EDGAR B. MARANAN, Louisian

Saint Louis Boys High School 1963



He attended the Iowa International Writing Program in 1985
He won a British Council fellowship in 1992 to study contemporary British poetry at the University of London's Birkbeck College and modern literary theory at Oxford University.

Participated in the International Writers' Residence at Le Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland in 2006.

He has been invited to the 2007 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia.

Maranan has won a total of 30 Carlos Palanca literary prizes for his works in English and Filipino in various genres, and was inducted into the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Hall of Fame in 2000.

He has garnered awards in other competitions such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines literary contest and writing grants, Amado V. Hernandez Playwriting Competition, Institute of National Language poetry competition, Filamore Tabios Sr. Memorial Prize for Poetry, Philippines Free Press Literary Awards, Philippine Graphic Nick Joaquin Literary Awards, and the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY)-Alfrredo Navarro Salanga Writers Prize which he won three years in a row.

His book of translation, Kudaman: Isang Epiko ng Palawan na Inawit ni Usuy (Ateneo Press, with Dr. Nicole Revel McDonald), won a National Book Award in 1992.

From 1993 to 2006, Maranan worked as Foreign Information Officer of the Philippine Embassy in London, and published The Philippine Newsletter.



Before his stint in the diplomatic service, Maranan taught Political Science at the UP College of Arts & Sciences, and graduate courses in Philippine Studies at the UP Asian Center, Diliman, Quezon City.

A native of Bauan, Batangas, he grew up in Baguio City and had his elementary and high school education.

He later went to the University of the Philippines where he finished his bachelor's degree in Foreign Service and his masteral course work in Political Science and Philippine Studies.

He is an active member of the newly formed Baguio Writers Group.

Atty. Malimban & Atty. Abuel, Louisians

Atty. Noel Malimban
BS Accountancy 1999
14 Place (May 2009 CPA Board Examinations)


(2006 Bar Top Notcher, UC)





Atty. Janet Abuel
BS Accountancy


(1998 Bar Top Notcher, UC)

2009 Justice Sotero Cabahug Day Medalist/ 2008 TOSP , Louisian

Adrian Louie Zambo Atonducan, AB Philosophy summa cum laude


Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) 2008.

2009 Cabahug Medal for Academic Excellence Awards

A legacy that Justice Sotero B. Cabahug left to his beloved Mandauehanons is the conferment of the Cabahug Medal to the Mandauehanon who would graduate at the top of his class, with a rating of not less than 90 percent in the secondary, or special course from any school, institution, academy, college or unversity duly acknowledged by the government.

He offered to donate the gold medal through the Mandaue Council who formally accepted it and drafted rules to govern the selection. This was in 1923 and since then there have been 64 Cabahug medalists. There were years when there were no awardees and there was also a hiatus of 13 years after the 1994 awards.

NY Times Metropolitan Section Editor, Louisian

Ms. Cielo Buenaventura, AB Literature



Ms. Buenaventura had previously worked at New York Newsday, The Advocate of Stamford, Conn., and Malaya of Manila, Philippines. She holds a master's degree in public-affairs reporting from Ohio State University and a bachelor's degree in literature from St. Louis University in Baguio, Philippines.

FR. DAVE, DR. DAVE: LOUISIAN

Dr. Dave Dean Capuyao
AB Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude

Father Dave Dean Capucao received three diplomas after the defence last wednesday (June 10, 2009): a PhD from the Radboud University in Nijmegen-The Netherlands, an STD (Doctor of Sacred Theology) from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), and a PhD from the Catholic University of Louvain.

The title of his dissertation is: Religion and Ethnocentrism: an empirical-theological study of the effects of religious attitudes on the attitudes towards minorities among Catholics in the Netherlands.

photo and text from: Munting Nayon

THE BOY FROM SLU, THE MAN OF ART: KIDLAT TAHIMIK

Eric de Guia

a.k.a. Kidlat Tahimik

SLU Boy's Laboratory High School 1954- 1958

Speech Drama- University of the Philippines in Diliman (1958-1963)

Graduate Studies- Wharton School University of Pennsylvania

1. Winner, 1954 essay contest for "The Evils of Communism" at age 11

2. Chair, UP student council (1962)

3. Chair, International Student's Association, University of Pensylvannia (1966)

4. Founder AISEC Philippines (1968) which convened a board of advisers chaired by Sixto Roxas

5. Winner, Best Third World Film at Mannheim Filmfest (1983)

6. Artist-in-residence, East West Center (1984) in Hawaii

7. Professor in independent film production, San Francsico State University (1990)

8. President, a non-government organization dedicated to documenting indigenous wisdom

9. Guest lecturer at numerous film forums, universities, art happenings in Japan, US, Germany (1978 to the present)

10. Artist sector representative to the John Hay Advisory Council, which helped make an orderly turnover of Camp John Hay to private contractors for its reestablishment as a toruism center.

