a) Butuan Global Forum, Inc. is a non-stock non-profit corporation registered as a non-government organization (NGO) with the Philippine Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) under Certificate of Incorporation No. CN200516703 issued on September 29, 2005 .
Butuan Global Forum, Inc. is accredited as a non-government organization (NGO) in the City of Butuan under Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) Resolution No. 015-2006 enacted on February 6, 2006, unanimously approved on February 14, 2006 and issued to Gregorio P. Hontiveros and Winston A. Guillen.
Butuan Global Forum, Inc., is registered with the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as a non-stock non-profit 9199 corporation under Certificate of Registration No. 2006-103-00088 dated January 24, 2006 with Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) 006-398-827.
b) Its Board of Trustees and Officers for 2009-2010
are:
Dr. Antonio M. Montalban - Chairman
Laurice Guillen-Feleo - President
Jorge B. Navarra - Secretary
Atty. Josefe Sorrera-Ty, C.P.A. -Treasurer
Estrella Rosales-Dysangco - Trustee
Atty. Vincent C. Fortun, B.S.Forestry - Trustee
Winston A. Guillen - Trustee
Dr. Jurgenne Alviola-Honculada, Ph.D. - Trustee
Gregorio P. Hontiveros - Trustee
Engr. Gamaliel F. Itao, M.Ent. - Trustee
Dr. Renato Jose C. Villanueva - Trustee
Its incorporators are:
Engr. Antonio F. Cabrera, P.M.E.
Danilo A. Duncano, C.P.A.
Laurice Guillen-Feleo
Winston A. Guillen
Jurgette Alviola-Honculada
Gregorio P. Hontiveros
Engr. Gamaliel F. Itao, P.E.E., M.Ent.
Vicente C. de Jesus
Atty. Angelo A. Jimenez
Dr. Antonio M. Montalban, M.H.A., M.P.H., M.H.P.Ed.
Jean Flores-Navarra
Jorge B. Navarra
Dr. Jurgenne Honculada-Primavera, Ph.D.
Atty. Josefe Sorrera-Ty, C.P.A.
Dr. Renato Jose C. Villanueva, M.D.
Rev. Fr. John Christian U. Young
c) Office Address: Ground Floor, URIOS Gym
J. C. Aquino Avenue, Butuan City, Philippines
d) Vision
A community-based civil society organization which
will enable Butuanons all over the world to help in the
upliftment and betterment of Butuanon communities
e) Mission
1. To protect and conserve the environment in
Butuan for the enjoyment of its natural resources by
present and future generations of Butuanons and their
visitors;
2. To leverage the natural beauty, historical legacy
and cultural heritage of Butuan for the sustainable
operation of eco-tourism sites and systems as a way of
life in Butuanon communities;
3. To provide deserving Butuanons with suitable
opportunities for livelihood and enterprise development
to improve the quality of their lives.
f) Membership in Committees and Chapters
We believe in an inclusive organization and hope to accept members from anywhere in the world who want to help attain our work programs and implement our projects.
g) Programs and Projects
CONTINUING WORK PROGRAMS
2009-2010 PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Environmental protection and conservation of crucial natural resourcesin areas of concern
1.1. Institution of environmental awareness and nature conservation as shared community values among Butuanons (tree-planting, recycling,etc.)
1.2.Working with UNESCO,NGOs and LGUsin preparingtheAgusanMarsh Wildlife Sanctuaryas a World Heritage Site
1.3Inclusion of MasaoRiver as a protected UNESCOWorld HeritageSite and its preservation as a mangrove belt
1.4 Declaration of Mount Mayapay as a Protected Area
1.5 Protection of Butuan’s Taguibo River Watershedand Regeneration ofBonbon/Mt. Mayapay Watershed Areas
1.6Networking with government and non-government organizations engaged in environmental protection,conservation, and preservation
2.Close collaboration with the government in implementing plans and programsto encourage private business entry in the development of tourism infrastructure, and in the operation of eco-tourism sites and systems as sustainable means of livelihood in Butuanon communities
2.1Conversion of Butuan’s natural resources, historical places andcultural traditions into tourist attractions not only asphysically-developed travel destinations but asadventures/events worthy ofvisitor participation
2.2Adoption of tourist-friendly attitudes and habits among Butuanresidents to make citizen participationin local tourism operations a way of life in Butuanoncommunities
2.3 Test runs of existing eco-tourism sites and systemsfor purposes ofimproving content and delivery toensure customer satisfaction
3. Development of local enterprises to generate livelihood opportunities
3.1 Education and training programs to instill the entrepreneurial spirit among Butuanons and improvethe entrepreneurial skills of Butuanon business owners
3.2Continuing improvement of management skills,marketing/sales competencies and production operations by Butuanonentrepreneurs and ownersof MSMEs for sustainable growth offamily-runbusinesses
3.3Arrangement of micro-financing packages for Butuan’s entrepreneurswho haveprovenbusiness disciplineand shown potentials for growth
4.0Preservation and propagation of Butuan’s rich cultural heritage, and worldrecognition of Butuan’s historic role in the encounter ofcultures
4.1 Staging of festival events to preserve Butuan’s cultural traditions
4.2Presentationof Butuan history, culture and language in both artistic andarchival forms
