28 PROGRAM Official Newsletter of Rotary Club of Manila RCM’s 18th for Rotary Year 2019-2020 Thursday, November 14, 2019, 12:00 pm, Manila Polo Club, McKinley Room Officer-In-Charge/ Program Moderator : PP Benny Laguesma P R O G R A M T I M E T A B L E 11:00 AM Registration 12:15 PM Bell to be Rung: Members and Guests are requested to be seated Issuebalita No. 3815 November 14, 2019 12:20 PM Program Proper PP Benny Laguesma OIC/Moderator AVIATION INDUSTRY MAKES BIG IMPACT Call to Order Pres. Jackie Rodriguez ON PHILIPPINE ECONOMY Singing of the Philippine National Anthem RCM WF Music Chorale Invocator PP Jimmie Policarpio RCM Hymn/ Rotary Hymn RCM WF Music Chorale The Four (4) Way Test Credo All Rotarians 12:30 PM Introduction of Guests/Visiting Rotarians and Personalities STAR Rtn. Peri Resabal seated at the Presidential Table Welcome Song RCM WF Music Chorale 12:35 PM Maligayang Bati (RCM Birthday Celebrants) Nov. 19…PDG Vince Carlos Nov. 20…Rtn. Mon Ko Happy Birthday Song RCM WF Music Chorale GUEST OF HONOR AND SPEAKER 12:40 PM Induction of a New Member to the Rotary Club of Manila a) Brief Introduction of the Inductee SDG/Club Sec./DE/ Dir. Albert Alday Proposer Mr. Michael T. Macapagal (Filipino) Partner, Quisumbing Torres Classification: Law Practice-Construction Law Proposer: SDG/Club Secretary/DE/Dir. Albert Alday b) Charging of New Member PP Benny Laguesma Charging Officer c) Formal Induction Ceremony Pres. Jackie Rodriguez Inducting Officer Welcome Baby Rotarian Song RCM WF Music Chorale Hon. WILLIAM D. DAR, Ph.D. Secretary 12:45 PM President’s Time Pres. Jackie Rodriguez Department of Agriculture Republic of the Philippines 12:50 PM Introduction of Guest of Honor and Speaker Dir. Raffy Alunan, III KABALITA Address : Hon. William D. Dar Let the Agriculture Czar enlighten us on the burning issues of the day Secretary in the agricultural sector as he anchors his seeds and livestocks at Department of Agriculture, Asia’s First Rotary Club. Republic of the Philippines www.rcmanila.org What’s Inside Public Forum Guest of Honor and Speaker’s Profile 2-3 President’s Corner 4 2:00 PM Response, Presentation of Token of Appreciation to Club Administration 5-10 The Week That Was 11-13 Secretary William D. Dar & RCManila Foundation 14-15 The Rotary Foundation 15-16 Meeting Adjournment Pres. Jackie Rodriguez Interclub Relations 17-19 International Relations 20-21 New Generations Service 22 Public Health Nutrition and Child Care 23 Attendance 24-25 RCMFI and Sagip Kabataan Directors & Officers 26 RCM B.O.D. and Editorial Staff 27 Program 28 2 GUEST OF HONOR AND SPEAKER’S PROFILE RCM BOD AND EDITORIAL STAFF 27 RC Manila Foundation THE ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA Board of Trustees, RY 2019-2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS RY 2019-2020 RCM Past Director Robert M. Sears (chairman) JACKIE RODRIGUEZ RCM Past Director Issam Eldebs (President) President RCM Immediate Past Pres. Jesus M. Pineda, Jr. SUSING PINEDA PRES. JACKIE RODRIGUEZ RCM Past Pres. Jose C. Policarpio, Jr. Publisher Dr. WILLIAM D. DAR Immediate Past President RCM President Joaquin C. Rodriguez SDG/Club Sec./Dir. ALBERT S. ALDAY Secretary RCM Vice Pres. Herminio S. Esguerra HERMIE ESGUERRA Chairman, BALITA Committee Editor-in-Chief Department of Agriculture Vice President RCM Director Robert L. Joseph, Jr. AS RENE R. POLICARPIO RCM Past President Teodoro J. Ocampo RAFFY ALUNAN Co-Chairman, BALITA Committee Managing Editor RCM PVP F. Francisco Zaldarriaga Dr. William D. Dar is a champion of the poor especially the CALOY REYES NICKY VILLASEÑOR PP FRANK A. EVARISTO RCM Past Sec. Alvin D. Lacambacal small farmers and fisherfolks. Earlier in 1988, he was awarded Associate Editor ALBERT ALDAY RCM Treas. Nicanor S. Villasenor, III the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines. In AMADING VALDEZ PSAA ELOY ADAMOS 2016, Dr. Dar was awarded The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) BOBBY JOSEPH Contributing Editor RCM Asst. Treas, Reinerio C. Lonzaga Directors IPP SUSING PINEDA RCM Past Director Phillip L. Ong Award in cognizance of his servant-leadership,which was in- Rtn. NOEL TANGLAO RCM Rtn. Zdenek Jankovsky strumental in transforming the International Crops Research ALBERT ALDAY Rtn. CELSO ABASTILLAS Rtn. JOHNNY CHOTRANI RCM Past Treasurer Hector O. Tagaysay Secretary Rtn. AMADING VALDEZ Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) from a struggling PP FRANK EVARISTO JASON ONG IPS ALVIN LACAMBACAL institute to one of the top performing centers of the Consulta- Rtn. VIC GARCIA Treasurer PDG ALEX CUREG tive Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). In Rtn. HANS PALACIOS RAYMUND JOSEPH IAN MENDOZA TREAS. JASON ONG his 15 years of outstanding achievements as Director General VPE NICKY VILLASEÑOR Board Legal Adviser PD JOHN CENICA of ICRISAT, he championed and institutionalized an overar- Rtn. MANNY BLANCO RENE POLICARPIO Rtn. TONY LOPEZ ching strategy called Inclusive Market-Oriented Development BALITA Committee Assistant Secretary (IMOD), in which the farmers become active participants for RCM SECRETARIAT KARLO CASTRO their own welfare. The same strategy is now being advocated ANNA KUN TOLEDO by him in pursuit of inclusive agribusiness in the Philippines. Assistant Treasurer Executive Secretary EMMANUEL L. SALAZAR DAVE REYNOLDS Senior Coordinator Sergeant-At-Arms Prior to his international stint, he taught with distinction at Ben- AMIEL M. HERNANDEZ guet State University (BSU) with the rank of Professor 6 and JASON BOGOVICH Committee Coordinator Deputy Sergeant-At-Arms GRACE AQUINO served as its Vice President for R&D in 1985-1987. He was the Fund Coordinator founding Director of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of ANNA KUN TOLEDO RCM OFFICE Executive Secretary Agricultural Research (BAR) in 1987-1994; served as Execu- 543 Arquiza Street corner Grey Street, Ermita, Manila tive Director of the Department of Science and TechnologyPh- Tel. No. 527-1886 ilippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resourc- Fax No. 527-1885 es Research and Development (PCARRD) in 1994-1998, and Email: [email protected] Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) under 26 RCMFI AND SAGIP KABATAAN DIRECTORS & OFFICERS GUEST OF HONOR AND SPEAKER’S PROFILE 3 RC Manila Foundation President Joseph Estrada in 1998-1999. Under his watch Board of Trustees, RY 2019-2020 Officers: at the DA, the Philippine agriculture achieved a remark- Alvin Lacambacal able 9.6% growth, which has never been equaled until RCM Past Director Robert M. Sears (chairman) RCM Past Director Issam Eldebs (President) Secretary today. RCM Immediate Past Pres. Jesus M. Pineda, Jr. RCM Past Pres. Jose C. Policarpio, Jr. Nicky Villaseñor In 2014, he founded the InangLupa Movement Inc. that RCM President Joaquin C. Rodriguez Treasurer advocates and calls action for agricultural modernization RCM Vice Pres. Herminio S. Esguerra and rural industrialization anchored on four pillars: inclu- RCM Director Robert L. Joseph, Jr. RCM Past President Teodoro J. Ocampo Albert Alday siveness, science-based, resilient, and market-oriented RCM PVP F. Francisco Zaldarriaga Assistant Secretary development. He now writes a regular weekly column RCM Past Sec. Alvin D. Lacambacal called “Ways of the Oasis” in The Manila Times. From his RCM Treas. Nicanor S. Villasenor, III Zdenek Jankovsky weekly columns he published the book titled „The Way RCM Asst. Treas, Reinerio C. Lonzaga Assistant Treasurer Forward: Modernization and Industrialization of the Phil- RCM Past Director Phillip L. Ong RCM Rtn. Zdenek Jankovsky ippine Agriculture‟. He also advises Go Negosyo in the RCM Past Treasurer Hector O. Tagaysay areas of agriculture and agripreneurship. Presently, he is the Country Representative of Prasad Seeds Philippines Inc. SAGIP KABATAAN FOUNDATION Dr. Dar obtained his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Board of Trustees, 2019-2020 PP Teddy Ocampo Education from the Mountain State Agricultural College Chairman (MSAC), now BSU, in 1973; Master of Science in Agron- PD Philip Ong President omy from MSAC in 1976, and Doctor of Philosophy in IPDG Rudy Bediones VP Hermie Esguerra Horticulture from the University of the Philippines at Los PP Ebot Tan PP Benny Laguesma Baños(UPLB) in 1980. Cognizant of his leadership and PD Abe Pascual PD Nick Locsin PD Bebot Pineda laurels, he was awarded eight (8) doctorate degrees hon- PT Chito Tagaysay Dir. Bobby Joseph oris causa by various higher educational institutions in AT Ner Lonzaga Trustees the country. Dr. Dar was born on April 10, 1953 in Santa SDG/CS/Dir. Albert Alday Secretary Maria, Ilocos Sur, married to Beatriz Meria and with four PT Chito Tagaysay children – May, William Jr (+), Celeste and Christine. Treasurer PD Beda Fajardo Asst. Secretary PD Nick Locsin Asst. Treasurer 4 PRESIDENT’S CORNER ATTENDANCE 25 Dear Fellow Rotarians, In two days time, your club will be hosting The Rotary Foundation Recognition Gala Night on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 5:00 pm at the Grand Ballroom, Coral Wing of OKADA MANILA in Parañaque City, the same place where we held our Centennial Gala. The registration is at 4:00 pm. I urge every member to make your club proud by attending this event. A lot of effort, work, sweat and money have gone into assuring that this event would be a big success. It has been many years since the Rotary Club of Ma- nila was asked to host this annual event. This is a call for your support and a call for your attendance. Today, we have a very special guest, one of the top technocrats of the country, the Secretary of the De- partment of Agriculture, William Dar. He is not only highly respected in his chosen field, but, also, known for his integrity, ability, and his sense of successful completion of his objectives. I am looking forward to listening and learning from the Honorable Secretary. I also call on all members of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association to come together and support their University President, Atty.