january 2012 -- new look!

To all PDGs, DGs, DGEs and DGNs

We would like to invite you to join us for the 11th Philippine Conference on Rotary Concerns to be held on February 18-19, 2012 at the Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City.

The Philippine Conference on Rotary Concerns (ROTACON) is an annual conference of the members of the Philippine College of Rotary Governors (PCRG) which aims to serve as a forum for our past, present and future senior leaders to meet, discuss, brainstorm and resolve important issues of today’s Rotary to help improve our services to our clubs and to our communities. Furthermore, the ROTACON will also be a venue for our Rotary leaders to enjoy the fellowship and camaraderie with each other and with invited foreign Rotary dignitaries.

You may register now by sending us an email to [email protected]. Those who register early by January 15, 2012 will receive a special gift or a discounted rate.

More details will be announced soon.

Come and be a part of our ROTACON!

Thank you for your attention.

Philippine College of Rotary Governors11th Philippine Conference on Rotary Concerns

PDG Jess NicdaoChairman 11th Philippine

Conference on RotaryConcerns

An invitation...

February 18-19, 2012 * Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City

For more information, please contact PCRG Secretariat / Tisa Morrow at 0918 935 6452

PDG Butch FranciscoChairman

Philippine Collegeof Rotary Governors

RY 2011-2012

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Philippine Rotary • January 2012 1

My dear brothers and sisters in Rotary,

At Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C., stands a memorial to the Seabees, formally known as the U.S. Naval Construction Force. An inscription reads, “With

willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a bit longer.”

In Rotary, we already have our own mottoes. If we didn’t, I might be given to nominate those two lines. The power of combined effort, as Paul Harris once wrote, knows no limitation. When we work together, the impossible becomes possible.

I thought of this when I read, a few months ago, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, the premier medical journal in the United States. Titled “The Polio Endgame,” it outlined a strategy for a post-polio era, including managing post-eradication risks.

Thirty years ago, such an article could never have been published. Today, it is a testament to the power of dedication, of persistence, and of combined effort. The impossible has, indeed, become possible. A post-polio world, once the stuff of dreams, will soon be here.

My friends, the day that polio will be eradicated is close at hand. We have to be ready for it with a powerful Rotary – a Rotary of enthusiasm and confidence, of bold vision and clear ambitions. It is time for us to prepare by taking an honest look at our clubs. Are our projects meaningful, sustainable, and relevant? Are our meetings productive and enjoyable? Are our clubs welcoming to new members, and are our schedules and events friendly to young families? And once people join us, do we welcome them properly, involve them enough? Do we make them a part of the family of Rotary quickly enough?

The figures tell us that while enough new individuals join Rotary every year and everywhere, too many exit Rotary, on an ongoing basis. What unfulfilled hope do they leave with? What expectations are we not meeting? Can we do more and better?

Now is the time to focus our energies on our clubs, and on the way people see them. It is time to show our communities that the Rotary of today is not the Rotary of their preconceptions. Rotary is a way to connect, to do more, to be more – it is a way to take our idealism and our vision, and turn them into reality.

KALYAN BANERJEEPresident, Rotary International

CONTENTS


VOL. 35 NO. 7

1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE At Arlington National Cemetery outside

Washington, D.C., stands a memorial to the Seabees, formally known as the U.S. Naval Construction Force. An inscription reads, “With willing hearts and skillful hands, the difficult we do at once; the impossible takes a bit longer.”

5 YOUR EDITOR SHARES We begin 2012 with a “New Look”. When

I suggested to Associate Editor PDG Chit Lijauco to spend the first few months of the Rotary year to come up with a template of the “New PRM”, I knew it would be a lot of effort for her with her busy schedule. Knowing Chit even before our Rotary reconnection, I was very sure that she had the creativity and the determination to get it done. This issue proves it!

6 NOTEBOOK International desk, feedback, statistics,

obituary

9 FACES Rotarians who make a difference, photo

gallery of district and fellowship activities

16 Q&A WITH MAT CAPARAS Though now based in California, Mateo

Armando Tengco “M.A.T.” Caparas, the Filipino past president of Rotary International, keeps his ties with Philippine Rotary close and warm. He constantly shows concern and support via his frequent e-mails and remains an inspiration to Filipino Rotarians.

17 SPONSORED SECTION Embracing Humanity in District 3850

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ON THE COVER

This issue sports the magazine’s New Look. The children represent a new dawn for the magazine and the new year. They also mark a new trend for Rotary in the Philippines, in that contributors to The Rotary Foundation are now led by children and grandchildren of Rotarians.

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ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH

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C O M I N G I N F E B R U A RY

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• Global Outlook- A Rotarian’s Guide to Sustainability

• RI President’s Message

• Trustee Chair’s message

• Convention Column

• Q and A with RIPD Paing Hechanova

• Rotary Romance

• Peace Process

29 ROTARY IN POP CULTURE By Paul Engleman Through the years, Rotary has been mentioned

and its logo shown in many popular media like movies and books. In this feature, PAUL ENGLEMAN collates the more interesting ones, a testimony of public awareness about the organization and how it stands for all things true and fair.

33 EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP By PDG Mark Go From my experience as a school administrator I

learned that children are impressionable. They take by first impressions and learn by examples. Whatever you impart, as parents or teachers, they will surely follow, making the school only next to the home in shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

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34 THE ECONOMY 2012, SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES By Dr. Cielito Habito The Philippine economy in 2011 was somewhat

of a letdown to most. Notwithstanding a high level of confidence in the new leadership of the country, growth generally slowed down and price increases sped up, although job statistics showed general improvement.

36 PACQUIAO PITCHES POLIOPLUS By PDG Chit Lijauco The boxing champion, a Rotarian, agrees to be

a face to the campaign to eradicate the world of polio.


EDITORIAL BOARDPDG Melito “Melito” S. Salazar, Jr., D3780

Editor-in-ChiefPP Eduardo “Ed” M. Trinidad, D3780

Managing EditorPDG Consuelo “Chit” L. Lijauco, D3820

Associate Editor

MembersDG Ernesto “Ernie” Y. Choa, D3810

PDG Leandro “Lindy ” P. Garcia, D3820PDG Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma, D3830

PDG J. Antonio “Tony” M. Quila, D3830PDG Fe “Bing” R. Juarez, D3870

DGE Antonio “Tony” C. Bautista, D3790

MANAGEMENT BOARDPP Eduardo “Ed” M. Trinidad, D3780

Managing EditorPDG Oscar “Oca” A. Inocentes, D3780

Lifetime Subscriptions CoordinatorPDG Felix “Felix” F. Domigpe, D3770

Finance CoordinatorPDG Antonio “Anton” B. Florendo, D3860

Business Development CoordinatorPDG Marquez “Mark” O. Go, D3790

Credit & Collection CoordinatorPDG Romulo “Boy” O. Valle Jr., D3770

PDG Efren “Efren” O. de Guzman, D3800Special Events Coordinators

PDG Ramon “Toto” C. Locsin, D3850Circulation Coordinator

PDG Josefina “Josie” S. Ang, D3810Business Promotions & Advertising Coordinator

Editorial Staff and ContributorsChief of Photographers PP Ron Nethercutt, D3790

Contributors PDG Mark Go, D-3790; PDG Chit Lijauco, D-3820Dr. Cielito Habito; Paul Engleman, The Rotarian

The Philippine Rotary magazine is the official regional magazine of Rotary Internationalpublished monthly by the Philippine Rotary Magazine Foundation, Inc. It is a member of the

Rotary World Magazine Press. Office : 87 Visayas Avenue, Bgy. VASRA, Quezon City. Phone nos. (632) 453-3800 • 926-7453 • Fax (632) 929-1912

Email : [email protected] • www.philrotary.com

YOUR EDITOR SHARES


W e begin 2012 with a “New Look”. When I suggested to Associate Editor PDG Chit Lijauco to spend the first few months of the Rotary year to come up with a template of the “New PRM”, I knew it would be a lot of effort for her with her busy schedule. Knowing Chit even before our Rotary

reconnection, I was very sure that she had the creativity and the determination to get it done. This issue proves it!

