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64 PROGRAM Official Newsletter of Rotary Club of Manila Issuebalita No. 3795 June 20, 2019 GUEST OF HONOR RAFAEL “RAFFY” M. GARCIA, III Director, Rotary International RY 2018-2020 KABALITA The time has come to begin the celebration of a hundred years of “Service Above Self” in the Philippines and in Asia under the leadership of Asia’s First Rotary Club. Let the festivities begin with a Welcome Party that is uniquely Filipino and with the Philippine Pride of Rotary as Guest of Honor. http://www.rcmanila.org What’s Inside President’s Corner 2-3 International Relations 4 Club Administration 5-9 Centennial News 10-47 The Week that Was 48-53 Fellowship 54 Cogs in the Wheel 55-56 Interclub Relations 57-58 New Generations Service 59 Public Health Nutrition and Child Care 60 RCMFI and Sagip Kabataan Directors & Officers 61-62 RCM B.O.D. and Editorial Staff 63 Program 64 2 PRESIDENT’S CORNER RCM BOD AND EDITORIAL STAFF 63 RC Manila Foundation THE ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA Board of Trustees RY 2019-2020 Dear Fellow Manila Rotarians, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Last week, we recognized the outstanding blue RY 2018-2019 RCM President Jesus M. Pineda, Jr. collar workers of our country at the Centennial Edi- RCM Immediate Past Pres. Jose C. Policarpio, Jr. tion of our TOWER Awards. Thank you to Petron SUSING PINEDA Foundation, Inc., the People Management Association of the Philippines President RCM PE/Dir Joaquin C. Rodriguez (PMAP), the Department of Labor and Employment and New World Makati PRES. SUSING PINEDA RCM VPE Herminio S. Esguerra Publisher Hotel for supporting this worthwhile endeavor. Likewise, a depth of grati- JIMMIE POLICARPIO RCM Director Issam Eldebs (President) tude to PP Benny Laguesma for spearheading this event. Immediate Past President ISDG/IS/DE RCM Director Robert L. Joseph, Jr. Dir. ALBERT S. ALDAY We had a successful Angels in Rendu Art Exhibit at the Art Pavillion of the LANCE MASTERS GML Managing Editor, District 3810 RCM Past President Teodoro J. Ocampo Vice President Chairman, BALITA Committee LRI Design Plaza in Makati City last June 15, 2019 where many Manila Editor-in-Chief RCM PVP F. Francisco Zaldarriaga Rotarians and friends bought paintings of special children Angie de Ramos RCM Sec. Alvin D. Lacambacal and Angelica Reyes. The proceeds of the sale went to the Hospicio de San RAFFY ALUNAN AS RENE POLICARPIO ALBERT ALDAY RCM Treas. Nicanor S. Villasenor, III Jose Cerebral Palsy Center. Thank you PD Phillip Ong and his support- Co-Chairman, BALITA Committee ISSAM ELDEBS Managing Editor ers for staging this exhibit for charity as well as all Manila Rotarians who RCM Asst. Treas, Reinerio C. Lonzaga CALOY REYES RCM Past Director Robert M. Sears (chairman) attended. BOBBY JOSEPH SDG FRANK A. EVARISTO District 3810 JACKIE RODRIGUEZ RCM Past Director Phillip L. Ong Our preparations which began several years ago will now see its fruition Centennial Public Relations Directors Chairman, RY 2018-2019 RCM Incoming Treas. Zdenek Jankovsky beginning today, June 20, 2019, as we kick-off our three-day Centennial RCM Past Treasurer Hector O. Tagaysay Celebration with our Welcome Party, aptly dubbed, the “Salubong Fiesta” ALVIN LACAMBACAL PSAA ELOY ADAMOS to showcase the warm hospitality of the Filipino culture to all Rotarians Secretary SDG/VP LANCE MASTERS present, including our sister and daughter clubs with RI Director Raffy Gar- Contributing Editors cia, III, as Guest of Honor. The venue is the Luna, Hidalgo and Amorsolo NICKY VILLASEÑOR Function Rooms of the World Trade Center in Pasay City as we all don our Treasurer RCM SECRETARIAT Board of Trustees RY 2018-2019 Filipiniana Casual’s best in welcoming our guests. AMADING VALDEZ ANNA KUN TOLEDO Executive Secretary Pres Susing Pineda The high point of the Centennial Celebration is tomorrow’s event, known Board Legal Adviser Dir Bobby Joseph as “A Legacy of Rotary Service” which features the mass induction of Dis- EMMANUEL L. SALAZAR trict Governors-Elect and Presidents-Elect by no less than Rotary Inter- RENE POLICARPIO Senior Coordinator IPP Jimmie Policarpio national President-Elect Mark Maloney where a certificate will be given to Assistant Secretary PE/dir Jackie Rodriguez AMIEL M. HERNANDEZ VP Lance Masters them. Our Rotaractors will lend a helping hand and join us in the morning Committee Coordinator session of this day. Also, on this day will be the historic Rotary Forum led NER LONZAGA Sec. Alvin Lacambacal JASON ONG by the RI President-Elect himself. Further, the five (5) grand finalists will be GRACE AQUINO Dir Raffy Alunan Assistant Treasurers Fund Coordinator singing the best composition in the Centennial Chorale Competition where Treas. Nicky Villasenor they vie for top honors. Moreover, the most outstanding service projects DAVE REYNOLDS Dir