Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Age range  KID Scout: 4–6

 KAB Scout: 6–9

 Boy Scout: 9–12

 Senior Scout: 13–19

 Rover Scout: 18–26

Headquarters Natividad Lopez St., Ermita, Manila

Country Philippines

Founded October 31, 1936; 86 years ago

Founders  Josephus Emile H. Stevenot

 Manuel R. Camus

 Vicente P. Lim

 Carlos P. Romulo

 Jorge B. Vargas

 Arsenio Luz

 Gabriel A. Daza

Membership 2,811,541 (2020)

Chief Scout President Bongbong Marcos

National Dale B. Corvera

President

Secretary Rogelio S. Villa

General
 Affiliation  World Organization of the
Scout Movement

 Asia-Pacific Scout Region

 ASEAN Scouts Association for

Regional Cooperation

Website
http://scouts.org.ph/

Boy Scout Senior Scout Rover Scout

Scouting portal

The Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is the national scouting organization of the Philippines in
the World Organization of the Scout Movement. The Scout movement was first introduced in the
Philippines on 1910 during the American Occupation. It was "granted Recognition as a Member
Organisation of the Boy Scouts International Conference...with effect from October 31, 1936" by virtue
of certification signed by J. S. Wilson, Olave Baden-Powell, and Daniel Spry.

For most of the late 20th century and into the 21st century, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines is among
the largest Scout organizations in the world, currently 4th, in terms of membership count (behind Boy
Scouts of America, The Bharat Scouts and Guides of India and the co-ed Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia),
largely due to the organization's dependence on the Department of Education.

Program sections[edit]
  KID Scouting (Kabataang Iminumulat Diwa) is for boys 4 to 6 years old (in pre-school). They wear
a light blue neckerchief.

 KAB Scouting (Kabataan Alay sa Bayan) is for boys 6 to 9 years old (grades 1 through 3). They
wear a yellow neckerchief.

 Boy Scouting is for boys 9 to 12 years old (grades 4 through 6). They wear a green neckerchief.

 Senior Scouting is for boys 13 to 19 years old (grades 7 through 12). They wear a red
neckerchief.

 Rover Scouting is for young men 18 to 26 years old (grades 11–12 and college level). Rovers
aged 24 and above are called Rover Peers. They wear a navy blue neckerchief.

KAB Scout Advancement Program[edit]

 Young

 Growing

 Leaping

Boy Scout Advancement Program[edit]

 Membership

 Tenderfoot Scout

 Second Class Scout

 First Class Scout

 Scout Service

 Scout Citizen

Senior Scout Advancement Program[edit]

 Membership

 Explorer

 Pathfinder

 Outdoorsman

 Venturer

 Eagle Scout

Rover Advancement Program[edit]

 Yellow Quadrant

 Green Quadrant
  Red Quadrant

 Blue Quadrant

 Chief Scout's Nation Builder

All ranks wear the organizational badge, with elements from the Flag of the Philippines (the national flag
forms the basis of the trefoil colors) and the green neckerchief below the trefoil, in their uniforms.

Scout ideals[edit]

Vision[edit]

Foremost in preparing the youth to become agents of change in communities, guided by the Scout Oath
and Law.

Mission[edit]

To help the youth develop values and acquire competencies to become responsible citizens and capable
leaders anchored on the Scout Oath and Law.

Scout Oath[edit]

On my honor, I will do my best

To do my duty to God and my country, the Republic of the Philippines, and to obey the Scout Law.

To help other people at all times,

To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Panunumpa ng Scout[edit]

Sa ngalan ng aking dangal ay gagawin ko ang buong makakaya

Upang tumupad sa aking tungkulin sa Diyos at sa aking Bayan, ang Republika ng Pilipinas, at sumunod sa
Batas ng Scout;

Tumulong sa ibang tao sa lahat ng pagkakataon;

Mapanatiling malakas ang aking katawan, gising ang isipan at marangal ang asal.

Scout Law / Batas ng Scout[edit]

A Scout is Ang Scout ay

Trustworthy Mapagkakatiwalaan

Loyal Matapát

Helpful Matulungín

Friendly Mapagkaibigan
 Courteous Magalang

Kind Mabaít

Obedient Masunurin

Cheerful Masaya

Thrifty Matipíd

Brave Matapang

Clean Malinis

Reverent Maka-Diyós

Senior Scout Code[edit]

As a Scout Scout:

I will live up to the Scout Oath and Law and the Scout Motto and the Senior Scout Slogan;
I will be familiar with the constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, especially my rights and
obligations as a Filipino citizen.
I will share in the responsibilities of my home, school, church, neighborhood, community, and country.
I will deal fairly and kindly with my fellow men in the spirit of the Scout Law.
I will work to preserve our Filipino heritage,
aware that the privileges we enjoy
were won by hard work, sacrifices, clear thinking, and the faith of our forefathers.
I will do everything in my power to pass on a better Philippines to the next generation. [1]

Preamble[edit]

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and
humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the
common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the
blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom,
love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

