Louie Pineda a new Marinduqueno for a Worldwide tournament

By: Jomar L. Linga

Fourth Year Bachelor of Secondary Education Student

 (Louie Pineda after receiving the Medal and Certificate of Appreciation)

A young boy, only 16 years old, now a Senior High School as Night High School Dept  at Santa Cruz Institute made it not just on the national event but at a worldwide venue of sports event in USA.

I first met this boy way back  January 2013 for the celebration of 62^nd Foundation Day of Santa Cruz Institute after the School Vice President Mr. Joel Pedro introduces Louie Pineda who makes it as 8^th placer in Worldwide ranking of Table Tennis Championship game in London.

He returned home with bacon last January after his first tournament in London as rank 8^th placer. And such an honor to know that he will back again abroad and in early this July in Las Vegas Nevada for another Championship Match.

 (Louie with SCI teaching Staff and School President Mrs. Rachel R. Pedro)

At first and it’s true that Louie is a shy boy a very humble student and a lovable son. A religious one as member of Iglesia Ni Kristo here in Santa Cruz Marinduque where he first discovered his talent since this sect is promoting badminton and table tennis for their youth members.

Louie participate Palarong Pambansa last March in Zamboanga City and awarded as Gold Medal on his chosen category same with another SCI Student from Grade 8. They represent Santa Cruz as his home town, Marinduque as his Province and Region IV – MIMAROPA as his Region.

(Louie with Vice Mayor Ismael Lim and Sangguniang Bayan Member with Mrs. Rachel Pedro)

Last day July 18 2013, exactly 7:00pm at Santa Cruz Town Plaza, Santa Cruz Institute (Marinduque) Inc. give a warmed welcome to him. Night High School Head Mr. Romeo Jimenez and Night High School teaching Staff and students, Day High School and College Dept cheers the new athlete after the SCI Brassband made a short parade to the town. Together with Santa Cruz Vice Mayor Ismael Lim and four Municipal Councilor, his Mother and Father (fresh from the church where they are member) and Mrs. Rachel R. Pedro escorted Louie upstairs of the Plaza. 

“Sa mga sumuporta po maraming-maraming salamat po. Sa mga kapwa ko mag-aaral muli po maraming-maraming salamat po” a short message of Louie Pineda.

According to Vice Mayor Lim, while at the event in  Las Vegas Convention Center, Louie requested to his trainor to wear his shirt “SANTA CRUZ, MARINDUQUE” are printed before the event.

As a result of hardwork and trainings he bagged the First Place.

From your SCI family Congratulation, you are such a real PRIDE and a true blooded MARINDUQUENO.

More photos is at SCI - Marinduque facebook fanpage.

Farewell Sir Toots

   

 Almost 4 days have past since Mr Gerald Gene "Sir Toots" Querubin passed away last Monday morning.. Heart problem (enlargement of the heart) is the cause of his death. Sir Toots aged 38 was too young to say that this is not the right time for him to passed away.

   Sir Toots is an educator (graduate of University of the Philippines ), a professor in Marinduque State College (Boac) and Santa Cruz Institute (Santa Cruz), a proud mountaineer, a tourism advocate, a news correspondent ( of Philippine Daily Inquirer ) a great son to his parents, and a brother to his 2 sister and a brother.

    Tomorrow at 2:00pm will be his last funeral rites to be held at Holy Cross Parish Church located here in the town of Santa Cruz. Students both from Marinduque State College and Santa Cruz Institute, co-teachers friends and relatives are all expected to be part of this farewell event.

  

Central College Organization new sets of Officers (A.Y. 2013-2014)

  SANTA CRUZ INSTITUTE (MARINDUQUE) INC.

