Special Thanks to:       To our numerous FOB around the world who gave their warm words of praise and support. Please see the Guest Book page. Lita Misa-Wursch, for this great idea of putting up a Bislig History Book and the contribution of some memorable photos.    Ramon Villa, for original contribution of numerous rare photos.   Vincent Castillo, for completing the interviews of Mrs. Rosa Gaspar & Mrs. Letty Castillo; and one of the original contributors of rare photos. To our Bislig friends…Margie Barretto-Climaco, Lou Polina, Douglas Dumadag, Warren Rebosura, Evelio Cordova, Leo & Lorelei Lim, Minda Serrano-Torre, Gloria Catulay, the Aranas family, Inocencio Sayawan, Jr. and to all behind-the-scene friends who assisted Mike Licup while he was in Bislig.   Mike Licup, who took time to take pictures, gather old photos and articles from JBC, Picop and friends. He made 2 trips to Bislig for several days to do the  legwork for us. Dr. Cecile "Ate Bebeng" Castroverde-Malanum, for her contributions of numerous and rare photos plus the fun to read and memorable anecdotes of her childhood days. We are sure that everyone enjoyed reading it...... John Bosco College Administrators, for allowing us to take pictures inside the classrooms and campus and the numerous archives of yearbooks. Picop Resources Inc. Management & Staff, for allowing us to take pictures in the compound vicinities and the numerous archives of Bislig News and old photos. Zola Licup-Pariseau for her full and endless support to this project. She is related to the Sayawan’s and Cordova’s, who are one of the pioneers of Bislig. Zola is one of the moderator and instrumental to all aspects of this undertaking.    And to Martin Santos, for his passion and pride in spearheading this project. He never flinched when encountered with challenges. All of the above names of people and establishments made these original contributions that leads us into the creation of this website. More anecdotes and write-ups are being prepared by some friends and will be posted soon into this website.  We will continuously update the pages and we want you to be with us this time. Your contribution to this website is important to us. We are partners in this journey.  Thank you ! A note made on 21 Nov. 2006 :  I will re-assess the words of acknowledgements for those people mentioned above by the 1st anniversary or sooner. There will ones who will be added especially those recent contributors. 20th of August, 2007 I would like to extend my appreciation to recent contributors like Reggie Pacatang-Lim for the numerous photos of LABISMA events in the United States and Joey Barretto Climaco for his varied sites and shots of the youth events and places of Bislig and other parts of the Surigaos. And of course to many others who sent their words of appreciation and support, a photo or two.......to our website. I have tried responding to all the e-mails sent to me that i didn't bother anymore to post into our website. (Quite a bit to fill it up easily in no time). Lastly, to the countless number of friends who gave their   financial, moral and spiritual support to our friends in need during the recent Mangagoy Fire and to the Verdadero Family. I won't be mentioning names here anymore, but deep in our hearts, we knew who you are. Thanks so much !