Laws and rulings[edit]

For most of its existence, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was a private organization. However, this
status has been officially and legally reversed with finality by Philippine Supreme Court decisions in 1991
("government-controlled corporation"), 2011 ("public corporation or a government instrumentality"),
and 2012.[2]
# Title Description Date Authority

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Philippines,
and to
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Powers and
Purposes

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Certain
Provisions mandating
of the
Commonwe President
alth Act No. of the
111, Philippines Pres.
Presidential 17 May
Otherwise as the Chief Ferdinand
Decree 460 1974
Known as Scout of Marcos
the National the Boy
Charter of Scouts of
the Boy the
Scouts of Philippines
the
Philippines

G.R. No. Boy Scouts declaring 22 April Supreme

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Philippines Governmen
v. National t-Owned or
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Relations Corporatio
Commission n and a
governmen
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instrument
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Executive
Order No.
495, Series
of 1991, by
revoking
Excluding
conversion
Executive From the 4 Pres.
of the BSP
Order No. Coverage March Corazon
into a
509, s. 1992 Thereof the 1992 Aquino
private
Boy Scouts
corporation
of the
Philippines
and for
Other
Purposes

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Act 7278 Amending g the BSP March Corazon
Commonwe 1992 Aquino
alth Act No.
111, as
Amended
by
Presidential
Decree No.
460,
Entitled "An
Act To
Create a
Public
Corporation
To Be
Known as
the Boy
Scouts of
the
Philippines,
and To
Define Its
Powers and
Purposes,"
by
 Strengtheni
ng the
Volunteer
and
Democratic
Character of
the Boy
Scouts of
the
Philippines
and for
Other
Purposes

Defining the
commission
subjecting
's policy
the BSP
with
organizatio 17 Commissi
Resolution respect to
n to August on on
No. 99-011 the audit of
governmen 1999 Audit
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the
Philippines

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Philippines looking at banc
versus the
Commission legislative
on Audit history of
its
amended
charter and
carefully
studying
the
applicable
laws and
the
arguments
of both
parties, we
find that
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public
corporation
and its
funds are
subject to
the COAs
audit
jurisdiction.
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History of Scouting[edit]

Main article: History of Scouting in the Philippines

Just 3 years after the birth of the Scout Movement and just 2 years after the Boy Scouts of America was
founded the first Philippine troops were organized by Elwood Stanley Brown, Physical Director of the
Manila YMCA, in 1910. In 1912, Elwood Stanley Brown recognized by Baden-Powell as "Chief
Scoutmaster." In 1913, troops were organized by Mark Thompson, Antonio Torres, Domingo Ponce, and
Francisco Varona. In 1914, the Lorillard Spencer Troop organized in November in Zamboanga
City by Sherman L. Kiser, the first troop in the southern island of Mindanao.

In Jan 1922, Scouting started at Silliman Institute under the auspices of its church. They applied for
registration to BSA National Headquarters, New York, in 1922, and received their document in January
1923 (some eight or nine months before the creation of the BSA Philippine Islands Council No. 545). On
April 19, 1922, a certain Mr. Ong of Calivo, Capiz (now Kalibo, Aklan) organized the Boy Scouts of Calivo
which the Governor-General of the Philippines Leonard Wood at that time acknowledged in his letter
dated January 2, 1923.[3] In 1923, the Rotary Club established the Boy Scouts of America Philippine
Islands Council No. 545 in October as a territorial council covering troops organized nationwide (at first
the council was only to cover organized Scouting in the Manila area and environs). In 1931,
experimentation was conducted in Sea Scouting and Cub Scouting. In 1933, the Philippines made its first
participation in an international Scout event, with the BSA Philippine Islands Council delegation
embedded in the BSA contingent to the 4th World Scout Jamboree in Budapest, Hungary. In 1934 Rover
Scouting was introduced.

The BSA Shanghai District was placed under the supervision of the BSA Philippine Islands Council No.
545.

Establishment[edit]

On October 31, 1936, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines were officially chartered under the
Commonwealth of the Philippines Act No. 111. The founding BSP President and Chief Scout
were Josephus Stevenot. In 1937, the BSA Philippine Islands Council No. 545, meeting in October,
decided on the handover of its properties and responsibilities to the nascent BSP.

In 1938, the BSP was inaugurated by Pres. Manuel Quezon on January 1, and started functioning.
Exequiél Villacorta was appointed the first "Chief Scout Executive" of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines,
in imitation of the BSA office of Chief Scout Executive. The young BSP was caught in the crossfires of
the Second World War and scouting activities, which were either abolished or absorbed into the
paramilitary styled activities of the current Scout Association of Japan during the Japanese-sponsored
Second Republic, only resumed in most of the country by late 1945.

Independence era[edit]

In 1947, one year after the restoration of independence, the BSP made its first participation in an
international event, with the BSP contingent to the 6th World Scout Jamboree in Moisson, France as a
full member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement's Asia-Pacific Region
(established 1956). In 1953, the first Wood Badge course was conducted at BSP Camp Gre-Zar
in Novaliches, Quezon City.

