Carlos Hilado
Memorial State
College
Binalbagan
Campus
CHMSC- Binalbagan Through the years
Joevelle B. Vergara
Campus Executive Director, August 2020-present
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Ms. Vergara is a Master in Education Major in Educational Management at Carlos Hilado Memorial State College- Binalbagan Campus. She is a former Chairperson for the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and now she is serving her Alma Matter as the Executive Director. She is now pursuing her dissertation for the Doctorate degree in Educational Management.
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CHMSC- Binalbagan Through the years
Prof. Roger Ray S. Manzano
Campus Executive Director, November 2016-present
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Took Bachelor of Science in Fishery Education in
Carlos Hilado Memorial State College- Binalbagan Campus and now he is serving his Alma Matter as the Executive Director after two years of seating as the dean of the college and a master's degree holder in Fishery Education. He is now pursuing his dissertation for the Doctorate degree in Educational Management and Doctor in Fishery Technology (units only).
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Dr. Andrew Eusebio S. Tan
Campus Executive Director, May 4, 2015 - November 2016
Dr. tan was designated by President Renato M. Sorolla as campus Executive Director. A full professor and PME Director in Talisay before he was assigned to Binalbagan, Dr. Tan holds a Master on Environmental Education Degree from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and a PhD in Environmental Science from UP Los Baños. Upon assumption, Dr. Tan spearheaded the massive facelifting and enhancement of school facilities to include psycholab, criminology classrooms, the TLE building and the concreting of main gate among others.
A 2-storey building with 14-classroom is also facilitated by him and construction will commence last quarter of 2016. He was likewise credited for inputs in strengthening research programs and policies of the College. Quality assurance and compliance to regulatory agencies were the trusts of his administration. Dr. Tan directed the different program chairs of the college to submit themselves for accreditation or else face closure. On August 3-5, 2015, six programs (Fisheries, Criminology, Business Administration, Elementary Education, Secondary Education and Information Technology) were submitted for a formal survey visit and two months later, were awarded ACCREDITED status by accrediting Agencies of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP), Inc. He also worked for the granting of ISO certification as well as securing of the Certificate of the Program Compliance from CHED for different curricular programs of the curricular programs of the College.
Dr. Tan encouraged all faculty and staff to pursue advance degrees in their areas of specialization through a massive faculty development program. With his initiative, almost all non-masters obtained their master's degree. He also directed faculty to be active in their professional organizations and attend their in-service trainings to enhance their professional expertise.
As an educator, Dr. Tan dreams that graduates of CHMSC will be sought after by employers, that they are world class in their own right and that they are equipped with what the institutional learning outcomes are expected of them. He also envisions that Binalbagan campus will be the leader in fisheries technology research, thus helping in the improved lives of the fisherfolks in the area.
Dr. Heide Gacho-Taleon
Campus Executive Director, July 18, 2012 to July 18, 2014.
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Under her administration, she worked on upgrading electrical wiring to stem annoying tripping offs of the main switch because of overloading from increasing loads from two canteens, all offices, and two computer laboratories. A more than PhP 800,000 assistance was downloaded from Commission on Higher Education and the fund was used for repainting and minor repairs of buildings.
Daisy G. Cari-an
Campus Executive Director
Took the leadership, concurrent to being dean, as CHMSC-Binalbagan’s caretaker of the office of executive director. Mrs. Carian continued the constructions of Hometel, Library, and Research and Extension buildings. Mrs. Cari-an, aside from being caretaker of the office of executive director, served her Alma Mater as chairperson of the department of fisheries and now dean.
Dr. Hellen d. GARRUCHO
Campus Executive Director, November 2011 to March 2012
Dr. Hellen took over the Directorship after Dr. Mario N. Abeto, it was during her leadership that constructions of new librayr and Hometel were started. Just before Dr. Garuchho's directorship, she served as a dean of the college.
Prof. Mario N. Abeto
Campus Executive Director, May 17, 2003 to November 4, 2011
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Took over the management of the school, shortly before Dr. Maleficio retired, Prof. Abeto embarked on urgent massive repairs of buildings because of leaking and rusting roofs, rotting ceilings and joists, termite-ridden trusses and fascia boards, and flaking or fading paints. When Dr. Remia J. Tipon was installed president of the CHMSC system in August 2004 after retirement of Dr. Maleficio, the new president gave Prof. Abeto fresh mandate to work under her as campus director of CHMSC-Binalbagan.
