San Pedro, Laguna

Nickname(s): The Sampaguita Capital of the Philippines;

Rooster City of the Philippines;
Laguna's Gateway to Metro Manila
Motto: Sipag at Pananampalataya sa Diyos tungo sa Kaunlaran ng San Pedro (Hard work
and Faith in God towards San Pedro's progress);
Magandang San Pedro Po!

INTRODUCTION:
San Pedro is a first class city in the province of Laguna, Philippines, officially City of San
Pedro. It is named after its patron saint, Peter the Apostle. According to the 2015 census, it
has a population of 325,809 inhabitants. Despite being the third smallest in the entire
province, with a total land surface area of only 24.05 km2, San Pedro is the fourth largest
city in terms of population after the cities of Calamba, Biñan, and Santa Rosa. The city also
has the highest population density in the province of Laguna and in the whole Calabarzon
region, having 14,000 people/km2.

VISION
ROADMAP 2020
A highly – urbanized and self-reliant of inspired and empowered citizenry, living in a healthy
environment, and effectively governed by honest and dedicated public servant.

HISTORY:
San Pedro de Tunasán became a town on January 18, 1725, when King Charles II of Spain
decreed that the town formerly known as "Tabuko" be a separate town from "Kabullaw" (now
known as the city of Cabuyao).
By virtue of the last will of Philip V of Spain, Rodriguez de Figueroa or "Don Esteban", a
group of Augustinian Fathers gained the ownership of the Tunasán Estate. Later on, San
Pedro became a hacienda of Colegio de San José, a group of Jesuits friars who took over
the property which now is known as "San Pedro Tunasán". Tunasán literally means "a place
where there is Tunás" (Nymphaea nouchali, a medicinal plant abundant on shoreline area.
During that period, agriculture, fishing, duck raising, fruit trees, and sampaguita were the
main source of income of its residents. This period was highlighted by the growing
tenant/landlord dispute. The tenants of Hacienda San Pedro Tunasán fought for their
birthrights over their ancestral lands. This struggle took almost 423 years of unsuccessful
resistance to Colegio de San José, and in 1938, the government bought the home sites of
the San Pedro Tunasán Hacienda from the Colegio for re-sale to its tenants. This event laid
to rest the tenants/landlord problem in the town.
In the year 1902, the name San Pedro de Tunasán was simplified to San Pedro.
From the Spanish time until after the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the scenario
did change a bit, when on August 30, 1954, beginning to the Philippine Commonwealth
forces against the Japanese, President Ramón Magsaysay signed at the historic town plaza
the Land Tenancy Act. By virtue of this law, farm lots of the hacienda were bought by the
Philippine government to be sold at cost to the tenants or occupants of the farm lots in
Bayan-Bayanan under the Narra Settlement Project of the Magsaysay Administration.
On March 27, 2013, President Benigno Aquino signed the 64-page Republic Act No. 10420
converting the municipality into a new component city of the province of Laguna. The
cityhood of San Pedro was ratified through a plebiscite scheduled by the Commission on
Elections (COMELEC). The date for the ratification is December 28, 2013 after the National
Barangay Elections. It became the sixth city of Laguna after the cities of Biñan, Cabuyao,
Calamba, San Pablo and Santa Rosa, and also the third to be a city in the 1st congressional
district of Laguna - making it the first city district in the province.
COMELEC officially proclaimed the first-class municipality of San Pedro as a component city
of Laguna on December 29, 2013. Juanito Icarro, regional director of Calabarzon and
Mimaropa, and Marianne Marfori, provincial election supervisor, made the proclamation at
the municipal hall after San Pedro residents voted for the cityhood in a plebiscite held on
December 28, 2013. "Yes" votes for cityhood totaled 16,996 (which is an additional 50 votes
added in some precincts mostly in the San Vicente area to win the "yes" vote), and "no"
votes, only 869, in 501 clustered precincts in San Pedro. Only 11% of 165,777 registered
voters in San Pedro's 20 barangays took part in the plebiscite.

GEOGRAPHY
San Pedro is located in Region 4A or Calabarzon. San Pedro is the boundary between
Laguna and Metro Manila, so San Pedro is known as "Laguna's Gateway to Metro Manila".
San Pedro shares boundaries with Metro Manila's southernmost city, Muntinlupa(north),
Biñan (east), Dasmariñas (west), Carmona and Gen. Mariano Alvarez (southeast). Its
position makes San Pedro a popular suburban residential community, where many residents
commute daily to Metro Manila for work.

TOURISM
City of San Pedro has a 20 km tourism belt to promote the hidden beauty of the city and to
attract more tourists to the city.

The commemoration of the Centennial of the Philippine Independence in 1998 inspired a

nationwide cultural renaissance of sorts of the Filipino’s rich cultural heritage.

