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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY September 1 - 15, 2017
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PCTC stages an Autumn Seren
The
Philippines
Canada Trade Council (PCTC)
held a successful and well
attended golf tournament last
Monday September 11, 2017
at the Quilchena Golf and
Country Club in Richmond,
BC.
Around 88 golfers
participated and dozens more
attended the Awards Night
Dinner. The tournament
was held to raise funds for
upcoming PCTC Projects and
also to contribute to ANCOP, a
charity that provides housing,
education and humanitarian
assistance to the Philippines.
The event was staged under
excellent weather.
Days
previously, the weather had
been dreary. The course was
also dubbed by the players
to be in its finest form ever.
These factors, as well as the
many prizes and gifts given
away, the generous buffet and
the camaraderie, provided
so much enjoyment and
pleasure both to the players
and the sponsors.
The Head of the
Golf Project Committee,
Jun
Lagman,
surprised
the assembled participants
by referring to this Golf
Tournament as the Autumn
Serenade, Part 2.
This
harkens back to a very
successful PCTC project
held 2 years ago, the original
Autumn Serenade, which
featured both Filipino and
Canadian singers, musicians
and dancers in a grand
formal event.
The PCTC
use that to demonstrate the
heights of harmony and
beautyattainable by a close
and
intense
Philippines-
Canada
cooperation.
Lagman, who also headed
that first serenade, insists that
this golf tournament is also a
serenade, but with a different
tune. He justified this by saying
that to Filipinos, a serenade
isn’t just entertainment but a
courtship ritual and that the
PCTC is doing just that.
The PCTC is wooing
the guests to be married to
their causes and values. It
wants to embark with them
towards an adventure of
promoting vigorous trade
between Philippines and
Canada. It seeks partners
in empowering the Filipino
immigrants by coaching them
to be entrepreneurs or facilitate
their Canadian accreditation
in the trades or professions
for which they prepared for.
The PCTC also suggested
that the honeymoon can
be in a Philippine Cultural
Centre that can be made a
reality next year. The center
is envisioned as a unifying
place where Philippine culture
and industry is showcased, a
Organizers: Jun Lagman, Lawrence Yang, Jun Lagman, Ira
Lucas, Mary Anne Velayo and Team Scramble Champion: Chris
Loredo, Kurt Louie, Leonard Fong & Mike Reyes
Organizers, Jun Lagman, Rob Cordero, Ira Lucas, Lawrence Yang
and Men’s Low Gross - Benedict Loa – Runner-up
Organizers; Rob Cordero Lawrence Yang, , Jun Lagman, Ira
Lucas, Men’s Low Net Runner up Ferdie Lontok
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Head of the Golf Project Comm
Committee members are, Law
Velayo,(far right) Ray Lino,(2nd
Director Dodie Lucas.(2nd from
Men’s Low Gross - Champion M
Runner up team: Miles Neron
Rey Fortaleza,
(Photo c