In 1954, the first BSP National Scout Jamboree was held at Rolling Hills, Balarâ, Quezon City. Dr. Mariano
Villarama de Los Santos served on the World Scout Committee from 1957 until 1959 as its first Filipino
member. In 1959, the 10th World Scout Jamboree was held at the National Scout Reservation,
University of the Philippines, Los Baños, at the foot of Mount Makiling, in the province of Laguna. This
was the first World Scout Jamboree outside Europe and Canada.

In 1960, the BSP began to indigenize its Scouting programs. That year the Cub Scout program was
revised to replace American symbols (e.g. Bobcat, Bear Cub, Wolf Cub, Lion Cub) with Philippine motifs
(e.g. Kawan, Mother Usa, Chief Usa, Young Usa, Lauan, Molave, Narra, Leaping Usa). A year later, the
Boy Scout program was revised to replace American symbols (e.g. Eagle) with Philippine motifs (e.g.
Maginoo, Jose Rizal).

In 1963, 24 members of the BSP delegation to the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Marathon, Greece,
died in a plane crash in the sea off the coast of Mumbai, India. Streets in the South Triangle
District of Quezon City were later named in their memory. In 1968, Boy Scouts, Rovers, and Scouters
joined in the search-and-rescue operations for victims of the Ruby Tower collapse in August. For the
services rendered by the Scouts, the BSP organization was awarded by President Ferdinand Marcos with
a Presidential Gold Medal the following year.
In 1970, Senior Scouting was officially launched as part of the BSP program. It has three sections: Air
(grey uniform), Land (dark green), and Sea (white). In 1971, Ambassador Antonio C. Delgado was elected
Chairman of the World Scout Conference, becoming the first Filipino to hold this position. In 1972, BSP
membership hit the one-million mark nationwide.

In 1973, the Golden Jubilee Jamboree and first Asia-Pacific Jamboree was held at the National Scout
Reservation, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna. The jamboree song, "Kapatirang
Paglilingkod," reflected the Bagong Lipunan regime of President Marcos. In 1974–75, the Cub Scout
name was Philippinised: the Pilipino alphabet at that time did not include the letter C, so "Cub" was
replaced with "Kab." However, since "kab" was not actually a Pilipino word, it was contrived as an
acronym for "Kabataan Alay sa Bayan" and written in all caps. In 1975–86, in compliance with the orders
of Pres. Marcos, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines was renamed "Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas" (literally
meaning Scout Brotherhood of the Philippines). The Scout age groups were reduced from four to two.
The Scout Oath and Scout Law were revised and a new Scout badge was devised. President Ferdinand
Marcos took the title of Chief Scout, the first Philippine head of state to hold the title.

Modern day scouting[edit]

Founders of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Stamp for National

Boy Scout Movement 50th Anniversary, 28 Oct 1987.

In 1986, the Golden Jubilee of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (1936–86) was marked. In the aftermath
of the People Power Revolution, the name Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas was abandoned and the
organization reverted to its original name "Boy Scouts of the Philippines", under its first lady Chief Scout,
then President Corazon Aquino. In 1990–91, a program was created for pre-school boys and named KID
Scouting. Since "kid" in English and not Filipino, it was contrived as an acronym for "Kabataang
Iminumulat Diwa" and written in all caps. In 1991, the 12th Asia-Pacific Jamboree was held in Philippine
Scouting Center, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna. In 1992, the old BSP badge was
reinstated.

In 1993, the Philippines hosted the first ASEAN Scout Jamboree. In 1997, the 2nd World Scout
Parliamentary Union held in Manila. In 1999, the first Venture Scout Jamboree was held on Ilian Hills,
Iriga City, Camarines Sur, Bicol. In 2007, the BSP observed the world centennial of the Scout Movement.
In 2009–10, the BSP hosted the 26th Asia-Pacific Jamboree, 28 December 2009 – 3 January 2010. This
was the third APR Jamboree in the Philippines. In 2011, BSP celebrated 75 years of Philippine Scouting.
In 2013, the National Peace Jamboree held on Mount Makiling in Laguna, in Capitol Hills Scout Camp in
Cebu, and the BSP's Camp Malagos in Davao.
2014 marked the Centennial (1914–2014) anniversary of the defunct Lorillard Spencer Troop, the first
official troop in the islands. A "Centennial Jamboree" was held in three venues: Marikina (Luzon), Cebu
City (Visayas), and Zamboanga City (Mindanao).

Celebrations of the centennial year of the establishment of the Philippine Islands Council BSA were
marked in 2023, the first step in a years-long preparation for the BSP Centennial.