     Santa Cruz, Marinduque

CENTRAL COLLEGE ORGANIZATION (CCO)

             A.Y. 2013-2014

PRESIDENT                                       :                       RETIRO, ROY

VICE PRESIDENT                            :                       REYNA, PRINCESS KAYE   

SECRETARY                                     :                       RAMIRO, REBECCA

ASSISTANT SECRETARY               :                       QUEZADA, RYAN

TREASURER                                     :                       RIEGO, CATHERINE

ASST. TREASURER                          :                       VILLANUEVA, CHRISTINE

AUDITOR                                          :                       VILLARON, MJ         

P.I.O. / S.I.O.                                      :                       LINGA, JOMAR

BUSINESS  MANAGER                    :                       RAMORES, EMMANUEL      

REPRESENTATIVES

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT                                             BSBA/BSC DEPARTMENT

1.      RAMIRO, MARK                                                  1. RECTO, ARMAN

2.      LIMPIADA, JIMBOY                                            2. PERALTA,MARY GRACE

3.      REANZARES, RICHARD                                     3. REVEDIZO, ROSE ANNE

4.      QUINDOZA, RICHELL                                        4. PERALTA, MARY JOYCE

5.      VITTO, ARABEL                                                  5. REVILLA, MARY ANNE              

COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT                 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING DEPT

1.      ARENUA, RAYMOND                                         1. PERNIA, MARY JOYCE    

2.      REAL, CARLO JAY                                              2. PALOMARES, JOSELL ANN

3.      POSAS, LESLIE JOY                                            3. GRIMALDO, JHEN ROSE

4.      RODIL, JENNY LYN                                            4. PIEACES, WILMAR

5.      REGIO, DANICA                                                  5. GRIMALDO, JOHN ELKIE           

HARDWARE SERVICING DEPARTMENT

1.      PALUSTRE, MICHAEL

2.      REVIDIZO, REYZON

3.      PERGIS, ABEGAIL

4.      TAGBAGO, PHILIP

5.      REVILLOSA, RODERICK

MRS. HONORATA RICAMARA               MRS. RONIELDA RICOHERMOSO

CCO ADVISERS

MRS. RACHEL RETARDO PERDO M.A.

SCHOOL PRESIDENT

The story of ‘Toots’ Querubin

By Jofel Joyce Lancion, Maricar Cinco
Philippine Daily Inquirer

10:16 pm | Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/437813/the-story-of-toots-querubin#ixzz2Y7kCOLFs
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GERALD QUERUBIN: This photo was taken when he attended the Inquirer Southern Luzon bureau meeting in 2011. JOANNA LOS BAÑOS

There was so much more to the byline of Gerald Gene R. Querubin, the Inquirer’s correspondent of eight years in Marinduque.

In his native town of Sta. Cruz, he was a community worker, an environmentalist and a mentor.
“Toots,” Querubin’s nickname, came from “Tot,” his grandfather’s pet name for him when he was a child. His elder sister, Sheila, 40, remembered a quiet boy who would often shut himself in his room and read his books.

“Between us, he’s the loner and I was more like the extrovert type,” Sheila said. “I remember when we were in grade school, he would run to me when the other kids bullied him.”
Toots indeed grew into a very private person. He talked less, but worked hard building his community and inspiring the youth.

His death on Saturday, June 29, at the age of 38 came as a shock to his family and colleagues.
“We may not have spent much time together but the bond has become so strong that such loss we all feel deep, deep down,” wrote Melvin Gascon, Inquirer Correspondents’ Guild president and Nueva Vizcaya correspondent, on Facebook.

Love for Marinduque 

 

Toots’ former student, Ahy Ien, said Toots “never thought twice about helping other people,” and remembered having both a teacher and a friend in him.
“You’ve taught me a lot of things, not just (academically) but also to be true to myself,” another former student, Japoy Historillo, said.
Glecy Danao, also on Facebook, promised to keep in mind what her former teacher always told them: to “pay it forward.”

After college at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, Toots worked in a coffee company that offered him a job in Malaysia.
“He could have gone abroad, but he said he’d rather go back to Marinduque and teach,” Sheila said in a phone interview.

Toots taught Philosophy and Humanities subjects at Marinduque State College in Boac and at Sta. Cruz Institute, the same year he began writing for the Inquirer.In 2004, he cofounded the Marinduque Youth Volunteers Corps, a school-based youth organization.Sheila, who stays in Laguna, recalled once she came home to Marinduque and saw the sacks of noodles and goods. “Toots said he collected them for donations to poor families and calamity victims,” she said.

