Official Newsletter of Rotary Club of Manila

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No. 3601, May 21, 2015

“A Public Forum on the Territorial Issues

of West-Philippine Seas”

THE ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS and

Executive Officers 2014-2015

FRANK EVARISTO President

RUDY BEDIONES

Immediate Past President

TEDDY OCAMPO/ EBOT TAN

Vice President

SUSING PINEDA BOBBY JOSEPH

AMADING VALDEZ NING LOPEZ

OSCAR DEL ROSARIO Directors

ALBERT ALDAY Secretary

CHITO TAGAYSAY

Treasurer

DAVE REYNOLDS Sergeant-At-Arms

ADDIE TOPACIO

Assistant Secretary

ROB SEARS ELOY ADAMOS

Assistant Treasurer

JIMMY CABASE COEN EVERTS

Deputy Sergeant-At-Arms

What’s Inside Programme 2-3 President’s Corner 4-5 11th Rotary Tourism Awards RY 2014-2015 6-8 Preview of Next Thursday Meeting 9 The Week That Was 9-12 Yolanda Rehab & Shelter / Livelihood Project 13-14 R.I.D. 3810 Public Relations Meeting 15 Club Press Release 16-19 DISTAS 2015 20 District Year End Award 21-22 Public Health Nutrition and Child Care 23 Advertisement 24-25 Attendance Report 26 Notes 27

PROGRAM

RCM’s 39th for RY 2014-15 May 21, 2015, Thursday, 12NN, Manila Polo Club McKinley Room OIC/Moderator : Rtn. Tony Lopez “The Standard Defining The News as Host of Forum on Territorial Issues West Philippine Seas” P R O G R A M TIMETABLE 11:30 PM Registration & Cocktails 12:25 PM Bell to be Rung: Members and Guests Rtn. Tony Lopez are requested to be seated OIC/Moderator 12:30 PM Call to Order Pres. Frank Evaristo Singing of Republic of the Philippines National Anthem RCM WF Music Chorale Invocation Rtn. Pepe Rodriguez RCM Hymn RCM WF Chorale 12:40 PM Introduction of - STAR Rtn. Caloy Reyes -Guests and Visiting Rotarians -Personalities seated at the Head Table Welcome Song RCM WF Chorale 12:45 PM Donation of Mosquito Killing System (MKS) by PP Mike Edenburn, RC Calbayog City Pres. Frank Evaristo Brief remarks by PP Mike Edenburn 12:55 PM Panelist on Territorial Issues of West Philippine Seas Rtn. Tony Lopez OIC/Moderator

1. Atty. H. Harry L. Roque, Jr. Chairperson, Center for International Law (Centerlaw); Associate Professor, UP College of Law; Director, UP Center Inst. of International Legal Studies

2. Hon. Francisco Ashley L. Acedillo Party List - Magdalo Public Forum

Response, presentation of token of appreciation to panelist & meeting adjournment Pres. Frank Evaristo 2:00 PM Adjournment

PRESIDENT’S CORNER

The curtain call for Rotary Year 2014-2015 is definitely just around the corner. And

what better way to make a fitting climax to an exciting year than to award deserving

personalities and clubs for their exemplary performance in making the Rotary year

one for the books. Hence, this coming Saturday, May 23, 2015, the Rotary

International District 3810 Awards Night 2015 will be held at the Fiesta Pavilion of

the historic Manila Hotel. This is hosted by the Rotary Club of Paco Manila. Time

check for this event is 5:30 pm. Unlike all other annual awards held in the district in

recent years, the district will recognize Rotarians who have given their time, talent

and treasure to the district during the Rotary year that was as well as the respective

Rotary clubs to which they belong to be billed as the “Rotary Service Award”. On

this note, I encourage our fellow Manila Rotarians to attend this awards night in a

Gatsby-inspired costume where tickets are at Php 1,800.00 per person.

