[1] Pag-asa was bred by a team of the Philippine Eagle Conservation Program Foundation (PECPF; now Philippine Eagle Foundation), led by executive director Dennis Salvador and camp manager Domingo Tadena.

[2] Then 22-year-old Diola laid the egg, and Junior, found in Agusan, donated sperm.

[2] Pag-asa hatched at 10:40 pm PST on January 5, 1992, at the Philippine Eagle Center[4] in Barangay Malagos at the Calinan district in Davao City.

[2] Awareness of conservation efforts on the endangered Philippine eagles increased after the hatching of Pag-asa.

[3] Pag-asa was unsuitable for release and remained in captivity, due to dependence on humans, particularly his keeper, Eddie Juntilla, on whom he had imprinted.