History of BIT

A common household name in education in the province of Bohol and other neighboring provinces in
the Visayas and Mindanao, the first International College in Bohol, Philippines.

Established in 1981 in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, BIT International College has evolved into a
system-wide educational institution composed of 6 campuses. 5 campuses are found in Region VII – 4 in
the province of Bohol, and 1 in the province of Siquijor, and another 1 in Agusan del Norte province,
Mindanao island. The main campus (BIT International College – Tagbilaran) is located in 100 Gallares
Street, Tagbilaran City, Bohol with an annex campus in barangay Dao. The other 3 Bohol-based
campuses are in Poblacion, Jagna (BIT International College – Jagna) stablished in 1986; in San Jose,
Talibon (BIT International College – Talibon) established in 1993; and in Katipunan, Carmen (BIT
International College – Carmen) established in 1998. The BIT International College – Siquijor campus
established in 1995 is located in the municipality of Siquijor, Siquijor. The lone campus established in
Mindanao in 2001 – the BIT International College – Butuan is located in R. Calo Street, Butuan City,
Agusan del Norte.

Dauis

Dauis is one of the two municipalities comprising Panglao Island, the other being Panglao. It is a 4 th class
municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines and has a population of 36,139 people according to the
2007 census occupying a land mass of 4,288 hectares. The inhabitants of the town speak the Visayan
(Bol-anon) language yet are also proficient in the English and Tagalog languages.

Panglao Island is situated on the southwestern tip of Bohol and is connected to mainland Bohol by two
causeways. One causeway connects to Panglao town while the other causeway connects Dauis to
barangay Mansasa of mainland Bohol, thru the Gov. Jacinto Borja Bridge.

The town of Dauis is politically subdivided into 12 barangays: Biking, Bingag, San Isidro (Canlongon),
Catarman, Dao, Mayacabac, Poblacion, Songculan, Tabalong, Tinago, Totolan and Mariveles.

Dauis: Going There and Around

The approximate distance of municipal center to Tagbilaran City is 7.4 kilometers or a travel of about 10
minutes. The town’s main roads are near to the urban road network of Tagbilaran City. The town of
Dauis is traversed by the national, provincial, municipal and barangay road network.

There are 2 existing bridges in Dauis; the Songculan Riverside Bridge, which is made of timber and the
Dauis Bridge made of reinforced concrete.
Primary modes of transportation are buses and tricycles. There is no wharf. Island population is too
dependent on Tagbilaran City port facilities.

Dauis is one of the oldest municipalities of Bohol and was inhabited in prehispanic times as shown by
early Chinese artifacts retrieved in the area in the 1970’s.

However, no record of its establishment exists because all municipal records were burned down during
World War II. Church records state though that the parish was established in 1697, so the founding of
the town may be near that period.

The inhabitants of Dauis built their houses of very strong materials, mostly of molave, and whitewashed
with lime during the Spanish regime. The people were continually harassed by Muslims who come and
attack the town and capture people for ransom or for the slave market.

The stone watchtower, whose ruins stand near the present church and bearing the date 1774, was built
to alert the town of the coming marauders.

During World War II, Dauis bore the brunt of the bombing, shelling and strafing, first from the Japanese
and later from the Americans.

When the resistance movement was started in September 1942, most of the able-bodied men of the
town joined the cause and the civilians supported them with cash, food and other means.

Republic Act No. 9470

Signed on May 21, 2007

Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Thirteenth Congress

Third Special Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the nineteenth day of February, two thousand seven.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9470]

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF ARCHIVAL

RECORDS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “National Archives of the Philippines Act of
2007”.

SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to protect, conserve, promote and popularize
the nation’s historical and cultural heritage and resources.

The State shall pursue, conserve and promote the Filipino cultural heritage and resources including the
documentary records of Filipino culture, history and governance.

The State shall give utmost priority for the safeguard, protection and preservation of its public
documents and records, not only as fundamental instruments for efficient and effective governance but
also as essential tools for the preservation of the country’s history and cultural memory.

Towards this end, all public records with enduring value, held by government offices, including, but not
limited to, all branches of government, constitutional offices, local government units (LGUs),
government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), state universities and colleges, Philippine
embassies, consulates and other Philippine offices abroad shall be transferred to a permanent
government repository for proper management, control and regulation of record disposition.
SEC 3. Scope. — This Act shall cover all public records with archival value, held by either government
offices or private collections, and shall also cover archival and records management programs and
activities in all branches of government, whether national or local, constitutional offices, GOCCs,
government financial institutions, state universities and colleges, Philippine embassies, consulates and
other Philippine offices abroad.

SEC 4. Definition of Terms. — For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall hereby apply:

(a) “Agency head” refers to the person responsible for the performance of a government office
and/or the person responsible for, the performance of the LGU, such as the chief executive
elected under the Local Government Code of 1991.