On news within our club, our Valedictory Fellowship for Rotary Year 2014-2015 is in the works under the leadership of

IPSDG/PP Cesar Ubaldo as Chairman of the Fellowship Committee and Rtn. Hermie Esguerra as Co-Chairman. And what way

to end an exciting year than to hold it at the home of the World Famous Chorale right at the Central Colleges of the Philippines of

PP Babes Reyes, Chairman of the World Famous Chorale, on Friday, May 29, 2015. It will be held specifically at the Central

Colleges of the Philippines Studio Theatre along 52 Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City, near UERMMMC and SM Centerpoint. As

such, this early, mark this red letter date, a Friday, on your appointment book as it will surely be a night of fun, friendship,

fellowship and camaraderie complete with great entertainment singers where singing and dancing will be non-stop, not to

mention the sumptuous buffet and bottomless drinks waiting for one and all FREE OF CHARGE. Your voluntary donation of

your favorite wine will be highly appreciated. This early, i already wish to convey my sincere thanks and profound gratitude to

my fellow Manila Rotarians who have fully supported me through their active involvement in the various club service groups this

Rotary year.

On news around the district, I joined my Best Class Presidents last May 18, 2015 at the Past Presidents Council’s “A

First Class Spring Blossom Presentation” hosted by the First Class Presidents as we were officially welcomed at a dinner

reception held at the Midas Tent of the Midas Hotel. Earlier that day, DGE/PP Obet Pagdanganan, ICOS/AG/IPP Rudy

Bediones and I were in meeting with our fellow Manila Rotarian Rickie Yap who is the Executive Vice President of the Manila

Hotel for preparations regarding the District Conference under the governorship of DGE/PP Obet Pagdanganan which will be

held sometime in April 2016 at the historic Manila Hotel.

Today’s Rotary Club of Manila Luncheon Meeting is a first of its kind for Rotary Year 2014-2015 as we will all be treated

to a FREE LUNCH through the courtesy and generosity of The Standard – Defining The News which was made possible through

our energetic Program Co-Chairman Rtn. Babe Romualdez. This luncheon meeting will serve as a Public Forum on Territorial

Issues of the West Philippine Seas where there will be a panel of pro’s and con’s on the issue and who will likewise serve as our

guests of honor and speakers. A pro-active open forum will definitely follow right after their respective presentations so don’t

miss this one of a kind luncheon as I urge each and every Manila Rotarian to actively participate in the activities of our club on

this final leg of our Rotary year.

GUEST SPEAKER’S PROFILE

Atty. H. Harry L. Roque, Jr. Prof. Roque is the Chairperson of Center for International Law (Centerlaw) since 2010 and is one the easily recognizable public intellectuals in the Philippines. He is an Associate Professor at the UP College of Law where he is also the Director of the University’s Center Institute of International Legal Studies. His professional and academic interests are wide-ranging, embracing such diverse areas as criminal law, constitutional law, international law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Very recently, he spoke at a panel on the South China Sea conflict at the Harvard Law School organized by the Harvard Journal of International Law. Professor Roque is admitted to practice before the International Criminal Court, the first Asian to do so, and the UN War Crimes Tribunal for Rwanda. He is also elected to the Governing Council of the Asian Society of International Law and the International Criminal Bar. He is the lead counsel in a number of public interest cases. Among these are Vinuya v. Executive Secretary where he represented surviving victims of mass rape, commonly referred to as “comfort women,” the Adonis case before the UNHRC questioning the Philippines’ criminal libel law, a direct challenge to the constitutionality of the libel law in the Philippines in the Cybercrime Prevention Act case, and in Ninez Cacho-Olivarez, et al v. Juan Miguel Arroyo, a class action suit in behalf of journalists against the First Gentleman’s indiscriminate filing of libel cases to harass journalists and to muzzle freedom of the press. He also represents 15 heirs of the victims of the Ampatuan Massacre in the multiple murder cases being tried before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. He holds degrees in Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science (University of Michigan, with honors), Bachelor of Laws (University of the Philippines College of Law) and a Master of Laws (London School of Economics, with merit).