When one tries “Something New”, one takes risks. For PRM, it meant hoping that the readership will favor the new template; the district sponsors will understand and agree with the changes to the sponsored section; that the contributors will submit articles much earlier; that districts will increase their submissions of photos and list of district events; and that the added costs will be covered by more advertisements. Despite the challenges, we proceeded because we believe it will give the PRM readers, a better magazine and lead to PRM, being the “magazine of choice”.

Rotary districts and clubs may want to start the second half of the Rotary year by coming up with something new. Often the Rotarians become complacent with a club that does the same things-projects, club meetings, events – and worse become bored and drift away. While traditions are important, one can introduce innovations to catch the interest and increase involvement of the Rotarians. Instead of the usual Valentines Party of singing and dancing in a Rotarian’s home, the club could plan a night out in a theater or a fine dining facility with a show. Instead of the run-of-the-mill medical mission, the club could introduce an information session on “Good Health Habits” for the beneficiaries.

The start of the second semester is a great opportunity for the district governor

to start “Something New” –be the first district governor to replace non-working district officers (those who love the position but shirk from the work); look for a club project that can be elevated to a district-wide activity; and surprise everyone by giving a substantial contribution to The Rotary Foundation even with all the expenses that go with being a governor in an Asian setting.

Or follow D3790 DG Digna Ragasa, who has institutionalized what PDG and DRFC Jess Nicdao started-getting the young to be aware and supportive of The Rotary Foundation. It started by getting Rotarians to honor their children or grandchildren

by making them Paul Harris Fellows. Now, D3790 has the new generations of the Rotary Family giving from their savings to TRF and going on stage (see photo at left) urging their elders to do likewise.

Our January PRM cover showing Rotarian grandchildren and children(honored or to be honored) with their PHF recognition regalia illustrates vividly that we can learn from the young how to start the New Year and ensures the future of The Rotary Foundation and the good Rotarians do for the world.

Something NEW

Melito Salazar, Jr.Editor-in-Chief

Clockwise: Ma. Angela Nicdao, daughter of PDG Jess Nicdao

encouraging elders to donate to TRF; see On The Cover, p. 2;

PHF Antonio Manuel N. Lazaro, grandson of PDG Jess Nicdao.


NOTEBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PRM FOUNDATION, INC.

RY 2011-2012

PDG Jaime “James” O. Dee, D-3800

Chairman of the Board

PDG Oscar “Oca” A. Inocentes, D-3780

Vice Chairman/Trustee

PDG Rafael ”Butch” A. Francisco, D-3830

Trustee (PCRG Chairman RY 2011-2012)

PDG Melito “Melito”S. Salazar, Jr., D-3780

Trustee (PRM Editor-In-Chief)

PDG Miguelito “Lito” L. Jose, D-3770 Trustee

PDG John Paul “Jaypee” S. Cadaing, D-3790Trustee

PDG Fabio “Fabie” J. Enriquez, D-3800Trustee

PDG Juanito “Sonny” T. Ventura, D-3810Trustee

PDG Leandro “Lindy” P. Garcia, D-3820Trustee

PDG Wilfredo “Willy” L. Segovia, D-3830Trustee

PDG Ma. Victoria “Nanette” T. Garcia, D-3850Trustee

PDG Fernando “Jun” A. Almeda, Jr., D-3860Trustee

PDG Rhia Rita “Rhia” Y. Abalos, D-3870Trustee

INTERNATIONAL DESK

At the 2011 Bali Institute held December 2-4 at the Hyatt Bali in Indonesia, Filipino Rotarians were tapped to participate in the program in so many ways. They were presenters, panelists, rapporteurs in the breakout sessions or introducing a speaker in the plenary sessions. Here in photo are some of the program participants who were able to steal a rare opportunity to be together and especially pose for the Philippine Rotary Magazine.

FEEDBACK(EDITOR’S NOTE: Please send your comments and suggestions about the maga-zine or any of the feature articles, via email to [email protected], indicating your full name, Rotary club and district number. We also welcome comments from our office visitors regarding our service. We value your comments to help us be the “magazine of choice” of Philippine Rotarians. We will practice “first in, first out” but will still exercise editorial prerogative. Comments below were taken from emails received. Text in italics are the editor’s notes.)

Reply from the Post Office regarding delayed delivery of mailed copies

Dear Sirs, I was informed this morning about your complaint on the alleged delayed delivery of First Class Mail of the Philippine Rotary magazines which were sent by your office to our Main Office (BMSO) on November 18, 2011. As per complaint from your office, the said Philippine Rotary magazine was received by your subscribers in Manila, Makati and Quezon City only on or about December 6, 2011.

Upon my investigation, I learned that the BMSO indeed received the said magazines on November 18 and dispatched them on November 29, which explains why the said magazines were delivered on or about December 6. We apologize for the delayed dispatch of the said magazines which I learned was due to backlog during that time. I was assured by our operations department that it will not happen again. To facilitate future deliveries and avoid delays, kindly send us your list of recipients so that we can

integrate the list in our new online monitoring of deliveries. Thank you. – Marilyn G. Junio, Acting Chief, Sales and Account Management, Philippine Postal Corporation

(We thank Ms. Junio for her candid and immediate reply to our concern on the delivery of our magazine by mail, and her assurance that this delay will be avoided in the future. Our close coordination with the Post Office is one of the steps we announced earlier in addressing delayed deliveries of the magazine. For your information, following the new procedure with online monitoring, the mailed copies of our December 2011 issue which we sent on December 16, 2011 were received on or about December 23, 2011, which is an improvement. We thank concerned readers, like PDG Ed Alvarez and PP Tony Vidal, who have provided continuous feedback on deliveries. We encourage more feedback from our subscribers who receive their copies by mail or thru our courier LBC, by email to [email protected] )


BOOK3,300

US$2.7

24%

17%

$339,502

The number of ShelterBoxes that have been deployed in the

Philippines since 2009.

billion contributed by Rotarians to TRF

since 1949

of the Rotarians in the Philippines are

women compared to

of the Rotarians in the world are women

The total contributions to The Rotary

Foundation of District 3800 as of December

2011, making it the top contributor of all the 11

districts of Zone 7A.

Who Knows What Rotary Does?Awareness and familiarity may sound similar, but the difference between them is significant. Awareness is recognition of the Rotary name, but familiarity – or understanding – is the ability to describe what that name means. High awareness does not equal high familiarity. In 2010, Rotary International commissioned the survey of about 1,000 people in each of six countries – Argentina, Australia, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and the United States – to gauge the general public’s awareness and perception of the organization. The results were consistent with those of a similar survey conducted in 2006: While respondents had heard of Rotary, they knew little about its activities.

MILESTONESDIED. PP Daisy Serneo, of the Rotary Club of Metro San Pedro, District 3820, died on December 2, 2011 at the age of 48 • PP Julius Caesar P. Javier, PHF, of the Rotary Club of Cauayan died December 31, 2011.

Source: RC PDG Dave Villanueva

Source: RRFC PDG Bobby Viray


In the early hours of December 17, 2011, rivers rose to as much as 11 feet in about 24 minutes as Typhoon Sendong brought continuous rains in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities, and ended the lives of thousands of people and injured at least 5,000 with thousands still missing.

Upon hearing the news, Rotarians in D3800 immediately started raising funds and collecting relief goods by telephone, cellphone, email and the social media Facebook. The cash and goods were coursed through the city governments of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, and various foundations. Military resources were used to transport the donated goods.

When I visited Cagayan de Oro on December 28, my hotel was full of various nationalities from different international organizations who wanted to extend

assistance, such as the Swiss Confederation for Humanitarian Service (WASH Team) and UNICEF. Other organizations like Shelterbox Phils., other Rotary districts, Lions, Jaycees, Kiwanis, Zonta and Soroptimist were there too.

The response to help our displaced brothers and sisters was simply overwhelming. If the calamity brought tears of sadness, the response to help brought about tears of joy.

