Presidential Timeline

December 13, 2017

DGE Rudy Bediones and PDG Obet Pagdanganan attended the 4th Induction and 2nd Handover Ceremonies of the Rotary Club of Manila Maharlika last December 13, 2017 at the Hotel H2O, Manila Ocean Park, Manila where my classmate, Great President Orbelita Lim, was inducted.

December 14, 2017

RCManila Foundation, Inc. held its Annual Meeting at the Elks Club in Makati City. Present were the following members, trustees and officers: IPSDG/IPDCoS/ DE/IPD Albert Alday, AT Jim Chua, Trustee Secretary Alvin Lacambacal, PD Nick Locsin, AT Ner Lonzaga, Trustee PD Pepo Nunez, AS Rene Policarpio, Trustee DE/Dir. Caloy Reyes, Chairman PD Rob Sears, Trustee PP Ebot Tan, PD Amado Valdez, Trustee Treasurer Nicky Villaseñor, Trustee VP Chito Zaldarriaga and myself. Ten (10) Proxies were submitted where the required quorum was twelve (12).

PVP Roy Golez was quoted by Japan-based Nikkei Asian Review on a matter of grave national security interest.

December 15, 2017

I joined Rtn. Zdenek Jankovsky and PD Phillip Ong, Special Children Committee Chair, at the Special Children and Elderly Christmas Party held at the Hospicio de San Jose in Manila where PD Phillip Ong assisted me when I presented a donation of three electric fans and three boxes of oat meal as well as handed in the Php 10,000.00 donation of DG Emmanuel “Loy” Cosico which were duly received in behalf of the Hospicio de San Jose by Sr. Critita Valdez.

December 16, 2017

PVP Roy Golez was interviewed by former Senate President Nene Pimentel and Cesar Chavez over DZRH regarding China Telecom and National Security Threat.

IPSDG/PAG/PP Frank Evaristo celebrated his 76th Birthday at the Hai Shin Lou Restaurant in Makati City with many Manila Rotarians in attendance.

December 18, 2017

DGE Rudy Bediones, PDG Vince Carlos and PDG Obet Pagdanganan attended the Christmas Fellowship of the District Governors of Rotary International District 3810 at the Passion Chinese Restaurant of the Maxims Hotel in Newport City, Pasay.

Rotaract Club of De La Salle-College of St. Benilde conducted a Feeding Program at Jollibee on the corner of Taft Avenue and Vito Cruz where street people were the beneficiaries.

December 20, 2017

Rotary Club of Manila Supreme 198 CP/GP/AKS Bing Carrion, AS Rene Policarpio and I attended the Christmas Party of the Pediatric Cancer Ward of the UP-PGH Medical Center in Manila where we donated appliances, fixtures and goodies and arranged for a Jollibee party for the cancer-stricken children, complete with mascots and food that made these children feel the joys of Christmas.

December 21, 2017

Manila Rotarians accepted the invitation of PD Amading Valdez, SSS Chairman, and joined him at the SSS Christmas Concert at the SSS Auditorium, SSS Building, East Avenue, Quezon City. He likewise hosted dinner there for our fellow Manila Rotarians who attended the event.

December 22, 2017

PD Ed Lee hosted a sumptuous Christmas Luncheon for the Rotary Club of Manila Secretariat at the Yue Lai Seafood and Hotpot Restaurant along Mabini Street in Malate, Manila.

IPSDG/IPDCoS/DE/IPD Albert Alday attended a Welcome Dinner tendered by the Rotary Club of Intramuros for their sister club, the Rotary Club of Kishiwada East last December 22, 2017 at Barbara’s Heritage Restaurant in Intramuros, Manila. He was invited by Great President Aries Balanay of the Rotary Club of Intramuros.

December 24, 2017

Rtn. Nick Villaseñor, Jr. passed away.