The Municipal Government of San Pedro rode on this cultural bandwagon with the creation
of a San Pedro Tourism Council with 40% government and 60% private sector. Its mission
was to promote and develop local tourism and culture.

In 1999, the Council rolled out a cultural event dubbed “Manok ni San Pedro Festival” with
the theme “Unang Tilaok ng Manok”. This was listed in the Department of Tourism (DOT)
Book of Festivals on the same year. The festival treated San Pedronians with a myriad of
tribal street dancing, cultural presentations and parade of floats that bear the iconic rooster
of St.+ Peter.

The following year, pomp and pageantry was added to the festival with the launching of
“Hiyas ng San Pedro” a search for the most beautiful and most talented young women of the
town. Through the years, some of the Hiyas winners have become famous celebrities in the
world of television, motion picture and modeling.

In 2001, the Festival was timed with the celebration of the annual Poblacion Town Fiesta on
February 22. Activities like drum and lyre band competition, C.A.T. silent drill competitions,
and sports contest became part of the event. With more color and excitement, the town’s
festive mood was raised to fever level. The celebration always culminated with the
coronation of “Hiyas ng San Pedro” on the eve of the town fiesta.

SAMPAGUITA FESTIVAL
The formerly "Manok ni San Pedro Festival", which started in 1999 was renamed to
"Sampaguita Festival" in 2002.
The annual City Festival is celebrated in the second week of February. This week-long
festival includes various activities ranging from cultural to sports, trade fairs, amateur singing
contests, parades, historical exhibits, social and religious gatherings, tribal dances, street
dances, cheering and sport exhibitions. The highlight of the festival is the coronation night of
the "Hiyas ng San Pedro". The festival aims to promote tourism in San Pedro and to
revitalize Sampaguita industry in the community. The celebration kicked off with a grand
parade.

In 2009, the Sampaguita Festival, participated in by thousands of students from various

schools, the barangays, homeowners associations, municipal officials and employees, and
non-government organizations, formed the world’s longest ever-Fresh Sampaguita Flower
Lei that gained recognition the world over. San Pedro holds the record of laying the longest
sampaguita line spanning 3.6 km, from Biñan City-San Pedro boundary to San Pedro-
Muntinlupa City boundary on the National Highway, making them listed in the Guinness
World Records in 2009
The Municipality of San Pedro was presented a Certificate of Guinness World Record in
2009, which was engraved in a large Phyllus attesting to the fact that the 25-kilometer or so
Sampaguita Festival Unity Lei of this town, was the longest and most colorful Fresh
Sampaguita Flower Lei ever formed across the universe.

A giant agnos or medallion made from thousands of fresh sampaguita buds

In 2012, the local chief executive urged San Pedronians to send contingents to the Unity Lei
to be covered live by “Umagang Kay Ganda” of the Abs-Cbn on Feb. 21 at 6 a. m. and the
Sampaguita Festival Grand Parade at the New Municipal Hall, also on Feb. 21 at 1 p. m.

Mayor Calixto R. Cataquiz also urged San Pedronians to actively participate in the festival’s
culminating activities on February 21 such as Umagang Kay Ganda Live Coverage, Parade
of Marching Bands, Concelebrated Fiesta Day Mass, Sampaguita Festival 2012 Grand
Parade, Street Dancing Competition, Grand Fiesta Procession, Acrobat and Magic Show,
and the Band Rap Dance.
Other important activities lined up by the Municipal Tourism Office (MTO) here on February
17 include the San Pedro Cyclists 20-km executive run, Miss Day care Coronation Night;
DepEd San Pedro District School Parade, San Pedro Riders Motorcade, Mr. and Miss
Young San Pedro 2012 on Feb. 18; the 10-mile and 5k-run, San Pedro Youth Encounter
Rally, Pinoy Games, San Pedro Got Talent, Mixed Martial Arts Academy Fighting
Championship on Feb. 19; and Red Cross bloodletting, SP Kagawad League Basketball
championship, Artista (Movie actors) vs. Artistahan Basketball Game, La Torre Brass Band
Drill, and Mayor’s Night on Feb. 20.
 The highlight of the event. Street dancing and Mutya ng San Pedro

PROMOTING THE FESTIVAL

The municipal government of San Pedro sent an invitation to his constituents to join the
celebration/ festival to promote tourism in the town. Schools, the barangays, homeowners
associations, municipal officials and employees, and non-government organizations respond
positively.

Banners, tarpaulins, posters were placed in many areas, published the activity to local and
national newspaper, announced to radio stations and televisions to inform the people about
the Festival.

Using the Multimedia/ICT, they created Facebook page to promote the event, Blog, Vlog,
Website to put the details of the event, preferably on the home page, AAP Medianet, which
enable subscribers to publish their media releases via the AAP Medianet website.

Another way to advertise the festival is to print the festivals to collectible materials such as
shirts, bags, mugs, pens and many others.