Noted Personalities[edit]

Referenc
Name Notability
es

During US Navy assault 17–20 Oct

1944, Abello (aged 29),
accompanied by Antero Junio and
Vicente Tiston, successfully
established communication with a
warship using his knowledge
of semaphore (learned in youth as
a Boy Scout of Troop 11,
Leyte, BSA). He identified himself
"Boy Scouts of America", paddled
out by bangkâ (outrigger canoe),
Valeriano was taken aboard ship 467, and
[5][6][7][8][9]
Ibañez provided information for targeting
[10][11]
Abello (d Japanese installations and diverting
2000) bombardment away from
populated areas of Tolosa.[4] Made
good copy for war correspondents
on board. Conferred Philippine
Legion of Honor by Pres. Ramon
Magsaysay, 1956. Often mentioned
in Scouting literature. An attempt
by relatives to have him buried at
the Libingan ng mga Bayani failed.
Monument at Telegrafó, Tolosa,
Leyte. Honored on "Signal Day," 18
Oct, in Leyte.

[12][13]
Oscar Alcaráz Senior Scout, Post 14, Quezon City
Council, BSP. Rescued his
Scoutmaster who fell into a plant-
infested pond by La Mesa Dam, but
got drowned himself, 30 Aug 1970.
Name the source of Oscar Alcaraz
 Street, La Loma, Quezon City.

Immigrant from Switzerland, 1937.

Founded Troop 80, Manila Council, [14][15]
Hans Arber
Feb 1949. Executive Board
Member, Manila Council, BSP.

is a Filipino politician who serves as

National President of the Boy
Scouts of the Philippines from
2016, as well as an elected
Wendel volunteer member of the Asia- [16]
Avisado Pacific Regional Scout
Committee of the World
Organization of the Scout
Movement (WOSM) from 2012 to
2018.

Corps Commander, ROTC Unit,

Mapua Institute of Technology.
Officer, Philippine Expeditionary
Cezar I. Batilo
Forces to Korea. Colonel, Philippine
Army. Secretary-General, BSP,
1985–1989.

American composer and patron of

Scouting. Like his famous
composition God Bless
America whose royalties go to the
Boy Scouts of America and the Girl
Irving Berlin Scouts of the US, Berlin stipulated
that profits from his song Heaven
Watch the Philippines were to go to
the Boy Scouts of the Philippines
and the Girl Scouts of the
Philippines.

Vitaliano [10]
Chief Scout, BSP, 1968–1974.
Bernardino

[17]
B.H. Unknown Scout who performed an
impressive act of honesty. July 20,
1950. Dear Miss Vivian Parlade, I
saw this letter on the road. I picked
 it up and found that it must have
been dropped and lost
unknowingly by the owner. Since
your address is on the envelope, I
am respectfully returning it with
the money, fifty dollars, untouched.
I am a Boy Scout and I feel good
that I am doing this. I am not after
any reward nor compensation. That
is why I am not giving you my name
nor my address, only my initials. I
hope you are happy."

Politician. Former Vice President of

the Republic of the Philippines.
Former Mayor, Makati City. Former
National President of the BSP.
Former Chairman, Asia-Pacific
Jejomár
Region, World Organization of the
Cabauatan
Scout Movement. Member, Alpha
Binay
Phi Omega (Philippines) (List of
Alpha Phi Omega members)
Established Balik Scouting Program
(BSP) in an attempt to interest APO
Philippines members in Scouting.

[19]
Elwood Physical Education Director, YMCA,
Stanley Manila. Founded basketball,
Brown volleyball,[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9
] [10] [11] and Boy Scouting in the
Philippines in 1910. First
Scoutmaster of the Philippines.
Wrote letter[18] to Theodore
Roosevelt praising Manila Boy
Scouts (the same letter mentioned
by Roosevelt in the BSA Handbook
for Boys, 1st edition, 1911).
Mentioned and recognised as "The
Chief Scoutmaster" of the
Philippines by Lord Baden-Powell in
BP's report in The Scout (the British
Scout newsletter), Issue No. 224,
July 27, 1912, about BP's trip to
 Manila during his world tour.

Boy Scout, Troop 564, Bambang

Elementary School (Bocaue),
Bulacan Council. Aged 13, drowned
after saving at least four children [20][21]
Sahjid S. Bulig
during the overloading, collapse,
and sinking of the Bocaue river
pagoda, 2 Jul 1993. Conferred
Medal of Honor, 31 Oct 1993.

Lawyer. Translator-interpreter, US
Army Provost Marshal. Judge.
Senator. Scoutmaster, YMCA.
Commissioner, Philippine Islands
Manuél Roxas [8][9][10][22]
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Camus
Charter Member, BSP; Chief Scout,
1945–1949. Recipient, Silver
Beaver and Silver Buffalo, Boy
Scouts of America.

Civil engineer. President, University

of the East (1984–90).
Secretary, Department of
Education, Culture, and
Isidro D.
Sports (1990–92). President,
Cariño
Council of Ministers, Southeast
Asian Ministers of Education
Organization. National President,
BSP (1989–91).

Boy Scout, BSP. Participant, 10th

World Scout Jamboree, Makiling.
US Marine Corps soldier, Viet Nam
Jaime O.
War. US Army soldier, Operation
Cianfrocco
Desert Shield. Security official,
United Nations headquarters, New
York.

