Honoring theFilipino Kawal'

It was General Douglas MacArthur who once said, "Giveme ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer theworld." Our nation's protectors were given the respect dueto them during the Alay Sa Kawal Foundation, Inc.'s (ASK)27th Anniversary and Recognition Night held at the CityClub, Alphaland Makati Place. The ASK, chaired by VicePresident Jejomar Binay, is the oldest and most activeNGO dedicated exclusively to the welfare of the "kawal,"the Filipino soldier. The program included the symbolicawarding of cash assistance and certificate of recognitionto the families of the brave soldiers who were wounded(WIA) or killed in action (KIA). The generous corporate andindividual donors were also warmly acknowledged with

dog tags, in gold, silver and bronze, for their benevolence.Among the guests were head honchos of major corporationslike Development Bank of the Philippines president GilBuenaventura and Wellex Group of Companies chairmanWilliam Gatchalian. The recent spate of natural disastersthat hit the country has made our military see action farfrom the battlefield. Let us support the dedicated men andwomen who risk their lives upholding our sovereignty and,lately, rescuing our rural folks in areas battered by naturalcalamities. For donations to the ASK Foundation, pleasecall 911­>6001 loc. 6837 or 547­1453 or.send, donations toSegundoAve.; Camp AQujnal(kt:Quet6n!Gitv. .

Headline Honoring the Filipino KawalMediaTitle The Philippine StarDate 25 Nov 2013 Color Full ColorSection Business Circulation 256,712Page No C3 Readership 256,712Language English ArticleSize 1446 cm²Journalist Johnny Litton AdValue PHP 304,176Frequency Daily PR Value PHP 912,529

The board oftrustees ofAlay Sa KawalFoundation Inc.(ASK) (fromleft): chairmanemeritus,Ramon Pedrosa,Wilfredo Chato,co­chairmanEdgardo Espiritu,presidentAlfonsoReyno, Jr.,Vice PresidentJejomar Binay,Peter Favila,Cesar Sarino,and HerminioEsguerra

Peter Favila, Vice President Jejomar Binay, Herminio Esguerra, your columnist, andCesar Sarino

Philippine Veterans Bank chairman Roberto de Ocam­po and Megaworld Foundation Inc. executive directorDanilo Madlansacay

Edgardo Espiritu, Ramon Pedrosa and Gold dog tag donor, TV per­sonality Willie Revillame

SM Foundation's Linda Atayde and MetrobankFoundation Inc. president Aniceto 'Chito' So­brepena

Llwayway and husband Wilfredo Chato

National Defense un­dersecretary EduardoBatac standing in forNational Defense sec­retary Voltaire Gazmin

Maj. JasperJustitoPecson,Col. RamiroManuel Rey,Brig. Geri.LysaiWef1'Suerte,DanlloMadlansacay,and Maj.Gen. RomeoTanalgo

Vicente Yu, Meridlen Vista Corp.'s Aitor Arana To­torica Guena and UnionBank president and chiefoperating officer Victor Valdepenas Edgardo Espiritu with his wife LydiaEduardo Bondad and Gen. Miguel Sol

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Jayelles' Roselle Rebano, Vice President Jejomar Binayyour columnist

Aitor Arana Totorica Guena (second from left) handsa P1­million check donation to Vice President JejomarBinay as Alfonso Reyno Jr. (extreme left) and HerminioEsguerra look on

ASK beneficiary MariaHercynne Olivar, widowof PFC. Jay Olivar

ASK beneficiaries Kim MichaelBaltazar with his mother Eddlyn,widow of Cpl. Michael Baltazar

ASK beneficiaryAnna Lissa Caranzo,widow of Cpl. MarkHimson Caranzo

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ASK beneficiaries Saida Bansuan for Cpl. Thong Bansuan (K1A),ASK beneficiary Jylsie Maribel Servilla for SSg Josefino Servilla (KIA), Marjorie EspirituReyeg, widow of Cpl. for Cpl. Roger Espiritu (KIA), and Lucita Custodio for Cpl. JosephJesichris Reyeg Custodio (KIA)

ASK beneficiaries Elleviezel Mae Ocho for SSgJovencio Ocho (KIA), Genevieve Hadlucon for SSgJoel Hadlucon (KIA), and Darlyn Heramls for Sgt.Alonto Heramls (KIA)

ASK beneficiary Mari­beth Baylon, widow ofPFC. Razzel Baylon

ASK beneficiary Chris­tine Dayna, widow ofPFC. Alvin Dayna

ASK beneficiaryASK beneficiaries Sergio Buagas, Sr., father of Pvt. Sergio Annabelle Camiri­Buagas, Jr. (KIA), and Virginia Buagas with soldiers wounded no, widow of Cpl.in action TSG. Jimmy Ardina, and PFC. Michael Macantan Allan Camirino

ASK beneficiaries Virginia andSavior Castillo for PFC. JeffreyCastillo (KIA)

Development Bank of the Philippines executive vicepresident for branch banking sector Anthony Robles,Citibank managing director and CEO Batara Sianturiand Edgar Solilapsi

Vice President Jejomar Binay with VincentJuico who represented his mom, PCSOchairman Margarita Juico

Philippine Racing Commission com­missioner and executive director JesusCantos with chairman Angel Castano Jr.

Headline Honoring the Filipino KawalMediaTitle The Philippine StarDate 25 Nov 2013 Color Full ColorSection Business Circulation 256,712Page No C3 Readership 256,712Language English ArticleSize 1446 cm²Journalist Johnny Litton AdValue PHP 304,176Frequency Daily PR Value PHP 912,529