Hon. Acedillo, Francisco Ashley L.

Party List - MAGDALO Term: 1 House of Representatives, Quezon City Rm. S-612 Phone: (632) 931-5001; local 7311, 9316196 Chief of Staff: Francisco Alexis L. Acedillo

ABOUT THE HOUSE MEMBER Educational Background

College Degree · Philippine Military School, AGFO Award for History Courses, 1999 Post-Graduate · Asian Institute of Management, Master of Management, 2011 Work Experience (Government and/or Private)

· Agiliti Solutions, Inc., Chief Strategy Adviser, 01 April 2013 - Present · National Security Council, Senior Consultant, 01 July 2010 30 June 2013 · Food and Drug Administration, Consultant, 02 January 2013 30 June 2013 · Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Change Management Consultant (Lead), 01 May 2012 ýÿ 20 November 2012 · Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Consultant, 16 January 2012 ýÿ 30 June 2012 · Magdalo Para sa Pagbabago Movement, National Spokesman, 01 November 2009 ýÿ 30 June 2013 · Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Deputy Chief of Staff, 01 July 2009 ýÿ 31 October 2009 · Institute for Solidarity in Asia, Program Officer, 01 December 2008 ýÿ 30 June 2009 · Institute of Corporate Directors, Executive Assistant, 16 September 2008 ýÿ 30 November 2008 · Philippine Air Force, Pilot/Officer, 28 March 1999 ýÿ 08 July 2008 · Philippine Military Academy, Cadet, 01 April 1995 ýÿ 28 March 1999 Membership in Civic Organization

· Philippine Military Alumni Association, Inc., Member · Philippine Military Academy Class 1999, Inc., Class President · Aviation Society of the Philippines, Inc., Founding Member · Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA), Member

PREVIEW OF NEXT THURSDAY MEETING

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THE WEEK THAT WAS…

Rtn Art Lopez, as OIC-Moderator directs the program of activities for the TOURISM AWARDS PRESENTATION on

its 11th season.

PAS Chito Zaldarriaga delivers

an ecumenical prayer.

Director Bobby Joseph, Chairman, Tourism Awards Committee delivers brief opening

message.

Pres. Frank Evaristo during the

President’s Time.

PP Francis Juico leads in the recitation of the Four (4) Way

Test.

Rtn. Farid Schoucair introduces the guests, visiting Rotarians and personalities seated at the

presidential table.

11th ROTARY TOURISM AWARDS RY 2014-2015

Pres. Frank Evaristo, Chairman Director Bobby Joseph, AG/ICOS/IPP / Director-in-Charge Rudy Bediones, Vocational Service Group during the formal awarding ceremony of

the Tourism Awardees 2015 on its 11th season, which was immediately followed by the awardees’ respective brief appreciation remarks & message. This year’s awardees were: PDG Vicente J. Carlos, Former Secretary, Department of Tourism, receives award under Rotary Tourism Category.

TESORO’S International Inc., PVP Ma Miguel & Alice Guerrero, receives award under Shopping Tourism Category.

Mr. Jaime J. Bautista, President and COO, Philippine Airlines, receives award under

Airline Category.

Mr. Kingson Sian, President and CEO, TRAVELLERS INTERNATIONAL HOTEL GROUP,

INC. receives award under Integrated Hotel Casino Resort Category.

MR. CRESENCIO “Bum” D. Tenorio, Jr., Section Assistant Editor, Philippine Star,

receives award under Print Media Category.

MR. VERNON PRIETO, General Manager, EL CAMINO TRAVEL, receives award under

Travel Agency Category.

MR. RICARDO CANO TAN, Owner, CAMPUESTOHAN Highland Resort, Talisay-Negros

Occidental, receives award under Resort Category.