[8][9][23]
Tomás School teacher. Government
Valenzuela official. Wartime guerrilla leader.
Confesór Forgotten founder of the BSP: as
(1891–1951) Representative of the 3rd District
of Iloilo, sponsored legislative bill
 signed into law as Commonwealth
Act 111, creating the Boy Scouts of
the Philippines organization.
Conferred Philippine Legion of
Honor.

Scoutmaster & lifesaving instructor,

BSP. Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy
Scouts of America. Figured in an
Rodrigo B. [24]
incident where he was threatened
Corpuz
at gunpoint while applying first aid
on a motor accident victim, 20 Apr
1984.

Charter Member, BSP; Chief Scout,

1961–1968. Recipient, Bronze
Gabriél A. [8][9][10][25]
Wolf, 1965. Recipient, Mount
Daza
Makiling Award, 1977. Recipient,
Tanglaw ng Kabataan Award, 1986.

[10]
Antonio Boy Scout, Boy Scouts of
Concepción America contingent, 4th World
Delgado Scout Jamboree, Hungary, 1933.
Industrialist. Ambassador to the
Vatican. Vice-chairman, Organizing
Committee, 10th World Scout
Jamboree. First Asian Chairman of
the World Scout Committee, 1971–
1973. Recipient, Silver
Buffalo (1970), Bronze
Wolf (1971), Silver Tamaraw (BSP),
and Mount Makiling Award (1977).
National President, Kapatirang
Scout ng Pilipinas, 1974–1975. His
son José Antonio Chuidian Delgado
died in the plane crash with the
Philippine contingent to the 11th
World Scout Jamboree, 1963.
Another son, José Eduardo
Delgado, was a Member of the
National Executive Board of the
BSP and Chairman of the Program
Sub-Committee of the World Scout
Bureau Asia-Pacific Region (2009–
 12).

He is the TOBS Committee

Chairperson and National Public
Relations Commissioner. He was
Maximino J. the National President of BSP. He
Edralin Jr. was the Chairman of the Public
Relations Sub-Committee for Asia-
Pacific Region of the World Scout
Bureau.

Carlos C. Former Secretary-General of the

Escudero Boy Scouts of the Philippines

Boy Scout, Troop 60, Rupagan

Elementary School, Lanao del
Norte Council, aged 13. In a
Aris Canoy lifesaving act with no recourse but [26][27]
Espinosa self-sacrifice, he dropped down on
a live grenade to shield playing
children from its explosion, 30 Jan
1994.

Scout, Holy Ghost Church (Santa

Cruz, Manila), Philippine Islands
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
[6][28]
Jorge Fajardo Joined US Army; survived Battle of
Corregidor and Capas POW camp.
Engaged in espionage. KIA in Battle
of Manila.

Alumnus, US Naval Academy,

Annapolis. Captain, Philippine
J. Roilo S.
Navy. National President, BSP,
Golez
1985–1986. Served at various
government posts.

Humanitarian. Founded Philippine

Irving S. Hart Band of Mercy, 1937. Founded
leper Boy Scout troop.

[10][29]
Ralph G. Charter Member, Alpha Phi Omega
Hawkins (Philippines). Member, Organizing
Committee, 10th World Scout
 Jamboree. National Director, BSP,
1960–1961.

Killed while directing road traffic in

[6][30]
Oscar Joson the midst of Japanese air assault on
the USAFFE at Bataán.

Boy Scout, Troop 61, Holy Ghost

Church, Philippine Islands Council,
Boy Scouts of America. [10]
Cesar C. Javiér
Scoutmaster, served for several
decades at Holy Ghost Church,
Manila Council, BSP.

Physician. Official, BSP. Charter

Member, Alpha Phi Omega
(Philippines). Contingent
Bonifacio [29][31][32]
Scoutmaster of the ill-fated
Vitan Lazcano
Philippine delegation killed in a
plane crash on the way to the 11th
World Scout Jamboree, 1963.

Alumnus, US Military Academy,

West Point (1914). Officer of the US
Army, the Philippine Army, and
the USAFFE. Charter Member, BSP.
Supported the establishment of
Vicente the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, of [8][9][10][33]
Podico Lim which his wife Pilár Hidalgo
Lim was the co-founder.
Commanded 41st Division,
Philippine Army at Battle of Bataan.
Survived Bataan Death March.
Executed 1944 by the Japanese.

[8][9][10][34]
Arsenio Journalist, entrepreneur, educator,
Nicasio Luz community leader, a government
(1888–1966) official. Member, Rotary Club.
Director, Manila Carnival. Charter
Member and Vice
President, Manila Council (later
Philippine Islands Council), Boy
Scouts of America (1923). Charter
Member, BSP; Chief Scout, 1942–
 1944.

