President’s Corner

Last week, we had a fruitful start for 2017 with our perennial year opener, Hon. Amando Tetangco, Jr., Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor and Chairman of the Monetary Board, ringing in the good tidings for what to expect in our money bags this year. It was a jampacked luncheon meeting indicating a good start for 2017 with a full house crowd of Rotarians from both our club and that of the Rotary Club of Forbes Park as well as the businessmen in attendance.

As for update within our club, I was given the rare opportunity to speak before the Rotary District 3810 Radio Program last January 10, 2017 regarding our club, its history and all there is to it which I perceive is a good start for our road to our centennial celebration in 2019. The radio program is anchored by SDG Mariano Enrique “Nito” Siasat.

Update from around the district include the attendance of CoS/IPSDG/PP Cesar Ubaldo and SDG/DCoS/Dir. Albert Alday at the January Area Meeting of the district which was held at the Aristocrat Restaurant along Roxas Boulevard in Manila last January 10, 2017.

Today, we welcome economic juggernaut, Dr. Bernardo Villegas, Professor at the University of Asia and the Pacific, Director of the Center for Research and Communications and Visiting Professor at the IESE Business School as he presents his fearless forecast of the Duterte Administration economic climate for 2017.

I look forward to your cooperation as we endeavor to make our stars shine this Rotary Year 2016-2017 through meaningful projects and fellowships that will strengthen the bonds of Asia’s First Rotary Club.