During this administration that the two course offerings increased to six and the enrolment of CHMSC-Binalbagan, for the first time, nearly tripled. He had the Supt. D.C. Guilbert Memorial Hall repaired, the old library renovated, the library holdings increased, the science and fishery laboratories refurbished. He opened the Aquaworld – a fisheries museum, constructed new guard house and took funding from Gov. Joseph G. Marañon for construction of waiting shed. As part of preparation for looming accreditation of programs, he renovated and equipped the accreditation rooms. He put up fish cages for income generation, students’ laboratory, and researches. Through his initiative, Cong. Ignacio T. Arroyo donated PhP 260,000 for a water system, thereby reduced the school’s water bills by around P35,000 monthly. It was during his leadership that Mayor Renato Y. Malabor of Isabela renovated two student dormitories. It was in his directorship that, under a scholarship consortium forged by Dr. Remia J. Tipon with the Cebu State College of Science and Technology, CHMSC-Binalbagan had come up with four professors completing doctoral studies and 17 instructors completing master’s studies.
When Dr. Benny A. Palma became college president of CHMSC after the retirement of Dr. Tipon, he extended to Prof. Abeto his trust to continue leading the campus. Under him, Prof. Abeto equipped the computer and internet laboratories, exercised prudence on fiscal management that CHMSC-Binalbagan had accrued enough savings and secured outside funds for acquisition of more school facilities and infrastructures, i.e. brand new Crosswind, two new canteens (from Coke and from CHED), shaded foot walk connecting the new administrative building and new canteen, P1.34M new administrative building for offices of executive director, accountant, cashier, nurse, registrar. From saving, he constructed comfort rooms in sciences laboratory and fish processing building, additional water tank near the canteen, finfish hatchery, new riprap of fishpond dikes, riprap to increase the height of the seawall, rewired all buildings and upgraded the electrical supply to the school from 25KVA to 37.5KVA.
On curricular enhancements, Prof. Abeto worked for addition of BS in Business Administration, BS in Criminology, BS in Education, BS in Information Technology, and Bachelor in Elementary Education. During his leadership, CHMSC-Binalbagan was accredited by National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES) as Provincial Training Center for Fisheries Technology in Negros Occidental with P 0.5M additional annual support for fisheries education.
Prof. Abeto worked for deployment to CHMSC-Binalbagan of Australian Youth Ambassador for Development volunteer, Engr. Ali J. Saikal. CHMSC-Binalbagan was lauded by Senator Enrile during Senate budget hearing for its aligned-to-mandate accomplishments on extension and community services under Roger Ray S. Manzano, research and extension under Andrew D. Ordonio, and income generation under Prof. Vicente M. Malo, Sr. His support of Mr. Manzano made possible the cooperation between CHMSC and REPROTECH, Inc., a private fisheries business. As cooperator for extension, research, and on-the-job training of the college, REPROTECH, Inc. helped CHMSC-Binalbagan to garner second prize in PASUC VI’s extension programs evaluation for agriculture and fisheries. It was in the offing of Dr. Abeto’s administration that a proposal was approved by Dr. Palma, who was about to retire, to expand and modernize the present library building and its holdings increased.
Both saw the need to accommodate the growing enrolment, comply with CHED requirements, and prepare for looming program accreditations. The president also approved a plan to construct and furnish, from savings of the campus, the P3.5M-Hometel as practice house and income generation of TLE-major students. He also approved the construction of Research and Extension building. Their constructions, however, had started during the directorships of Mrs. Daisy G. Cari-an and Dr. Hellen D. Garrucho. Professor Abeto had served his Alma Mater as executive director nearly 8-1/2 years, result of un-breached trust while serving well three consecutive college presidents.
Prof. Minda Guilbert
Campus Officer-in-charge
Widow of Supt. Guilbert, was designated after Prof. Villaflor's death. She served in that senior position until Dr. Maleficio designated Prof. Mario N. Abeto, starting May 17, 2003 as campus director. Dr. Remia J. Tipon, who succeedded Dr. Maleficio upon his retirement in August 2004, issued a fresh mandate to Prof. Abeto to remain as campus director. Dr. Benny A. Palma, who took over the presidency of CHMSC upon Dr. Tipon's retirement in July 2008, mandated Dr. Abeto again to keep on, this time as executive Director.
Prof. Joseph F. Villaflor
Campus Officer-in-charge
Upon Mr. Fernandez’s retirement, Prof. Joseph F. Villaflor, the principal in high school, was designated as officer in charge. It was during his administration that NOSOF was integrated into Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) on November 24, 2000 while Dr. Serafin G. Maleficio was the president of the CHMSC system. Since then, NOSOF has become Carlos Hilado Memorial State College-College of Fisheries. Moreover, on March 14, 2002, Prof. Villaflor was promoted to college administrator, the position he held until his death on March 1, 2003.
Mr. Hilario Fernandez
NOSOF Officer-in-charge
He worked for more school buildings in addition to those constructed during the administrations of Mr. Vergara and Mr. Guilbert. It was at this time that the faculty ranks were elevated based on the National Budget Circular No. 461. Mr. Fernandez retired on April 1, 2000.
