From left to right Eagle Celso P. Mariano, Eagle Nilo H. Raymundo, Eagle Favian C. Ver, Eagle Pedro R. Balbanero, Eagle Crisanto T. Saruca.
(Picture taken during the blessings of our first National Office, 2nd Floor, Delta Building, Quezon Blvd., Quezon City)
The founding of the Eagles Fraternity was heavily preceded by a series of marathon meetings by its key architects and founders who had virtually cut the bridges behind them. Lo and behold, the die was cast and they were ready to face up to the enormous challenge of founding an indigenous socio-civic fraternal organization intensely determined in the light of local environment and necessity.
What was once only a vision, became an idea that lingered in the minds of these men. And the idea was born! It came into fruition when the following dynamic men of integrity formed themselves into an Ad-Hoc Committee tasked to primarily discuss the real meaning of what has been going to explode out from their ambitious minds which held marathon meetings for almost a period of two months from May to June 1979. The Ad-Hoc Committee became the nucleus of the dreams and aspirations of the founders.
The following were the original eleven ( 11 ) members of the Ad-Hoc Committee who eventually founded the Eagles Fraternity in 1979. The members of the Ad-Hoc committee were the prime movers of the fraternal movement. The words spoken and ascribed to them had been refined to approximately reflect their thoughts not only of their characters but also of the movement itself. Here, they are:
NILO H. RAYMUNDO, a known wealthy, benevolent and cause-oriented businessman, who eventually became the Charter National President of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (Philippine Eagles). The Haring Agila!
PEDRO R. BALBANERO, a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy known as the Strategist, Muscle, and the Adviser, of the movement.
Past National President E.Y 1979-1981
CELSO P. MARIANO, a prominent election lawyer, who became the chairman of the Ad Hoc committee and was the “Literary craftsman” of the movement who wrote the historic Declaration of Goals and Objectives of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (Philippine Eagles) and its Constitution and Magna Carta!
CRISANTO T. SARUCA, the ever colorful lawyer, the gut and dramatic articulator, of the movement. Together with Celso Mariano, they were given the task to do the research and find the appropriate name for the soon to be born movement.
RIZAL ALBERTO C. NOLIDO, an engineer-businessman, characteristically very uncontroversial but possessed a very strong conviction for the movement when he made a strong declaration by saying: “I have pledged not to join any other civic organization after we have founded the Philippine Eagles. I have absolute faith that the Philippine-born civic organization will deserve the support of the Philippine community”. To this day, he has not joined any other civic organization. Unfortunately , he is now bed-ridden due to a lingering illness.
MEL P. SAMSON, also an engineer-businessman, is another Key founder and pillar of the Fraternity, ever generous, accommodating and steadfast. His views and those of Bert Nolido run parallel. He is alive and still strong in his age past the middle eighties!
ELEUTERIO C. DUMOGHO, a business consultant and political analyst, was a fundamentalist and better remembered as the early “father of the Eagles Seminars.” Almost unfledged and unflinching, he emerged, at a time, as the hardliner of the movement strongly agitating for the restoration of the Filipino cultural and social heritage. As he always said, “The Fraternal Order of Eagles will easily stand out among its peers in support of our country.”
EUGENIO E. LLARENA, an engineer, was very valuable to the movement. With Dominador Ordonez, he had vastly given and committed his time to the fraternity.
DOMINADOR ORDONEZ, was also valuable to the movement. While he was an ambivalent founder as he was not prepared to cut altogether his umbilical connections with the Lions international. He was fondly remembered as the “eyes and ears” of Nilo Raymundo.
LORENZO TOLENTINO, also an engineer-businessman, is a key founder of the Philippine Eagles. He designed the first LOGO of the movement.
To the founders and pillars of the movement: “Birth is responsibility.” Today, their hands are deliberately laden with care and burdens no less demanding from them to continue exercise their unselfish hands and minds to blue print the long-range objectives of the Philippine Eagles planted in the Philippine service milieu.
In the search of a name of the movement (organization), the Ad-Hoc Committee deliberated for several suggestions and recommendations such as LAKAN, TAMARAW, GRIFFIN and Philippine Monkey-Eating eagle. And finally, after intense deliberation and discussion, the name of the movement adopted by the Ad-Hoc Committee, was the THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ( Philippine Eagles ) which was unanimously approved by the body. They called themselves the Philippine Eagles whose guiding principle is “Service Through Strong Brotherhood”.