Green tourism

Toots also invited speakers, even rock bands, from Manila to Marinduque. “He said he wanted his students to see the bands perform, as not everyone could afford to go to Manila,” Sheila said.
She said it was his brother’s way of promoting the island province, particularly the virgin caves and the long beaches of the Maniwaya island in Sta. Cruz. His advocacy was “green tourism.”
Among the four siblings, it was Toots who took after the parents’ love for public service. He wanted to run in the 2007 local elections but decided not to because their father, Yolando Sr., was a provincial board member then.

He took a leave of absence from the Inquirer and ran for municipal councilor in Sta. Cruz in May but lost. During the campaign, he went house to house, collecting peso coins in a project dubbed “Piso para sa Bayan.”

‘Piso para sa Bayan’

“The money went to every village (in Sta. Cruz) to buy books for students.
 He may have lost in the elections, but he was still able to serve,” Sheila said.
Toots never married. She believed it was his brother’s decision to look after their elderly parents.
“Our mother would always say the little money he earned, he would spend on other people. But we let him be, because we knew he was very fulfilled,” she said.

From his hospital bed when Toots was confined early in June after undergoing angioplasty due to a heart condition, he remained passionate about his environmental advocacy and told his sister about a research he was doing on the lingering effects of the mine tailing that Marcopper Mining Corp. had spilled into the Boac River in 1996.

It was a story that he never got the chance to write.

The positions: CCO OFFICERS 2013-2014

Santa Cruz Institute (Marinduque) Inc.
College Department
OFFICIAL RESULT
Positon	Candidates	Precinct 1	Precinct 2	Precinct 3	Precinct 4	TOTAL
PRESIDENT	Daya, Juvarts
	Retiro, Roy
V-PRESIDENT	Penaflorida, Myrna
	Reyna, Princess Key
SECRETARY	Ramiro, Rebecca
	Real, Christine
ASST. SEC	Jurado, Jennifer
	Quezada, Ryan
TREASURER	Riego, Catherine
	Tagle, Audrey
ASST. TREA.	Villanueva, Kristine
	Zulueta, Jordan
AUDITOR	Salaza, Christy
	Villaron, MJ
PIO	Linga, Jomar
	Rey, Rodalyn
BUSS. MANA.	Ramores, Emmanuel
	Roces, Dennis
REPRESENTATIVES
EDUCATION DEPT.
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
BSBA/COMMERCE
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
BSCS DEPT
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
COMP PROG
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
HARDWARE
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5

Independence Day celebrates In Santa Cruz, Marinduque

Santa Cruz Institute (Marinduque) Inc Majorettes from Day High School

 

Santa Cruz Institute Brass Band

 

Santa Cruz Institute (Marinduque) Inc. CAT Officers

 

What do People do?

Independence Day is a day when many people, including government officials, employees, and students, participate in nationwide parades.  However, the main highlight is the police and military parade in Manila headed by the country’s incumbent president, followed by a speech and a 21-gun salute.  Many Filipinos spend the day in parks and malls. Many Filipino communities in other countries also observe the nation’s Independence Day celebrations. 

Public life

The Philippine’s Independence Day is a national holiday so government offices are closed.  There are absolutely no classes in all schools.  Many business establishments are closed except shopping centers. Public transport such as buses, passenger jeeps, and tricycles still operate but their routes may be limited due to the closure of streets used for parades.      

Background

The annual June 12 observance of Philippine’s Independence Day came into effect after past President Diosdado Macapagal signed the Republic Act No. 4166 regarding this matter on August 4, 1964.  This Act legalized the holiday, which is based on the Declaration of Independence on June 12, 1898 by General Emilio Aguinaldo and Filipino revolutionary forces from the Spanish colonization.  The Philippines’ flag was raised and its national anthem was played for the first time in 1898.  However, liberty was short-lived because Spain and the United States did not recognize the declaration.
The 1898 Treaty of Paris ended the war between Spain and the United States. Spain surrendered the entire archipelago comprising the Philippines to the United States.  The Philippines started a revolt against the United States in 1899 and achieved national sovereignty on July 4, 1946, through the Treaty of Manila.  Independence Day was officially observed on July 4 until the Republic Act No. 4166, which set out to move the holiday to June 12, was approved on August 4, 1964.

