Seeing his mother in sweat and working tirelessly inside his school canteen and serving snacks to students with a big smile urged ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ to pursue greater heights and make a better life for his mother.
PCDT Jay Cheever Goyha Rocaberte hailed from the City of Gentle People, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. He was raised along with his five other siblings by his single mother who worked as a canteen concessionaire in his school.
โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐, ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ค. ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐-๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ช๐๐ช๐๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ค ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐.โ
Since then, it has been his childhood dream to wear the uniform of those who put their lives on the line to provide safety and security in the community. Most of all, it was his dream to provide a better life for his mother, who never ceased to work hard in order to provide for their needs.
However, their struggles didnโt pause on weekends. When the school canteen closed, he took it upon himself to continue helping his mother in any way he could. Together with his brother, he would bring trays of empanadas and go out to sell them, sometimes under the heat of the sun or under the threat of rain. We walked from place to place, but most often, he found himself at crowded basketball courts, hoping to earn just enough to bring home something for the day.
He was just a student, but he knew he had a role to play. Selling wasnโt easy, facing rejection, carrying the weight of his hopes with every tray, but he kept going, because every coin he earned was a small victory for his family. He wasnโt just trying to sell snacks. He was trying to ease even a little of the burden his mother carried every single day.
โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐จ, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐๐จ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ.โ
Despite not being privileged in life, he saw in his brother immense determination and perseverance to make it in life. He realized that the size of oneโs dream was not measured by where they had started, but by how they were willing to fight for it.
PCDT Rocaberteโs journey was not square and easy. He first tried applying to join the BSPS Class of 2024 but failed in the medical phase. Albeit feeling heartbroken, unfit, and incompetent, he took courage to try again, and later on the 1st day of June 2021, he became an official member of the SINAGLAWIN Class of 2025.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ
Source:ย Kalasag-PNPA Corps Publication