Politician. President of the Republic

of the Philippines, 1965–1986.
Imposed martial law 1972–1981.
Received Philippine Legion of
Honor during his administration.
Issued Presidential Decree 460
restructuring the BSP: Marcos
became the Chief Scout, the
organization's name was changed
Ferdinand to Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas,
Edralín the organization was made to
Marcos support Marcos's Bagong Lipunan
regime, and its Oath and Law,
programs, uniforms and
ranks[35] were all changed. (The new
name and most changes were
discarded in 1986.) Marcos
received the Mount Makiling
Award (1973) and Tanglaw ng
Kabataan Award (1977) from the
Kapatirang Scout ng Pilipinas.

Shot and killed by invading

Scouter
Japanese while manning a first aid
McCormick
station, Jolo Central School, Sulu, [13]
and Scout
25 Dec 1941. Honored in the name
Cesar
of McCormick-Gepigon Sulu
Gepigon
Council, BSP.

Boy Scout, Troop 3, YMCA, Manila.

Exequiél Killed while helping a mother and
[6][36][37]
Villanueva her children to safety during
Montilla Japanese bombing of US Asiatic
Fleet HQ, Cavite, 8 Dec 1941.

[29][38][39]
Godofredo P. Boy Scout (1930), Lone
Neric (d 1991) Scout (1930–35), and Eagle
Scout (1935), Philippine Islands
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Soldier, Philippine Scouts, US Army;
survived Battle of Bataan, Bataan
Death March, and POW camp.
 Wartime guerrilla. Graduate, Far
Eastern University. Professional,
Manila Council, BSP. Charter
Member and the first National
Secretary, Alpha Phi Omega
(Philippines), 1950. National
Director (1961–62) and National
Executive (1962–1974), BSP. Edged
out in a power struggle in the
national leadership, he migrated to
the US and became a store
employee at the National Capital
Area Council of the Boy Scouts of
America.

Scoutmaster, Troops 171 and

172, Far Eastern
University Scouting Unit, Manila
Council, BSP. With his
Scouts[40] while homeward bound
Agustín from a camping trip, encountered a [9][42]
Olmedo road accident, applied first aid to
multiple victims, and helped with
their evacuation. Executive, Santa
Clara County Council (San Jose,
California), Boy Scouts of America.
[41]

Official, BSP. Charter

Leonardo R. [29]
Member, Alpha Phi Omega
Osorio
(Philippines).

[9][10][29]
Guillermo R. Chief Executive (1954–56) and
Padolina National Director (1956), BSP.
Appointed by Boy Scouts
International Bureau Director
Daniel Spry as Traveling
Commissioner for the Far East, he
set up the first Far East office of the
Bureau at the BSP National
Headquarters in Manila, May 1956;
facilitated the establishment of the
Far East Region with 10 member
countries, 26 July. Charter Member
 and the first 3rd Vice
President, Alpha Phi Omega
(Philippines).

Politician and one of the most

outstanding public servants. He is
currently the Senior Vice President
of the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines. He was the BSP
national president for two terms,
1996–1998. He was the chairman
of the Centennial Celebration
Committee. He has received
numerous awards and recognitions.
Roberto
These include Most Outstanding
Pagdanganan
Alumnus awards from all the
schools he attended, and the
Lifetime Achievement Award and
the Tanglaw ng Kabataan from the
Boy Scouts of the Philippines. He
also received the Philippine Legion
of Honor award from
President Corazon Aquino for his
role in fighting coup attempts
during her term [12].

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America.

Mechanical engineer. Lawyer. Lt
Col, US Army. Founder, William H.
Quasha & Associates. Executive
Board Member, Manila Council,
William BSP. National Executive Board
[43][44]
Howard Member, BSP, 1955–74.
Quasha Recipient, Philippine Legion of
Honor. Recipient, Silver Buffalo,
BSA. Recipient, Silver Tamaraw,
BSP. Grand Master, Grand Lodge,
F&AM, Philippines. Chairman, St.
Luke's Medical Center.

[8][9][45]
Manuél Luís President, Commonwealth of the
Quezon y Philippines. Honorary Vice
Molina President, Philippine Islands
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
 Signed Commonwealth Act 111,
creating the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines organization,
inaugurated 1 Jan 1938.

Alumnus, US Military Academy,

West Point (1950). Founder, Special
Forces, AFP. Chief of Staff, AFP.
Recipient, Philippine Legion of
Fidél Valdéz Honor. President, Republic of the
Ramos Philippines. Chief Scout, BSP.
Honorary GCMG (1995).
Member, Alpha Phi Omega
(Philippines). Recipient, Bronze
Wolf, 1993.

Member, Organizing
Committee, 10th World Scout
Hermenegildo
Jamboree. Member, World Scout
B. Reyes
Committee. Recipient, Bronze
Wolf, 1967.

