By Lorie Bernadette T. Laririt – UC-Intern

 

BAGUIO CITY — A young athlete has been stepping into the business industry since he was just seventeen years old here in Baguio City.

“In December 2023, due to the increasing number of tourists and heavy traffic in Baguio, I thought of starting a motorcycle rental business. I bought my first motorcycle from my savings, my parents didn’t know about it. I had it repaired several times because it often broke down from the use of my clients,” said Juzthyn Dwayne Vaughn Jimeno Tamayo, 18, a student at SLU Laboratory Elementary and Junior High School.

From Grade 11 to Grade 12, he studied at the University of Baguio and graduated in May 2025. He said, “Daddy went abroad to Saudi, while Mama worked at Prudential.

“When Daddy came home, we started a lechon manok business that we called Enoks. I started being an athlete when I was 13 years old, I was only in Grade 7 at the time.”

The young entrepreneur’s sports are triathlon, swimming, biking, and running. He also started taking up golf last year. During the pandemic, protocols in competitions were strict.

“We still had to do a swab test before joining the race, as did my parents or anyone who would join the competition. When the rules were relaxed, I started training every day after school.”

“I love what I do so I don’t get tired. Time management is important especially when you love what you do.”

Today, he rents out thirty-six motorcycles and ten cars that he owns at Bonski’s Garage in Baguio and La Union branches.

Tamayo has finished Senior High and is now focusing on business while waiting for his college entrance exam.

“The only advice I can give to my peers or my fellow students who have dreams is to fulfill their dreams by being patient no matter what life throws at them, because hard work will push us to make a dream come true.”