OCT 3 PP Fred Parungao set off the meeting with an invocation where he gave thanks to God for keeping us safe, for the camaraderie with fellow Rotarians, and for allowing us to listen to the guest 270 2017 speaker, Dr. Domingo Suatengco —FLASHBACK, P. 2 • IT pays to have connections. And to have days left serendipity on your side. Those of us who were here for our September 5 joint meeting with RC to make a 12 Poblacion and RC Makati Century City —DENTAL CHAIR DELIVERED, P. 4 difference!

The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Makati RI District 3830

E’RE back to our conventional Tues- Wday luncheon meeting, in our tradi- tional home, the Peninsula .We had no meeting last week, it being service pro- ject week. Instead of the usual Tues- day meeting, we engaged in three humanitarian pro- jects. ***** We began the work week — Monday, Septem- ber 25—with the Ikaw, turnover of a dental chair to the Phil- Two feeding program modules Ako, Tayong ippine National Lahat School for the Blind launched in Bay, Laguna BY President (PNSB) in JUN JUN DAYRIT City. With me were HE Club traveled to Bay, Laguna on 4th and 5th to be initiated this Rotary year PDG Robert Kuan, September 26, 2017 to initiate two under Pres. Jun Jun. Mark Gan, our Tmodules of our feeding program in- Both modules are being conducted dentist member, Pres. Doremi Sarmiento volving 60 undernourished kids from two ba- jointly with our two long-time partners— of the Rotary Club of Makati Century City rangays – San Antonio and Santo Domingo. Kabisig ng Kalahi and Mead Johnson. Other (RCMCC), a daughter club of ours, and With Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit and Project partners are DTI’s National Competitive- Emilio Uy, an honorary member of RCMCC Chair PP Freddie Borromeo in ness Council and, for this Bay, and a past president of RC Manila the lead, a small group of Rotar- Laguna run, the E. Zobel Founda- Prime, who has been invited by PDG Robert ians and Anns participated in the tion and our brother club, RC Bay to join our club. activity—IPP David Acker- under Pres. Perla Balmes. Bay Offered to PDG Robert by a friend of man, Ferdie Ordoveza, Man- is a multi-time beneficiary of the his, said dental chair was in turn offered to ny Padiernos, Lloyd Chon, feeding program. The last time we Pres. Doremi during our joint meeting with First Ann Cecille Dayrit and For more photos, were there was in December 2016, RCMCC on Sept. 5, after she mentioned Ann Jojo Borromeo. scan the QR code with the launch of two community- that her club was conducting a dental mis- Now on its 14th year of im- with your smartphone based modules, which were com- sion for the students of PNSB. or by typing the link: plementation, the project has run pleted in June this year. The last After the turnover of the chair, the http://bit.ly/2fCQSQa 124 modules and served 3,760 launch prior took place in mid-Au- to page 03 kids. These two modules are the gust in Calatagan, Batangas.