December 26, 2017

I hosted a meeting of the Rotary Club of Manila regarding the Book Donation of the Cheer Up Missions Foundation of the USA which they coursed through the Rotary Club of New Orleans (USA) and with the participation of the C & E Publishing Foundation. This was held at the Ayala Alabang Country Club in Muntinlupa City. Present were Club Secretary Alvin Lacambacal, AT Ner Lonzaga and Rtn. John Emyl Eugenio. ES Anna Toledo was there to assist.

DE/Dir. Bobby Joseph’s son, Richard Joseph, passed away in the USA.

Manila Rotarians trooped to the Sampaguita Gardens in Quezon City to celebrate the 81st Birthday of Former Speaker and fellow Manila Rtn. Joe de Venecia.

December 27, 2017

Manila Rotarians paid their last respects to fellow Manila Rotarian, the late Rtn. Nick Villaseñor, Jr., during Necrological Rites held at the Sta. Maria della Strada along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City. Program moderator was Rtn. Roy Zosa. Eulogies were delivered by PP Francis Juico, PD Bebot Pineda, Rtn. Jun Aventura and Rtn. Bert Albano of the Rotary Club of Pasig, a family friend. The badge of the late PD Nick Villaseñor, Jr. was presented by PE/Dir. Susing Pineda in my bhalf to the family since I could not make it that day due to a prior important out of town commitment. Treasurer Nicky Villaseñor, his Rotary Ann Sophia and his daughter received it in behalf of the entire family. Other Rotarians in attendance were Rtn. Nilo Aventura, Rtn. Romy Nones, Rtn. Junjun Capistrano and Rtn. Marcus Dee.

DE Jackie and his Rotary Ann Sonja Rodriguez hosted a dinner for Manila Rotarians at their Pacific Plaza Condominium in Makati City. Present were DGE Rudy and Lady Sharon Bediones, IPP Teddy and Rotary Ann Baby Ocampo, VPE/Dir. Lance Masters, as well as PAT Aslam and Rotary Ann Hannah Muhammad. It was during this occasion that he announced his commitment to become a Major Donor for The Rotary Foundation by January 1, 2018.

December 28, 2017

Inurnment of the late Rtn. Nick Villaseñor, Jr. in Quezon City.

PVP Roy Golez was interviewed by TV5 on Counterterrorism.

December 29, 2017

DGE Rudy Bediones and Lady Sharon Bediones attended the breakfast hosted by RIDE Raffy Garcia for Rotary District Governors at his residence in Forbes Park in Makati City to greet PRIP Mateo Armando “Mat” T. Caparas, the only Filipino to have occupied the position of Rotary International President when he was then, a member of the Rotary Club of Manila, virtually, on the occasion of his 94th Birthday. This was accomplished through the wonders of technology.

December 30, 2017

DE Raffy Alunan, Project Chairman of ONE ROTARY ONE PHILIPPINES ONE FOR MARAWI, VPE/Dir. Lance Masters and Star Rtn. Juan Manuel Montel Castro-Rial together with Dr. Dulce Gust, widow of the late Rotary Club of Manila PP Gert Gust, met with Sr. Eva Maamo, M.D., Capt. Sharon Reyes, M.D. and the medical mission team members from Our Lady of Peace Foundation at the Our Lady of Peace Foundation Hospital in Las Piñas City. The agenda was the return trip to Mindanao in mid-January 2018 with Cagayan de Oro as the target site of the medical mission.

December 31, 2017

PAT Muhammad and Rotary Ann Hannah Aslam hosted New Year’s Eve Dinner at their residence in Bel-Air IV, Makati City where DGE Rudy Bediones and Lady Sharon Bediones as well as DE Jackie Rodriguez and Rotary Ann Sonja Rodriguez were in attendance.

January 4, 2018

Welcomes Hon. Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr., Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor and Chairman of the Monetary Board, in a Joint Meeting with the Rotary Club of Forbes Park and the Rotary Club of Makati West as he speaks on “Projections on the Philippine Economy”