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Golden Anniversary celebration and 5th National Convention on October 26 - 27, 2019
The National Executive Committee, after consultation with concerned councils, approved during its meeting on February 2, 2019 at Grand Caprice, Limketkai, Cagayan de Oro City, the holding of the Golden Anniversary Celebration and 5th National Convention on October 26-27, 2019 in Iligan City. The NEC decided to give the Iligan Council of Nobles the hosting for historical reasons, after the Agusan Council of Nobles decided to waive the hosting in favor of Iligan CON. The Iligan Council of Nobles will be working closely with the NEC. Brother Raul Almeria and Sister Uldine Paras-Manon-og represented the Iligan CON. A search for the celebration and convention theme will be done by the NEC. The winning entry will receive an award during the convention. ![]() The council of nobles are requested to prepare their delegation to the 5th national convention and support the Iligan CON. Updated on the Golden Anniversary Celebration and 5th National Convention will be posted in the website and shared on the Roman Sigma Facebook group. The NEC expressed gratitude to Sister Divina dela Cruz for hosting the meeting. |
Roman Sigma celebrates 48th anniversary
![]() All Romans are informed/reminded that the 4th General Assembly resolved to allow and empower the Councils of Nobles to organize recruitment and initiation to revive and create new Student Chapters. A fair reminder: our new recruitment and initiation policies and guidelines disallow hazing. That is in compliance to The Anti-Hazing Act of 1995, also known as Republic Act No. 8049. Any violators will be expelled from the fraternity/sorority. |
Agusan Council organized
The Agusan Council was formally installed with the induction of officers on August 2, 2014 at DLJ Chika-an, Cabadbaran City. The induction ceremony was led by the Brother Ramil A. Sanchez, the National President of Roman Sigma. Brother Dante Manlimos, the National Executive Vice President and Brother Crisalde Avena, the National Treasurer were also present. Inducted to office were Sister Myra Sanchez, Council President; Brother Doods Bugas, Vice President; Sister Lutchie Timkang Dizon , Secretary; Brother JR Petalcorin, Treasurer....(ed) |
3rd national confab in Surigao City
Surigao City, the City of Islands Adventures, will be the venue of the 3rd Roman Sigma National Convention on September 19 - 21, 2014. The biennial gathering of Romans from all over the world will have a theme: "Roman Sigma Transformation in the Social Era." The transformation of the organization is in consonance with the No Hazing Policy and the reforms necessary for the fraternity/sorority to become more responsive and more relevant to the changing nature of higher education worldwide. The convention will be attended by alumni and student members from the different councils and collegiate chapters nationwide. The Caraga Region councils will be hosting this event. Interested members are advised to connect with the organizing committee and read the advisories on Facebook as well. Advanced registration will be facilitated at the website and payment of sponsorship and solicitation will be facilitated through the different designated bank account/s. For further queries, members may email ramilsanchez@gmail.com or call 09177064698 / 09328558320. |
Roman Sigma holds worldwide fundraising
The National Executive Committee (NEC) has issued an Executive Order No. 2 Series 2013 for the Worldwide Fundraising to help the victims of Supertyphoon Haiyan or Yolanda. Proceeds of the fundraising will be extended to identified areas and to the Philippine Red Cross or local partners in the Philippines through the International Council of Nobles and the various councils and chapters. |
Roman Sigma holds strategic planning
Roman Sigma will hold its Strategic Planning Workshop and 1st National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting on April 20, 2013 at the Mindanao Training Resource Center, Davao Medical School Foundation, Bajada, Davao City. The Strategic Planning is conducted in order to define the direction of Roman Sigma through its Vision, Mission, Goals and Programs for the years 2013 to 2020. The National Executive Council is expected to deliberate and approve the enhanced constitution and by laws. With the objective of gathering inputs from key informants and the members, a survey is being conducted online @ https://sites.google.com/site/romansigmafraternitysorority/survey-2013 . |
Join the Roman Campaign of the 21st Century
Now is a different time, its the 21st Century! We are now in a "Social Era", an era in a global world. We can build a great Roman Sigma Fraternity & Sorority in the modern world. As they said, "Rome was not bulit in one day", the Roman Sigma can not be built great by one or few people, it takes all of us to build a Roman Sigma in the 21st Century. Doing small deeds with great love will be better than just dreaming of big things... In one front, the social media, let me call on everybody to help. I enjoin you to do this, a Roman way to promote our group on Facebook, other social networking sites if ever possible. If you visit my Facebook Profile my alternate name "Ramil Roman Sanchez" appears! To do that : Go to that gear in the upper right most of your profile page, click and find Account Setting, look for General Account Setting and find Name, scroll down and fill in the "Alternate Name" , now type in your name but make your middle name "Roman." Best if all of us use our real name, our family picture and a profile pic with a logo in the background. This will be helpful in creating public awareness...that we are Romans! Thanks. |
Roman Sigma adopts "No Hazing Policy"
The General Assembly passed on October 28, 2012 Resolution No. 3 Series of 2012 - Adopting A No Hazing Policy in compliance with Republic Act No. 8049 otherwise known as "Anti-Hazing Law of the Philippines". The resolution was passed by Sister Gina Perez-Johnston, with amendment introduced by Brod Epimaco Cabanlit. It is expected that the National Executive Council will issue an new guidelines for the standards of recruitment and initiations effective immediately. RA 8049 Full Text from: www.chanrobles.com Section 1. Hazing, as used in this Act, is an initiation rite or practice as a prerequisite for admission into membership in a fraternity, sorority or organization by placing the recruit, neophyte or applicant in some embarrassing or humiliating situations such as forcing him to do menial, silly, foolish and other similar tasks or activities or otherwise subjecting him to physical or psychological suffering or injury. The term "organization" shall include any club or the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Philippine Military Academy, or officer and cadet corp of the Citizen's Military Training and Citizen's Army Training. The physical, mental and psychological testing and training procedure and practices to determine and enhance the physical, mental and psychological fitness of prospective regular members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police as approved ny the Secretary of