
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
NAME:
Arthur Marcos Shontogan
DATE OF BIRTH:
May 15, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH:
KM 4, Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet
FATHER:
Bartholomeo Nabus Shontogan [∔]
(Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet)
MOTHER:
Rose Marcos Shontogan
(Lubas, LaTrinidad, Benguet)
SPOUSE:
Susan Bendian Shontogan
(Yagyagan, Tuba, Benguet)
CHILDREN:
Arthur Ian Shontogan married to Shirdelah Lid-ayan of Kibungan
Sherryl Shontogan
Cromwell Shontogan
Shea Marcos Shontogan married to Caroline Calpasi of Buguias
CLAN AFFILIATES:
Balancio Shanea
Dangpa Clan
Sallay-Amyao Clan
Sepic Clan (Saguid-Quinio-Nabus)
Bayas-Lobaya Clan (Guinanak Di Kallahan)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:
TERTIARY:
BA in Agri-Business Management
MSAC 1979
Graduate Diplomate of Agri-Business Management
DMMMSU 1982
CAREER & ACHIEVEMENTS:
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Planning Officer III DAR-CAR 1988-1995
Settlement Officer MHS-PAC-BENGUET 1981-1988 Cotton Technician Philippine Cotton Corp. 1980
Cotton Technician PHILIPPINE COTTON CORP
Farm Technician PBSP-OXFAM ASTP 1979
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE:
Sanggunian Bayan Member 1995-2004; 2010-2013; 2016-2022
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Authored and Co-authored some major ordinances that contributed to the development of the Municipality of La Trinidad:
- La Trinidad Arabica Coffee Festival
- La Trinidad Strawberry Festival
- La Trinidad Traffic Management Code
- La Trinidad Vegetable Organic Code
- Designating the La Trinidad Public Market for the Selling of Cut-flowers every last week of October
- AWARDS
- Most Outstanding Technical Staff of the Year
- MHS-PAC Benguet 1982
- Philippine Coffee Quality Competition Silver Awardee
CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP:
- Presiding Chairman PARCCOM DAR-Benguet
- LATACPA-Member/Adviser
- POC Farmers Association- Chairman
- BSU-MPC- Member
- LTVTMPC- Member
- Benguet Farmers Federation of Irrigators Association- Board of Trustees
- Brotherhood of St. Andrews (BSA) EDNCP
- BSU Alumni
- Guardian Salad Bowl- Chairman
- Benguet Arabica Coffee Enterprise (BACE)- Chairman
- LTIPO- MPC- Member
- LTIPO- Member/ Adviser
- BODA MPC- Member
- SRT MPC- Member
INITIATIVE AS CONCERN CITIZEN:
- Help in providing food and arabica coffee to citizen in times of crisis
- Scholarship grants to person with disabilities
- Allowed a portion of our private lots for the installation of pipelines by LTWD in Km4, Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet
- Allowed the use of Bodekewkew Spring as source of irrigation in Pico and Betag
- Allowed a portion of our lots as footpath in Purok III, Betag, La Trinidad, Benguet
- Provided Coffee Seedlings, Fig Tree, Passion Fruit, and Mulberries for Reforestation Project
- Organized the Arabica Coffee Producers of La Trinidad and the Benguet Arabica Coffee Entrepreneurs (BACE)
- Assisted in the reforestation of the communual forests of La Trinidad and other private lots in Benguet
- Supported DART for a cause for the darters of Barangays Lubas, Tawang, and Ambiong
PLATFORM & ADVOCACY:
- PROPOSED AND ALLOCATE FUND FOR THE PREPARATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE LA TRINIDAD DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:
- Agriculture (Irrigation, Farm to Market, Greenhouses for strawberries & cut-flower products, Livestock Multiplier and coffee production)
- Anvironment
- Education (scholarship for PWDs and Indigenous)
- Health and Sanitation(eg: establishment of Botika sa Barangay
- Zoning
- Solid Waste Disposal System
- Traffic Mngmt & Transportation Syst. (use of electric PUJs)
- Road Networks
- Dev’t of the existing springs in La Trinidad
- Sewerage System
- Sports, Arts, and Culture
- Agri-eco Tourism Industry
- Low Cost Solar Street Lights
- Establishment of Satellite Market in the Barangays
- SOURCE- OUT FUNDS FOR LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE AND OPERATING CAPITAL FOR:
- Farmers; Out-of-School Youth; Local Artists; and Sangguniang Kabataan
- Sari-sari store operators
- Solo Parents
- PWDs
- Barangay Tanods; Health Workers; and Lupong Tagapamayapa
- Child Development Workers
- Coffee Backyard producers
- Darters and Scholarships
- Garbage Collectors
- Senior Citizen’s Pharmacy
- Accredited Civic Organization
- SPONSOR A RESOLUTION REQUESTING CONGRESS TO PASS A BILL FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURAL AND IDLE LANDS INTO ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LANDS
- SUPPORT TO LA TRINIDAD ANCESTRAL DOMAIN AND THE LA TRINIDAD INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
- PROPOSE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CUT-FLOWER TRADING CENTER, ARABICA COFFEE CENTER, ORGANICALLY GROWN HIGHLAND VEGETABLE CENTER, AND GAP PRODUCT CENTER
- ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE UPGRADING OF THE LA TRINIDAD VEGETABLE TRADING POST, 1993 & 2002 PUBLIC MARKET
- SUPPORT TO COMBATIVE SPORTS AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