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P Fred Parungao set off the meeting io the preceding weekend and PDG Sid & Te- Pwith an invocation where he gave thanks sha Garcia for hosting a dinner there. He also to God for keeping us safe, for the camarade- thanked PDG Pepito Bengzon and Inigo rie with fellow Rotarians, and for allowing us Garcia for joining him for the first district fel- to listen to the guest speaker, Dr. Domingo lowship at the Social House at Circuit Makati Suatengco, talk about a topic close to the the previous Friday. hearts of RC Makati Rotarians – the chang- He went on to advise that there would be ing paradigms in prostate cancer. He also no luncheon meeting the following Tuesday asked the Lord to “spare us from the natural since the last week of September had been des- calamities of earthquake, typhoons and hur- ignated as Service Project Week. Instead, he ricanes that are devastating other parts of the invited all to participate in two activities: one, world and . . . “from the threats of a nuclear the launch of a Supplemental Feeding Pro- 01 holocaust that is escalating in this part of the gram in Bay, Laguna on Sept. 26; and two, the world.” He ended with a moment of silence 01 Dr. Domingo Suatengco (Guest Speaker) 02 Pres. turnover of donations to Caritas Manila under on the passing of relatives of several members Jun Jun Dayrit 03 PP Cesar Campos (Moderator) 04 PP our new drug rehabilitation project, on Sept. and Anns—Charles Tiu, brother of George Fred Parungao (Invocator) 05 Dir. Porsche Peña (4-Way 29. Test) 06 PP Tito Panlilio (Introducer) 07 Turnover of Barcelon; Carlos Yap, father of Ann Pres. Jun Jun also reported that the Board donation to PID 08 Renewal of Sisterhood ties with Yvonne Kuan; Martin Galvez, brother of RC of Directors, in their last meeting, decided on Ai-Ai and Eddie Galvez; Dr. Pico, brother a uniform lunch assessment of P500 starting in law of Ann Lu Limjoco; and Victoria this month, to be reflected in the second quar- Martinez, sister of Ann Menchu Pascual. ter statement of accounts. The move was taken Club Admin Dir. Porsche Pena did the to fix the discrepancy in our highly subsidized recitation of the Four-Way Test, now a regular lunch rates: P300 for the soup-and-salad meal feature of the Tuesday program. and P600 for the full meal, way below the Committee Announcements. PP Fred- P1,100 charged by the Pen. die Borromeo invited everyone to join him The guest speaker, Dr. Domingo on the 26th for the launch of a feeding pro- 02 03 Suatengco, spoke on his field of expertise, gram in Bay, Laguna. the male gland called prostate. He began by He also mentioned a soon-to-be-rolled- the defining the prostate as the make organ re- out plan to start a feeding program in Tondo sponsible for the production of hormones and for a group of 113 “pagpag” children from semen and describing prostate cancer as the very poor families whose food source are the most common cancer among men. garbage dumps, where they scavenge for food Then he dropped the numbers: 1 in 6 that they wash and re-cook. The program will men is diagnosed with cancer; prostate can- be handled by Maria Agoncillo Elementary cer is rare among men below 40 years old and School, one of our project partners. 04 05 chances of getting it rises rapidly at age 50; 2 Mundy Gonzalez announced that Step- of 3 cases are found in men over 65 years old; ping Stone is still accepting students in two For and average age of men diagnosed with pros- of its course offerings—15 students in the 5th more tate cancer is 67. Hotel Hospitality course and 15 in the Bar- photos, Dr. Suatengco gave a lowdown on the ista course. He also informed that talks with scan symptoms to watch out for, the risk factors, the QR Loyola Memorial Park are underway for the and the stages of the diseases up to stage 4, code opening of a coffee shop where Stepping Stone with your smartphone when it has metastasized to the bone and other graduates may work. organs of the body. 06 or by typing the link: Pres. Jun Jun turned over to Ericka Jill http://bit.ly/2fDdMa2 Diagnostic tests include the PSA test Bautista a check for P160K for the Phil. In- to page 04 stitute for the Deaf’s scholarship fund, then signed, along with PP Cesar Campos and PDG Pepito Bengzon (for Int’l Dir. Jun Palafox) and RC Malabon’s JP Campos (for Pres. Ian Emmanuel Borja) and PDG Edi N. Chua Co Kiong an MOU renewing our ties with RC Malabon. President’s Time. Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit thanked PP Carlos & Mariza del Rosario for hosting an out-of-town mini social in Bagu- 07 08

