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 […]
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9 top leaders vie for APRSC spots
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 […]
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YF delegates elect new YAMG members
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 […]
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Dialogue For Peace
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 […]
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Would-be Leader Trainers set foot on Mt. Makiling
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 […]
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BSP to host 26th ASPAC conference
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines has announced the hosting of the 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Conference on October 15-20, 2018 at the Philippine International Convention Center. The conference is a triennial event that gathers Scout officials from National Scout Organizations (NSOs) representing 29 member countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. With the theme “Growth and […]
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Earth Hour and BEYOND!
On March 24, 2018, hundreds of Scouts were gathered at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) ground not just to attend the big switch-off, but to participate in the exciting activities prepared by the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature such as iceberg path game, dolphin dive game, environmental pledge and environmental talk. Earth […]
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BSP honors Oldest Eagle Scout alive
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award and Centennial Award to Mr. Cesar C. Javier, the last living member of the Philippine Islands Council which was established in 1923 under the Boy Scouts of America. Sctr. Javier is also an Eagle Scout, and is possibly the oldest one alive at the […]
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DILG expresses support for BSP
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines has called for a celebration after the Department of the Interior and Local Government affirmed support for the Movement. “We are, indeed, very happy. We have been waiting for this kind of development for so long, now we can implement our programs for our members more effectively. We can […]
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Ivan Dorschner Celebrates His Birthday the Scout Way!
September 25, 2017 is just another cloudy day in downtown Manila, but not to the fifty (50) boy scouts who were invited to spend the day with Ivan Dorschner. The Boy Scouts of the Philippines – National Office gladly welcomed the said artist of GMA-7 as he finally realized his wish to celebrate his 27th […]
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