MR. JOSE MARI DEL ROSARIO, President and CEO of MICROTEL INNS & SUITES

(Phils) Inc. receives award under Limited Service Hotel Category.

MS. ELIZABETH FERNANDO, President and CEO, HOTEL ELIZABETH, receives award

under Boutique Hotel Category.

DR. MILAGROS CASTILLO-ESPINA, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE RECOLETOS, receives award under Education Category.

WEEKLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Pres. Frank Evaristo presents the birthday celebrants for the week in attendance : Past Director Bebot Pineda and Rtn. Andy de Rossi for the traditional blowing of candle on the birthday cake amidst the singing by the RCM World-Famous Chorale of the happy birthday song.

REMEDIOS CIRCLE PROJECT

Present during the meeting were: (clockwise) PE Ebot Tan, Dir. Oscar del Rosario, PP Boy Ampil, PAS Chito Zaldarriaga, ES Anna Kun Toledo, PDSAA Tony Lopa, IPP/AG Rudy Bediones, Rtn. Hermie Esguerra and Event organizer-Glossy E-vents.

96th ANNIVERSARY MEETING

Present during the meeting were: (clockwise) Rtn. Caloy Reyes, Pres. Frank Evaristo, PVP Lance Masters, VP Teddy Ocampo and Sec. Albert Alday.

WF REHEARSAL AT CCP

WF MUSIC REHEARSAL AT CCP, May 15, 2015. Present were: Chair./PP Babes Reyes, Co-Chair/PS Gus Fajardo, PP Cesar Ubaldo, PP Benny Lauguesma, Dir. Ning Lopez, PVP Lance Masters, Rtn. Caloy Buendia, Rtn. Nilo Aventura, Rtn. Thad Liamzon, PP Francis Juico, PS George Salazar and VP Teddy Ocampo.

PREPARING FOR DISTRICT CONFERENCE 2016

DGE Obet Pagdanganan and Rtn. Ricky Yap.

In preparation for District Conference (Discon 2016), DGE Obet Pagdanganan (seated second from Left) together with Incoming District Secretary Dolly Uanang (seated at extreme left) met with Rtn Ricky Yap (standing second from left) , executive vice president of Manila Hotel, iPP Rudy Bediones( standing at left), Pres Frank Evaristo (seated 3rd from left) and Ms Nathalie Torres-Ramirez, Banquet Vice President of Manila Hotel.

DISTAS 2015

DISTRICT TRAINING ASSEMBLY (DISTAS 2015) RY 2015-2016

May 30, 2015

PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER (PICC) Hosted by the Rotary Club of Pasay MOA

UPDATE OF REGISTRATION & PAYMENT RECEIVED

ROTARY CLUB OF: MANILA__________________________ CLUB POSITION 1. Pres.-Elect 2. President-Incoming Dir. of Vocational Service 3. Vice Pres.-Director for New Gen 4. Director-Health Concerns 5. Dir.-Club Operations/Club Adm 6. Club Secretary- 7. Asst. Club Secretary 8. TRF- Grants Chair 9. Club Treasurer 10. Service Proj. Chair/Youth Service 11. Public Relations Chair

Registration Fee: Php 1,500.00 - not later than May 15, 2015 (no onsite registration) Account Name: Rotary Club of Pasay Mall of Asia Account Number: 920-300000-231; Bank Name: Security Bank Please email deposit slip and registration form to: rickybajen@yahoo.com Contact Number: PE Blessie (0917-865-5648) Attire: Corporate – Dark coat and tie for men and Coat or Blazer for ladies.