4.3 Education andunification ofButuanons in their common identity as oneethno-linguistic people with a long history and a glorious past
4.4 Promotion of the “First Mass” and “Magellan’s Harbor” sitesto instillButuanon pride in Butuan’s history and togenerate eco-cultural tourism
5. Formation of values and inculcationof civic spirit among Butuanon citizens as basic buildingblocksof community participation inenvironmental protection andconservation, in eco-tourismoperations leveraged on Butuan’s historyand culture and in enterprise development to generate livelihood opportunities
5.1 Application of specially-designed educational modules thatinculcate inchildren (as well as in adults) the habits of environmental protection and conservation, and instill civic consciousness among citizens to participate in community affairs
5.2 Adventure, immersion and role-modeling programs that bring outcommon realizations of shared values asbaselinemotivators for mutualendeavors in personalityimprovement, citizenship training and community development
5.3 Positive reinforcement of individual and community efforts forcontinuous improvements in capacity-buildingto improvethe quality oflife in Butuan
h) Profiles of Officers
DR. ANTONIO M. MONTALBAN - Chairman
Dr. Antonio M. Montalban is a native son of Butuan City, born to businessman and socio-civic leader, the late Crisotelo T. Montalban. Sr. who belonged to an old Butuanon family, and Public Health Nurse Maria Mann, who originally hailed from Western Visayas and a graduate of U.P.-P.G.H. School of Nursing.
Dr. Montalban studied in Butuan’s public schools, graduating from Butuan Central Elementary School as class valedictorian and from Agusan High School again at the top of his class. He went to the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City as an entrance scholar. After finishing his Pre-Med course, he entered the U.P. College of Medicine at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila.
Dr. Montalban has come to be known as one of the Philippines’ leading orthopedic surgeons and a top-notch educator in medicine. He is considered a pioneer in the pediatric orthopedic practice, and widely recognized as one of the best hospital directors in our country.
Aside from being an orthopedic surgeon, he is a holder of master’s degrees in hospital administration, public health, and health professional education. He was P.G.H. Director for one full term in 1994-1997, founding Director of Ospital ng Muntinlupa, Executive Vice President of De La Salle University and Chief Operating Officer of the DLSU’s Health Sciences Center in Dasmarinas, Cavite which includes the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Physical Therapy, University Hospital and Health Extension Services.
As an educator and researcher, he initiated the idea of offering the master’s degree in orthopedics. He was the one who started the Philippine Journal of Orthopedics in 1982 and has remained its editor-in-chief up to the present.
He also started the Philippine Journal of Emergency Care and the orthopedics research forum which is held annually in the department. He has published 66 journal articles, 5 self-instructional programs, 34 editorials, and 10 scientific write up contributions. He believes that service excellence can be fulfilled through relevant training, research and significant undertakings.
As a clinician, he started the pediatric orthopedic service in the Philippine General Hospital and was the founding president of the Philippine Pediatric Orthopedic Society. He was also a founding member of the ASEAN Orthopedic Association. As an orthopedic surgeon, he has designed four surgical techniques which are highly regarded in the field of science and medicine. He is a fellow of the Philippine Orthopedic Association since 1978, a fellow of the Philippine College of Surgeons since 1979 and affiliate fellow of the Philippine Pediatric Society since 1976.
He was given high commendation by his mentor during his fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopedic Centre in Oxford University, England. His contributions in the field of medicine are highly recognized here and abroad.
As a PGH administrator, he was the assistant chairman of the department of orthopedics from 1976 to 1991 and became chairman from 1991 to 1994, during which he started the publication of the Philippine textbook of Orthopedic Surgery.
During his term, he also activated the brace and prosthetics shop and sent PGH brace and prosthetic technicians for training to POC. He also initiated the idea of putting up the biomechanics laboratory of the department. He was the PGH assistant director for health operations from 1993 to 1994 and the director of the PGH from 1994 to 1997 when his brainchild, the spine center, the first in the whole country, was realized.
Dr. Montalban finds time to organize and lead non-government organizations in a wide variety of advocacies. He is active in the treatment of indigent patients in charity clinics run by priests and nuns. He is a lay minister in his parish.
Laurice Andaya-Guillen Feleo - President
Laurice Andaya-Guillen Feleo was given recognition during the BalikButuan2000 (BBY2K) with an Achievement Award in the field of entertainment.
