Early in January 2000, Tom
Jason L. Caperiña (Alpha Zeta) and Larry Pontigon Jr. (Eta Theta) an
unritualized brothers of Alpha Phi Omega, and a Student of AMA Computer
University, who took their dedication to extend their hands of
friendship in welcoming applicants/ fellow students into the circle
where service is rendered unabashedly and leadership is offered without
hubris as well as a key to understand the true meaning of " brotherhood
of man", and with the leadership of Sta. Cruz Alpha Phi Omega Alumni
Association (SCAPO-AA) who served as the founders.
On May 28,
2000 the first final was conducted under Bro. Israel Ricardo A. Somera
who served as the first Prime Chancellor, there were three(3)
fraternity Perry Magpily , Patrick Paglinawan and Dennis Flores and one (1) sorority Marklane Suarez who survived and they named their group
" Unang Sibol" as a pioneering batch of this generation.
After
all the sacrifices and hard works of the SCAPO-AA, Israel Ricardo "Ace"
Somera, Reynaldo Montano who was our RDD, the Set of Chapter Officers
and Chapter members the group was finally given a charter and entered
into the registry of recognized chapters of Alpha Phi Omega as Lambda Iota Chapter, On December 14, 2002, Saturday at San
Andres St., Malate, Manila during the National Executive Board Meeting
(NEB) D.Y. 2001-2003 Chaired by President Bro Blo Umpar Adiong.