Arthur Shontogan

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