by Jun S. Florendo A new book from the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee is coming out! Transitions: 25 Years of Asia-Pacific Scout Conference was launched before the opening ceremony of the APRSC on 15 October 2018. The coffee table book highlights the periodic conferences that have been meeting regularly since 1958, reflecting the journey, transition and […]

by Kim Robert C. de Leon The participants of the 9th APR Scout Youth Forum, the largest to be conducted in the history of the Region, proved that the power of the youth is something that the Region would reckon with. In the course of their four-day forum held in Tagaytay City, young men and […]

by: John Chester C. Macatangay , Efren V. Guinoban and Johannes Hong With all the colours and the smiling faces present, the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference officially opened yesterday with a ‘bang’. Attended by key personalities not only from the Asia-Pacific, the Conference opened with an amazing performance from the Bayanihan Dance Troupe that […]

By Kim Robert C. de Leon At the sidelines of the Conference, the ASEAN Scouts Association for Regional Cooperation (ASARC), convened its fifth conference at the BSP National Office on 13 October 2018, with all its 10 member-NSOs attending. Presided by its outgoing Chairperson, BSP National President Wendel E. Avisado, ASARC members discussed its accomplishments […]

by Chooi Yew Tzen Nine candidates are vying for five spots on the 10-man team of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee. They will be introduced to the conference delegates later today. NSOs, with maximum of six votes each, will elect five of them by secret balloting as regular APRSC members. They will sit as member […]

By Jun S. Florendo The 9th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Youth Forum held from 09 to 12 October in Tagaytay City was a tremendous success. The forum, attended by 125 young adult delegates and observers from 27 NSOs broke the record as the biggest in attendance in the history of the youth gathering. A 1997 Outstanding […]

by Gil Alcira III & Kalikasan Castillo Right at the center of trade, culture and governance in Manila, the Dialogue for Peace (DFP) Awareness Workshop was convened at the BSP Office on 6 to 7 October 2018 with 38 participating youth from 19 National Scout Organisations (NSOs). The DFP serves as a platform for Scouts […]

by Isaias Florante III V. Fermin Assistant Leader Trainers across the Asia- Pacific Region gathered at the Philippine Scouting Centre at Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, for the Asia-Pacific Regional Course for Leader Trainers (APR-CLT), from 6 to 12 October. A total of 56 Scout Leaders from 21 NSOs participated in the CLT, the highest […]