FULL NAME EUSEBIO “Ebot” V. TAN FRANK A. EVARISTO TEODORO “Teddy” V. OCAMPO MARIANO “Ning” B. LOPEZ ISSAM ELDEBS JORGE “George” Q. SALAZAR ALVIN LACAMBACAL LANCE MASTERS ALBERT ALDAY

DISTRICT CLUB AWARDS District Awards Night, May 23, 2015 Saturday 5:00PM onwards and will be held at Manila Hotel, Fiesta Pavillon, Manila ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA will be represented by the following: 1. Pres. Frank Evaristo 7. Dir. Amading Valdez 2. IPP Rudy Bediones 8. Dir. Oscar del Rosario 3. PE Ebot Tan 9. Sec. Albert Alday 4. VP Teddy Ocampo 10. Treas. Chito Tagaysay 5. Dir. Susing Pineda 11. IPP Banit Caasi 6. Dir. Bobby Joseph 12. PVP Lance Masters

Registration Fee: P1,500.00 The following have registered and paid: 1. Pres. Frank Evaristo 2. Sec. Albert Alday

YOLANDA REHAB PROJECT

Manila Rotary donates books from Treasurer Chito Tagaysay at the day care center constructed by RCM at Brgy. Pinamuk-an

New Washington, Aklan with the Brgy. chairperson Ma. Luisa Pelayo and with the school children.

Manila Rotary donates school supplies and dvd player worth P15,000 to the school childrens to the day care center at the brgy.

Pinamuk-an, New Washington Aklan with chairperson Ma. Luisa Pelayo and teacher Gloria.

COGS IN THE WHEEL

Rotary Club Write-up Dr. Mariano “Ning” B. Lopez

Dr. Mariano B. Lopez is the 51st President of the Philippine College of Physicians. He will begin his presidency on 01 June 2015 to 31 May 2016. The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) is the umbrella organization of internal medicine specialists in the Philippines and was organized 61 years ago, in 1953. It has 22 regional chapters, 8 NCR chapters and 18 component and affiliate subspecialty societies. It has approximately 9,400 members belonging to internal medicine and the different subspecialties. The PCP Annual Convention is the largest medical convention being held in the country each year. The PCP is an affiliate society of the Philippine Medical Association and a member-society of the International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM) and the ASEAN Federation of Internal Medicine (AFIM). Its vision is to be a world-class organization of physicians that sets the highest standards and ethical ideals in the practice of Internal Medicine and provides dynamic leadership in the promotion of health and quality of life in the management of disease in the formulation of relevant health policies. The 3 main reasons for its existence are:

1. Continuing Medical Education of internists and other physicians; 2. Certification and Regulation of the Subspecialty of Internal

Medicine; 3. Accreditation and Certification of the Training Programs for Internal

Medicine in the Philippines. PCP is involved in many advocacies such as priority programs pertaining to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like anti-tobacco, healthy diet, non-motorized traffic, food labelling and environmental change; primary care; and rational use of technology/drugs in stem cell, organ transplantation, compassionate use of medical marijuana (House Bill 4777). Its biggest contribution is the active championing of the passing of the SIN TAX law and the promulgation of its IRR. PCP’s new branding is “I.M : Healing and Leading with Integrity”.

FRANK EVARISTO, the outgoing president of the Rotary Club Manila, helps recognize groups and personalities for their contributions to the development of Philippine tourism. Lauded for their commitment to help make our country a world-class tourist destination in Asia, the awardees were selected under the stewardship of Rotarian Bobby Joseph. Among those honored at the New World Hotel last Thursday were Enrique Razon Jr., Jaime Bautista, Kingson Sian, Ricardo Cano Tan, Vernon Prieto, Vince Carlos, Milagros Castillo-Espina, Elizabeth Fernando, Jose Mari del Rosario, Crisencio “Bum” Tenorio and Tesoro’s International. Joseph said, “This annual event celebrates the awardees’ excellence in service and commitment to the tourism industry.”

CLUB PRESS RELEASE

Alay Lakad elects new officers

Alay Lakad Foundation Inc. has elected its new officers and board of trustees during the 17th General Assembly

recently held at the PNP, Camp Crame, Quezon City.

The new set of officers is headed by civic leader and Manila Rotary president Frank Evaristo, president; Lion’s

governor John Siy, vice president; Kiwanis Belinda Zalameda, corporate secretary; GSP Yolanda Hernandez,

treasurer; Delfin Go, assistant treasurer; and Rev. Leonida Macasaet, auditor.

The other members of the board include the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry,

Inc., Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Pugad Lawin Philippines, Inc., Young Men’s

Christian Association, Young Women’s Christian Association, and Dr. Teruko Haga.

The permanent members of the board are the Armed Forces of the Philippines headed by Gen. Gregorio Catapang,

DILG Secretary Manuel Roxas II, DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, PNP headed by Gen. Leonardo Espina,

Philippine Information Agency headed by Jose Mari Oquinena, Junior Chamber International headed by national

president Marc Brian Lim, Kiwanis International headed by Gov. Melvin Mendoza, Lions Clubs International Dist.

301-A1 headed by Gov. Marissa Sy, District 301-A2 headed by Gov. Billy Daza, and District 301-A3 Valentin Co

and Rotary International District 3810 headed by Gov. Roberto Pagdanganan.

The Foundation has funded educational assistance and livelihood projects amounting to P300,000 this year. It hopes

to generate more funds for out-of-school youth projects.

President Aquino is the honorary chairman of Alay Lakad Foundation.

CLUB PRESS RELEASE

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION AND CHILD CARE

LONG LIFE, Part 2 (It’s more than just healthy foods and exercise)

Elias D. Adamos, M.D.

I would like to continue quoting from the book “Outliers” The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Here’s the continuation to last week’s article: “The Rosetans began buying land on a rock hillside connected to Bangor by a steep, rutted wagon path. They built closely clustered two-story stone houses with slate roofs on narrow streets running up and down the hillside. They built a church and called it Our Lady of Mount Carmel and named the main street, on which it stood, Garibaldi Avenue, after the great hero of Italian unification. In the beginning, they called their town New Italy. But they soon changed it to Roseto, which seemed only appropriate given that almost all of them had come from the same village in Italy. In 1896, a dynamic young priest by the name of Father Pasquale de Nisco took over at Our Lad of Mount Carmel. De Nisco set up spiritual societies and organized festivals. He encouraged the townsfolk to clear the land and plant onions, beans, potatoes, melons, and fruit trees in the long backyards behind their houses. He gave out seeds and bulbs. The town came to life. The Rosetans began raising pigs in their backyards and growing grapes for homemade wine. Schools, a park, a convent, and a cemetery were built. Small shops and bakeries and restaurants and bars opened along Garibaldi Avenue. More than a dozen factories sprang up making blouses for the garment trade. Neighboring Bangor was largely Welsh and English, and the next town over was overwhelmingly German, which meant – given the fractious relationships the English and Germans and Italians in those years – that Roseto stayed strictly for Rosetans. If you had wandered up and down the streets of Roseto in Pennsylvania in the first few decades after 1900, you would have heard only Italian, and not just any Italian but the precise Foggian southern dialect spoken back in the Italian Roseto. Roseto, Pennsylvania, was its own tiny, self-sufficient world – all but unknown by the society around it – and it might well have remained so but for a man named Stewart Wolf. Wolf was a physician. He studied digestion and the stomach and taught in the medical school at the University of Oklahoma. He spent the summers on a farm in Pennsylvania, not far from Roseto – although that, of course, didn’t mean much, since Roseto was so much in its own world that it was possible to live in the next town snd never know much about it. “One of the times when we were out there for the summer – this would have been in the late nineteen fifties – I was invited to give a talk at the local medical society.” Wolf said years later in an interview, “After the talk was over, one of the local doctors invited me to have a beer. And while we were having a drink, he said, ‘You know, I’ve been practicing for seventeen years. I got patients from all over, and I rarely find anyone from Roseto under the age of sixty-five with heart disease.’ “ In Gladwell’s words, “Wolf was taken aback.” (To be continued)

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