Andres Bonifacio College

Private college in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines

Andres Bonifacio College

Pamantasang Andres Bonifacio (Filipino)

Other name

| ABCollege

Former names

| Andres Bonifacio Institute
Motto| Industry, Intelligence, Integrity.
Type| Private
Established| 1940
Founder|

* Amando B. Amatong
* Felicidad S. Amatong

Religious affiliation

| Nonsectarian
President| Ernesto S. Amatong
Vice-president| Julius 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″N 123°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

Newspaper| The Bonifacio Standard
Colors|  Yellow

Sporting affiliations

| ZPRAA, PRISAA
Website| abcollege.edu.ph

Location in Mindanao

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Location in the Philippines

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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]

## 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

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### Student Publication

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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

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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]

Callsign  | Frequency  | Power  | Location

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DXAA | 92.5 MHz  | 5 kW  | Dipolog
DXFA  | 98.5 MHz  | 5 kW  | Liloy
DXPA | 103.1 MHz  | 5 kW  | Nabunturan

### Newspaper

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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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* Isagani S. Amatong (LL. B., 1970) - former Provincial Governor (1986-1995; 1998–2004), and current Congressman of the 3rd District of Zamboanga del Norte (2013–present)
* Zorro Aguilar \- lawyer, activist, newspaper editor, and martial law victim.
* Athalia Briones Liong (LL. B., 2016) - lawyer for the Office of the Solicitor General, and Top 3 in the 2016 Philippine Bar Examinations[4][11][12]

## References

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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. ^ a b "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.
9. ^ "TV5, CBCP franchises allowed to lapse into law". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
10. ^ Elemia, Camille (15 August 2021). "Closure, job cuts: Why COVID-19 spells death for community journalism". Rappler. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
11. ^ Badilla, Joselle R. (3 May 2017). "Athalia Briones Liong - from honors biology grad to top 10 bar passer". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
12. ^ "3 Mindanawons among Top 10 bar passers; 1st placer is from Bukidnon". Mindanews. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

## External links

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* Official website

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Schools in Dipolog

Tertiary|

* Jose Rizal Memorial State University - Dipolog
* Andres Bonifacio College
* Dipolog City Institute of Technology
* DMC-College Foundation
* Saint Vincent's College
* STI College Dipolog

Non-tertiary|

* Zamboanga del Norte National High School
* Saint Mary's Academy of Dipolog
* Dipolog Community School
* Global Springs of Learning Academy
* Metro Dipolog Baptist Academy
* Philippine Science High School Zamboanga Peninsula Region Campus

Schools in italics have closed or Inactive.

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