District 3800 wishes to thank the generous Rotarians and organizations who responded to the calls for help. Published here is a list of some of these good Samaritans which list is not complete by all means as many other Rotarians

contributed directly. Many donors wish to remain anonymous. To all of you, Maraming Salamat Po! – By Charter President Manny Reyes, R.C. Rizal Centro

Recognizing the Helping Hands

1. RC Greater Mandaluyong Combined cash and in kind donation worth P1, 258,000.00 – Sen. Koko Pimentel2. RC Cainta P1,000,000.00 – PNRC Rizal Chapter P195,000.00 – ShelterBox Phil., Inc.3. RC Pasig P100,000.00, Aquatabs worth P240,000 – R.C. Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City4. Various Rotarians (Anonymous) P50,000.00 – PNRC Rizal Chapter P150,000.00 – RC Cagayan de Oro P70,000.00 – RC Iligan South P70,000.00 – RC Dumaguete5. RC Mandaluyong - P10,000.00 – Sen. Koko Pimentel RC Kowloon Golden Mile – P110,000.00 – PNRC Mandaluyong RC Pudu – P13,096.00 – PNRC Mandaluyong Various Rotarians P7,100.00 – PNRC Mandaluyong6. RC Metro Valenzuela P100,000.00 – PNRC Valenzuela7. RC Cosmopolitan San Juan – Combined cash and in kind donation worth P92,000.00 – Sen. Koko Pimentel8. RC Rizal Centro - P80,000.00 a. Dynalab Corporation P50,000.00 b. Grand Monaco - P50,000.00 – PNRC Rizal Chapter9. Coats Manila Bay – P65,000.00 – PNRC Rizal Chapter10. RC Manila Bay - Spinning Mills P65,000.00 - PNRC Rizal Chapter11. RC San Juan Gems P50,000 - ABS-CBN Foundation P25,000, canned goods/clothes worth P25,000.00 – Philippine Star12. PDG Teddy & Sp. Mely Zamora – P50,000.00 - RC Cagayan de Oro13. RC San Juan P50,000.00 – RC Cagayan de Oro14. League of Loving Presidents, Inc. P30,000.00 – RC Cagayan de Oro15. RC Marikina Heights, P27,000.00 – PNRC Marikina16. RC Suburban East Rizal - P20,000.00 – PNRC Rizal Chapter 17. RC San Mateo - P6,000.00 – ABS CBN Foundation Toothbrush/toothpaste worth P10,000.00 – ABS-CBN Foundation18. RC Wack-Wack - P5,000.00, kitchen utensils worth P5,000.00 – Iligan City19. RC Rizal Mideast P4,000.00 – RC Cagayan de Oro20. RC Greenhills - detergents 20 tons worth P1M – RC Cagayan de Oro and RC CDO East Urban Other donors: RC Ortigas Center, RC Cainta Brookside Hills, E-Club of San Juan, RC San Juan West, RC Mandaluyong East, RC San Mateo Highlands

R.I. DISTRICT 3800Typhoon Sendong Relief Donors and Recipients (in italics)

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

PRM • January 2012 4

ROTARY PORTRAITS

FACESLIFE IN A BOX

When typhoon “Kiko” hit Pangasinan province in 2009, JESS NICDAO, Governor of D3790 for RY 2008 - 2009, was amazed at the speed by which a ShelterBox Response Team was able to address the needs of the victims. As such, he accepted the challenge of ShelterBox founder TOM HENDERSON at the 2009 Birmingham Convention to organize the Philippine affiliate. ShelterBox Philippines was launched November 2011 with Nicdao as founder and CEO. “The most rewarding moment in my life now happens whenever I look into the eyes of the ShelterBox beneficiaries. They shine with hope and excitement,” he says.

FACES: GALLERY


A luau of fun

PDG Josie Ang

PDG Oca and Ciony Inocentes

Lita Gamboa, PE Bob Autor and PDG Herman Gamboa

PDG Efren de Guzman

PDG Sonny and Nennette Coloma with PDG Melito Salazar

PRM Christmas partyThe PRM family celebrated Christmas at the Alabang house of PDG Oca and spouse Ciony Inocentes, who were also the gracious hosts. The affair was held after a gift-giving activity at the nearby Marillac Hills center for women. Present were members of the editorial board and staff, management board, PRMFI board of trustees, District Governors’ Representatives to the PRM, spouses and former PRM family members, including former editor-in-chief PDG Herman and spouse Lita Gamboa. Delectable food and drinks were provided by the hosts and lechon by PDG Melito and spouse Amy Salazar. Games

and raffle prizes were enjoyed by all. Former DGR-PRM PP Jerry Garcia took home the 1st raffle prize.

PDG James Dee

RPIC Chit Lijauco

PP Ed Trinidad

Marillac Hills Gift-giving

PDG Felix Domigpe , DG Ernie Choa and PDG Ems Nava

Marillac Hills Gift-giving

FACES: GALLERY


Governors’ Gathering

To celebrate the holiday season, the Philippine Council of Rotary Governors led by Chairman Butch Francisco met for cocktails at Salon de Ning at the Peninsula Manila. There were some games, there were some nibbles, and

there were great bar mixes for the past district governors and their spouses

who attended the merry get-together.

IPDGs and Spouses break out into a song

PDG Darwin Igualada, IPDG Tato Dimayuga, DG Rey Castillo

PDG Mac Hermoso PDG Melito Salazar and PDG Oskie de Venecia

PDG Geoff McLennanMalen and PDG Butch Francisco

PDG James Dee and PDG Guiller TumanganPDG Mark Go

PDG Dulce Coyukiat

FACES: GALLERY


DISTRICT 3780 produced a record TRF contribution of $193,829 coming from 804 contributors who included 18 continuing and new Major Gift Donors, 213 multiple and new Paul Harris Fellows and 76 TRF Sustaining Members. This record also produced 21 clubs with 100% TRF contributions, 17 of which are EREY (Every Rotarian, Every Year) clubs, meaning the clubs reached at least $100 per capita in TRF contributions with 100% of its members contributing to the Foundation. The TRF contributors were recognized at the TRF Recognition Dinner on November 8, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel which had TRF Chair-Elect / PRIP Wilf Wilkinson as the guest of honor and which was attended by about 400 Rotarians and spouses. The dinner chair was PP Florencio “Rencie” Padernal of host club RC Kamuning West. PDG Danilo “Dan” Espinosa is the District Rotary Foundation Chair with Lt. Governor Daniel “Boone” Ongchoco serving as the district’s Annual Giving Chair.

PRIP Wilf Wilkinson

DG Jess Cifra, PDG Dan Espinosa and PRIP Wilf

DG Jess and Helen Cifra

A pledge from the heart

Yunisu Tabuchi

and Don Raphael Cifra

FACES: GALLERY


THE DISTRICT 3800 TRF RECOGNITION DINNER on November 8, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel was hosted by the Rotary Club of San Juan Del Monte (RCSJDM). The TRF Dinner Chair was Senior Deputy Governor/CP Marilou O. Co of RCSJDM. Senior Deputy Governor/CP Manny Reyes of R.C. Rizal Centro and District Rotary Foundation Chair

100% Sustaining Member Clubs of TRF for RY 2010-2011

CP Marilou CoPDG Mac Hermoso CP Manny Reyes

PDG Edison Ang

Rotarians representing D-3800 Top Three per Capita Clubs for RY 2010-2011 namely: RCs San Juan, Marikina Hilltop and San Juan North

(DRFC) PDG Marcos “Mac” Hermoso reported that there were 440 guests, 269 honorees and 11 past district governors from other districts. The top honoree was District Governor Raffy Garcia who became a member of the exclusive Trustees Chair / Arch Klumph Society with his huge contribution. Other honorees included three Major Gift Donors Level 3, three Major Gift Donors Level 2 and one Major Gift Donor Level 1. TRF Chair-Elect / PRIP Wilf Wilkinson was the guest of honor.