Francisco S. Member Emeritus of the National

"Frankie" Executive Board of the Boy Scouts
Roman of the Philippines. He served as
National President of the Boy
Scouts of the Philippines from 1986
to 1989 and later became its
International Commissioner. He
became the
second Filipino Chairman of
the World Scout Committee of
the World Organization of the
Scout Movement in 1996. During
his term,
the Committee established the
sixth Scouting region in the world
- Eurasia. He also served
as Chairman of the Asia-Pacific
Regional Scout Committee from
1989 to 1992. Roman has conferred
the Bronze Wolf Award at the end
of his term in 1992, the APR Award
for Distinguished Service in 1995,
 the BSP National President Award
in 1996, and the Tanglaw ng
Kabataan Award in 1998.

Boy Scout, Scoutmaster, Far

Eastern University Scouting Unit,
Manila Council, BSP. City Fire
Carlito Marshall, Quezon City. Executive
Saquetón Board Member, Quezon City
Romero Council, BSP. Chief Superintendent
(brigadier general) and Officer-in-
Charge (acting bureau chief),
Bureau of Fire Protection. Rotarian.

Charter Member, BSP. Vice

President, Rotary International.
Recipient, Pulitzer Prize. Aide-de-
Camp to Gen. MacArthur.
Recipient, Purple Heart. Brigadier
General, US Army.
Signatory, United Nations Charter.
President, UN General
Carlos Peña [8][9][10][46]
Assembly. Recipient, Silver Buffalo,
Romulo (1899 [47]
Boy Scouts of America. Honorary
–1985)
Member of Alpha Phi Omega,
inducted in Washington DC.
President, University of the
Philippines. Secretary of Education.
Recipient, Mount Makiling Award.
Major General, Philippine Army.
Recipient, Philippine Legion of
Honor.

Vice President, BSP. Executive,

José Plaridél World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific [9]
A. Silvestre Region office, Makati, Philippines.
Recipient, Bronze Wolf, 1977.

[48]
Porfirio V. Boy Scout, Troop 265, Philippine
Sison Islands Council, Boy Scouts of
America. Founder, Pangasinan
Council, BSP. Court Judge. National
Executive Board Member and Vice
President, BSP. Recipient, Silver
 Tamaraw, BSP.

Special Field Scout

Commissioner, Boy Scouts of
America. Charter Member and
Deputy Commissioner, Manila
Samuel Wells [8][9][49][50]
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Stagg
Pastor, Central Church, Manila. Co-
founder, Cosmopolitan Church,
Manila. Intelligence officer, US
Navy. Writer, Philippines Free Press.

Vice President and General

Manager, Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company.
President, Philippine Islands
Joseph Emile
Council, Boy Scouts of America. [8][9][10][52]
Hamilton
Founder, Boy Scouts of the
Stevenot
Philippines;[51] Chief Scout, 1938–
41. Recipient, Silver Buffalo, Boy
Scouts of America. Colonel, US
Army; KIA.

Director of Records, National

Headquarters, BSP, Manila. Scout
Executive, BSP Bacolod City Council
and BSP Cebu Provincial Council.
Inspired by presentation made by
Librado Sol George Levy,[53] Ureta (then
Inocencio taking MA in education at Far [29][54]
Ureta (1905– Eastern University) and a group of
1991) former Scouts founded Alpha Phi
Omega in the Philippines, 2 Mar
1950, at Room 214, Nicanor Reyes
Hall, Far Eastern University,
Nicanor Reyes Avenue, Sampaloc,
Manila.

Antonio T. Uy joined Boy Scouting (1953),

attended BSP 1954 National
Jamboree in Quezon City and all
other National Jamborees up to the
10th National Jamboree in Surigao
City. Most Outstanding Senior
Patrol Leader (1955), Eagle
Scout (1956), invited
to Malacañang Palace as a guest
of President Ramon
Magsaysay (1956). He founded and
organized the Emergency Service
Corps [13] [14] in 1959. In 1967, he
was one of the nine recipients of
the Scout Ideals Award as
Outstanding Boy Scouts of the
Philippines. Attended
the 10th (1959), 13th (1971), 14th (
1975), 17th (1991) and
the 21st (2007) World Scout
Jamborees. A Leader
Trainer attended Scout Wood
Badge in Zamboanga City and other
Adult Training Courses in
the Philippines and abroad such as
the 1st National Leader Trainers
Course held
in Yangmingshan, Taiwan. A
participant in the BSA International
Camp Staff Program [15], he was
the former BSP Chief National
Commissioner and National
Executive Board member. Course
Leader in many adult trainings here
and abroad. In 2000, he made a
program for the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines called 'Scout
Mountaineers'[16]. Conferred the
following Scouting Awards: Bronze
Medal of Honor in 1964, Gold
Medal of Merit in 1972, Gold USA
Medal in 1982, the Gold Tamaraw
Medal in 1998, Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2007, the
Tanglaw ng Kabataan in 2010 and
the Centennial Celebration Award
in 2014. He is also active in other
organizations such as Rotary
International, Freemasonry, Philipp
ine Coast Guard Auxiliary and
 more.

