Stanley San Luis (aka. SEVENES)

Our very own SEVENES

Also: Pambato ng Bayan (Tribute to Manny Pacquiao by Sevenes)

Continuing Saga of Filipino WWII Veterans

Some 250,000 Filipinos took up arms against the Japanese with their American counterparts, as regular soldiers or guerrillas in resistance units. Many suffered through the 60-mile Bataan Death March in 1942 or teamed with Army Rangers to free more than 500 prisoners of war from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp.

Having been placed under United States command, the Filipino veterans expected to receive the same benefits and pensions as American soldiers. But shortly after the war ended the government granted benefits only to those veterans in a small Army group known as the “Old” Philippine Scouts.

Now, the government is moving toward fuller compensation for Filipinos like Mr. Braga, who at 81 is among the youngest surviving veterans. On Tuesday, the House by a wide margin passed a bill that would give 18,000 surviving Filipino veterans a lump sum payment. Those who are American citizens would receive $15,000, with noncitizens receiving $9,000.

Complete story at NY Times

RSG No.82 LIKAS-Morong (Morong Historical Society)

Lipunang Pangkasaysayan ng Morong (LiKas-Morong)
Morong Historical Society

Panelist
Mario Santo Domingo (University of Maryland)
Rey Aquino (Retired Professor, Florida & Philippines)

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Show Notes

(Partial)
paano nagsimula, students researching Morong history, gagawa ng bagung pananaliksik,
kultura ng Morong ay nababago na, nawawala na, siyaman, mapangalagaan ang kinaugalian,

nakakabuhay ng sense of community, taga Maynila ba ang kausap o taga Morong, Bombongan at San guilmo ay may sariling punto, archive ng mga punto

mission, artifacs, lumang kuento, tansan, ticket sa bus, sulat ng ating mga magulang, may kababayan na maraming alam, interviewhin at itabi ang mga kuwento, anung matututunan natin sa kanila, pagdevelop ng bata na maging historian, patuloy ang pag papalago sa pagaaral ng kasaysayan ng Morong, scholarship, perhaps isama sa curriculum ng school, civic groups, Rotary Club, lahat ay may stake ,

museum, website, online presence, historical entries, open sa lahat,
St Jerome Church
(to be continued..)

Website/Email Mentioned
MHSAA Grand Reunion (Hosted by MHSAA-Atlantic Chapter, New Jersey, USA)
moronghistoryteam07@gmail.com

Music Played

Tungkor In the News II

Our kababayan from Florida is creating a buzz in the East Coast because of his unique creation. Mr Rey Aquino was on tv news a few months ago, now St. Petersburg Times published an article about him and his famous "tungkor":

--One day during his daily walk through his neighborhood, Rey Aquino noticed a pile of brush on the side of the road. "I grew up in the Philippines," the 73-year-old retiree said. "We walk everywhere, but you always have a hiking stick, nothing fancy, just something you find along the way." So Aquino picked up a stick. Later, when he got home, he took the old branch into his woodworking shop and polished it up. "A friend came by and saw the stick," Aquino said. "He said, 'That looks good. Can you make me one?' " So Aquino went back to the brush pile and grabbed an armful of old oak and Brazilian pepper. "That is how it all got started." Nobody knows for sure who made the first hiking staff. But it is probably right up there behind the rock on the list of first useful tools in human history.

A good strong stick has many functions. For starters, you can use it to smack the nose of a saber-toothed cat that is trying to sneak off with your mastodon steak.

Complete article at Tampa Bay Online (St Petersburg Times, FL).

Photo by A. Deans, Times.

Related articles and links:

Hand Made Walking Stick, (official Tungkor website)

Tungkor Tungkod (Radyo San Guilmo)

Community Fundraising for Xavier Ibay Coloyan

We are inviting you to attend a fundraising/benefit event to help Xavier Ibay Coloyan, grandson of our kababayan Rey and Patria Santo Ibay, who was born with a deformed ear, that will require several major surgeries to fix. Sadly, the insurance of the parents will not cover all the expenses and they will have to come up with the rest. To help with Xavier's medical expenses, Jocel De Castro is putting together a benefit show by some popular performers to be held on Friday, September 26, 2008, at The Avenue Theater, 2650 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. Additional information are available on the attached flyer.

I hope you and your family can help in this much-needed humanitarian event. Kindly forward this email to your family, friends and kababayans so they can be informed. Thank you.

God bless,
Normita