Minda and PDG Ferdie Fuentes

PRIP Wilf Wilkinson

PDG Tony Co

DG Raffy Garcia

FACES: GALLERY


DISTRICT 3810 held its TRF Recognition Dinner on November 10, 2011 at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel hosted by the Rotary Club of Chinatown Manila (RCCM). District TRF Chair SDG Edmond Aguilar of RCCM said that those honored included seven Major Gift Donors, eight Major Gift Donors with additional contributions, one member of the Bequest society, 73 Multiple Paul Harris Fellows, 58 new Paul Harris Fellows and 189 Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) clubs. TRF Chair-Elect / PRIP Wilf Wilkinson was the guest of honor.

Honorees of RC Bagumbayan-Manila

Members of RC Chinatown-Manila, the host club

PRIP Wilf Wilkinson and DG Ernie Choa

PRIP Wilf Wilkinson, DG Ernie Choa, PDG Charoy Marquez, PP Pepot Sto. Domingo, PP Jimmy Ang and PP Jimmy Lim

PDG Rosie Go, PRIP Wilf Wilkinson, DG Ernie Choa and PDG Josie Ang

FACES: GALLERY


The TRF RECOGNITION DINNER OF DISTRICT 3830 was held on November 9, 2011 at the Dusit Thani Hotel Grand Ballroom. It was hosted by the Rotary Club of Makati San Lorenzo (RCMSL) led by

TRF Dinner Chair PP Chacha Camacho. District TRF Chair PDG Guiller Tumangan announced that there were 300 guests and that those honored included two Major Gift Donors, 75 Paul Harris Fellows who availed of the $500 challenge, 41 new Paul Harris Fellows and 20 TRF sustaining members. TRF Chair-Elect / PRIP Wilf Wilkinson was the guest of honor.

PDG Romy Cruz and DG Billy Villareal PDG Tony Rufino, DGN Robert Kuan and PRID Paing Hechanova

PRIP Wilf Wilkinson, PDG Bobby Viray and DGN Robert Kuan

PDG Jun Perez and PDG Boyet Limon

Club TRF Chair Mona Boaxeau

PDG Ato and Vicky Magadia PDG Guiller Tumangan and PRIP Wilf Wilkinson

PDG Tony Quila

PP Geoffrey Little

PP Chacha Camacho

CMP Winston Yang

PDG Ed Alvarez

FACES Q & A


Though now based in California, Mateo Armando Tengco “M.A.T.” Caparas, the Filipino past president of Rotary International, keeps his ties with Philippine Rotary close and warm. He constantly shows concern and support via his frequent e-mails and remains

an inspiration to Filipino Rotarians. Polio immunization in the Philippines started when he was Director, and fund-raising for PolioPlus started when he was President. As President, he also started the Rotary Village Corps (now Rotary Community Corps), and it was his board that first accepted women in Rotary

PHILIPPINE ROTARY MAGAZINE What is your own elevator definition of Rotary?

MAT CAPARAS Rotary is a global association of business and professional men and women who seek to make friends and promote world

peace through service to the needy and the helpless, the improvement of the

community, and the upliftment of the human condition for all.

To a Rotarian, every stranger is a potential friend, and every new friend is one less potential enemy. Hence, making friends is Rotary’s road to peace.

PRM What, to you, is Rotary’s strongest feature?

MC It is the strong commitment of its members to Rotary’s mission to bring peace through friendship; that means Rotary’s strength really lies in its 1.22 million highly committed members. Rotarians do what they can where they are, and their example and commitment attract others to join them.

PRM How could Philippine Rotary improve vis-a-vis its place in the Rotary world?

MC Philippine Rotary is very strong already, but there are still other meanintful service we can do that the rest of the Rotary world can emulate. One example is starting the practice of observing and celebrating July 1 as Rotary New Year, as we did this year. All our District Governors encour-aged all their clubs to host on that day children’s parties in public schools or other likely places.

PRM So many things in Rotary have evolved. Is there anything you miss about the organization that has been lost or replaced?

MC I urge the clubs to maintain with renewed zeal a practice we used to consider extremely important, but which does not now seem to be equally valued because of sheer neglect. To be a true, functioning Rotary club, a club must pursue a balanced program that gives equal empha-sis to each of the four avenues of service. (Youth service is part of community service.) That is the best way for the club to maintain its autonomy and integrity.

PRM How can Rotary tighten its belt all the more in this age of economic crisis?

MC The common way by which Rotary clubs try to reduce the cost of Rotary membership is by reducing the cost of operation. The better and easier way to make Rotary less expensive is for the Rotarians to reduce the number and size of Rotary parties. “Partnering” which is now often used in Rotary, is another way. It can indicate various kinds of relationship with persons and organizations outside Rotary. At the club level, it can mean the sharing by Rotary with non-Rotarians the promotion, accomplishment, and cost of mutually desired ends or projects.

PRM Parting words?MC Everything we do anywhere to gain friends lessens

tensions among people and is a step towards that peace we all long for. Here at home, then, as abroad, let us ever strive for peace through Rotary by making friends.

Mat CaparasQ&A with

DECEMBER 2011

Congratulations to everyone of us in embracing humanity the past half of the Rotary year. Reaching within ourselves to be able to serve the community best describes the different community service projects that helped strengthened our respective clubs.

As we observe Rotary Awareness this month may bwe continue to tell our story. Let‘s publicize our best practices for the world to know and have a positive image of Rotary. Let us remember that all our efforts will be nothing if we haven’t move our best foot forward.

— DG Melvin and Spouse Fe dela Serna, D3850

DISTRICT 3850


Pres. Ernesto “Ernie” Rivera, Jr.RC Iloilo South

Pres. Carlo AntonioRC Dipolog

Pres. Jerry Randall OlsonRC Metro Roxas

Pres. Cesar “Chito” L. Villanueva

RC Silay

SPONSORED SECTION


Pres. Lydia “Lydz” DJ Lubaton

RC Zamboanga City Central

Pres. Salvador “Doy” Q.

Espatero, Jr.RC Metro Iloilo

Pres. John Fred ”John” AndresRC La Paz

Pres. Earl ”Jingjing” G.

AutajayRC Antique

Pres. Hesperia ”Nena” L. Molino

RC Metro Roxas Central

DISTRICT 3850


Pres. Jay TimosanRC Metro

Zamboanga

Pres. Maria Esperanza ”Mariza”

A. Gepilano RC Roxas

Pres. Cecilia ”Cecil” del Castillo

RC Bacolod WestPres. Nicerio “Nic”

A. NapigkitRC Ipil-Sibugay

Pres. Wilfredo “Willy” A. TelarmaRC Jaro, Iloilo City

SPONSORED SECTION


Pres. Danilo “Danny” O. Digal

RC Oroquieta Centennial

Pres. Michael “Mike” C. Aguilar

RC Bacolod East

Pres. Ricardo “Ric” de Monteverde RC

Dumangas

Pres. Jose Glenn“Glen” G. De Guzman

RC Bacolod

Pres. Anastacio “Jun” Descallar Jr.

RC Pagadian City West

DISTRICT 3850


Pres. Nonito “Nonie” S. Baldeviso

RC Iloilo

Pres. Jose“Jomarie”S. Layson Jr.,

RC Molo

Pres. Gervacio “Jun” Pancho

RC Escalante

Pres. Jose Rico N. CajiliRC Bacolod Marapara

Pres. Paul P. Caro, Jr.

RC Iloilo City

Pres. Richard “Boting” T. Centino

RC Ozamis North

SPONSORED SECTION


Pres. Fe Luzse “Ching” L. Abata

RC Jimenez

Pres. Tomasito “Tommy” SyRC Jaro South

Pres. Moravi Flores

RC Miagao

Pres. Bruce L.HallRC Iloilo West

Pres. Dominador “Doming” A.

BingcoRC Victorias

Pres. Felix G. Manzo

RC Metro Bacolod

DISTRICT 3850


Pres. Salvacion “Salve” G. PescaderaRC Bongao Tawi-Tawi

Pres. Dalisay “Baby” A. Albecht

RC Zamboanga City East

Pres. Ariston “Aris” F. Minez, Jr.

