Society of Public Administration Students - PUP QC

The Society of Public Administration Students (SPAS) warmly congratulates our representatives in the 8th PUP MODEL CONGRESS with the theme Pushing the Barriers for Youth Legislation!

• Jomer Domingo (Committee on Good Governance and Active Citizenship)
• Mark Ceasar Rodriguez (Committee on Education)
• Mike Yvan Lacuna (Committee on Economic Affairs and Development)
• Shakiera Kim Bayomo (Committee Environment and Natural Resources)
• Jannamiel Jemina (Committee on Environment and Natural Resources)

Thank you for representing and showing everyone the strength, integrity, and grit of a public administration student. Their passion towards this special event are highlighted by providing the highest caliber of crafting impactful bills, and standing firm for the sectors they represent. A truly move to push the barriers for youth legislation!

We also congratulate our member Mark Yvan Lacuna for being awarded and given the Certificate of Recognition entitled Overall Best Debater!

May this experience continue to fuel your desire to serve, lead, and to initiate change in our society. We are incredibly proud of you! Padayon, future public servants! 🏛️💚

‎𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗦 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! 🎉 🎊

‎We are proud to announce that Chrystel Jae Santos and Mark Ceasar Rodriguez represented the Society of Public Administration Students (SPAS) at the Benilde Model Congress held on May 18-21, 2026 at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.
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‎SPAS was selected to receive the Benilde Model Congress Scholarship Grant, giving our delegates the opportunity to participate in this prestigious legislative simulation event. Both delegates served in the Committee on National Defense and showcased exceptional leadership and legislative skills throughout the congress.
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‎Chrystel Jae Santos served as Deputy Minority Floor Leader, contributing her insights and advocacy during committee deliberations.
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‎Mark Ceasar Rodriguez took on multiple roles as Minority Floor Leader and Deputy Majority Floor Leader, authored HB No. 17, AN ACT
‎CREATING AN AGRI-FISHERY COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES (AGFICOM) TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL REVIEW, ASSESSMENT, AND EVALUATION OF THE PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES SECTOR AND FOOD SYSTEMS, AND TO FORMULATE EVIDENCE-BASED, CLIMATE-RESILIENT, AND INCLUSIVE POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES aka Agrifishery Commission of the Philippines (AGFICOM) and earned recognition as Best Debater and Best Bill Presenter.
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Your dedication, leadership, and excellence in legislative discourse have made SPAS proud. Thank you for representing our organization with integrity and skill.
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‎To Chrystel and Mark, congratulations on this outstanding achievement! Your hard work and commitment to public service continue to inspire us all.
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‎Mabuhay ang SPAS! Mabuhay ang ating mga public servants! 💚✨
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𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗦!
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‎Ngayong araw ipinagdiriwang natin ang ika-128 taong anibersayo ng araw ng kasarinlan ng ating pinakamamahal na bayan - ang Pilinas.
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‎Bilang Pilipino at iskolar ng bayan, tayo ay tinatawagan upang maging tagapagtaguyod ng ating tinatamasang kalayaan sa pamamagitan ng pagiging daluyan ng katotohanan at patuloy na pagsusulong ng prinsipyong makabayan.
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‎Nawa'y hindi mapagod ang ating mga puso na pahalagahan ang sakripisyo ng ating magigiting na mga bayani na naging daan upang makamit natin ang tinatamasa nating kalayaan.
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‎Lagi't lagi para sa bayan!
‎Mabuhay, PILIPINAS KONG MAHAL!
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𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂! 🎉💚

Sending the warmest birthday wishes to one of our very own, 2𝒏𝒅-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑵𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔 as she celebrates her 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟳!

To someone who leads with heart, fills every room with laughter, and never runs out of good energy, today is all about you! Whether she is on the dance floor expressing herself through every move or showing up for the organization with her signature smile and wit, Daniella brings the same warmth and passion to everything she does.

She moves with grace, leads with purpose, and her laughter is honestly one of the things that makes every moment a little brighter.

21 looks amazing on you, and we know this new chapter of your life will be filled with even greater achievements, more dance floors to conquer, and bigger milestones ahead.

From all of us in SPAS, we wish you a day as bright and full of energy as you are. May this year bring you joy, success, and all the things your heart desires.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮! 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🎂✨💃

It's a back-to-back celebration!!

This week is getting more and more exciting as we celebrate the birthdays of our Executive Officers— 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘇𝗮 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘇 🎂🎉

As we celebrate together these two remarkable and stunning individuals, let's dedicate this moment to appreciating all their hard work and love for our organization! We are truly grateful for everything that they do. The Society of Public Administration loves you both!

