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Vice President Jejomar C. Binay ‘60, Aurora Governor Bellaflor J. Angara-Castillo (KPO), and Pangasinan Provincial Board Member Mojamito R. Libunao ’59 are among the 155 brothers and sisters of APO who won in the May 2010 elections.

“Over-all the Dinner was a great testament that our fraternal organization had entered a higher level,” said APO National President Magleo V. Adriano ’69.

It was a record for APO in terms of the number of APOs gathered in a single non-biennial event. Adriano said that more than 1,000 brothers and sisters attended the historic event honoring Binay and others winners for senator, congressman, governors/vice-governors, mayors/vice-mayor, provincial board members,  and councilors.

• Mel Adriano – 500
• Cloud 9 – 500
• Evita Sagalongos – 500
• Tito Mayor – 1,500
• Ardy Abaya – 1,000
• APO-Eta Zodiac 1973D – 500
• In Memory of Brod Eliseo “Dad” C. Clamor Sr. – 500
• Gracie & Brod Mel S Gonzales Jr – 500
• Sis Maybelle M. Raquel (Happy-happy! on June 4th) – 500
• In Memory of Brod Dr. Librado I. Ureta – 500
• Alex Brillantes – 1,000
• Gary Hernal – 1,313.81
• Rudy Rojas – 500
• Jun Rivera – 2,290.97
• Glod Dimaano – PhP 1,374.58
• Mar Tano – 2,000
• Mike T. Guzman – 4,676.50
• Ralf Emerson Javier – 1,500
• Caesar Frondozo – 1,856.20

Pictures to follow.

No one is prouder than his own Eta Chapter in the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus.

In a testimonial dinner at Metro Club in the financial district of Makati, 17 June 2010, Vice President-elect Jejomar Cabanuatan Binay was honored by no less than the University of the Philippines Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association (UP APOAA) headed by Manny Clarino.

Binay, a graduate of political science and law from UP, belongs to Batch 60 of Eta, also known as Blackjacks. He was also a member of the UP Student Council and prime chancellor of the fraternity during his UP days.

In attendance included Binay’s batchmates and Eta Chapter’s personalities like former San Fabian, Pangasinan mayor and now provincial board member Mojamito R. Libunao ‘59, former Makati City councilor Armando P. Padilla ‘74, Intellectual Property Coalition chairman and famous violinist Philip John J. Lesaca ‘72, former UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP NCPAG) College Secretary and faculty member Joel V. Mangahas ’81, and members of Kappa Phi Omega.

The Band of Brothers and Sisters in Service campain team were also full force during the event. In the forefront were Atty. Luis Paredes, Atty. Rico Lainez, Atty. Chato Marinas, Ms Sallie Licauco, and members of the BRODSS Office.

Binay’s inauguration is set on June 30, 2010 before Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales.

MANILA, Philippines — How did Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay do it? Against what seemed like formidable odds, he emerged the winner of the vice presidential election?

The man himself invokes preparedness and destiny, plus a number of other factors involving his opponents: The complacency of the consistent survey front-runner Sen. Manuel Roxas II and the diminished ratings of Sen. Loren Legarda. And there were Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s endorsement, the pro-poor brand of his party standard-bearer Joseph Estrada, and the efforts of his fraternity brothers and sisters, his city’s sister cities, towns and provinces, and his fellow senior citizens.

In his initial news conferences after the voting machines started transmitting election results that showed him leading Roxas by hundreds of thousands of votes, Binay said he knew that he would be No. 1 despite the fact that his ratings were in the low single digits when the campaign began.

“Before God and before men, I will tell you that I knew I was going to win,” he told reporters in his 21st floor perch at Makati City Hall.

Read books
Originally a presidential aspirant himself, Binay claimed to have studied and prepared for the task, and to have run one of the most organized, if not the most organized, national campaign from February to May.

“I read six or seven books on the making of the American president,” he said.
In the process of narrating what he had learned, Binay cited former US President Jimmy Carter’s experience in seeking help from Georgia businessmen.

But he stopped short, thinking that he might be giving away too much. “Teka muna (Wait), that’s my trade secret,” he said, laughing.

222 sister LGUs
Binay, 68, began traveling to various points in the country late in 2007, according to his media relations officer Joey Salgado.

The trips were made at a faster clip in 2009 when local government units invited Makati to be a sister LGU and hosted the mayor for ceremonies in cities, towns and provinces.
When Binay attended the ceremonies, he took the occasion to visit other LGUs in the area, Salgado said, adding that Makati had “sister relations” with 222 local governments.
Sister cities share technologies and innovations in governance with one another. In Makati’s case, it shares its know-how in the computerization of government services. (Binay said that with its billion-peso revenues, Makati even shared resources with needy LGUs.)

“I mingled with the local governments,” Binay said. “This is my line of competency. I speak the language of mayors and governors. I can tell them the problems and what I did with the projects, so that we can take pride in saying, ‘These were successful projects.’”
Binay said that even if only half of Makati’s sister LGUs backed his campaign, that already meant millions of votes.

But he claimed that whatever political advantage he gained from the partnerships with LGUs was only incidental: “That was only an offshoot … I hope you would believe me when I tell you that with all the blessings that we received from the Lord, it was only right that we help needy local governments.”

Troubleshooting
Chiz Escudero’s role in Binay’s campaign was not confined to his TV ad endorsing the mayor as his vice presidential candidate, according to an insider who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Escudero camp intensified its involvement in the latter part of the campaign, when it realized that Binay’s ratings were not moving despite his network of local officials.

“The network was not being translated into voter preference,” the insider said. Per the insider’s account, this was how the troubleshooting went:

Taking advantage of the fact that Roxas and his people were not coordinating with local government officials, the Escudero camp began calling these officials as well as members of the House of Representatives to push Binay.

“The governors were the key … They were told, ‘Do you expect Mar to help you? He’s not even talking to you,’” the insider said.

The monetary support that was released in the latter part of the campaign, which appeared to result in Binay’s surge that culminated in a 0.2-percentage-point lead over Roxas in the last week, was not that considerable.

The important thing was the promise made—that help would come in the form of an increased share in the internal revenue allotment, or the LGUs’ share in the taxes they collected from their jurisdictions.

‘True volunteerism’
Binay said he had his brothers and sisters in the Alpha Phi Omega to thank for his victory. “The others have persons who campaign for them. I call those payroll loyalties. In my case, my brods’ loyalty is true volunteerism. We are 120,000 in our frat. And we have from governors down to barangay officials to start with,” he said.

Jokingly, he said it was some kind of “payback” after hurdling the rigors of fraternity initiation.

After his proclamation as Vice President-elect on Wednesday, Binay waived a news conference at the House that was supposed to be held after that of President-elect Benigno Aquino III, and chose to meet with his frat brothers and sisters who gathered at the lobby of the building.

Senior citizens
Binay also credited part of his victory to the support of senior citizens who, he said, had influence on some three persons in their family.

“This one, [my opponents] failed to [tap],” he said. “Senior citizens [number] six to seven million. I am a senior citizen; I can talk in the language of senior citizens.”

He added that Makati—which provides social services, even free movies, to the elderly—was the mecca of senior citizens in the country.

That he was Estrada’s running mate also helped, Binay said, dismissing talk that his camp had junked the ousted President.

“On the issue of helping the poor, our rivals were just talking about how to do it,” he said. “President Erap and I have already done it. President Erap was a mayor of San Juan and he was a model mayor of San Juan during his time.”

‘Caught napping’
Binay agreed with observations that after dominating the pre-election surveys for the most part of the campaign period, the Roxas camp became complacent.

“In the words of Sen. Serge Osmeña, they were caught napping,” he said. “In a way that is true because if you would look at the trend of the elections, [you would see that] they only focused on their own region.”

Legarda’s sudden decline in the surveys also benefited him, Binay said. But he said he had also managed to cut into Roxas’ ratings, which dwindled from the high 50s in the beginnings to just 37 percentage points a week before Election Day.

Binay actually led Roxas by 0.2 points—37.2 to Roxas’ 37—in Pulse Asia’s last survey before the elections. By then Escudero had endorsed “NoyBi” (Aquino and Binay).

Repositioning
A repositioning of forces at the end of a campaign is nothing new, according to Binay.
“Those are the realities of politics,” he said. “It’s not just the Liberal Party that experienced it.”

The Nacionalista Party’s Manuel Villar, the administration’s Gilbert Teodoro—“all of them experienced somersaulting, positioning,” Binay said. “And usually, the somersaulting happens when the supporters of an already losing candidate go with the one who’s winning.”

Looking back, Binay said destiny played a huge part in his political career.
“It just so happened that I was beside Nene (then Interior Secretary Aquilino Pimentel Jr.) and I was appointed mayor [of Makati],” he said.

More than 20 years after that appointment by then President Corazon Aquino, Binay is now the Vice President-elect.

“The one who they said wouldn’t win was the one who won. Destiny … it happens,” Binay said.

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Brod Ronald H. Exmundo ’79 was appointed Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Brach 4, Kalibo, Aklan. He also served as Provicial Board Member of the Province of Capiz.

Congratulations Brod & Sis!

The APO chapters who participated in the event included University of the Philippines in Diliman, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Medical Center, Our Lady of Fatima, Lagro and Manila Doctors. The service was done at the Baranggay UP Campus Health Center from 8AM to 5PM.

Doctors, nurses and members of APO International Collegiate Service Fraternity and Sorority conduct “Operation Free Tuli” for 105 boys aged 7-16 from depressed areas of Barangay UP Campus last May 29, 2010. (APO)

Despite the unbearable heat of the day, the service project was deemed a success and “filled with fun.” The boys who underwent circumcision together with their parents eagerly queued in line early in the morning to have their names listed to avail of the free circumcision and medical check up. Free snacks and medicines donated by fraternity brothers, sorority sisters and benevolent donors were also distributed to the patients and parents.

“This service project is just a speck of what our fraternity and sorority has been doing since the very first day of our foundation in 1925 and we intend to do it as often as possible to share what we have to the needy,” remarks Bing Lasam, the Grand Chancellor of the Eta Chapter from the University of the Philippines at Diliman. “Doing services to help our fellowmen is the solid foundation that keeps our fraternity and sorority strong and healthy. This is also what binds our brothers and sisters together. But despite that, we believe that the experience and happiness brought about by sharing what we know and what we have is something money cannot buy and we think that it is a moral responsibility everyone should be doing.”

“Indeed, this service project was a success not only to the eyes of the Alpha Phi Omega International Collegiate Service Fraternity and Sorority but also to the boys who were circumcised and their parents. This project wouldn’t have been made possible without the generous help of the following: Mr. Robert Sing and Col. Belli Tamayo of Frank Reed Horton Memorial Lodge #379, Bro. Alex Fernandez of Unilab, Bro. Boy Tan-Gatue, AKAP and the Vice-Mayor of Quezon City Joy Belmonte,” said the organizers. (APO/PIA)

Source: Philippine Information Agency

Col. Flores is the concurrent Executive Director of the Legislative Security Bureau, the Lower House’s security arm. A graduate of BS Tourism, Col. Flores has a master’s degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines.

As Acting Sergeant-at-Arms, he is tasked to secure the safety of the House Members while in the House premises and maintain order in the session hall and the House as well as during the conduct of meetings of committees and related proceedings or activities of the House.

Brods/Sis, The anniversary ball was a success! Seeing brothers and sisters gathered even just for a night, brought chills to me, being the Grand Chancellor. It was fun to see brothers exchange stories, as well as contact numbers. At first, most brothers were hesitant to dance on the floor but a few bottles of beer and wine made almost everyone look for partners or join the line dance.  It really was a night I will cherish for the rest of my life.

Congratulations to everyone especially the committee Chair Brod Q Pastrana and Sis Rosie de Ocampo, Awards Committee Head Brod Chato Mariñas, with the support of our hardworking President Manny Clarino and all other committee members. Congratulations as well to our Order of Lafayette Awardee Brod PNP Chief Gen. Jess Verzosa and the set of Oblation Awardees. You truly made us proud to be APO-ETA!

Allow me also to thank the following for their generosity of sponsoring the resident brods and sis:

1. Jun Rivera $40 – thru Brod Frony  Balderama
2. Bernie Castillo $200 – thru brod Edmund Zamora
3. Frony Balderama $100
4. Freddie Cabling – 2 brothers
5. Boysie Brill – 1 brother (thru brod Freddie Cabling)
6. Dan Vargas $100
7. Alex Tamayo, Lito Quiray, Chito Sarrol, Ted Topacio, Tito Mayor, Ding Viray – 14,000 pesos (thru Brod Tito Mayor– turned over to President Manny Clarino)
8. Willie Vinegas – 4, 000 pesos turned over to Brod Manny Clarino

Our gratitude also goes to Brod Major General Jojie Segovia, Sis Pia, Brod Koreeks, and Mamasal for purchasing some artworks for the benefit of the resident brods. A part of the proceeds will go to the artist and another part will go to the resident fund and be used for Brod Ronald “PAPSI” Baccay’s candidacy for University Student Council Elections on February 24. He is running for Councilor and we are currently campaigning for him.

Finally, our gratitude and appreciation to brothers and sisters from Northern California who donated 24,000 pesos for our projects thru Brod Aris Corpuz. You may not be here with us during the fraternity ball but certainly you were present in spirit and definitely are in our hearts and minds.

ETA for EXCELLENCE!
See you next year!

Fritz G. Sapon
Grand Chancellor

My apologies in advance if I forgot to mention some names especially with the donors and artworks’ buyers. Please feel free to correct me. Thank you as well Brod Danny Basobas for allowing us to ride in your car (`though we got lost) and Brod Frony Balderama for lending us your access database (I hope you had a good time here and wish you a safe trip back to the US)

Isang pamunuan na tunay na magsusulong sa karapatan ng mga estudyante ng Unibersidad. Karapatan sa dekalidad at abot-kayang edukasyon, karapatang mag-organisa, karapatan sa tambayan, at marami pang iba.

Kaya naman ang aming kapatiran – ang ALPHA PHI OMEGA, ay buong pwersa at taas-noong ipinagmamalaki ang aming pagsuporta sa buong hanay ng STAND UP sa pamumuno ni CHAIRPERSON RAINIER ASTIN “RAIN” SINDAYEN at VICE-CHAIR FERMINA “AMME” AGUDO sa darating na eleksyon para sa susunod na konseho.

Alam naming hindi kami mapapahiya at nagkamali sa aming pagpili dahil ang STAND UP ang tunay na magtataguyod sa hangarin nating mga Iskolar ng Bayan na naipamalas nito sa maraming taon na nagdaan.

Ipinagmamalaki rin namin ang pagsuporta sa aming kapatid na si RONALD “PAPSI” BACCAY sa konseho. Isang estudyanteng nagpakita ng kanyang kakayahan bilang lider, hindi lamang sa aming kapatiran, kundi pati na rin sa pakikilahok sa mga isyu sa ating paaralan at sa bayan. Kami po ay lumalapit sa lahat na iboto si PAPSI sa KONSEHO. Alam naming gagawin nya ang lahat para sa pagsulong ng ating adbokasya. Si Papsi Baccay ang ating Pag-asa at Boses sa Konseho!

PAPSI sa USC!

STAND-UP Straight!

Fritz Sapon

GRAND CHANCELLOR