RC Bacolod South

Pres. Lorenzo “Lorenz” Dolar III

RC Guimaras

Pres. Eric George “Eric” S. Basilio

RC Zamboanga City North

Pres. Helen P. Bañez

RC Metro Passi

SPONSORED SECTION


Pres. Adonis “Don” R. BarbasoRC Dapitan

Pres. Geraldine “Geri” de AsisRC Boracay

Pres. Val BachitaRC Kabankalan

Pres. Francisco ”Bombit” T. Heler, Jr.

RC Jaro Centraline

Pres. Apolonio ”Apol” Zaraspe

RC Metro Kalibo

Pres. Paul Brian S. Mendez

RC Bacolod Central

DISTRICT 3850


Pres. Jessica “Jeng” E. Flores

RC Basilan

Pres. Jaresh “Jah” Ng

RC Midtown Iloilo

Pres. Jose Rizalino ”Jay-Ar”

L. OrtegaRC Zamboanga City

West

Pres. John Steve T. Aleman

RC Pagadian

SPONSORED SECTION


Pres. Daphne “Bopeep” A. Ong

RC Central Iloilo City

Pres. Frederick “Rikki” Lim

RC Zamboanga City

Pres. Alexander “Alex” U. Lee

RC Bacolod North

Pres. Methuselah “Bing” T. Santamaria RC Kalibo


featuresROTARY IN POPCULTURE

ROTARY LIFESTYLES

Through the years, Rotary has been mentioned and its logo shown in many popular media like movies and books. In this feature, PAUL ENGLEMAN collates the more interesting ones, a testimony of public awareness about the organization and how it stands for all things true and fair.


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cheery “Welcome to Hill Valley” sign, bearing the Rotary emblem, greets visitors in 1955 and 2015 to the fictional California, USA, hometown of Michael J. Fox in the Back to the Future trilogy. But in the dystopian alternate 1985, the gearwheel has vanished. Strip clubs and brothels have replaced the town’s businesses, crime is rampant, the school has burned down, and toxic smog billows from factories along Main Street. A vandal has defaced the sign, which now

reads “Hell Valley.” City-limit signs with a Rotary emblem are a favorite

Hollywood device for establishing a small-town ambiance. Many are real: In Wayne’s World, Ben (Rob Lowe) passes the Aurora, Ill., sign and the gearwheel on his way to visit Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey). Others are fictional, including the sign for Canaima, Calif., in Steven Spielberg’s Arachnophobia and for Tibet in Freakazoid!, a mid-90s animated TV series also produced by Spielberg.

w w wFond childhood memories

of Rotarian relatives inspired Mark V. Olsen, co-creator of the award-winning HBO series Big Love, to incorporate Rotary throughout the first season. As Bill Henrickson, played by Bill Paxton, schmoozes at a political fundraiser in episode 5, a councilman tries to place him. “Rotary,” Henrickson says. “I spoke at Rotary.” The man’s face lights up with recognition.

w w wIn The Bodyguard, the 1992 film written by

Lawrence Kasdan, Kevin Costner plays a former Secret Service agent, Frank Farmer, hired to protect pop singer Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) from an unknown stalker. The movie’s final scene takes place at a meeting of a large, prominent Rotary club in Iowa Rapids, Iowa, USA, where Frank has moved on to his next assignment: guarding a mafia-fighting Presbyterian reverend.

The town is fictional, but the props are genuine: Rotary International staff created the club’s banner, which hangs on the wall, and provided 100 lapel pins and name badges. During the last scene, staged at the elegant Crystal

Ballroom in the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, the camera zooms in on tables of men and women in business attire. “Our speaker this evening, the honorable congressman from the fifth district, Galen Windsor, has been a lone, courageous voice,” the Rotary club president announces from the head table. “He alone has challenged those who have linked organized crime with legitimate business throughout our state.” The reverend steps forward to give the invocation. All bow their heads except for Frank, who scans the room, a Rotary flag prominently displayed at his side.

w w wCan’t Hardly Wait, a 1998 teen film starring

Jennifer Love Hewitt, shows yearbook entries for the main characters. Super-achiever William Lichter’s includes dozens of accomplishments and organizations: among them, valedictorian, founder of the Junior Harvard Club, state spelling bee champion, Dead Romance Language Club, Klingon Language Club, and – years before Rotary International and Bill Gates teamed up to fight polio – Rotary Club and the Bill Gates Society.

w w wBorn 20 years apart, Johnny Carson and Steve

Martin rank among the most prominent and influential comedians of their generations. Both got their start performing magic acts at Rotary clubs. Billing himself as “the Great Carsoni,” Carson did his first paying gig at age 14, using his mail-order magic kit at a Rotary club meeting in his hometown of Norfolk, Neb., USA.

In his 2007 autobiography, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life, Martin – who also writes

novels and contributes to the New Yorker – recalls honing his performance skills as a teenager at Rotary clubs in Southern California for $5 a show. “Later in life, I wondered why

the Kiwanis Club or the Rotary

Club, comprised of grown

men, would hire a fifteen-year-old boy


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magician to entertain at their dinners,” Martin writes. “Only one answer makes sense: Out of the goodness of their hearts.”

w w wSteven Spielberg’s 2002

movie Catch Me If You Can is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, while a teenager in the 1960s, impersonated an airline pilot, a doctor, and an attorney and forged US$2.5 million in bad checks before authorities apprehended him in France.

Near the start of the film, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) watches with admiration as his father (Christopher Walken) addresses the Rotary Club of New Rochelle, N.Y., USA, in 1963, after becoming the 58th person in club history to receive its lifetime membership award.

w w wIn the 2011 movie Cedar

Rapids, naif Tim (Ed Helms), in town for his first insurance industry convention and trip away from home, celebrates a team-building win with a glass of cream sherry. Seasoned sales rep Joan (Anne Heche), knocking back a stiffer drink, shows him a family photo:

Joan: That’s my hubby. We met when we were Rotary exchange students in high school. Lived in Norway for a semester.

w w wIn the 1963 film Charade, with

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, bad guy James Coburn wanders through an outdoor market where merchants are selling rare stamps – including one from Monaco that commemorates the 50th anniversary of Rotary, in 1955.

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The 1990 Dick Tracy film starred Warren Beatty, Madonna, and Al Pacino as villain Big Boy Caprice, who proclaims:

“We will become the people’s silent partner. Every time some citizen buys a pound of hamburger, we get a nickel. Every time some guy gets a haircut, we get a dime. We’ll dress like bankers, join the Rotary club. Together we will own this town.”

w w wJohn Grisham,

who got his start by pitching his first book to library clubs in small towns across southern Mississippi, USA, mentions Rotary in two of his novels. In The Bleachers (2004), he describes two former high school football stars who meet near the field where they won their youthful glory. One of them observes, “You’ve put on some weight.” The other replies, “I’m a banker and a Rotarian, but I can still outrun you.”

In The Pelican Brief (1992), Grisham writes: “[Supreme Court Chief Justice John Runyan] made no effort to hide his anxiety. Working from a confidential FBI summary, he read the names of individuals and groups suspected of threats. The Klan, the Aryans, the Nazis, the Palestinians, the black separatists, the pro-lifers, the homophobics. Even the IRA. Everyone, it seemed, but the

Rotarians and the Boy Scouts.”

w w wThe fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, USA,

is filled with vampires, witches, werewolves – and good Rotarians, according to the books that inspired the hit HBO series True Blood. In the Southern Vampire Mysteries, Sookie Stackhouse (played by Anna Paquin on television) explains a breakup with her boyfriend: “I would never see Bill in the sunlight. … I’d never call Bill at the office to ask him to stop on the way home for some milk. He’d never join the Rotary, or give a career speech at the high school, or coach Little


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League Baseball.”Thomas Harris,

author of Silence of the Lambs, describes a Rotarian in Hannibal Rising, the story of serial killer Hannibal Lecter’s early years: “Petras Kolnas came onto the terrace with his family, dressed for church. Kolnas’ suit was of inky new broadcloth, a Rotary pin in the lapel. His wife and two children were handsome, Germanic-looking. In the sun, the short red hairs and whiskers on Kolnas’ face gleamed like hog bristles.”

w w wPublished in 1961, the novel Catch-22 by Joseph

Heller introduced the character Yossarian, a rebellious World War II bombardier who is thwarted by bureaucratic red tape. The book, which sold 10 million copies, found a receptive audience among opponents of the Vietnam War. Reflecting their perception of Rotary as a conservative organization that defended the status quo – or simply making use of an easy rhyme – the slogan “Better Yossarian than Rotarian” became a popular bumper sticker.

w w wAuthor Stephen King says he was inspired to write

The Library Policeman after giving a speech at a Rotary club. In this novella, the local club invites upstanding insurance agent Sam Peebles to talk about “The Importance of the Independently Owned Business in Small-town Life.” At the library, he borrows some books, which he forgets to return and then accidentally destroys. The librarian, a phantom, sends the “library police” to terrorize him.

w w wIn the 1976 version of King Kong,

sleazy oilman Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin) tells Dwan (Jessica Lange, in her first film): “I promise you’ll never get another booking in your life. You’ll end up tap-dancing at Rotary clubs.”

“This is absurd. I’m not in a prison gang. I’m in the Rotary club,” a jailed character pleads on the television drama Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton as Nathan Ford. Ford’s agency plants evidence to make him talk in “The Lost Heir Job,” which aired in 2009.

w w wTwo popular British TV

shows feature a Rotarian in a lead role. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (John

Nettles), a club member in the fictional town of Causton, often wears a Rotary pin on Midsomer Murders. Fans of the long-running detective series A Touch of Frost know that Superintendent Stanley Mullett (Bruce Alexander) is a regular at Rotary club meetings.

w w wDunder Mifflin, the paper

company that employs Michael Scott (Steve Carell) in The Office, was founded by Rotarians. While holding an impromptu employee seminar on ageism in the workplace, Scott, the branch manager, hauls out the company’s surviving cofounder, Robert Dunder. The elderly man begins a rambling story about how he met the other founder back when

they were members of a Rotary club. Scott cuts him off and sends him out of the room.

w w wOn Supernatural, a CW show

about two demon-fighting brothers, Dean and Sam, a town descends into hell without Rotary. In the 2007 episode “Sin City,” a friend of the brothers says, “Let’s just say the demons are possessing the people in this town.” Dean asks, “Anybody else that fits the profile – nice guy turned [expletive] that’s still breathing?” “There’s Trotter. He used to be head of the Rotary club. Then he turned [expletive] all of a sudden. Brought in the gambling, the hookers. He practically owns this whole town.”


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By PDG Mark O. Go

From my experience as a school administrator I learned that children are impressionable. They take by first impressions and learn by examples.

Whatever you impart, as parents or teachers, they will surely follow, making the school only next to the home in shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

Leadership has become a sought-after commodity. Corporations and organizations seek individuals with the ability to lead because they believe that effective leaders can bring about pragmatic changes as well as inspire and encourage others to perform.

However, leadership is not merely an act of intention but of practice. In an organization, good leaders are not only the teachers but the models as well, practicing what they preach by setting an example and sharing the risks and hardships in the organization.

Good leadership is manifested by a clear direction to individuals so they can achieve big things. He must be around at significant events and always takes time to talk to people in his organization. His involvement in an organization and its activities is not merely to give direction but to act as an example to future leaders and mentors.

“A leader who leads by example,” say James Kouzes and Barry Posner, “is capable of: forming and inspiring a shared vision, encouraging and enabling others to act, modeling the way, and challenging the process.” Every day as a school administrator, I roam around the campus, discussing with teachers and employees things that need to be done. By doing this, I learned how important it is for a leader to be committed, competent, and compassionate.

Setting goals and visions to execute is not enough for a leader to mobilize people into action. He must also motivate, inspire, and empower individuals through effective communication, offering support, involving everyone as a team, and bringing out the best in them. It is also important for a leader to demonstrate confidence, showing

the individuals in the workplace that he is completely confident of the outcomes of a goal that has been set and is willing to take on some risks.

Leadership skills grow with time, molded by the combination of quality education and right experiences. The measure of a leader is not in the number of his followers but in the number of leaders he influences and creates, in the way he translates a goal into reality, through the actions he exhibits every day.

Exemplary Leadership

Good leadership is manifested by a clear direction to individuals so they can achieve big things. He must be around at significant events and always takes time to talk to people in his organization.


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The Philippine economy in 2011 was somewhat of a letdown to most. Notwithstanding a high level of confidence in the new leadership of the country, growth generally slowed down and price increases sped up, although job statistics showed general improvement. These are

the three key economic yardsticks that Juan de la Cruz can best relate to: presyo (prices), trabaho (jobs), and kita (income); and positive news in just one out of the three is hardly worth celebrating.

Still, there have been distinct blessings over the past year, enough to give hope that 2012 could bring us even better economic news.

The year started strong with overall investment surging 37 percent in the first quarter. This was in spite of a significant drop in its public and foreign

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components – telling us that the component coming from private domestic investors must have really soared. This, to me, is what “Aquinomics” is all about: business confidence inspired by an honest leadership and a determined fight against corruption.

But by the second quarter, the overall economy was dragged by a steep fall in public investment, with government construction spending dropping to less than half from the previous year. In its effort to clean up public spending, government also inadvertently slowed the economy down, an effect likely to linger through the end of the year.

Through it all, however, key sectors of the economy were actually doing better, especially those that produce the most jobs for ordinary Filipinos, including agriculture, manufacturing and transport services. Meanwhile, the Bangko Sentral has skillfully managed money supply to tread the delicate balance between price inflation and economic growth, especially in the face of natural calamities that always push food prices up.

What can we expect in 2012? Many fear the deepening crisis in Europe, as costly financial bailouts for troubled economies put great stress on the stability of the entire region. But our experience through two financial crises in the past 14 years suggests that we are more immune to such external shocks compared to our neighbors who are more globally integrated through trade and investment. Indeed, what had been seen as our weakness has proven to be our strength. Income remittances continue to grow robustly, providing the needed demand boost that propels our domestic industries.

Meanwhile, China’s production costs are rising with a projected long-term tightening of labor markets (due especially to its one-child policy), now manifesting in rising wages. Vietnam, another close competitor, is reeling from double-digit inflation from an overheating

economy. All these represent opportunities for us.

We only need to bounce back on government spending, then, to restore healthy growth in the economy. And this time around, we are better assured that such funds will indeed build much-needed infrastructure, and not leak into secret bank accounts abroad and do nothing to produce jobs or raise incomes here at home.

To be sure, there will be continued threats from outside, even as the possibility that new external shocks will emerge is always there. But there are many opportunities on which we can build as well, and how well we seize them would spell how the economy does in 2012.

Rotarians, to my mind, are especially well placed to recognize these opportunities when and where they arise, and act accordingly to turn them into more jobs and incomes for our fellow Filipinos. May we all seize these opportunities to make it a Happy New Year to all!

The overall economy was dragged by a steep fall in public investment, with government construction spending dropping to less than half from the previous year. In its effort to clean up public spending, government also inadvertently slowed the economy down, an effect likely to linger through the end of the year.


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The latest addition to the global endorsers of Polio Plus’ “This Close” campaign is Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. He joins other luminaries like the actor Jackie Chan, the religious leader Bishop Desmond

Tutu, the golfer Jack Nicklaus and the royal icon Queen Noor of Jordan. Pacquiao, however, took that one extra step; he joined Rotary as a member of the Rotary Club of Manila 101 in 2009.

“I was talking to him about Rotary and how it runs parallel to his desire to serve,” says Liza Elorde, president of RC Manila 101. Elorde got close to Pacquiao through her family which is into the sport of boxing. She is the

Pacquiao Pitches Polio PlusTHE BOXING CHAMPION, A ROTARIAN, AGREES TO BE A FACE TO THE CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE THE WORLD OF POLIO

By CHIT L. LIJAUCO, Rotary Public Image CoordinatorPast District Governor, D3820

Manny Pacquiao endorsing the Polio Plus taken from his bedroom at Sofitel Hotel.


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daughter-in-law of the late boxing great, Flash Elorde, and her husband Johnny is a member of RC Parañaque-Sucat. Her brother-in-law also became the first manager of Pacquiao.

When she suggested that Pacquiao join Rotary, Elorde says that the boxer was reluctant at first. “Can I really be a Rotarian?” she remembers Pacquiao asking her. His wife, Jinkee, also expressed some concern as the couple thought that Rotary is just a social club composed of members of high society.

Pacquiao got closer to Rotary when he accepted the invitation of then District 3810 Governor Connie Beltran to speak at the District Handover. In his speech he said, “In the hands of Rotary will I do service.” He also agreed to be inducted that same evening.

“He studies about Rotary and asks a lot of questions,” Elorde says. Pacquiao was proud and happy to wear his “This Close” t-shirt which Elorde brought to his training for his fight against Gabriel Marquez in Las Vegas on 12 November. Elorde did not just make sure Pacquiao was photographed by the media in the Rotary tee-shirt; she also asked her son, Juan Miguel, also a professional boxer, to wear the Rotary gearwheel logo on his trunks for his fight the day before.

Now, Elorde says, Pacquiao is curious about the position of club president. “He was asking me if he could fit the bill and if he could do the job,” she relates. “I assured him he would be perfect but that his problem would be time, especially now that he is a congressman.” Pacquiao was elected congressional representative of the province of Saranggani in the May 2010 elections.

True to form, the boxer was quick with a ready solution: “Then maybe you could all come to Congress for the meetings!”

In addition to fighting his opponents in the ring, boxing legend and Philippine congressman Manny Pacquiao has set his sights on a far more dangerous opponent: polio.

Pacquiao, a member of the Rotary Club of Manila 101, Metro Manila, has joined a growing roster of celebrities participating in Rotary’s “This Close” public awareness campaign to help end polio.

He won a closely contested fight against longtime rival Juan Manuel Marquez on 12 November in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. During his prefight workouts in Los Angeles, Pacquiao wore a T-shirt bearing his “This Close” photo, says Liza Elorde, president of the Manila 101 club. Sharp-eyed viewers of HBO’s 24/7 prefight series may have seen it.

“I brought the shirt from Manila and asked him to wear it during his training, and he said yes without hesitation,” Elorde says. She was in Las Vegas for the fight because her son, who is also a professional boxer, had fought earlier in the week -- wearing the Rotary emblem on his trunks.

“The ‘This Close’ campaign is so dear to my heart,” says Elorde, who has family members who are polio survivors. “I’m doing all I can in my own little way to help eradicate polio.”

Rotary began its pioneering work in polio prevention in 1979 -- the year after Pacquiao was born -- with a major project that administered the oral vaccine to millions of children in the Philippines.Courtesy : Wayne Hearn and Ryan Hyland Rotary International News

Boxing legend works to knock

out polio

RC Manila 101 handing the endorse by Manny Pacquiao of This Close Project to DG Ernie Choa.

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W e are now halfway through the pilot of our Future Vision Plan, and as I look to the future I think the most significant change will be the adoption of the six areas of focus – and not just for our Foundation. I recently heard RI Director Stuart Heal, the chair of the

Strategic Planning Committee, say that our areas of focus fit very comfortably into our RI Strategic Plan.

Today’s generation supports causes rather than organizations, and so we in Rotary should be able to clearly identify the causes that drive us. When somebody asks you what Rotary is, you do not have to fumble for words. Tell the person that we are an organization of service-minded individuals around the world who are working to make the world a better place with our efforts in water and sanitation, basic education and literacy,vmaternal and child health, disease prevention and treatment, economic and community development, and peace and conflict resolution. You can say that in 20 seconds!

You can see how this may bring new members to Rotary and increase the giving to our Foundation. If you approach corporations for a contribution, they are much more likely to respond if they know how their money will be spent, and that we will spend it wisely. We are building on a strong record of performance over a long period of time. Bill Gates has said as much on a number of occasions. He has shown his faith in us through his significant gifts for polio eradication.

While I am writing this from a Foundation perspective, the membership factor should not be overlooked. Plenty of organizations talk about issues, but Rotary is about action, not words.

Areas of focus are the causes that drive Rotary

Thai lessons

In Thailand, smiling is a language unto itself. Different smiles – and there are many – have different meanings, as Henry Holmes writes in Working with the Thais: A Guide to Managing in

Thailand. There is a smile called yim tang nam thaa, which means “I’m so happy, I’m crying.” There is the fuen yim: “I should laugh at the joke, though it’s not funny.” There’s also the yim yae-yae: “I know things look pretty bad, but there’s no point in crying.”

Along with a smile, a few simple phrases will make your time at the RI Convention in Bangkok, 6-9 May, more pleasant. (Note: To convey politeness, men should end sentences with the word krup, while women should use kha.)Hello /goodbye. Sa-wat-deekrup/kha.Thank you very much.Khawp khun maak krup/kha.What is your name?Khun chew a-rai krup/kha?

My name is … Pom chew …(for men) /Dee-chan chew …(for women)Pleasure to meet you.Yin-dee tee dai rujaak krup/kha.See you later. Laew jer gunkrup/kha.Where is … ? … yoo tee naikrup/kha?How much? Tow rhaikrup/kha?No problem / Never mind.Mai pen rai krup/kha.I like Thai food very much.Pom/Dee-chan chawp aa-haanThai maak krup/kha.But not too spicy ! Tey, mai pedmaak na krup/kha!Register for the 2012RI Convention in Bangkok atwww.rotary.org/convention.

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functions SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Every Rotarian, Every year Make a resolution to donate to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund

Save the dateThe International PolioPlus Committee meets through 12 January in San Diego.

District 38304th Leg Governor’s Cup

DG Rey Castillo Baseball 3rd LegHost: RC Lucena South

January is Rotary Awareness MonthNeed help boosting your club‘s

PR efforts? Contact your Rotary public image coordinator

Next RI ConventionBangkok, Thailand, 6-9 May 2012

Tentative convention sitesLisbon, Portugal, 2013Sydney, Australia, 2014Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2015

Seoul, Korea, 2016Atlanta, 2017

District 3830Environment Conference

International AssemblySan Diego,California, USA, Jan 15-21

District 3770Midyear ReviewHost: RC Tuguegarao Citadel Sta.Ana, CagayanDistrict 3810Midyear ReviewSan Miguel Training Center, Tagaytay City

District 3800Midyear ReviewValle Verde Country Club

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District Governor’s Representatives to the PRM SeminarAIM Conference Center, Makati

RYLA Zones 5-7hosted byRC Bacolod North,Jan 25-27

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DISTRICT 3770Aurora, Batanes, Bulacan, Cagayan, Ifugao, Isabela, Kalinga, Apayao, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino

District Governor Ma. Socorro “Corina” T. Bautista

DISTRICT 3810Cavite, Manila, Mindoro Occidental, Pasay

District Governor Ernesto “Ernie” Y. Choa

DISTRICT 3780Quezon CityDistrict Governor Jose Francisco “Jess” Q. Cifra DISTRICT 3820

Batangas, Laguna, Marinduque, Mindoro Oriental, Quezon, and the whole of the Bicol region

District Governor Reynaldo “Rey” H. Castillo

DISTRICT 3790Abra, Bataan, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Mountain Province, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales

District Governor Digna “Digna” R. Ragasa

DISTRICT 3830Alabang, Las Piñas, Makati, Muntinlupa Palawan, Parañaque, Pateros, Taguig

District Governor Ismael “Billy” Z. Villareal

DISTRICT 3800Caloocan, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Navotas, Pasig, Rizal, San Juan, Valenzuela

District Governor Rafael “Raffy” M. Garcia III

DISTRICT 3850Aklan, Antique, Basilan, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Misamis Occidental, Negros Occidental, Sulu, Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay

District Governor Melvin “Mel” S. de la Serna

DISTRICT 3860Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bohol, Cebu, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, General Santos City, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Samar, Siquijor, South Cotabato, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur

District Governor Leoncio “Nonoy” P. Villa-Abrille

DISTRICT 3870Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Camiguin Island, Cotabato, Cotabato City, Gingoog City, Iligan City, Kidapawan City, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Malaybalay City, Marawi City, Misamis Oriental, Sultan Kudarat, Tacurong City, Valencia CityDistrict Governor Samuel “Sam” C. Fontanilla

DGR-PRM PDG Romulo “Boy” O. Valle, Jr.