2 Kaunlaran • OCT 3, 2017 2 Kaunlaran-AUGUST 1, 2017 Dr. Daniel Tan is consultant radiation oncologist and medical director of Asian American Ra- PROGRAM diation Oncology (AARO), the LADIES’ DAY radiotherapy and oncology divi- Tuesday, 3 October 2017 sion of Asian American Medical Conservatory, The Peninsula Manila Group. Prior to joining AARO, Starts at 12:00 Noon • Adjourns at 2:00PM he was consultant radiation on- cologist at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and clinical lecturer at the Yong Loo • Call to Order ...... Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit Lin School of Medicine at the • Invocation ...... Jun Arceo National University of Singa- • National Anthem ...... RCM Chorale pore (NUS). His clinical interest • RC Makati Hymn GUEST SPEAKER is in stereotactic radiosurgery • Four-Way Test ...... Dir. Peter Manzano Dr. Daniel TAN and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SRS/SBRT), and he spe- • Introduction of Visiting Yat Harn cialises in the management of Rotarians & Guests Consultant Radiation Oncologist central nervous system, prostate • Welcome Song / AVP and Medical Director, Asian and breast cancers. • Greetings to Birthday and American Radiation Oncology After completing his MBBS • Wedding Anniversary Celebrators at the NUS in 2002, he went on to obtain the FRCR in Clini- • Club Functions & Committee cal Oncology in 2011 at the Royal College of Radiologists, U.K. He then Announcements underwent training with a focus on neurooncology at international pre- • President’s Time ...... Jun Jun Dayrit mier centres, which included Proton Therapy at University of Pennsylva- • Introduction of nia’s Roberts Proton Therapy Center, USA, Spine Radiosurgery at Princess Guest Speaker ...... Dir. Porsche Peña Margaret Hospital and Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, and Advanced Radiation Technologies at Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome • Speech: Hospital in Japan. Dr. Daniel Tan Yat Harn Together with his mentors, he was instrumental in the development Radiation Oncologist and Medical Director of the Novalis Brain Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program at NCCS and sub- Asian American Radiation Oncology sequently developed the Novalis Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program • Q & A after his return from his HMDP (Health Manpower Development Plan Award) training. • Response …...... …... Pres. Jun Jun Dayrit His research involves the application of SRS and SBRT in benign and • Adjournment malignant tumours of the brain and spine, as well as in oligometastatic and prostate cancers. His work has been presented at major international conferences, and he is frequently invited to lecture on these subjects in re- Dir. Chris Ferareza gional meetings. He has written and published on the subjects of neuro- Moderator oncology, SRS and SBRT.

Ikaw, Ako, Tayo . . . from page 01 doveza, Manny Padiernos, Lloyd Chon, Ann Jojo Borromeo, and my PNSB principal toured us around the campus, showed us the school Ann Cecille. facilities, briefed us on the use of braille, and told us that they are in ***** need of a braille printing machine. Mark Gan pledged to donate den- Finally, on Friday the 29th, we wrapped up the work week with tal equipment to the school, to be coursed through our Club a visit to the Caritas Manila office in , Manila. With me ***** were Community Service B Dir. Chris Ferareza, New Generation On Tuesday, September 26, a group of us motored to Bay, La- Dir. Peter Manzano, Jun Arceo and Louie Aseoche. guna to initiate two modules of our Supplemental Feeding Program. We were there to deliver the donations we had pledged in sup- The two modules cover 60 undernourished children—30 per mod- port of the Archdiocese of Manila’s Sanlakbay Program for the re- ule. As you all know, PP Freddie Borromeo is at the helm of this habilitation of drug surrenderers—a brand-new Suzuki Super Carry project, which has so far served 3,760 kids in 124 modules since the vehicle with comprehensive insurance, a Lenovo laptop, an Epson start of its implementation 14 years ago. printer, and a 55-inch TCL smart TV. We also handed to them used I must thank PP Freddie for his dogged advocacy for nutrition clothes donated by Ms. Rubi Ventura of Weather Focus. among children, especially those in needy schools and communities; Fr. Bobby de la Cruz, who heads the program and who spoke to Ms. Vicky Wieneke of Kabisig ng Kalahi, our longtime project part- us earlier in the year about it, was there to welcome us and to receive ner, for her unflinching support; Mead Johnson, our longtime corpo- our gifts. rate sponsor, for the steady supply of milk for the children; and the This is our signature project this year, and we’re happy for the National Competitiveness Council and E. Zobel Foundation for the opportunity to be a part of it, believing as we do that rehabilitation, support. Our thanks, too, to the Rotary Club of Bay under Pres. Perla not punishment, is the most effective way to stop the pernicious prac- Balmes for the partnership of many years and for the kind hospitality tices of abusing and pushing drugs. Beyond the material donations, and warm fellowship during our visit. we intend to take part in post rehabilitation, such as skills training, My thanks, too, to the Rotarians and Anns who joined PP livelihood and job placement of the rehab graduates. Freddie and me for the project—IPP David Ackerman, Ferdie Or- Kaunlaran • OCT 3, 2017 3 Kaunlaran-AUGUST 1, 2017 3 Economic and Community Development Month

OCT 3 OCT 6 OCT 10 OCT 17 SALUTATIONS OCT Guest Speaker: Friday Guest Governor’s Dr. Daniel Tan, Medi- Night Speaker: Visit 2017 cal Director, Asian Lights, Alvie Benitez, Guest Speaker: BIRTHDAYS American Radiation 6PM, RC Social Entre- DG Edwin RCM Rotarian Oncology Makati preneur Afzelius Bong Gumban, 6 October

Rotary Anns Dental chair delivered to Tesha Garcia, 3 October school for the blind Nancy Sy, 7 October WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Butch & Crisel Medalla, 7 October Jun & Wilma Palafox, 7 October

ATTENDANCE REPORT 12 September 2017

Regular Non-Exempt 37 Members in Attendance

Honorary and Exempt Members / 47 Visiting Rotarians and Guests

Total Attendance 84

Make-Ups 13 Total Attendance Credit 50 Total Regular 111 T pays to have connections. And to have mi and the donor, Girlie Gan, the dental Non-Exempt Members serendipity on your side. chair was transported posthaste to PNSB in I Exempt Members 22 Those of us who were here for our Sep- Pasay City. tember 5 joint meeting with RC Makati Po- On Monday, September 25 Pres. Jun Total Membership to date 133 blacion and RC Makati Century City (RC- Jun Dayrit, PDG Robert, Mark Gan, RCM- Honorary Members 15 MCC) may remember how RCMCC Pres. CC Pres. Doremi, and Emilio Uy, an honor- Doremi Sarmiento spoke of her club’s plan ary member of RCMCC, whom PDG Robert Attendance Percentage 45.05% to conduct a dental mission for the students of has invited to become a member of our club, MAKE UPS: the Philippine National School for the Blind, went to the school for the formal turnover of (PNSB) which prompted PDG Robert the chair and signing of the deed of donation 1. Eddie Galvez 8. Porsche Peña Kuan to offer her a dental chair that a friend from the Club to PNSB. 2. Ai-Ai Galvez 9. Freddie Placino of his was giving to the Club. PDG Robert’s The timing was perfect. The dental chair 3. Iñigo Garcia 10. PDG Tony Quila connection with his friend led to the serendip- was pressed to service during the RCMCC 4. PDG Robert Kuan 11. PP Carlo Rufino itous exchange with Pres. Doremi that must dental mission on September 11. 5. Drexx Laggui 12. Bom Villatuya have made her heart sing. The school assistant principal, Ms. 6. Jun Lumagui 13. PP Eddie Yap Arrangements were quickly made to get Corazon Salvador, toured the Rotarians 7. Peter Manzano the chair inspected by Mark Gan, a dentist. around the campus and briefed them on the After some coordination between Pres. Dore- use of braille. Ms Salvador also told them eral decades in the management of the disease. of the school’s need for an additional braille When prostate cancer diagnosis increased, the printer to be used for printing teachers’ lec- medical industry changed the way they did For more photos, scan tures and notes. biopsies. A second set of paradigm shifts oc- the QR code with your smartphone or by Mark promised to donate dental equip- curred in the past ten years, driven by a huge typing the link: ment to the school, to be coursed through the increase of prostate cancer diagnoses and the http://bit.ly/2hIthBJ Club. side effects of treatment. He presented alternative treatments— treatment of prostate cancer; the digital rectal whole gland therapy that includes surgery, Flashback . . . from page 02 exam (self explanatory); and a whole line of radiation, cryotherapy, and HIFU; and focal which measures the level of prostate-specific new tests that are more complex. therapy, including cryo and HIFU— one’s antigens (PSA) in the blood, which in the Then he spoke at length about paradigm choice depending on whether the intent (or late 80s and 90s revolutionized diagnosis and shifts in prostate cancer, defining the term as hope) is to cure or to merely control. profound changes that take place once in sev- 4 Kaunlaran • SEPT 19, 2017 4 Kaunlaran-AUGUST 1, 2017