MANILA — The Quezon City local government has named a public secondary school in honor of a fallen revolutionary general.
Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista has signed the ordinance establishing a senior high school named after Gen. Vito L. Belarmino, a general in the Philippine revolutionary army during the Spanish and American occupation.
The enacted city Ordinance 2652-2018 states that the “Vito L. Belarmino Senior High School will be located at Barangay Milagrosa, Project 4.”
The local measure stemmed from a resolution of the Quezon City Local School Board, recommending to name the senior high school after Belarmino.
According to the revised guidelines of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, the proposed names of public schools “must have historical and cultural significance and must contribute to the positive development of national pride through the good example exhibited by the name being used.”
Belarmino, who was born in Silang, Cavite, was one of the most brilliant major generals and was involved in a number of attacks against the Spaniards.
At age 19, he served in the government and held various positions such as Teniente Mayor, Cabeza de Barangay, Secretary of the local tribunal and Gobernadorcillo. He was also appointed as Justice of the Peace.
Belarmino also fought in the Filipino-American war in Albay and built his own guerrilla unit to fight the American colonizers in the Bicol Region.
He later lost his eyesight and was called “The Blind Veteran.”
Under the Senior High School Program, Vito L. Belarmino Senior High School aims to initially offer the Sports Track. (Perfecto Raymundo, Jr./PNA)