DGR-PRM PP Eduardo “Ed” M. Trinidad

Asst. DGR-PRM PP Julia “Julie” Gubot

DGR-PRM PP Rommel “Rommel” dG. Suarez

DGR-PRM PDG Teodorico “Teddy” E. Zamora

DGR-PRM PP Cynthia “Cyn” R. Evangelista

DGR-PRM PDG Medardo “Darwin” V. Igualada

Co-DGR-PRM PP Mary Ann “Ma-Ann” H. Gonzales

DGR-PRM PP Antonio “Tony” Y. Chong

DGR-PRM PDG Emma “Ems” M. Nava

DGR-PRM PP Lilo “Lilu” I. Aliño

DGR-PRM IPDG Jaime “Jimmy” P. Semaña

Legend: DGR-PRM - District Governor’s Representative to the Philippine Rotary Magazine


Rotary Club of Plaridel D-3770 recently organized a community service – oriented group in Barangay Bulihan,

Plaridel, Bulacan. The prime objectives of the Rotary Community Corps Kaibigan – Plaridel are to maintain peace and order in the

community and help in the economic development. While still awaiting for their certification from RI, they are already doing

community projects such as feeding program and tree planting. Corps Representative Jaime De Guia and other members attended

the RCC Convention in Malolos last August 26 in conjunction with 25th anniversary of RCC. They were greatly inspired with

the activities of the different existing RCCs and with the inspiring messages of district officers and RIPE Tanaka. By President Bernie

Soliman, RC Plaridel

Rotary Club of Agham, D-3780 — Lupang Pangako Medical Mission

The Rotary and Rotaract clubs of Agham and the University of the Philippines (UP) Pan Xenia Fraternity successfully held a medical mission in Brgy. Lupang Pangako, Payatas, Quezon City in partnership with Unilab, Euromed, Bantex, Cong. David Kho, and The Generics Pharmacy, together with

14 doctors from the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Hospital and other volunteer specialists.

The medical mission served over 600 patients. 250 children and 140 adults were given general checkups, multi-vitamins, ascorbic acid, and the medicines they needed. A total of 112 recorded patients went home with a brand new set of reading glasses. 85 patients had dental checkups and

tooth extractions, and 25 patients were given surgical attention. Minor surgeries were performed such as treating tendon cysts, and the like. By SP Bermar A. Bantola, RC Agham

Rotary Club of Metro Angeles Centennial, D-3790 Seminar Workshop on Organic Farming. By Club Secretary Lynn U. Cenzon, RC Metro Angeles Centennial

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The Rotary Club of Nagcarlan D-3820 joined hands with RC Pasig Central and RC

Angono in the project “Forest Conservation Seminar” recently at UP Los Baños, College of

Forestry auditorium. The project benefited almost 100 high school students from different

schools. They were taught how to plant trees and care for them and were oriented on the

current state of the Philippine forest and urban forestry. By PP Paul Cuento, RC Nagcarlan

D-3830 launched promotions for RI Convention 2012. On-to-BKK Chair PP Patti King (center) with some participants to promote attendance in the RI Convention in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 6-9, 2012. (Inset) Rotarians as Thai Princesses in authentic garb performing on stage as

opening number of the launch. By PP Patti King, RC Makati Jose P. Rizal

The Rotary Club of Chinatown-Manila, D-3810, implemented its Community Service

Project, “ Batang 385, Malusog Na, Matalino Pa”, at Brgy. 385, Quiapo, Manila. Its goals are

to prevent malnutrition and insure the good health and well being of 104 pre- schoolers.

Ultimately, for them to attain full physical and intellectual capacity for learning. by CmP Nellie

King, RC Chinatown-Manila

RC Mandaluyong D-3800 established a sisterhood agreement with RC Taipei NorthWest D-3480, Taiwan way back in the mid 1990s. The relationship was sustain mainly through fellowships by visiting each other during special occasions such as inductions and charter anniversaries.

As some members left the clubs for various reasons, the contacts became less.

In 2004, a delegation from RCM attended the charter anniversary of RCTPNW, during the visit, RCM invited RCTPNW to join a project for Concentrated Language Encounter funded by matching grant thus rekindling the sisterhood agreement which is kept until the present. By PP Albert Ang, RC Mandaluyong

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Rota-Tree for the Next Greeneration

The Rotary Club of Central Iloilo City D-3850 and their

Rotaract club in collaboration with ICUPAO of Iloilo, Senior Citizens Organization of the Core Shelter

Area and the officials of Barangay San Isidro, Jaro conducted a tree

planting project and Rotary Public Image seminar at the core shelter relocation area of the said

barangay. This activity aimed to promote awareness of the people related to the preservation of the environment, as well as

to provide food and source of income from the fruit-bearing trees planted later on. By President Daphne Ong, RC Central Iloilo City

The Rotary Club of Catarman, D-3860 recently distributed boxes of clothing donated by RC Catarman and the Catarmananons Association of America in Brgy. Bangkirohan, Catarman, Northern Samar. Sixty three families benefitted from this activity which is part of the celebration of the 41st Founding Anniversary of RC Catarman under the leadership of Pres. Jose “Joe” Lim. By Club Secretary Stan Tabiando, RC Catarman

The officers and members of the Rotary Club of Gingoog D-3870 together with the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Philippine National Red Cross sponsored “ SHARE BLOOD,GIVE LOVE, SAVE LIFE’’ Blood Typing and

Blood Letting Program. One of the highlights of the celebration of the Rotary Week is the supplemental feeding program to about 800 students of Sulpecio

Lugod Elementary School. The school was named after the charter president of the Rotary Club of

Gingoog. By PE Robert de Lara, RC Gingoog

CONTRIBUTORS


CIELITO F. HABITO, PH.D.

Dr. Cielito F. Habito is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development (ACERD) at the Ateneo de Manila University. He also writes the award-winning weekly column “No Free Lunch” in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He served in the Cabinet of President Fidel V. Ramos as Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning and Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) from 1992 to 1998. Dr. Habito holds a Ph.D. (1984) and M.A. (1981) in Economics from Harvard University, a Master of Economics (1978) from the University of New England (Australia), and B.S. Agricultural Economics, Summa cum Laude (1975) from UPLB.

Paul Engleman is the author of eight mystery novels, including the SHAMUS award winner Dead in Center Field and The Man With My Name, which recalls Chicago during the Harold Washington era. His articles and essays--on subjects ranging from sports to music to politics--have appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers, including Playboy, Chicago Magazine, AARP, The Rotarian, The Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times

PAUL ENGLEMAN

PDG CHIT LIJAUCOChit Lijauco is currently the Rotary Public Image Coordina-tor for Zone 7A (10 districts of the Philippines and two dis-tricts of Indone-sia). The charter president of the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Cen-tro, she served as the Past Dis-trict Governor of District 3820 for RY2009-10. She has been in the publication busi-ness for more than 30 years now, serving as writer and/or editor in several major daily newspapers and magazines. Today, she is the Managing Editor of the Philippine Tatler, a monthly glossy that chronicles the lifestyle of the rich and famous.

PDG Mark Go is currently the President of Berkeley School, Inc. and Board of Trustee of Saint Louis Univer-sity. He was formerly the Human Resources Director of

Texas Instruments (Philippines), Inc. and Site Services Director of Cy-press Manufactur-ing Ltd. He served as President of the Rotary Club of Baguio North, Dis-trict Governor of RI, District 3790, Chairman of the Philippine College of Rotary Gover-nors and Presi-dent of the People Management As-sociation of the Philippines.

PDG MARK GO

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