Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No8 782

Introduced by REP. RENE L. RELAMPAGOS,

As a fitting tribute to the originally barangay-developed high school located
at Barangay Cantaongon, Municipality of Loon, Province of Bohol, this bill seeks
to rename Gov. Jacinto Borja National’ High School to Cantaongon
Technological-Vocational National High School.

Cantaongon, one of the northeastern highland barangays of Loon,
previously relied on schools located at lowland areas in the municipality. This
posed challenges and opened the children to hazards in traveling to and from
school. Due to the strong clamor among the constituents and the joint efforts of
the barangay officials, the Cantaongon High School was established in June 1993.
The school was first housed in the barangay hall then to its self-help bamboo-
sulirap-nipa school building until 1997.

The school was later, and temporarily, renamed Gov. Jacinto Borja
National High School in 2002 when budget for the school was absorbed by the
Department of Education and included in the General Appropriations Act for the
first time.

Now, the school has grown and is offering technological and vocational
learning courses and other academic strands in the senior high school program.

The constituents of the barangay hope that their locally-developed high
school will be given due recognition through the reversion to its original name.
After all, it is through the dream, passion, action and cooperation of the
constituents and the local government that the establishment of a high school in
Cantaongon became a reality. Truly, the inspirational story of its establishment
could only be highlighted and duly recognized by the retention of the name of the
barangay in the name of the school.

In view of the foregoing, passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No, 8782

Introduced by REP. RENE L. RELAMPAGOS

AN ACT RENAMING GOV. JACINTO BORJA NATIONAL
HIGHSCHOOL TO CANTAONGON TECHNOLOGICAL-VOCATIONAL
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

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

SECTION 1. Renaming of Gov. Jacinto Borja National
Highschool to Cantaongon Technological-Vocational National High
School. There is hereby renamed, under the supervision of the Department of
Education (DepEd), a national high school in Barangay Cantaongon,
Municipality of Loon, Province of Bohol, to be known as Cantaongon
Technological-Vocational National High school.

SECTION 2. Appropriations- The Secretary of Education shall
immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the
Cantaongon Technological-Vocational National High School, the funding which
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. Implementation- The Secretary of Education shall issue
rules and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SECTION 4. Effectivity- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after

its publication in the Official Gazette and two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved,