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FLASH REPORT!!!
December 22, 2004
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ROTARY
CLUB OF BIAK-NA-BATO
Rotary
international District 3780
Quezon
City Philippines
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in partnership with
the
The Makati
Business Forum
invites you to
Be a part of this meaningful experience!
participation fee of P500 per person,
inclusive of lunch and snacks
Rizal should
never go out of style. In fact, remembering Rizal is the call of our
time. Let us introduce Rizal to the youth of today; let us introduce
him to ourselves again. His patriotic ideals can help save our nation
from the moral abyss that we are in.
As leaders, both
in business and in government, and as Filipino citizens, let us imbue
ourselves with Rizal's thoughts and spread them around like sunshine,
bringing hope to those we work with in this arduous task of rebuilding
lives and communities in affected areas.
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Rotary Club
of Biak-na-Bato co-hosts symposium on "Rizal as an OFW" at the Makati
Business Forum on December 30
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF
BIAK-NA-BATO, RI District 3780 Quezon City has agreed with The Makati
Business Forum to co-host the special symposium about the life and
works of our national hero, on the 108th Anniversary of
Rizal‘s Martyrdom this coming December 30, 2000, and adopt it
as the Club’s project.
The symposium will be held at the Claro Room of Max's
Restaurant, Greenbelt Park, Makati City between 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and snacks will be served.
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Our
people needs inspiration
 “As business leaders, let us imbue
ourselves with Rizal's thoughts and spread them around like sunshine,
bringing hope to those we work with in this arduous task of rebuilding
lives and communities in affected areas,” RC Biak-na-Bato
centennial president Efren O. Docena said referring to calamity areas
left by the recent typhoons. Rotary Clubs actively raise donations in
cash and in kind for the typhoon victims. He enjoins Rotarians to
participate in this coming December 30 symposium.
The recent typhoons that struck our land created havoc
and left trails of devastation behind. It puts the spirit of our people
to a great test again. With their homes and sources of sustenance
destroyed, and the means of transport and commerce paralyzed in certain
places, some of our countrymen face the hard task of building
again.
With its fiscal problems, national government has to
confront this additional economic burden. In the face of hopelessness
and despair, what our people need is inspiration to motivate them
towards united action.
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Patriotism
as an antidote to graft and corruption
The alarming rise in graft and corruption in the
country, especially in the highest levels of civilian government and
the military, which are supposed bastions and guardians of public
trust, is partly due to the erosion of patriotism and nationalist
ideals among the Filipino citizenry and public servants.
The Rotary international movement, which is now
celebrating its 100 years of existence as a service organization, is
also committed in upholding high ethical standards in the conduct of
business and professions of its members worldwide.
Docena agrees that the revival of our familiarity with
the life and works of Rizal, and identification with his ideals,
aspirations and love of country to which he offered his life, can help
save our nation from the moral abyss that we are in. It can help
restore high ethical standards in business and government.
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Guest
of Honor and Speaker
 Invited as Guest of
Honor is a noted international lecturer on the life and works of Rizal,
UNESCO Commissioner and university professor Jose David Lapuz, who will
talk on "Remembering Rizal as the First Filipino Philosophical and
Intellectual Overseas Worker." According to Prof. Lapuz, as far as
he can recall as a lecturer on Rizal, this will be the first time that
our national hero will be remembered and celebrated as an overseas
Filipino worker, making it an unprecedented historic event.
Prof. Lapuz had delivered speeches and dissertations
regarding our national hero on various occasions and symposia
throughout the world, making his career and travels similarly colorful
as that of his beloved hero Dr. Jose Rizal.
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Tri-media
coverage
To help promote public awareness on the life and works
of Rizal, four to five TV channels will cover the affair, as well as
members of the print and broadcast media. It will likewise be covered
by internet-TV.
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Call
us for reservations
The symposium
will be held at the Claro Room, 2nd floor, Max's Restaurant
in Greenbelt Park, Makati. There is a participation fee of P500 per
person, inclusive of lunch and snacks. Those interested to attend may
call 928-6549 or 410-3324 for reservations. (Excalibur
News)
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