Her citation reads: “A star of stage and screen, she has appeared in dozens of films, stage productions, and television shows over her long career. She spent five years as the mainstay of daily television drama “Flor de Luna”, and won three Best Supporting Actress Awards for her work in the film “Sister Stella L”. Also an accomplished director, she won Best Director awards in 1988, 1990, and 1993. Laurice is also a founding member of three different actors’ and directors’ organizations.”
This was in May, 2000 when Laurice Guillen had long gone, for nearly seven years at that time, on temporary retirement to concentrate on her Marian mission. She left the movie business and the film industry in 1993 to devote her life in the service of the Marian Movement of Priests. During her “exile” from worldly pursuits, Laurice Guillen focused her attention and her energy on her self-imposed mission of bringing Mama Mary closer to the hearts and minds of ordinary Filipinos.
When she began her missionary work, Laurice and her family sentimentally chose Butuan as the starting point of what would turn out to be an almost 7-year full-time involvement in evangelizing people across the width and breadth of the Philippine archipelago. Laurice, her actor-husband Johnny Delgado and their two girls lived among farm tillers in remote mountain villages and stayed with fisherfolks in isolated islands. They also mixed with the urban poor in the “barong-barong” communities of Metro Manila.
Five years after resuming their flourishing movie careers, Laurice and Johnny with their college-age daughters continue with their spiritual journey although not on a 24/7 basis as they used to do from 1993 to 2000.
Towards the later part of 1999, Laurice answered the call of her faith to use her artistic talents and business acumen in applying the medium of film as a tool for deepening the spirituality of people. She wrote and directed the religious-themed “Tanging Yaman”. It turned out to be a huge commercial and (more importantly) critical success which in a short period has attained the status of a Filipino movie classic.
For “Tanging Yaman”, Laurice was honored for best direction and best story in grand-slam fashion by almost all of the industry’s award-giving bodies. The movie’s cast won acting awards and its crew garnered most of the technical awards. After a 6-year hiatus, Laurice Guillen had returned to much acclaim and fulfilled expectations.
Her classic comeback success was soon followed by an international film, “American Adobo” which was shot in New York. Breaking new grounds, Laurice caught the attention of the movie world’s major movers and shakers. In Singapore’s international film festival last year, she was honored with a retrospective of Laurice Guillen films and recognized as the most important female director to emerge from the Filipino new wave of the 70’s.
Her latest movie-directing project, “Santa Santita” which did very well in the Philippines, was shown in the United States and Europe thus expanding the Filipino film’s markets to foreign lands. It had also been exhibited in the main competition at the Osian-Cinefan’s the 7th Asian film Festival in New Delhi. Laurice has already created a name for herself and for the country.
Hallmark Channel of the United States conferred on Laurice Guillen the distinction of being one of two women who have most positively impacted on the film and entertainment industry for their craft and for their character. At the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) where Laurice finished a graduate degree course in 2003, she was awarded the Honor and Prestige trophy for contributing to the image of Asia’s premier business school.
In 2001, Laurice was tapped by the government to head the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). It is the movie industry’s top policy-making and incentives-granting body which has been making good progress under the chairmanship of Laurice. This made Laurice the official leader of local cinema.
One of many innovative projects being launched by FDCP is a major film festival that will showcase the works of young Filipino independent filmmakers. Laurice is busy at present lending her international fame and prestige abroad to assure the success of this “Cinemalaya” festival. She worked for the institution of the “Balanghai” award as the recognition of excellence of annual “Cinemalaya” festival winners.
As past Chair of the FDCP, she was instrumental in the Philippine film industry’s participation in the first ever “Tous les Cinemas du Monde” (Cinemas of the World), a new program at the biggest film festival and market of the world, the Cannes Film Festival.
One of only 7 countries invited to this program, the Philippines showcased a panorama of full-length and short features for a whole day at the heart of the festival, thereby bringing worldwide honor and recognition to the country’s film industry.
In all her dealings with the highest and the lowest ranks of people across the world, Laurice always identifies herself as a Butuanon - born and raised in the city of her affections, where her extended family resides to this day.
Almost everybody who is somebody in the film and entertainment industry almost automatically identifies Butuan with Laurice Guiillen since it is a well-known fact that she is a Butuanon. This is a natural result of Laurice’s steadfast efforts to promote Butuan as a historic city and as a place with cultured citizens.
Indeed, Laurice and Butuan are mutually attached in the view of her friends and associates in her profession. It’s the same case with her colleagues in the Marian community. Truly, there is no true-blue Butuanon in our contemporary times who brings pride, honor and distinction to Butuan the way Laurice Guillen does.
i) COMMITTEE OFFICERS (2009-2010)
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE