Andres Bonifacio College (ABCollege or ABC) is a community college institution in the Philippines. Its campus is located at College Park, Brgy. Miputak,

Dipolog Dipolog, officially the City of Dipolog ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dipolog; Subanen: ''Gembagel G'benwa Dipuleg/Bagbenwa Dipuleg''; Chavacano: ''Ciudad de Dipolog''; fil, Lungsod ng Dipolog), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province ...

. ABCollege offers course programs from

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levels.

Alumni Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...

and

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of the

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are referred to as ''Bonifacians''.

History

Andres Bonifacio College was founded in 1940 as Andres Bonifacio Institute by Amando B. Amatong and Felicidad S. Amatong. The college was named after

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, a revolutionary leader, to which Amando himself found inspiration being born to poverty in Dalaguete, Cebu. The original location of ABI used to be in what is now Festival Shopping Arcade 1 in Rizal Avenue corner Magsaysay Street, Barangay Central. Amando Amatong died on April 21, 1943, leaving his wife Felicidad to operate the institute while taking good care of their eight little children. To maintain ABI's operation, Amando's youngest brother Silverio B. Amatong was appointed as the institute's president. From its original campus used since its founding, the college permanently transferred to what it is now known as College Park in Barangay Miputak after a fire razed the institute's buildings and nearby structures to the ground in 1968.

Student life

Student Publication

The official student publication of the college is ''The Bonifacio Standard,'' while the student publication for the college's elementary department is ''The Alphabet Soup.''

Broadcasting

ABCollege operates a number of radio stations across Mindanao under its media arm Andres Bonifacio College Broadcasting System, established on July 16, 1995.

Newspaper

The Mindanao Observer, founded in 1965, is a bilingual (English and Cebuano), bi-weekly newspaper in circulation in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte,

Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga del Sur ( Cebuano: ''Habagatang Zamboanga;'' Subanen: ''S'helatan Sembwangan/Sembwangan dapit Shelatan''; Chavacano: ''Zamboanga del Sur''; tl, Timog Zamboanga; mdh, Pagabatan Sambuanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, ...

, and

Zamboanga Sibugay Zamboanga Sibugay, officially the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Zamboanga Sibugay; tl, Lalawigan ng Zamboanga Sibugay; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Zamboanga Sibugay''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga ...

. Despite being connected with the college, it operates as a separate entity with the Andres Bonifacio College Press as its publisher. It is said to cease newspaper publication and/or moved online due to the impact of the

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Notable Bonifacians

* Isagani S. Amatong ( LL. B., 1970) - former Provincial Governor (1986-1995; 1998–2004), and current Congressman of the 3rd District of Zamboanga del Norte (2013–present) *

Zorro Aguilar Zorro Campos Aguilar (August 7, 1942 - September 23, 1984) was a Dipolog City-based Filipino human rights lawyer, activist, and newspaper editor best known for his work with the Free Legal Assistance Group, and the Zamboanga del Norte chapter of ...

- lawyer, activist, newspaper editor, and

martial law Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Use Martia ...

victim. *Athalia Briones Liong ( LL. B., 2016) - lawyer for the Office of the Solicitor General, and Top 3 in the 2016

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References

External links

* Dipolog Education in Dipolog Educational institutions established in 1940 1940 establishments in the Philippines Universities and colleges in Zamboanga del Norte {{Philippines-university-stub