11. Contributor to the Sunday Weekend

12. Convenor of LIBHRTY (Limit Idiot Box Hours Thank You), a national awareness movement to guard against TV overdoes.

photo and text from HOMEGROWNART.NET

Presidential Awardee For Outstanding Filipino Individual Overseas, LOUISIAN

Pamana Ng Pilipino Award For Excellence And Distinction In The Field Of Medicine 2004

Dr. Jovelle B. Laoag-Fernandez

BS Biology 1987, Doctor of Medicine 1992

* Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Surgical Sciences (2003)Kobe University Graduate School of MedicineKobe University, Japan

* Grand Prize Winner, International Session (vesting more than 100 presentors worldwide), 1999 Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

* Shan S. Ratnam-Young Gynecologist Awardee, Asia Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and GynecologySeoul, Korea, October 2005

UNPFII MEMBER, LOUISIAN

Atty. Eugenio A. Insigne
BS Commerce Major in Management and Marketing, Minor in Economics 1972


Atty. Insigne is the Chairman of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.

UNPFII Portfolio: Environment, Human Rights, Administration of Justice,

CANDELARIA'S MAYOR, LOUISIAN

Atty. Ferdinand Reyes Maliwanag

AB Political Science, Cum Laude, 1984

Candelaria (Filipino: Bayan ng Candelaria) is a first class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 105,997.[1]. The town is 107 kilometres south of Manila and approximately 23 kilometres from Lucena City. It is traversed by the Maharlika Highway and the Philippine National Railways' Southrail line headed towards Legazpi City in Albay. It is bordered by Mount Banahaw to the north, San Juan, Batangas to the south, Tiaong and Dolores to the west, and Sariaya to the east. The municipality has a total area of 175 km².

Candelaria is the second-largest industrial center of the province, after Lucena City. Among the municipalities in Quezon province, Candelaria has the most desiccated coconut factories and oil refineries, such as Peter Paul, Primex, Pacific Royal, SuperStar, Licup Oil Mills, and others, which employ thousands of people.

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SLU LAW GRAD, KAPATIRAN PARTY'S 2010 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

John Carlos De Los Reyes
Bachelors of Law, 2005


The Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP), a national political party accredited by the Commission on Elections, named Olongapo City Councilor John Carlos “JC” de los Reyes as its presidential candidate for 2010. JC, who will turn 40 on February 14 next year, was unanimously selected by the Party’s national electoral committee from among 37 names/personalities nominated by both Party members and the general public.

JC delos Reyes has a degree in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, USA, a master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines, and a Law degree from St. Louis University in Baguio City. He obtained his primary and secondary education from the Ateneo de Manila and De La Salle – Zobel, respectively. He is married to Dunia Valenzuela. They have three children.

He is lead animator of Solidarity Philippines, a movement that pro-actively advances the social justice agenda of the Church. He is also executive director of Breaking the Yoke of Poverty Foundation, which oversees the Jubilee Homes for the Poor, a housing project for 60 families in Olongapo City.

As human rights advocate, he has raised issues on extrajudicial killings. He has openly criticized Hanjin in Subic over worker’s rights violations, urging government to prioritize the dignity of the Filipino worker.

He has opposed the reproductive health code, saying it is a dictated and imperialist law that muddles women’s rights. He is also against the establishment of Ocean 9 Casino in Subic and the commissioning of the Bataan Nuclear Plant.

He has been an organizer of Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang Kabutihan (KPK) as early as 1998 and worked for the Comelec accreditation of AKP in 2004. He was the lone winner of AKP in 2007 when the Party fielded 30 candidates for national and local positions.

AKP is confident that principle- and platform-based politics, personified by JC delos Reyes, will destroy the paradigm of big-money and popularity politics. The nation, with the youth at the forefront, will experience a new and promising beginning - asserting the Party’s call for prophetic politics of personal and social transformation.

The open nomination system will also be adopted for the Party’s subsequent search for candidates for vice president, senators, and other local elective positions, details of which will be announced soon.