National Defense and the National Police Commission duly recommended by the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Director General of the Philippine National Police shall not be considered as hazing for the purposes of this Act. Sec. 2. No hazing or initiation rites in any form or manner by a fraternity, sorority or organization shall be allowed without prior written notice to the school authorities or head of organization seven (7) days before the conduct of such initiation. The written notice shall indicate the period of the initiation activities which shall not exceed three (3) days, shall include the names of those to be subjected to such activities, and shall further contain an undertaking that no physical violence be employed by anybody during such initiation rites. Sec. 3. The head of the school or organization or their representatives must assign at least two (2) representatives of the school or organization, as the case may be, to be present during the initiation. It is the duty of such representative to see to it that no physical harm of any kind shall be inflicted upon a recruit, neophyte or applicant. Sec. 4. If the person subjected to hazing or other forms of initiation rites suffers any physical injury or dies as a result thereof, the officers and members of the fraternity, sorority or organization who actually participated in the infliction of physical harm shall be liable as principals. The person or persons who participated in the hazing shall suffer:
2. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period (17 years, 4 months and 1 day to 20 years) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become insane, imbecile, impotent or blind. 3. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its medium period (14 years, 8 months and one day to 17 years and 4 months) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have lost the use of speech or the power to hear or to smell, or shall have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm or a leg or shall have lost the use of any such member shall have become incapacitated for the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged. 4. The penalty of reclusion temporal in its minimum period (12 years and one day to 14 years and 8 months) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become deformed or shall have lost any other part of his body, or shall have lost the use thereof, or shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance on the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for a period of more than ninety (90) days. 5. The penalty of prison mayor in its maximum period (10 years and one day to 12 years) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance on the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for a period of more than thirty (30) days. 6. The penalty of prison mayor in its medium period (8 years and one day to 10 years) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance on the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for a period of ten (10) days or more, or that the injury sustained shall require medical assistance for the same period. 7. The penalty of prison mayor in its minimum period (6 years and one day to 8 years) if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance on the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged from one (1) to nine (9) days, or that the injury sustained shall require medical assistance for the same period. 8. The penalty of prison correccional in its maximum period (4 years, 2 months and one day to 6 years) if in consequence of the hazing the victim sustained physical injuries which do not prevent him from engaging in his habitual activity or work nor require medical attendance. The responsible officials of the school or of the police, military or citizen's army training organization, may impose the appropriate administrative sanctions on the person or the persons charged under this provision even before their conviction. The maximum penalty herein provided shall be imposed in any of the following instances:
(b) when the recruit, neophyte or applicant initially consents to join but upon learning that hazing will be committed on his person, is prevented from quitting; (c) when the recruit, neophyte or applicant having undergone hazing is prevented from reporting the unlawful act to his parents or guardians, to the proper school authorities, or to the police authorities, through force, violence, threat or intimidation; (d) when the hazing is committed outside of the school or institution; or (e) when the victim is below twelve (12) years of age at the time of the hazing. The owner of the place where hazing is conducted shall be liable as an accomplice, when he has actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring. If the hazing is held in the home of one of the officers or members of the fraternity, group, or organization, the parents shall be held liable as principals when they have actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring. The school authorities including faculty members who consent to the hazing or who have actual knowledge thereof, but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring shall be punished as accomplices for the acts of hazing committed by the perpetrators. The officers, former officers, or alumni of the organization, group, fraternity or sorority who actually planned the hazing although not present when the acts constituting the hazing were committed shall be liable as principals. A fraternity or sorority's adviser who is present when the acts constituting the hazing were committed and failed to take action to prevent the same from occurring shall be liable as principal. The presence of any person during the hazing is prima facie evidence of participation therein as principal unless he prevented the commission of the acts punishable herein. Any person charged under this provision shall not be entitled to the mitigating circumstance that there was no intention to commit so grave a wrong. This section shall apply to the president, manager, director or other responsible officer of a corporation engaged in hazing as a requirement for employment in the manner provided herein. Sec. 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other parts or provisions thereof shall remain valid and effective. Sec. 6. All laws, orders, rules or regulations which are inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby amended or repealed accordingly. Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) calendar days after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. |
Brod Wawuls welcome and challenge speech to Romans
National Executive Council for 2012-2014
The National Executive Council of Roman Sigma Fraternity/Sorority, 2012-2014 Dante Comendador Manlimos, Chairperson Ramil A. Sanchez, President/Vice Chairperson Gina Perez Johnston, VP for Finance Nestor Rotsen Longakit, VP for MembershipAlexander Godwin G. Beley, Roquito Malunes Jr. Mario Pelarion Mon Eliezer Sambo, Marawi Chapter, Fraternity Student RepresentativeLislie Mendoza Jumawid, Tacurong Chapter, National Secretary: Cynthia de los Reyes National Treasurer: Zaldy Avena |