The De La Salle John Bosco College (DLSJBC) is a Lasallian district school located in Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. It was established in 1963 by the Don Bosco Fathers, the administration and supervision of which was formally turned over to the De La Salle Brothers in 1977.
Guess what pips, another alumnus has brought laurels to our alma mater. It's NORMAN WILWAYCO...an alumni of batch...ahem...i miss out on this one (I'm currently gathering facts about him -- currently emailing him).
Norman has been collecting Palanca awards for his novels; the latest of which is GERILYA. I haven't read the book but I have a feeling his experiences in in living in Mangagoy is going to be a centerpiece here. hehehe.
His GERILYA novel ad below:
By the way, you might want to check his BLOG. You may also download his latest award-winning book GERILYA. But better yet, buy his book and encourage Norman to make another award-winning book...ung kasama school natin. P185 lang!
Norman Wilwayco, aside from being a multiple Palanca award winner (one being the prestigious Grand Prize for the novel in 2002), plays bass for a rock and roll band and designs multimedia web sites. He also writes for Filmless Films. He previously wrote for the popular television show Batibot and has contributed articles to Liwayway, Manila Times and Inquirer. He was a fellow of the UP Writers Workshop and won the first prize in the Amado Hernandez Award for Literature in 1999.
Jobarclix's Blog: CHIQUE ARCILLA
(Lifted from the blog of Joey Climaco , with permission)
i am quite lucky to have friends who have unbelievable talent. and tonight, i feel that that luck has gone up a step higher. i would like you guys to meet chique arcilla. my kababayan from surigao del sur. we were in the same grade school and though she was a batch younger, we knew her because she always topped the honors list. she also went to pisay diliman, and since there were only three of us from surigao in pisay during those days we became each other’s sort of guardians.
i used to be amazed of the fact that she can play the violin. and then tonight i found a recording of her version of stevie wonders’ overjoyed, accompanied by her Waking Up The Sunrise bandmate Tim Cada. check it out here:
If there’s one person who can write the history of Mangagoy, Bislig both in words and images, it would be ‘Nong Tony. It was he who immortalized the smiles, the stories and the lives of every family I know in Mangagoy the way Gabriel Garcia Marquez immortalized his stories. It was he who brings color and beauty to otherwise drab pictures of smiling kids with no front teeth. My graduation pictures, class pictures and glamshots (yes, those even the ones where you hold that tiny piece of leaf or perhaps beside a white sedan at the parking lot of the parish church) – all taken by him.
And after 84 years of living a well-lived fruitful life, ‘Nong Tony peacefully passed away in his sleep. He left a legacy. A legacy of history captured in images. A legacy of love for your roots and your hometown. His pictures have immortalized our memories, as our memories immortalize his.
Shiela , a kababata, relates the experience with a fervor of that of a daughter. And Joey , his grandson who inherited his love for photography, wrote a short memoir for him.
And for those whose childhood has been immortalized by him, let us offer a prayer fit for ‘Nong Tony.
Mangagoy survives devastating flash flood
Mangagoy, Bislig recently survived a devastating flash flood as heavy rains battered Visayas and Mindanao in the early weeks of the year 2009. This appalling news came as Luzon, especially Baguio (9 degrees!), enjoyed a rare cold wintery weather over the holiday season.
"Umabot na sa 7 katao ang nasawi sa flashflood at landslide sa Camiguin Island at Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Nasa advance state of decomposition na ang ilan sa mga biktima nang matagpuan ang mga ito. Isa rin sa mga biktima ang narekober na nakasakay pa ng motorsiklo matapos matabunan ng gumuhong lupa at mga bato. Marami ring kalsada sa mga nabanggit na lugar ang hindi madaanan ng mga sasakyan."
Special thanks to www.mangagoy.com for the pictures. Continue reading for more pictures.
(Lifted from the blog of 
If there’s one person who can write the history of Mangagoy, Bislig both in words and images, it would be ‘Nong Tony. It was he who immortalized the smiles, the stories and the lives of every family I know in Mangagoy the way Gabriel Garcia Marquez immortalized his stories. It was he who brings color and beauty to otherwise drab pictures of smiling kids with no front teeth. My graduation pictures, class pictures and glamshots (yes, those even the ones where you hold that tiny piece of leaf or perhaps beside a white sedan at the parking lot of the parish church) – all taken by him.
Mangagoy, Bislig recently survived a devastating flash flood as heavy rains battered Visayas and Mindanao in the early weeks of the year 2009. This appalling news came as Luzon, especially Baguio (9 degrees!), enjoyed a rare cold wintery weather over the holiday season.