ILOVEYOU virus

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University In 1999, a student from AMA Computer College Makati named Onel de Guzman submitted a thesis proposal for the creation of a computer program that will hack into computer systems and extract vital information, particularly Internet Service accounts.[5] The proposal was unanimously rejected by the College of Computer Studies academic board. De Guzman [...]

Political affiliations

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University Amable Aguiluz V was Joseph Estrada‘s political endorser in the 1998 Presidential elections.[9] AMA was the first educational institution to award Joseph Estrada with a degree of Doctor of Humanities honoris causa.[citation needed] Aguiluz used the AMA campuses in various political rallies and forced students to attend as part of their academic attendance [...]

Hello Garci Scandal

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University The 2005 Hello Garci scandal, also known as the 2004 Presidential election rigging controversy, is one of the controversies against the President Gloria Arroyo. AMA, using its income from the university, commissioned four related SWS national public opinion surveys dated October 22 and 27, 2005. [14] These questions are: 1) The Congress and [...]

Accreditation Issues

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University On November 12, 2004, 23 Philippine nursing schools were disqualified, including AMA Computer College, Makati. CHED chairman Rolando dela Rosa ordered these schools to close. The 23 schools were not granted permits (upon recommendation of Technical Committee for Nursing Education (TCNE) and regional offices) because they failed to comply with these requirements: a [...]

Dasmarinas school takeover

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University On June 2, 2003, close to 50 persons what were described by eyewitnesses as “goons” entered three of Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA)’s five campuses in Dasmariñas, Cavite. In affidavits submitted to the court, school officials said that despite their pleas, the men wantonly took computers, air-conditioning units, speech laboratory equipment, various appliances, vehicles, [...]

Land lease dispute

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University On April 16, 1991, AMA filed with the Regional Trial Court a complaint for suspension as an attorney against Atty. A. D. Valmonte, under Section 27[4] and Section 28,[5] Rule 138 of the Revised Rules of Court. The case was docketed as Civil Case No. 91-1038. The complaint alleges that sometime in 1983, [...]

Dataline dismissal case

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University On June 20, 2002, the Supreme Court found Judge Percival Mandap Lopez guilty of gross ignorance of the law because of undue delay in the resolution of the writ of preliminary mandatory injunction in Civil Case No. Q-97-30549. Complainants were students and members of the editorial board of the official school publication called [...]

Student dismissal case

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University On November 10, 2004, Judge Wenceslao Ibabao of the Regional Trial Court dismissed the case against 48 students and granted the students’ motion to discontinue the proceedings after getting assurance from the school administration that they can continue with their studies. The students were ordered dismissed by school management October 4, 2004 for [...]

High school principal termination case

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMA_Computer_University On January 23, 2007, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the National Labor Relations Commission declaring as illegal the termination of Zenaida Garay, a high school principal. Garay was promoted as high school principal May 13, 1996 but an incident four days later led to her illegal dismissal by AMA. An AMA [...]