Baybay Triskelion City Council

Tau Gamma Phi (ΤΓΦ) also known as the Triskelions' Grand Fraternity, is a fraternity established in the Philippines. Its members call themselves Triskelions. Their aim is to see a Fraternity System devoid of violence, and to earnestly propagate their fraternity's principles as their way of life. Based on these goals, the Triskelions, categorized their formal group as a 'protest fraternity'.

The Tau Gamma Phi Fraternity is now one of the largest fraternities in the Philippines with about 700 thousand registered members. The Triskelion Alumni Organization (TAO) is the umbrella organization for all its alumni members. The TAO have established closely-knit enclaves in the United States of America, Europe and other continents around the world.

The Tau Gamma Phi or the Triskelions' Grand Fraternity was established at the University of the Philippines, Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines on October 4, 1968, by student leaders from U.P. College of Arts and Sciences. They were all members of the U.P. Political Science Club. In the pre-martial law years, they were active street parliamentarians, knowing the impending social upheaval and political turmoil looming in the fatherland.

Moved from the discovery of a problem and by seeking viable solutions and initiating purposeful action for personal, familial, vocational and community betterment, prompted the action-group of Rod Confesor, Roy Ordinario, Talek Pablo, Tito Venida, Restituto Alfonso and Romeo Fortes to form "The Order of the U.P. Triskelions". Initially however, this small group did not much influence the times and decisions within the university so that it was renamed "The Order of the Grand Triskelions". Again, due to lack of interest by the studentry, led to another renaming of the group. Realizing the trend of ever growing popularity of the Greek-named organizations in the campus, finding common interests and being bonded by very similar principles, the founders voted to change the organization to a Greek-Lettered name. Finally adopting the Greek letters Tau (Τ), Gamma (Γ) and Phi (Φ), which stands for Triskelions' Grand Fraternity on that fateful Friday of October in the year Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Eight.

Martial law era

Martial Law was declared on September 21, 1972 by the late dictator President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Many of the cause-oriented groups critical to the regime, fraternities included became targets of military harassment. Believing that these groups posed a threat to the order and stability of the Marcos administration. Ostensibly due to 'leftist' leanings, the Tau Gamma Phi Fraternity's office was raided under an Arrest-Search and Seizure order signed by then Secretary of Defense Juan Ponce Enrile.

Struggling from the effects of Martial Law which suspended all fraternal and organizational activity within the collegiate levels. Bro. Ramoncito “Monching" Ocampo, who was the Secretary-General of the Fraternity during that time, decided to tap the younger generations in the High School sector. This gave birth to junior Triskelions at San Beda College - High School in 1975 where Bro. Boyet Gorospe was one of the founders.