(b) “Approved repository” refers to a repository to be established by the President, which is

provided under this Act.

© “Archives” shall refer to:

(1) Public records, papers, periodicals, books or other items, articles or materials, whether
in the form of electronic, audio-visual or print, which by their nature and characteristics
have enduring value, that have been selected for permanent preservation;

(2) The place (building/room/storage area) where archival materials are kept and
preserved; and

(3) An organization (or part of an organization) whose main function is to select, collect and
preserve archival records and make such records available for public use.

(c) “Controlling government agency” shall refer to:

(1) Public office that controls the public records;

 (2) Public office that has the power to determine the conditions of access to the public
archives; and

(3) Any successor of a public office that is abolished, merged or reorganized.

€ “Controlling local government” shall refer to:

(1) The LGU that has custody and control over the local government records; and

(2) Any successor to the LGU that is abolished, merged or reorganized.

(f) “Executive Director” refers to the head of the National Archives of the Philippines.

(g) “Disposal” refers to the act of selling, burning or any other way of discarding valueless records in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(h) “Disposition” refers to the systematic sorting out of records in the office storage whereby those
classified as valuable records are permanently preserved and those which are classified as valueless are
disposed of.

(i) “Estray record” refers to a public record that is no longer under the custody and control of
the National Archives or a controlling government office.

(j) “Government office” refers to any public office, department, bureau, agencies and instrumentality,
whether belonging to the national government or an LGU.

Museum

NAME: Cebu Provincial Museum

Location: The Cebu Provincial Museum is located in the former Cebu Provincial Detention and
Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), just a few blocks from Plaza Independencia.
Mission, Vission & Goals:to discover art and artifacts that retrace the history of Cebu province since pre-
colonial times.

Head officer: National Museum director Corazon Alvina

Primary sourses and/ secondary sources kept or displayed in the archive/museum: primary sources. Find
exhibitions of everything from antique banknotes and ceramics to guerrilla weapons, medical
equipment and vintage bicycles.bones, silverware and tools that date back to the Stone Age ..

Secondary.. newspapers

Present progress/projcet:On August 13, 2009, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and Dr. Ambeth Ocampo, chair of
the National Historical Institute, led dignitaries in unveiling a National Historical Marker at Museo Sugbo.
They also inaugurated the Visayas Branch of the Museum of Philippine Political History. Directly
opposite this branch museum, the governor and National Museum director Corazon Alvina also
inaugurated the National Museum Cebu Branch Galleries. Both museum branches occupy separate
buildings within the Museo Sugbo complex. Two special exhibitions were also inaugurated during this
event: Sen. Vicente Rama Memorabilia and the Gregorio and Jovito Abellana Memorabilia, in two
separate galleries.

Also inaugurated during this event was the Well of Good Fortune and Happiness on a Spanish-era well
that was unearthed when the rear portion of the Museo Sugbo complex was being refurbished in 2009.
At the same time four more galleries were added to the Museo, bringing the total to 10. Two more
galleries are currently being developed with inauguration set for 2010: a Provincial Art Gallery and the
Cebu Media Gallery. A reproduction of prison life is also being planned within one of the bartolinas
(isolation cells) in the former prison complex, another of which is being developed into a gift shop.

Photo of archives/museum: done..

Name: Bohol National Museum

Location: Old Capitol Building in Tagbilaran City

Mission, vision goals:

Our Vision

A Filipino nation, unified by a deep sense of pride in their common identity, cultural heritage and natural
patrimony, and imbibed with the spirit of nationalism and strong commitment to the protection and
dissemination of legacy.

Our Mission
The primary mission of the National Museum is to acquire, document, preserve, exhibit, and foster
scholarly study and appreciation of works of art, specimens, and cultural and historical artifacts.

Primary and secondary sources:

Primary.tools of Napoleon Abueva, Artworks of Abueva

Secondary: biographies, histories,Pagbanhaw presents an accurate and comprehensive documentation

on the protection, conservation, and preservation of significant tangible movable and immovable
cultural properties of Bohol and Eastern Samar after the devastating 2013 earthquake and the
subsequent calamities that hit the Visayas Region .

Name of officer: Assistant Director Angel P. Bautista

Project: Pagpauli is made in partnership with the Abueva family, in dedication to the memory of the
great Boholano artist Napoleon Abueva. The exhibit features 26 significant works from his personal
collection from Duero and Quezon City.

It is also the first major exhibition in his home province: Bohol. The show will focus on how Bohol
shaped his artistry and values to become the “Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture” and eventually
the youngest awardee of the prestigious National Artist award. He is also the first artist to be awarded
from Bohol.