And by definition, the Philippine Eagles shall be:
E – Enlightened and innovative humanitarian.
A – Animated primarily by a strong bond of brotherhood and fraternal ties.
G – God fearing, God conscious, non-sectarian.
L – Law abiding, liberty-oriented, non political.
E – Emblazed with intense mission of
S – Service to country, its people and its community.
It was then Col. Pedro Balbanero, who recommended that NILO RAYMUNDO should initially lead the newly organized movement. He has given the maximum sacrifice to steer and guide the movement to the extent of having to give up his ambition to become a Lions District Governor. He readily accepted the challenge anticipating the enormity of the problems that he would be facing ahead!
CHARTERING OF NEW NATIONAL PRESIDENT 1979-1981.
Eagle Nilo H. Raymundo took his oath as the charter national president of the The Fraternal Order of Eagles ( Philippine Eagles ) during the chartering of the first Philippine Eagles club, the Quezon City Central Eagles Club held at the Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan City.
The Eagles movement had spread out and rooted nationally, in the decade. Scores of club chapters were formed and organized in the major parts of the country as it continued to enjoy the confidence of young dedicated men who desired to join and become members of the organization under its guiding principle of “service through strong brotherhood”. It readily spread out in the Mindanao area especially in Northern Mindanao when the Cagayan de Oro Eagles Club, the Iligan City Eagles Club, and the Ozamis City Eagles Club were eventually chartered in three ( 3 ) successive nights each between them spearheaded by the amiable and charismatic leadership of Eagle Sancho K. Chan, formerly the Regional Director of the National Bureau of Investigation in the Northern Mindanao Region who was eventually elected Charter Regional Governor for NMR.
The National Leadership then in 2006 decided to register the organization with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the name: THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ( Philippine Eagles ) Inc. The incorporators were all past national presidents of the Eagles Fraternity, namely:
CELSO P. MARIANO
CRISANTO T. SARUCA
MELENCIO P. SAMSON
RIZAL ALBERTO C. NOLIDO
CESARIO C. DUMOGHO
The application was eventually approved by the SEC which granted SEC Certificate of Incorporation No. CN200618418 dated December 04, 2006.
Since then, the Eagles Fraternity was running smoothly. It was only in 2019 when it was discovered that another entity of practically the same name was surreptitiously registered with the SEC in 2017 by the group of Lucio Ceniza as incorporators. The complete name is: THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES – PHILIPPINE EAGLES which was issued SEC Certificate of Incorporation No. CN201721277 in year 2017. The approval by SEC was considered anomalous, a clear violation of approving a new applicant which practically carries the same name of a company which is still alive and existing on record.
Past National President E.Y 1987
20th day of September 2019 at Cagayan de Oro City.
In the third quarter of 2019, agitations grew and the feeling of unrest farther worsen within the organization when Conrado Cedeno and Dan Roleda, the National President and the Attorney General respectively then, issued a manifesto that blatantly expelled some national and regional officers including some prominent members of the PENAPLE without due process for betrayal of public trust who vehemently were against their way of governance.
Alarmed by the growing sentiments of discontent, the PENAPLE decided to have a meeting at Dynasty Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City on September 20, 2019 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning, a day before the 3rd Assembly Session scheduled the following day. The meeting was attended by the following:
Eagle Mike V. Piso
Eagle Jojo Longcob
Eagle Erlquin Lim
Eagle Roberto R. Seelin
Eagles Samuel Lim
Eagle Cesario C. Dumogho
Serious issues were discussed which needed immediate resolution such as:
Financial reports of Lucio Ceniza for 2016 and 2017 during his incumbency as national president.
The indiscriminate expulsion of some national officers and regional officers including some prominent members of the PENAPLE.
The bad actuations of Lucio Ceniza before the Eagles clubs in Italy towards Kuya Samuel Lim as seen in the video.
The present status of the THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES –PHILIPPINE EAGLES which indiscreetly Lucio Ceniza and company may have already been using during their ceremonies, operations, and activities.
