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St. Paul University Produces First Eagle Scout

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The National Board of Review for Eagle Scout Rank announced that alumnus Kent Niño Sanchez Carmelotes of SPUD qualified for the rank of Eagle Scout after earning 21 merit badges performing real-life activities relating to First Aid; Citizenship in the community, in the nation, in the world; Communication, Cooking, Personal Fitness, Emergency Preparedness/Lifesaving, Environmental Science/Sustainability, Personal Management,Swimming/Hiking/Cycling, Camping, and Family Life.   Growing up in Basay, Negros Oriental, Carmelotes had been active in Boy Scouting activities, showing his leadership skills.   He was also a recipient of the Scout Jojo Magbanua Leadership & Scouting Award in 2019, and an active adult leader of BSP-SPUD and the BSP Negros Oriental-Siquijor Council.   The Scouting movement at St. Paul Dumaguete was started after World War II by History Prof. Manuel Mongcopa and Political Science Prof. Celerino Leon Martinez, who later on became a pioneering Board memb

Panilongon Historic Marker unveiled in the New Rizal Park Dumaguete City Negros Oriental

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  Dumaguete City Philippines: The  National Historical Commission of the Philippines, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Dumaguete City Government, and Presidential Communications Operations Office the main  organizers in these historic events.  The biggest names in  Dumaguete Community together with our local Historians, guests and, government officials in Negros Oriental witness the event  Hon. Chaco Sagarbarria ,Hon. Karissa Faye Tolentino -Maxino,Hon. Lani Ramon,Historian Penn T. Larena and Atty Manuel Rotea Arbon ( Photo by : Dumaguete City Information Office) ( Photo by : Dumaguete City Information Office) City Government Officials and Employees  The marking of the thirty-four sites of the Philippine route of the Magellan-Elcano expedition is in solidarity with the international project of tracing the route of the unprecedented achievement of humanity and science which proved that the world was indeed round.   Between 16 March and 28 October 2021, thirty-four hi