Mr. Kingsley E. Belmonte
NOSOF Officer-in-charge December 1986 - March 19,1987
Upon Mr. Guilbert’s death on December 12, 1986, Mr. Kingsley E. Belmonte, then the high school principal, became officer in charge. He held the designation until March 19, 1987 when Mr. Hilario Z. Fernandez was appointed superintendent
Marciano Vergara Jr.
NOSOF
Mr. Marciano Vergara, Jr. - Fish Culture together with Mr. Romeo Mesa - Fish Preservation and Mr. Dionisio Guilbert are working together. The three were all graduates of the Philippine Institute of Fishery Technology that became later University of the Philippines College of Fisheries in Diliman, Quezon City. The non-teaching staff included Mr. Ricardo Oebanda, auditing examiner; Mr. Eddie Muguemulta, janitor; Mr. German Duran, watchman; and Mr. Silvestre S. Nava, laborer.
Mr. Guilbert stayed in NOSOF for barely a year. He transferred to his former station, the Aparri School of Fisheries in Cagayan province. Mr. Lucio M. Arquisola became the 2nd principal. It was in Mr. Arquisola’s administration in school year 1962-63 that the “opportunity classes” were dissolved to give way to the offering of four-year high school fishery curriculum.
The prevalent problem on the campus was tidal flooding. Most of the land area of the school submerged during spring tides. The surrounding riprap was not constructed until later. The section of the land unreachable by high water was the site for the first two-classroom building. In June 1963, therefore, Mr. Arquisola proposed to transfer the school site from the flood-prone Sitio Pasil to the mainland. He offered Mrs. Albina Ledesma vda. de Ruffy to purchase her 8-hectare property adjoining the north-eastern site set aside for NOSOF. Mrs. Ruffy turned down the offer. The transfer of the school campus has never happened.
In 1965, however, Mr. Arquisola also transferred to another school. Mr. Marciano G. Vergara, Jr., returned from Talisay School of Fisheries to become NOSOF’s 3rd principal. He was at the helm until his transfer in early 1973 to Bais School of Fisheries in Oriental Negros.
Armed with the approval to offer the 2-1/2-year Diploma in Fishery Technology, Mr. Guilbert returned to NOSOF on February 10, 1973 as its first superintendent. Later in 1975-76, he worked to enable curricular stride by the offering of B.S. in Fisheries and B.S. in Fishery Education.
Dionisio C. Guilbert Jr.
Principal- NOSOF
On August 7, 1961, Mr. Dionisio C. Guilbert, Jr. , the pioneering principal of NOSOF, who arrived in Enclaro a day before, formally opened the Negros Occidental School of Fisheries by offering to out-of-school youths and adults the “opportunity classes”, a kind of non-formal education to train students for specific skills either in fish capture, fish culture, or fish preservation for immediate and direct application in the local fishery industry. The classes were temporarily held, courtesy of Head Teacher Felix Delprado, Sr., in his elementary school at the mainland of Enclaro until the two-room nipa school building under construction at Sitio Pasil was finished at the end of October 1961.
Cong. Agustin Gatuslao
NOSOF
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The school, however, was not established until 1962, during the 4th Congress, when Cong. Agustin M. Gatuslao, who succeeded Cong. Abeto since 1953, was the incumbent. Cong. Gatuslao co-introduced with Cong. Abordo House Bill No. 4684 proposing that the school be established at its allocated site - “…in Sitio Serena at a place touching the boundary line between the municipality of Himamaylan and the Municipality of Binalbagan.”
Cong. Augurio Marañon-Abeto
NOSOF
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In early 50’s, the need to disperse fishery education to some provinces in the country, prompted congressmen to draft House Bills (H.B.) proposing the establishments of fishery schools, as branches of the Philippine Institute of Fishery Technology (PIFT), in their congressional districts. Congressman Augurio Marañon Abeto of the 3rd congressional district of Negros Occidental authored and introduced H. B. No. 532, during the 2nd Congress of the Philippines, to appropriate a budget for the establishment of a fishery school in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental.
This and other related House Bills were collapsed by Congressmen Abordo, Cea, and Rasul into Omnibus Bill No. 963 – a bill that authorized an appropriation to establish and maintain branches of PIFT and some sub-stations of the Bureau of Fisheries in certain provinces of the country. The Omnibus Bill was passed during by the 2nd Congress and by the Senate as Republic Act of 1952 No. 685.
In Barangay Enclaro, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the 23-hectare public swampland school site was allocated through the cooperation of the barangay council of Enclaro, through the resolution of the municipal council of Binalbagan on October 26, 1958 when Hon. Pedro T. Yulo was the municipal mayor and Hon. Benjamin G. Tantia was the vice mayor, and through the resolution of the provincial council of Negros Occidental when Hon. Valeriano M. Gatuslao was the provincial governor petitioning the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, through the Director of the Bureau of Lands, to allocate a certain tract of land in Enclaro.
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