The PENAPLE decided to bring up these issues to the plenary the following day. However, if the Assembly blocked the move through parliamentary maneuvers, the PENAPLE will fully support the CALL OF WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT as initiated by Eagle Roberto R. Seelin, PNP 2004 which read as follows:
SUBJECT TITLE :
CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT TO THE CURRENT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ( Philippine Eagles ) LED BY NATIONAL PRESIDENT, EAGLE CONRADO CEDENO, PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT, EAGLE LUCIO CENIZA, AND THE NEWLY APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL, ATTY. DANILO ROLEDA
( NOTE: Complete text of this resolution is in our records and file. )
THE CALL:
WITHDRAW OUR SUPPORT TO THE CURRENT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
FORM AN INTERIM SET OF OFFICERS TO RESTORE AND REGAIN THE INTEGRITY, HONOR AND PRESTIGE OF OUR BELOVED FRATERNITY.
ELECT AND APPOINT COMPETENT BONA-FIDE EAGLES FITTED FOR THE POSITION.
THE TURNING POINT : CUTTING THE BRIDGES BEHIND BETWEEN
The following day, September 21, 2019, the PENAPLE attended the Plenary at the Grand Caprice, Limketkai Complex in Cagayan de Oro City. As expected, the position papers made by the PENAPLE were not accepted and were not included in the Agenda of business for being out of context. The group led by the PENAPLE and the contingent of loyal and true blooded eagles led by Kuya Ben Rada and Kuya Jing Cadiz walked out from the session hall and proceeded to Mallberry Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City where the Declaration of the Withdrawal of Support to the administration of Conrado Cedeno was fully announced.
After the reading of the Declaration of Withdrawal of Support, the Proclamation of establishing an Interim Government followed. The Proclamation reads as follows:
P R O C L A M A T I O N
We, the undersigned, all bona-fide members of the THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ( Philippine Eagles ) coming from the different eagles clubs under the various eagles regions within the Philippines, have walked out from the 3rd National Assembly Session held in Grand Caprice, Cagayan de Oro City in view of serious misunderstanding and irreconcilable differences, do hereby unanimously pledge to support in the formation of an Interim Government of the TFOE ( PE ) to set up and elect an interim set of National Officers to run the day to day affairs of the Eagles Organization.
By acclamation, we have declared and proclaimed by VIVA VOCE the election of Kuya Eagle Roberto Seelin as Interim National President of the THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ( Philippine Eagles ) effective today, September 21, 2019 to serve the office until December 31, 2019. He will be vested with all the powers to organize the Fraternity as he deemed necessary under the present circumstances.
So help us Lord our God!!!
( NOTE: Signed by about more than 500 Eagles who formed the core group in support of the PROCLAMATION. The papers containing the list are on file for safekeeping. )
After the Proclamation, the Interim National President , Eagle Roberto R. Seelin took his oath of office. He was sworn in by the Acting PENAPLE Chairman, PNP Erlquin Lim.
The date, September 21, of the “walk out” was historic and unplanned. While we remember September 21, 1972 as the Proclamation of Martial Law, for us Eagles, September 21, 2019 will always be remembered as the Proclamation of a New Era in EAGLEISM, ushering in a new beginning to clean the mess and unshackle the greed and selfish vested interests that have already crept into the heart of the THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES ( Philippine Eagles ) 1979. It was a providential event directed by Divine Providence which only He can intercede! Armed by this commitment, we the true blooded Eagles shall continue to pursue our noble mission anchored on its guiding principle of “Service Through Brotherhood"
THE PHILIPPINE EAGLES WHOSE NUCLEUS HAS SIGNED THE DECLARATION SHALL SEEK AND CONSTRUCT THEIR HUMANITARIAN SERVICE, USEFULNESS, AND DESTINY IN THE PHILIPPINES GEARED TO BENEFIT PRIMARILY ITS NEEDY PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY. THEY ARE STRONGLY COMMITTED TO RENDER PERSONAL SERVICE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMUNITY AND ITS PEOPLE. THEY SHALL SACRIFICE AND DO BATTLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. THEY SHALL GIVE NO EXCUSES AS THEY HAVE HEREBY SET THE INNOVATIVE TONE OF CHANGE WHICH SHALL PRESENT A MATTER-OF-FACT HUMANITARIAN SERVICE TO THE NEEDY SECTORS OF THE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY INTENSELY DETERMINED, IN THE LIGHT OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND NECESSITY, THEY SHALL GIVE DIGNITY TO THIS BATTLE AND CRUSADE BY DOING AND PRACTICING WHAT THEY HEREBY STRONGLY SET AND DESIRE.
By: Eagle CESAR C. DUMOGHO PNP98
Secretary General EY-2020
Eagle JOSE B. DALUPANG
PEIL Director 2020
