Andres Bonifacio College

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Andres Bonifacio College
Pamantasang Andres Bonifacio
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Other name
ABCollege
Former names
Andres Bonifacio Institute
MottoIndustry, Intelligence, Integrity.
Type Private
Established1940
Founder
  • Amando B. Amatong
  • Felicidad S. Amatong
Religious affiliation
 Nonsectarian
President Ernesto S. Amatong
Vice-presidentJulius B. Elopre
(Academic Affairs)
Dean Shirley G. Bellino (OIC-Graduate School)
Ma. Cheryl Angela Q. Pacatang-Barbaso (School of Law)
Leo C. Naparota (Acting Dean-College of Arts and Sciences)
Asterio P. Saliot (School of Agriculture)
Leo C. Naparota (School of Criminology)
Shirley G. Bellino (School of Education)
Alejo F. Abule (School of Business Management Education)
Jay Ryan D. Bicoy (OIC-School of Engineering)
Precy Nelia C. Gilaga (School of Nursing)
Address
College Park, Miputak
,
Dipolog
,
Zamboanga del Norte
,
Philippines

8°34′52.464″N123°20′25.332″E / 8.58124000°N 123.34037000°E / 8.58124000; 123.34037000
Campus
  • Main Campus - College Park, Miputak
  • GODECOST Building - 3rd Floor, Felicidad I Building, Quezon Avenue, Miputak
    (School of Law)
  • Innovation Center for Agriculture - Santa Isabel
NewspaperThe Bonifacio Standard
Colors   Yellow
Sporting affiliations
ZPRAA, PRISAA
Website abcollege.edu.ph
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Location in Mindanao
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Andres Bonifacio College (Philippines)

Andres Bonifacio College (ABCollege or ABC) is a community college institution in the Philippines. Its campus is located at College Park, Brgy. Miputak, Dipolog. ABCollege offers course programs from kindergarten to postgraduate levels. Alumni and students of the college are referred to as Bonifacians. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

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Graduate and Professional School Building at the College Park campus

Andres Bonifacio College was founded in 1940 as Andres Bonifacio Institute by Amando B. Amatong and Felicidad S. Amatong. The college was named after Andres Bonifacio, a revolutionary leader, to which Amando himself found inspiration being born to poverty in Dalaguete, Cebu. The original location of ABI used to be in what is now Festival Shopping Arcade 1 in Rizal Avenue corner Magsaysay Street, Barangay Central.

Amando Amatong died on April 21, 1943, leaving his wife Felicidad to operate the institute while taking care of their eight young children. To maintain ABI's operation, Amando's youngest brother Silverio B. Amatong was appointed as the institute's president. From its original campus used since its founding, the college permanently transferred to what it is now known as College Park in Barangay Miputak after a fire razed the institute's buildings and nearby structures to the ground in 1968. [5]

Student life

Student Publication

The official student publication of the college is The Bonifacio Standard, while the student publication for the college's elementary department is The Alphabet Soup.

Broadcasting

ABCollege operates a number of radio stations across Mindanao under its media arm Andres Bonifacio College Broadcasting System, established on July 16, 1995. [6] [7] [8] [9]

CallsignFrequencyPowerLocation
DXAA 92.5 MHz5 kW Dipolog
DXFA98.5 MHz5 kW Liloy
DXPA 103.1 MHz5 kW Nabunturan

Newspaper

The Mindanao Observer, founded in 1965, is a bilingual (English and Cebuano), bi-weekly newspaper in circulation in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay. Despite being connected with the college, it operates as a separate entity with the Andres Bonifacio College Press as its publisher. It is said to cease newspaper publication and/or moved online due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. [10]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "ABCollege School of Nursing strikes another 100%". Andres Bonifacio College. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Badilla, Joselle R. (3 May 2017). "Athalia Briones Liong – from honors biology grad to top 10 bar passer". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 Passers: USC grad Karen Mae Calam tops 2016 Bar Exam". The Summit Express. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "ABCollege's Athalia B. Liong Earns Top 3 in 2016 Bar Exams". Andres Bonifacio College. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "City of Dipolog Schools: Andres Bonifacio College". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Andres Bonifacio College Broadcasting System, Inc". Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas . Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  7. ↑ "Republic Act No. 8120". ChanRobles & Associates Law Firm. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  8. ↑ "Republic Act No. 11317" (PDF). Official Gazette (Philippines) . Retrieved 2020-09-22.
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