Tarpaulin used in promoting

the festival in 2013 and 2014
 Newsletter used in promoting
the festival

Blog

Facebook page
 The festival is digitally printed in the shirt, using pigment,
sublimation in rubberized materials.

The imprinted water bottle fits in any standard bike cage, but it's also
great for taking to the gym or on a hike.
The push/pull spout on the screw-on lid keeps water from spilling out
during your trek and also provides for one-handed drinking ease.
This BPA-free custom sport bottle is made from #2 plastic, which can
be recycled in most areas;
The bottle is digitally printed through sublimation.

Bright white custom ceramic mug holds their favorite beverage!

Use the personalized coffee cup as a giveaway to help build
brand recognition, promote festivals, birthdays/anniversaries
etc. Doubles as desktop storage for pens, pencils and other
accessories. Digitally printed through sublimation.
ACTIVITY:
PERSONALIZED DIGITAL T-SHIRT PRINTING
MATERIALS
- Plain t shirt
- 3G Opaque (Dark transfer paper)
- Teflon

TOOLS
- Scissors

EQUIPMENT
- Computer
- Printer with pigment ink
- Heat press machine

PROCEDURE
1. Plan a design
2. Layout the desired design using Photoshop
3. Print the design in 3G opaque transfer paper use printer with pigment ink
4. Cut the paper according to design
5. Peel off the back portion of the transfer paper
6. Prepare the heat press. Set to 160⁰C for 20 seconds.
7. Prepare the t shirt, lay out the design, cover with Teflon, then press for 20 seconds
8. Let it cool

PERSONALIZED COFFEE MUG/ DRINKING BOTTLE

MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT
- Sublimation Mug
- Sublimation paper
- Thermal tape
- Printer with sublimation ink
- Scissors
- Mug press machine

PROCEDURE
1. Plan and lay out the desired design using Photoshop
2. Print the design in sublimation paper
3. Cut the paper according to the size of the mug, attach and flatten. Use thermal tape
so that paper stays in place
4. Set the mug press machine to 204⁰C for 180 seconds.
5. Press for 180 seconds
6. Remove the paper. Let it cool.
RUBRICS:

CRITERIA EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR (2) POOR (1)

(4) (3)
Adherence to the sequence
of set up
-Followed carefully the given
instructions
Workmanship
- Had organized materials and
tools while accomplishing the
task and has time
management.

-Proper use of materials and

equipment is observed
-Originality/Uniqueness of design

Quality of work
-The final output is neat

TOTAL
DESIGN A T-SHIRT
Learn how to create an eye-catching t-shirt graphic using basic shapes and Creative Cloud
mobile apps.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

When you need to make vector graphics for flyers,

postcards, and stickers to promote your upcoming
events, Adobe Illustrator CC is the perfect tool for
the job. Using a few basic shapes and some of the
new drawing tools, you can create eye-catching
designs in minutes. Check out how easy it is to
design a custom t-shirt graphic that you can upload
to an online print vendor like CafePress or Zazzle.
Surprise your friends by making custom shirts for
everyone in your club or sports team.

Download the practice file and open design-a-

tshirt.ai with the latest version of Adobe Illustrator
CC to create a stylized boombox design with heart-
shaped speakers.

1. Draw basic shapes

Select the Rectangle tool. Click and drag to draw
rectangles to create the boombox outline. Change
the dimensions of a rectangle after you draw it by
dragging one of the corner handles.
Press V to switch to the Selection tool, and then
drag the rectangles to rearrange them. As you
drag the rectangles, Smart Guides help you align
the shapes.
Click and hold the Rectangle tool icon in the
toolbar to select the Ellipse tool. Hold down the
Shift key and drag to draw a symmetric circle for
the left speaker. Press V and use the Selection
tool to position the circle on the left side of the
boombox.

2. Combine paths to create new

shapes.
Use the Curvature tool to click four points on a
different part of the artboard. This creates the left
side of the heart shape. Press Escape after
clicking the fourth point to finish drawing the path.
Press V to switch to the Selection tool, then click
on the path. Option(Alt) + drag the path to
duplicate it. Hold down the Shift key while you
drag the duplicate path to keep both paths in
alignment.

Choose Object > Transform > Reflect,

choose the Vertical option, and click
OK. Press and hold the Shift key and
position the right side of the heart so
the two paths overlap. Shift-click the
other half of the heart to select both
paths.
Click and hold the Pencil tool icon in
the toolbar to select the Join tool.
Drag the Join tool over the areas
where the two paths meet to join them
together. Learn more about joining
and trimming paths.

3. Resize, duplicate, and position

shapes
Use the Selection tool to Shift-drag a
corner of the heart to resize it, then center
the heart inside the round speaker. Shift-
click on the circle to select both shapes.
Option(Alt) + drag the two shapes to
duplicate the left speaker. Press and hold Shift to keep both speakers aligned as you
position the right speaker.

