In your August issue, Grey Matter caught my attention and I wish to make the following comments. <\/p>\n
? I did not nominate myself for the 2012 Presidential
\n Award. Serna Ladia did.<\/p>\n
? The words uttered at the PCC Ugnayan were taken out
\n of context. Ms de Ubago reconstructed my statements
\n to provide her \u2018No More Heroes\u2019 article a leg to stand
\n on. The attendees at that Ugnayan can attest to my
\n exact words and the full statements delivered. I
\n expressed disappointment over non-attendance of past
\n PCC presidents and community service\/leadership
\n awardees. I also asked whether they were invited to
\n the Ugnayan.<\/p>\n
? I never argued nor asked for my name to be included
\n in the history of Rizal Park. I e-mailed Rizal Movement
\n (\u201cRM\u201d) Chair Rey Manoto cc: Lourdes Kaiser and Elsa
\n Collado on 6 July 2012 acknowledging their solicitation
\n letter and stating among other things: \u201cthat PCC with
\n CRFCC lobbied\/advocated for Rizal Park improvement
\n in 2003\u201d; \u201cthat a plan was tipped to us re: relocation
\n of Rizal Park as the Council was considering
\n redevelopment and\/or sale of this Meadowvale site.\u201d;
\n \u201cThis was a plan which was never formalised and did
\n not reach the Council sessions\u201d. I asked them to
\n consider appointing the PCC President as honorary
\n member of the RM Board together with Christoph
\n Krausse (who was responsible for the naming of the
\n park \u201c Rizal Park\u201d in the 80\u2019s or earlier) and the
\n Knights of Rizal Commander..<\/p>\n
? The Rizal Park was not put up for sale precisely
\n because the planners did not proceed with their
\n proposal. The park was a vacant lot with only a
\n wooden signage \u201cRizal Park\u201d full of graffiti in 2003. It is
\n an elevated prime lot close to the Meadowvale CBD. As
\n PCC President in 2003\/04, I dealt directly with CRFCC
\n officers Nida Chisholm (President), late Rosa Taboada
\n and Farrid Baena, and MP West, Mayor Banfiled and
\n Council Member Chaytor. Also, I strongly urged
\n CRFCC to hold events at the park to send a message
\n the park is being used by the community and must
\n stay. The current CRFCC Board is not the same Board I
\n dealt with in 2003\/04. PCC\/CRFCC with the Philippine
\n Consulate also proposed to build a community hall in
\n the park but was not approved. <\/p>\n
? The PCC 20th Anniversary Souvenir Program (2010)
\n was among the evidence submitted by Serna Ladia to
\n support the nomination for the Presidential Award
\n (including testimonials, photos and other supporting
\n documents). For the information of Ms de Ubago, I was
\n a recipient of several awards and commendations
\n without filling out nomination forms including
\n Outstanding Student of the Year awards from UST and
\n St Paul\u2019s College.<\/p>\n
Also on this 2010 souvenir program. I wish to correct
\n the names of the 1994-95 PCC Vice Presidents. I am
\n informed Ms de Ubago prepared this program. My Vice
\n Presidents in 1994-95 were Ric de Vera and Dom
\n Pangilinan, and not Ric de Vera and Benjie de Ubago
\n as printed in the program.<\/p>\n
I trust this will shed light and set the record straight. <\/p>\n
Kate Roc-Andres<\/strong><\/p>\n Columnist replies<\/strong>: In your August issue, Grey Matter caught my attention and I wish to make the following comments. ? I did not nominate myself for the 2012 Presidential Award. Serna Ladia did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Ahhh, that\u2019s what I would call free publicity. I\u2019m glad my column has had a cathartic effect on Ms. Andres. Read my lips.<\/em><\/em> \u2014 (Benjie de Ubago<\/strong>) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"