrastructure and land use projects, and to give advise on issues and concerns. VP Peckley was accompanied by OVPD staff members Stephen George Sy and Terrence Milo.
On May 6, VP Peckley met with Davao City and UPMin officials to hear updates on the Davao City Public Hospital project. The city-owned hospital will be built on the campus at no cost to UP. The UP Board of Regents approved the memorandum of agreement between UP and the Davao City government at its 1363rd Meeting on 26 August 2021. At the May 6 meeting, Asst. City Administrator Atty. Janis Louis Esparcia shared updates alongside fellow city officials, Atty. Karmela Tongo, Atty. Marlie Munoz, and Ana Luz Gilot. Chancellor Lyre Anni Murao, Vice-Chancellor Leo Manuel Estaña, and Philippine General Hospital Director Gerardo Legaspi shared updates from their end.
The top photo shows (standing, left to right) UPMin Admin. Officer Michelle Panis, VP Peckley, Phil. General Hospital Director Gerardo Legaspi (onscreen), VC Estaña, and Atty. Charmaine Valentin, with (seated) Davao City officials, Chancellor Murao (seated, third from left), and Asst. City Administrator and UP Mindanao alumna Janis Louis Esparcia (seated, first from right).
On May 7, VP Peckley held discussions on the campus infrastructure projects with Chancellor Murao, VC Estaña, and staff members of the Campus Planning and Development Office, headed by Asst. Prof. Jean Marie Juanga. The discussions dwelt on details of the various campus infrastructure projects and the corresponding contracts.
VP Peckley likewise spent time on May 7 to learn about the UP Mindanao Land Reservations, together with his colleagues in the OVPD, including AVP Karen Ann Jago-on, all of whom attended online. Land Reservation Management Office Chief Joel Sagadal related the past and present status of the two reservations located in Davao City and Davao de Oro Province. Staff members Carol Balgos and Alessa Carbonell also contributed to the presentation.
In the meetings, VP Peckley gave advice and offered his and the OVPD’s support for UP Mindanao’s campus and off-site infrastructure and land developments.
The following photos show VP Peckley’s meetings with the CPDO and the LRMO.
VP Peckley and OVPD staff with CPDO personnel, Chancellor Murao, and VC Estaña
VP for Development Daniel Peckley Jr. inquires on project details
VP Peckley and the OVPD team with the LRMO team of Joel Sagadal, Carol Balgos, and Alessa Carbonell
VP Peckley addresses the OVPD staff attending online