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Dep Ed Head, A Bona Fide SLU Graduate

Mr. Jesli A. Lapus
BS Accountancy 1969

LA TRINIDAD MAYOR, SLU ALMUNI

Mr. Artemio A. Galwan
AB Political Science/ History 1977

La Trinidad is a 1st class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Benguet. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 67,963 people in 13,658 households.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Trinidad,_Benguet

AMY NIELSEN

Amy Nielsen was raised in the Philippines and earned a bachelor's degree in English from Saint Louis University, Baguio City. She worked in a youth center in different capacities giving her national and international experiences with young people, before working as Executive Staff in an importer/distributor company in Manila. She lives in Denmark with her Danish husband and is writing sequel to Victor and the Sun Orb while working full-time at Novo Nordisk A/S.


About the Book

Amy Nielsen together with her husband Steffen Nielsen has lived in Kalundborg for 3 years now. They met in Copenhagen while Amy was visiting relatives in Denmark.

She has a bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University in Baguio City, Philippines, and currently works in Novo in Kalundborg, and does her writing during weekends.


The fantasy novel's main character, Victor, should enjoy a carefree life, but from an early age, he finds himself very busy. He must learn complex magic and martial arts, and is taught how to live in a human world.

It's all because his parents, King Godfred and Queen Magenta know of a curse, which is casted on the son upon his birth by a dark, hooded figure with eyes that burns like coal. On his thirteenth birthday, their beloved son will leave the fantasy kingdom of Solandia, loose his mortality and live with humans.

In order to be free from the spell, Victor must retrieve the mystical sun orb, a magical power, which has fell in the hands of the dark, hooded figure. Challenging him breaks out war between the forces of light and darkness. The good fairies against the bad fairies.


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Cirilo F. Bautista: Most Outstanding Alumnus Award for Literature, Graduate School, Saint Louis University, 1975.

Cirilo F. Bautista (1941-) is a multi-awarded Filipino poet, fictionist, critic and writer of nonfiction. He received his basic education from Legarda Elementary School (1st Honorable Mention, 1954) and Mapa High School (Valedictorian, 1959). He received his degrees in AB Literature from the University of Santo Tomas (magna cum laude, 1963), MA Literature from St. Louis University, Baguio City (magna cum laude, 1968), and Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature from De La Salle University-Manila (1990). He received a fellowship to attend the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa (1968-1969) and was awarded an honorary degree—the only Filipino to have been so honored there.

Bautista taught creative writing and literature at St. Louis University (1963-1968) and the University of Santo Tomas (1969-1970) before moving to De La Salle University-Manila in 1970. He is also a co-founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC) and a member of the Manila Critics Circle, Philippine Center of International PEN and the Philippine Writers Academy.

Bautista has also received Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards (for poetry, fiction and essay in English and Filipino) as well as Philippines Free Press Awards for Fiction, National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle, Gawad Balagtas from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas, the Pablo Roman Prize for the Novel, and the highest accolades from the City of Manila, Quezon City and Iligan City.


Bautista was hailed in 1993 as Makata ng Taon by the Komisyon ng mga Wika ng Pilipinas for winning the poetry contest sponsored by the government. The last part of his epic trilogy The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus, entitled Sunlight on Broken Stones, won the Centennial Prize for the epic in 1998. He was an exchange professor in Waseda University and Ohio University. He became an Honorary Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa in 1969, and was the first recipient of a British Council fellowship as a creative writer at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1987.

Bautista works include Boneyard Breaking, Sugat ng Salita, The Archipelago, Telex Moon, Summer Suns, Charts, The Cave and Other Poems, Kirot ng Kataga, and Bullets and Roses: The Poetry of Amado V. Hernandez. His novel Galaw ng Asoge was published by the University of Santo Tomas Press in 2004. His latest book, Believe and Betray: New and Collected Poems, appeared in 2006, published by De La Salle University Press.

His poems have appeared in major literary journals, papers, and magazines in the Philippines and in anthologies published in the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, China, Romania, Hong Kong, Germany and Malaysia. These include: excerpts from Sunlight on Broken Stones, published in World Literature Today, USA, Spring 2000; What Rizal Told Me (poem), published in Manoa, University of Hawaii, 1997; She of the Quick Hands: My Daughter and The Seagull (poems), published in English Teacher’s Portfolio of Multicultural Activities, edited by John Cowen (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996).



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