Philippine Asian News Today Vol 18 No 18 | Page 19

September 16 - 30, 2016

PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY

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UST alumni celebrate 30th anniversary in B.C.
Because of the need
to extend working hours
in two or three jobs,
Filipinos in the Bow Valley
community
in
Banff,
Alberta, have turned to
crystal meth, popularly
known as shabu.
The Bow Valley
Immigration Partnership
said that a few of their clients
had reported knowledge of
crystal metThe University
of Santo Tomas Alumni
Association of British
Columbia celebrated thirty
years in BC with a fundraiser dinner and dance
at the Holiday Inn Hotel
on Broadway Street in
Vancouver last September
17.
This year’s guest
speaker is the co-founder
of the USTAABC and
its first President Josie
Gonzales. She also drafted
the first constitution and
by-laws of the association.
She was unable to make
it to the gathering, but
sent her speech to the
organization which was
read by President Terence
Figueroa.
The organization gave
the Outstanding Tomasino
Award to a few BC UST
Alumni for their excellence
in their chosen field.
Those awarded were Jojo
Quimpo for Community
Service, Rick de Guzman

for Leadership, Andrea
Navarro for Professional
Achievement, and Araceli

Fortaleza for Media. On
hand to give the awards
were USTAABC President
Figueroa, First VP Eric
Valencia and Second VP
Tony Ong.
With the theme
“Putting Generosity Back in
Education”, the USTAABC
also
announced
its
Scholarship Awards 2016
- 30th Year Celebration
to fulfill its mandate to
help deserving U.S.T.
students to continue their
studies at the university.
These talented students
endeavour to improve their
lives and their families by
continuing their studies
with commitment and
passion. The USTAABC
officers concurred that

the four recommended Bursary Awards.
complete their education,”
students selected by the
Also inducted into Figueroa adds.
University of Santo Tomas the organization were new
Aside from Figueroa,
Valencia and Ong, the
other current USTAABC
officers
are
Connie
Figueroa,
Josephine
Lasam,
Noel
Matic,
Fernando Cortez, Rowena
Santos, Cora Salvador
and Rocelli Pareja. For
more information, please
cont