tagabungtod

Maglana brothers. Tagabungtod. Shown clockwise:

Angelito "Yana" - from Grade 1 to high school he was our classmate. He finished agriculture at the Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon. After graduation, he managed the family's agricultural farms which was slowly acquired by their parents through the years. After the death of their father, the brothers and sisters would later on divide these farms among themselves. An accomplished farmer, Yana, after years of devoting attention to his own farm, became a recipient of the Gawad Saka Award having been chosen as Outstanding Farmer in Region XI three or four years ago. He was consequently nominated as one of the Outstanding Farmer of the Year nationwide. You should see his farm! It is every farmer's, pseudo-farmer's (I count myself as one), would-be farmers, and even non-farmer's, --- dream. Yana and wife Corazon Agrabio are every now and then testing the market for processed and preserved fruits.

Wenifredo "Ikoy" - as a student Ikoy was consistently an honors-reaper. After graduating magna cum laude (valedictorian) from Ateneo de Davao University in 1968, he entered the UST College of Medicine. After graduation he went to the US to become a surgeon. After more than 30 years in the US, Ikoy divides his time by spending six months in Bufallo, NY and six months in Nabunturan. About five years ago, he established the Kinaiyahan Foundation, a non-government organization, which is commited to the rehabilitation and protection of Nabunturan's ecological and environmental resources, particularly the Mainit National Park.

Nicolas "Nick" - to his friends, he is simply Kulas. After finishing BSC Accounting at San Jose Recoletos in Cebu, Nick worked for the East Coast Development Co. in Baganga, Davao Oriental. Later he came home to Davao. For a while he managed their newly-established Deco Machine Shop. He went home to Nabunturan during the '80s where he would become a councilor, and later, vice-mayor. After politics, he would go into business. Nick is married to Marilyn Veloso from Leyte.

Santiago Jr. "Ago" - for many years, Ago, the youngest in the brood of nine, managed their corn mill in the poblacion while at the same time developing his own business and farm. His very friendly nature lured him into politics and he would serve Nabunturan for nine years as a member of the Sangguniang Bayan. His wife, Arlene "Inkay" Templanza, a provincial health nurse, is the daughter of elementary teachers Viriginia Aringa and Desiderio.

Nelson - graduating valedictorian from ACN high school, he took up mechanical engineering at the University of San Carlos in Cebu. After the board, he took over the management of the family machine shop in Davao City. Since that time, Deco has grown into one of the most technologically advanced and one of the biggest machine shops in Mindanao. Notwithstanding his remarkably outstanding efforts to make the family business grow, he found time to study law at the ADDU and become a lawyer, too. He is married to Judith Secuya, a physician, eldest daughter of true-blue tagabungtod, Marcelo and Andring Cabuga.

They are the boys in the family of the late Santiago "Ago" Maglana, Sr. and Rosario "Sayong" Peregrino who both hail from San Francisco, Leyte. They were an enterprising and very hardworking couple who started their life in Nabunturan in the '50s by selling bulad and ginamos in their pwesto in the old palengke. By sheer hardwork they would attain prosperity. Ago Sr. later on ventured into politics and became mayor of their hometown, San Francisco.

Where are the Maglana girls? Abangan!