4. Add type
Use the Type tool to draw a text frame below
the boombox. Type the name of your event,
then highlight the text. Choose Window > Type
> Character and use the options to apply text
formatting. Change the font, weight, size — and
even adjust the amount of space between the
letters.
Create beautiful typography effects by adding
fonts from Typekit. Learn more about using
Typekit fonts.
Tip: Using the Selection tool, you can scale and
reposition the text just like you resized the heart
in Step 3.

5. Adjust fill and stroke colors

Press V to switch to the Selection tool,
then drag a box around the boombox. Try
changing the stroke width in the Options panel.
Set the fill and stroke colors in this menu.
Select shapes and double-click the Fill or
Stroke icons in the toolbar to choose a new
color in the color picker. To capture custom
color themes, use Adobe Color CC.
Tip: Try setting the stroke or fill color to None to
create interesting effects.

6. Customize and experiment

Use the Line tool to click-drag a straight line
to draw an antenna on the boombox. Hold
Shift to draw perfectly horizontal or vertical
lines. Use the other skills you learned to
embellish the design.

Experiment with other design techniques. Use

Adobe Shape CC to capture a shape with your
mobile device and add a textured background.
Creative Cloud subscribers can choose from a library of vector art in Creative Cloud Market
to refine your design. Simply drag art from the library to add it to your project.
Check out tshirt-inspiration.pdf included in the sample files folder to get more inspiration for
customizing your design.

Make a T-shirt Design in Photoshop

By: Kristi Maddox
Design Master

A T-shirt can be the most fun and relaxed part of your wardrobe. A T-shirt also can make a
statement, promote an event or be given as a present.

Creating your own shirt can be a lot of fun, but learning the ins and outs of Photoshop can
be a little tricky. However, if you are set on using Photoshop, this tutorial will teach you how
to design a T-shirt by using CS5.

Step 1. Plan the design.

Start your design by sketching or making notes. Think

about the end goal and what resources or images you
will use.

TIP: Look for inspiration online. You can find some really

interesting ideas in terms of color combinations and use of
text.

Step 2. Choose a shirt and a printer.

When choosing the type of T-shirt, think about who will

wear it — men, women or children? In what kind of climate will the shirt be worn? How many
T-shirts do you plan to make? Keep these things in mind when you’re picking your printer,
too.

TIP: To help picture the final design, use a picture of the actual T-shirt to lay out your design.

Step 3. Choose your photo or design.

If you are not using your own photo or design, make sure you select a public domain image,
which is free, or you can purchase a stock photo or design.

TIP: The image must be 300 DPI for high-quality printing.

Step 4. Set up the document.

Open Photoshop and, depending on the size you

want your design to be, make the appropriate
selections.

Step 5. Place your image.

Go to File>Place. When the window appears, find the photo or

design file on your computer and click place. The image will then
appear. Click on the move tool at the top of the left toolbar. A
window will ask if you want to place the image. Click place.

Step 6. Add your effects.

Double-click the image layer on the layer palette to

pull up the Layer Style menu. Here you can add
shadows, glows, gradients or borders (stroke).

TIP: You can also select image and adjustments to play

with the color of the photo.

Step 7. Insert your text.

Add any message or writing you would like on the

shirt by selecting the text tool on the left toolbar and clicking anywhere on the canvas.

With the text highlighted, you can use the menu at the top to change the font, font size or
font color. Keep in mind the color of the text should stand out against the background it is
placed on and the font should be easy to read.

Step 8. Create outlines.

For T-shirt designs, printers usually request that you

create outlines on any text you use. To do that, select
the text layer in the layer menu and go down to Type
and select Convert to Shape.
TIP: Once you convert the text to a shape, you can no longer edit the text, so double-check your
spelling and grammar, making sure the text says exactly what you want it to say.

Step 9. Make a test shirt.

Before ordering a large quantity, have a sample or two made to be sure neither you nor the
printer need to make any kind of adjustments.

If you want a smaller quantity, you may choose to print the design and iron on to your shirt.
Larger projects can be sent to a T-shirt printer. Generally, the more shirts you order, the
smaller the unit price.

And there you have it!

Designing your own T-shirt can be a fun project. It is a great skill to learn for celebrations,
gifts or your business. For the best results, be sure you check and double-check your work,
use high-resolution, non-licensed images and high-quality T-shirts from a reliable T-shirt
printer.
REFERENCES:
San Pedro, Laguna Official Website
San Pedro now a component city of Laguna - Philstar.com
http://www.gov.ph/2013/03/27/republic-act-no-10420/
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mr. Jaime S. Sibulo Jr., PAIO Staff/ Historical Committee Staff
City Government of San Pedro Facebook page