Albert Alday from all the rotary districts in the Philippines will receive awards. Thereaf- Sergeant-At-Arms RCM OFFICE PD Rob Sears (Chairman) ter, we will have an enchanting evening with President Rodrigo Duterte or Dir Issam Eldebs (President) his designate amid a night of music from Lara Maigue, the Ryan Cayabyab 543 Arquiza Street corner JASON BOGOVICH Grey Street,.Ermita, Manila PD Abe Pascual singers and Marcy David and his band. Deputy Sgt-At-Arms Tels No. 527-1886 & 527-1887 Dir Caloy Reyes Fax No. 527-1885 PD Beda Fajardo The Centennial Gala Night will serve as the celebration of all celebrations ANNA KUN TOLEDO Email: [email protected] for a hundred years of service to humanity. With VPE/PAT Hermie Esguer- Secretariat PT Chito Tagaysay ra and his team of Manila Rotarians as well as event coordinators, this 62 RCMFI AND SAGIP KABATAAN DIRECTORS & OFFICERS PRESIDENT’S CORNER 3 event promises to be a first class evening from entertainment to venue RC Manila Foundation as this will take place, two days from now, on June 22, 2019 at the posh Grand Ballroom of the OKADA MANILA in Parañaque City. This is a by Board of Trustees RY 2019-2020 Officers: invitation only event. On this note, I wish to express my utmost grati- tude to all who have donated as we anticipate the success of this event. Alvin Lacambacal RCM President Jesus M. Pineda, Jr. RCM Immediate Past Pres. Jose C. Policarpio, Jr. Secretary Our Centennial Coffee Table Book is now being sold for Php 2,000 a copy. Don’t miss the opportunity of securing your copies of this com- RCM PE/Dir Joaquin C. Rodriguez memorative book which tells the story of our heritage club. RCM VPE Herminio S. Esguerra Nicky Villaseñor RCM Director Issam Eldebs (President) The Centennial Commemorative Stamps are still on sale. Please don’t Treasurer RCM Director Robert L. Joseph, Jr. miss your chance to secure for yourselves, issues of these once in a lifetime memorabilia whose value will surely increase in the years to RCM Past President Teodoro J. Ocampo come. RCM PVP F. Francisco Zaldarriaga Albert Alday RCM Sec. Alvin D. Lacambacal Assistant Secretary The Rotary Club of Manila Educational Assistance Program (REAP) RCM Treas. Nicanor S. Villasenor, III continues to help the academically endowed, but, financially chal- lenged graduating students of PLM and PUP. There is a need for more RCM Asst. Treas, Reinerio C. Lonzaga Zdenek Jankovsky benefactors to help these deserving students. Hence, I appeal to your RCM Past Director Robert M. Sears (chairman) generosity to help these students. Assistant Treasurer RCM Past Director Phillip L. Ong RCM Incoming Treas. Zdenek Jankovsky All these would not be possible without your payments of the centennial seed fund and centennial donations. Hence, I wish to make an urgent RCM Past Treasurer Hector O. Tagaysay appeal for those who have not yet remitted to please do so as these would go along way in covering the expenses we are incurring now as we celebrate our centennial. Further, I would like to remind all those who have not paid their annual dues to please do so. Board of Trustees RY 2018-2019 Without an iota of doubt, all these are colossal undertakings which en- Pres Susing Pineda Officers: tail the best of efforts in furtherance of Service Above Self. Indeed, Dir Bobby Joseph great things in Rotary are never done by a single individual, but, by a team of Rotarians, moving together towards a common goal. Un- IPP Jimmie Policarpio Alvin Lacambacal der ONE CENTURY, towards ONE MISSION and in furtherance of PE/dir Jackie Rodriguez Secretary ONE ROTARY, the best is yet to come as we begin the next century of VP Lance Masters service. Let us all BE THE INSPIRATION and embrace Rotary in our Sec. Alvin Lacambacal Nicky Villasenor everyday lives as we celebrate a centennial worth our lasting legacy for Dir Raffy Alunan Treasurer the next century and beyond. Treas. Nicky Villasenor Dir Albert Alday Ner Lonzaga PD Rob Sears (Chairman) Assistant Treasurer Dir Issam Eldebs (President) PD Abe Pascual Rene Policarpio Dir Caloy Reyes Assistant Secretary PD Beda Fajardo PT Chito Tagaysay 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 56 RCMFI AND SAGIP KABATAAN DIRECTORS & OFFICERS 61 To my Fellow Members of RCM, SAGIP KABATAAN FOUNDATION Board of Trustees 2019-2020 Let us join our sister club, the Rotary Club of Singapore, dur- ing their inaugural meeting (installation celebration) on the 28th and 29th of June 2019 . PP Teddy Ocampo Chairman Here under is their message of invitation. To those who will be participating, please contact our International Relations Chair Ed Lee. PD Philip Ong President Thank you. Susing Gov. Rudy Bediones VPE Hermie Esguerra PP Ebot Tan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PP Benny Laguesma PD Abe Pascual Dear President Jesus Pineda PD Nick Locsin Rotary Club of Manila PD Bebot Pineda PT Chito Tagaysay Dir.