Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no 8906

INTRODUCED BY HON. TEDDY BRAWNER BAGUILAT, JR, JOSEPH STO. NINO B.
BERNOS, ELEANOR C. BULUT-BEGTANG, ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAONG, MARK 0.
GO, AND RONALD M. COSALAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to rename the Tublay School of Home Industries (TSHI) in By.
Caponga, Municipality of Tublay to Andres Acop Cosalan School of Home Industries in
tribute to the principal author of House Bill No. 12402, Sixth Congress, establishing the
school. He wrote, in the face of the growing poverty experienced in the province:

“A considerable wealth of manpower made idle by the utter lack of
agricultural lands to work on xxx can be harnessed to engage in home and
cottage industries. The people are willing and eager to learn but the
government must provide the means to teach and train them.”

The bill eventually passed into law and became the Republic Act No. 5301 in June 15,
1968.

Cong. Andy, as he is fondly called, was an accomplished leader and a
remarkable family man. A self-made man, he supported himself while studying by
working as a houseboy and altar boy, a public school teacher and a reporter, because he
wanted to earn for his own needs and not rely on his well-to-do parents. He was an
active lawyer in the labor movement and a law professor before he eventually became a
legislator. He also worked as a timber cutter and a miner like most of the Cordillerans.
In Congress, he passed several landmark legislations, including the separation of the
old Mountain Province that eventually led to the existence of Benguet, Baguio, Ifugao
and Kalinga legislative districts, increasing the voice of the region.

He is most admired by the people because he did not take advantage of his
government position to enrich himself while he served the Province of Benguet. For
these reasons, the approval of this bill is earnestly solicited.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY HON. TEDDY BRAWNER BAGUILAT, JR, JOSEPH STO. NINO B.
BERNOS, ELEANOR C. BULUT-BEGTANG, ALLEN JESSE C. MANGAONG, MARK 0.
GO, AND RONALD M. COSALAN

AN ACT
CHANGING THE NAME OF TUBLAY SCHOOL OF HOME INDUSTRIES IN
BARANGAY CAPONGA, MUNICIPALITY OF TUBLAY, PROVINCE OF BENGUET
TO ANDRES ACOP COSALAN SCHOOL OF HOME INDUSTRIES

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

SECTION 1. The name of Tublay School of Home Industries in Barangay Caponga,
Municipality of Tublay, Province of Benguet is hereby changed to Andres Acop Cosalan School
of Home Industries.

SECTION 2. The main campus of Andres Acop Cosalan School of Home Industries
shall continue to remain in its present location in Barangay Caponga, Municipality of Tublay,
Province of Benguet.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,


“HB we. Brdvey Coonlen Sdralef borer (nde,

HON. TEDDY BRAWNER BAGUILAT, JR. HON. JOSEPH STO. NINO B. BERNOS.
Lone District, Ifu; Lone District, Abra

HON. ELEANOR C. BULUT-BEGTANG
Lone District, Apayao

cane
. RONALD M. COSALAN

District, Benguet

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