Government official. Charter

Member, BSP; Chief Scout, 1941–
1942, 1949–1961. Member, World
Jorge
Scout Committee. [8][9][10][55]
Bartolomé
Recipient, Philippine Legion of
Vargas
Honor. Recipient, Bronze
Wolf, 1959. Recipient, Tanglaw ng
Kabataan Award, 1961.

Scouting professional, program and

training proponent, historian, and
Assistant Secretary-General, BSP.
Discovered article by the
Rogelio R. [10]
Founder Lord Baden-Powell in The
Vicencio
Scout, issue no. 224, July 27, 1912,
referring to Elwood Brown as "The
Chief Scoutmaster" of the
Philippines.

Civil engineer. Outdoor

enthusiast. Leader Trainer. Served
in various local, regional, and
national positions in the BSP,
including national training director.
The position is traditionally known
as the Deputy Gilwell Camp Chief.
Organized many BSP National
Jamborees. Assigned as manager of
Rogelio construction at 20th World Scout
Seraspe Villa Jamboree, Thailand, 2003.
Pioneered technical climbing in the
BSP. Constructed the first climbing
walls at the BSP National Office
(Manila) and the BSP Center
(Makiling, Laguna). Created many
presentations and speeches of high
BSP officials at various BSP
conferences and events. Instructor,
BSP National Training School.

[8][9][49][56]
Ernest Earl Professional Executive, Boy Scouts
Voss, Jr. of America. Assigned by BSA Chief
 Scout Executive James Edward
(1895–1969) West to BSA Philippine Islands
Council, 1935–1938.

Aged 15, Tenderfoot Scout of Troop

No. 225, Tuguegarao, Cagayan,
rescued Ruth Hawkins and Ida
William Schermerhorn from drowning in [57][58]
Warmsley the Cagayan River. The second
member of the BSA Philippine
Islands Council to receive the BSA
Gold Honor Medal.

1-Teodorico Casipit. 2-William

Warmsley. 3-Tome Biteng. 4-
Buenaventura Espiritu. 5-Maximo
Recipients of
Flor. 6-Julito Semine. 7-Florencio
the BSA Gold [58]
Suzara. Each also received a letter
Medal of
from BSA National Scout
Honor
Commissioner and Chairman of
the National Court of Honor Daniel
Carter Beard.

Delegation of 6 Scouts and 1

Scouter from the Philippine Islands
4th World Council, Boy Scouts of America:
Scout Antonio de León, Antonio [59]
Jamboree con Concepción Delgado, Pablo
tingent Delgado, José Hermán, Mariano
Serrano, Vicente Kierulf, and
Scoutmaster Wencesláo O. Cruz.

[60]
Chief Scouts, 1-Joseph Emile Hamilton Stevenot.
Boy Scouts of 2-Jorge Bartolomé Vargas. 3-
the Arsenio Nicasio Luz. 4-Manuél
Philippines Roxas Camus. 5-Jorge Bartolomé
Vargas. 6-Gabriél A. Daza. 7-
Vitaliano Bernardino. 8-Ferdinand
Edralín Marcos. 9-Maria Corazón
Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino. 10-
Fidél Valdéz Ramos. 11-Joseph
Estrada. 12-Maria Gloria Macaraég
Macapagál Arroyo. 13-Benigno
Simeón Cojuangco Aquino. 14-
 Rodrigo Duterte

Librado Inocencio Ureta (Founder),

Charter Romeo Atienza, Alfredo de los
Members, Al Reyes, Lamberto Dominguez, Ralph
pha Phi Hawkins, Bonifacio Vitan Lazcano,
Omega in the Godofredo Neric, Leonardo Osorio,
Philippines Guillermo Padolina, Ignacio Sevilla,
Max Velasco.

1-Jorge Bartolomé Vargas (1961).

2-Ferdinand Edralín Marcos (1977).
3-Maria Corazón Sumulong
Cojuangco Aquino (1986). 4-Gabriél
A. Daza (1986). 5-Manuel R.
Camus(1986). 6-Vicente Podido
Lim (1986). 7- Arsenio Nicasio Luz
(1986). 8-Carlos Peña
Recipients,
Romulo (1986). 9-Josephus Emile
Tanglaw ng
Hamilton Stevenot (1986). 10-Fidél
Kabataan
Valdéz Ramos (1992). 11-Francisco
Award
S. "Frankie" Roman (1999). 12-
Pedro O. Savicente (1999). 13-Ben
Cordero Lim (2000). 14- Manuel A.
Camara (2001). 15- Isidro D. Cariño
(2001). 16- Cesar A. Santos (2003).
17- Antonio T. Uy (2010). 18-
Jejomár Cabauatan Binay (2014).
19-Roberto Pagdanganan (2016).

Delegation of 20 Scouts and 4

11th World
Scouters who died when their
Scout [61][32]
plane crashed into the Arabian Sea,
Jamboree
off Bombay, India, on the way to
contingent
the Jamboree in Marathon, Greece.

Alfonso Aluit, R. R. de la Cruz,

Scouting Rodolfo Gutierrez, Cesar
historians Javiér, William H. Quasha, Rogelio
Vicencio