Symbols
The Flag of the Republic of the Philippines, representing the country is symbolized by the following:

•    Royal blue field – peace, truth, and justice.
•    Scarlet red field – patriotism and valor.
•    White triangle – equality and brotherhood.
•    Three stars on the corners of the triangle – the three main geographical regions of the country  
           namely    Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
•    The sun at the center of the triangle – has eight rays representing the eight Philippine provinces that started the revolt against Spain.The flag is seen in various places across towns and cities in the Philippines during the country’s Independence Day.  Many cars also sport miniature flags on this day.


Town of Santa Cruz here in Marinduque, celebrates Independence Day as Philippines now celebrating 115th year of Independence from all who concurred and disrespect of our Independence. Heroes like Dr. Jose Rizal, Emilio Aguinaldo, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Andres Bonifacio and a lot more Filipino heroes who give their life to fight against Spaniards, Japanese even to American despite that this American through the effort of Gen. Douglas Mc Arthur on his famous “I shall return” promise to the Filipinos that Independence will soon declared in the Philippines.

Modern heroes like Ninoy and Cory Aquino both parents of now Republic of the Philippines President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr made their own heroic way of keeping the spirit of Independence Day.

Even 2010 CNN’s Hero of the Year from the Province of Cavite, Efren Penaflorida made it as a hero on his own way. Helping and educating street children and to those who cannot afford to go to school is one of his advocacy that made him a hero by that international news agency.

Here in Santa Cruz another hero for me is Mrs. Mariam Belarmino Rivamonte, the 2012 Metro Bank Search for Outstanding Teacher winner. A elementary teacher graduated Cum Laude at Marinduque State College Matalaba Campus taking up BS Elementary Education. She is also a Alumna of Santa Cruz Institute where she graduated in High School.

 Today as Independce Day celebrates, parade from employees of different offices at the municipality of Santa Cruz like PNP, Santa cruz District Hospital staff, Office of DSWD, DEPED,even Barangay officials of Pag-asa, Lipa and Dolores is here, delegates of students from different public and privates school like Makapuyat National High School students and teaching staff , Santa Cruz Institute CAT Officers and Brass Band, Malindig Institute students, Band and teachers, even the remote national school of Tambangan teaching staff is on parade with the presence of former Santa Cruz Institute Prof. Emmanuel Ricohermoso, Marinduque State College Matalaba and Pag-asa Campus teaching staff, BSAT (Buyabod School of Arts and Trades) students, League of Sangguniang Kabataan with the presence of Quinivette Pedernal SK Chairwoman of Kalangkang also a 3rd year BS-Education major in Mathematic also made it to the parade.

Former Santa Cruz Institute Prof. Manuel Ricohermoso now teaching 

at Tambangan National High School

Student Council Election at Santa Cruz Institute

(Photo edited from Google Images)

 As the Central College Organization 2013 Election is concern, sources from College of Education give the information regarding who will run for office from the both party the College of Business Administration/Commerce wherein this two department join force against College of Education. Juvarts

Daya a 4^th year BS-Commerce, running for President. Daya is a reserve army for ROTC. Roy Retiro, a re-electionist from College of Education. Retiro is the Out-Going Central College Organization President is now seeking for another term.

As of this moment College Department from :

Precinct 1 - Education Dept
Precinct 2 - Computer Hardware ( Education Extension)
Precinct 3 - BSBA /Commerce Dept
Precinct 4 - Room 2 Lower Ground Floor

Election starts at 7:00am and will ends at 12:00pm counting of votes will starts at 1:00pm onwards.

Candidates from ILAW Party almost done casting their votes even the GLEE Party candidates as Mr. Daya is concern he is roving in the lower ground floor.


In Education Department watchers from GLEE Party early in to observe the voting season in the said Department. Retiro's camp on the other hand didnt assign as Mr. Retiro says voting is still on process and by late noon his watchers will be assigned on their designated precinct.