𝗠𝗔𝗬 this be one of your best years, continue to be the best version of yourselves. 🥰

𝝖 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝝾𝘂 𝘁𝝾 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝝾𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝝾 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝝾𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝝾𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀! 💚

After two days of intense collaboration, critical thinking, and innovative policy-making on May 14-15, 2026, the Policy Hackathon: Leading Ladies has officially concluded. As one of the biggest events organized by SPAS this school year, this hackathon allowed us to celebrate Women's Month (even if belatedly!) by addressing critical issues on gender equality in governance.

This event would not have been possible without the dedication, support, and participation of everyone involved.

RESOURCE SPEAKER:
📌 Rep. Emmi De Jesus, National Chair of Gabriela Partylist

JUDGES:
📌 Maam Cherrylyn Esparagoza
📌 Dr. Renifer Francisco
📌 Maam Jessica Niña Dumalanta

SPONSORS:
📌 BPA Alumni Batch 24-25
📌 Prof. Erwin Lara
📌 Prof. Roseller Malabanan
📌 SK Rey Roel Lopez
📌 Prof. Philip Soberano

To our resource speaker, judges, sponsors, and most importantly, the participating teams, we thank you all for joining us in this meaningful event. Your contributions, insights, and hard work brought this hackathon to life.

We look forward to more opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and advocate for women thriving in good governance. The momentum we built here will continue to inspire action and change.

Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat! ✨

🏆 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒: 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒! 🏆

It's been an amazing and impactful two days at 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐍: 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒! Future public administrators and policy makers from different universities at the PUP QC Audio-Visual Room took up the challenge of developing gender-responsive and data-informed approaches to gender responsive governance.

We are thrilled to acknowledge the teams that stepped up to show outstanding critical thinking, creative thinking and commitment to inclusive development!

Please join us in celebrating our winning teams:
🥇 𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓: 𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒂 𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒂
🥈 𝟐𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓: 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒂
🥉 𝟑𝒓𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓: 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂

We acknowledge the greatness of each and every student involved in this event, beyond trophies and titles.Thank you to all the teams who came up to the field – for your commitment, for your late-night brainstorming, for your passion to break down the structural barriers impeding women in leadership.You were not only creating policy briefs, but you are also making the future of public administration in the Philippines brilliant and socially responsible.

A special thanks to the brilliant panels of women expert leaders and faculty advisers and to everyone that made this a resounding success.

𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏!

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🖋️Bjorn

𝗖𝝾𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝝾𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝝾𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝝾𝗿 𝝾𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗣𝝖𝗦 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝝾𝗿𝘀!

Meet the honorable SPAS victors of PASiklaban 2026: Ikalawang Yugto with the theme “Soaring Minds, Shaping Tomorrow” that transpired last May 6, 2026.

Securing Second Place in the PASiklaban 2026, Hon. Jannamiel Jemina, Hon. Angel Kate DelaCruz, and Hon. Audrey Shane Nate exhibited their collective prowess by showing how their minds can shape tomorrows in a competitive scene alongside PLM, UDM, TCU, EARIST, and MCST.

The BPA community is proud of you!

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐀 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏 𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐍 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔! 🧹

Two intense days, countless brilliant ideas, and one shared mission:𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔" 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆!

The PUP QC AVR was filled with the energy of future public administrators and policy leaders developing evidence-based solutions to an inclusive future, from May 14-15.

𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔: 𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒂 𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒂 (𝟏𝒔𝒕), 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒂 (𝟐𝒏𝒅) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂 (𝟑𝒓𝒅)!

In addition to the awards, a special 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑲 𝒀𝑶𝑼! to all participants, faculty adviser, and expert judges who made this event a success. We acknowledge and appreciate your greatness, your grit and your passion. You have demonstrated that the youth are ready to drive public service that responds to people's needs!💚

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻-𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓷. 𝓦𝓮'𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓮!

𝝞𝘁'𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝝢𝝾𝘄!

Day 1 of the Policy Hackathon in celebration of Women’s Month at the Audio Visual Room with the theme, “Shattering "Glass Walls" - Women Thriving in Good Governance." is officially underway!

Take a look at our beloved guest speaker, Hon. Emmi De Jesus for sharing an inspirational and eye-opening discussion about women's rights and visibility, participants and teams as they sharpen their minds on recent policy challenges by presenting evidence-based solutions. These conversations analyze deeply rooted issues, enabling students to engage in meaningful discussions outside of classrooms, further applying knowledge formed from theories.

Join in and see the development of the Day 1 of Policy Hackathon!

⏰: 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM