UP Baguio Alumni Homecoming

All is set for alumni homecoming at UP Baguio

PREPARATIONS for an all-day alumni homecoming party on February 24 are well underway at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Baguio City.

Alumni from the past decades, starting the 1970s, are invited to participate in the day's activities, which include updating from alumni themselves, reports from the UP Baguio Alumni Association (BAA), awarding of certificates of recognition, launching of a retrospective album from the student performing group Tabak, song from Professor Arellano Colongon Jr. and the Social Sciences faculty, dances from the Shadows, and the Mathematics Honchos (faculty from the Mathematics Department).

Fine Arts alumni Gelo Lagasca, Alexis Pamintuan, Benjo Andaya and Scott Lleva will also put up an art exhibit.

The Pagta, a campus-based cultural group, is also staging "Amungan" at 6 p.m. at the UP Baguio auditorium.

The UPBAA will report on progress done on its building project launched in 2003. This is an alumni and student center projected to be built at the UP Baguio campus to house a UPBAA office, a student lounge and offices for student services.

UP Baguio is the newest consistent university of the UP System, having been granted autonomous status by the UP Board of Regent in 2003. The present chancellor is Dr. Priscilla Supnet Macansantos.

Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Public Affairs, 444-8719 (Tuesday to Fridays, office hours), or to mobile phone: 0917-5062959. Registration fee for the reunion is P250 for snacks and launch. Payment can be made at the registration desks.

[source: Sun.Star article]

IGO launches scholarship

The Igorot Scholarship Program (ISP) is pleased to announce that it will
commence operation this coming academic year 2006-2007. A project of the
Igorot Global Organization (IGO), the ISP is intended to enable needy,
deserving and outstanding Igorot students to attend of the State
Universities and Colleges (SUC) in the Cordillera Administrative Region
(CAR). IGO is a worldwide organization of Igorots, the popular collective
designation of the indigenous ethnic groups in CAR.

During the inaugural 2006-2007 acadamic year, ISP will offer six
scholarships and study grants for the entire CAR. But it intends to increase
the number of supported students in the coming years to as many as funds
would allow. The scholarship is presently worth P7,000 a year except at
Benguet State University (BSU) in which it is P8,500 in recognition of the
fact that tuition and fees are more expensive there. The study grant,
therefore, covers tuition and other school fees and some incidental expenses
depending on location. As in the case of a number of scholarships, the
monetary amount can be increased in the future to the extent warranted by
the circumstances and allowed by the availability of funds.

The scholarship is construed as a four-year deal but maybe shorter or longer
than that period depending upon the program of study being pursued, but not
to exceed five years. It is renewable on a yearly basis based on sound
academic performance of at least B- average at full load. The fields of
study considered acceptable cover a wide range from the sciences
(agriculture, forestry, environmental science), to the social sciences
(sociology and anthropology with emphasis on Igorot cultural studies,
mythology, religious beliefs and practices), to technology (engineering and
information technology), to economics and business (entrepreneurship, hotel
administration and tourism). Other fields may be supported at the discretion
of the scholarship board.

The ISP board of trustees consists of Albert Bacdayan, Ph D, chair, Elmo
Cariño, co-chair, Raleign Agdaca, BelmStrebel Andal, Ray Baguilat, Michael
Bengwayan, Ph D, Mildered Dacog, Ursula Daoey, Rev. Antonio Gomowad and
Dorothy Pucay.

Candidates should be of indigenous ethnicity (Apayoa, Benguet, Bontoc-Mt.
Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Tinguian-Abra) and will be drawn from the entire
CAR. Aside from indigenous ethnicity, prospective candidates should be
deemed to be economically challenged or poor, academically outstanding and
interested in attending a Cordillera state institution of higher education.

Interested applicants may write to request application forms from Ursula
Daoey, Brent School, Baguio City. Completed forms together with required
documents and letters of recommendation are to be returned to her also at
the same address. Deadline for submitting applications is on March 15.
Successful candidates will be announced on April 1.

[source: Nordis / Bibaknets]

PMA Alumni Homecoming

PMA Alumni Homecoming

Notable Alumni [source]

Sen. Panfilo Lacson (PMA ’71),
Rep. Rolex Suplico (PMA ’81),
former defense secretary and Army chief Maj. Gen. (ret.) Fortunato Abat (PMA ’51),
former Constabulary chief Maj. Gen. (ret.) Ramon Montaño (PMA ’58),
Commodore (ret.) Ismael Aparri (PMA ’56).

Brig. Gen. (ret.) Francisco Gudani (PMA ’73)
Lt. Col. Alexander Balutan (PMA ’74) – have testified before the Senate that they witnessed election cheating in Mindanao.

It is not clear if these PMA graduates would attend the homecoming but a member of the PMA Class ’81 said Suplico has confirmed he is coming. Lacson is a regular participant in the celebration.

This year’s PMA alumni homecoming is the first since the controversial "Hello Garci" tapes surfaced. The tapes indicated that the President, an adopted member of the PMA ’78, and Garcillano plotted to doctor the canvassing in the Mindanao.

In the tapes, Garcillano linked Army chief Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon (PMA ’74) and Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon (PMA ’73) to the alleged cheating.