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Brod Panding with Betan brods L-R: Jay Araullo '90, Bong Corpuz '68, Mon Ramirez '63, Rollo Mauricio '69, Rey Salazar '67, Bernie Abis '80, Boy de Leon '59, Cesar Yniguez '65, Ojie Alzona '74 and Vic Ahorro '80. Unfortunately we did not have a Beta Epsilon streamer. |
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▼Brod Panding was driven to the Ayala Cottages by NCPAG Dean Alex B. Brilliantes Jr. and wife Lulu who is a niece of our brod.▼ |
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▲Bong Corpuz, who is based in Baguio, greets Brod Panding, in Ilocano. Bong had to drive with his wife Vicky from Manila and had to return to Manila the next day.Click here for photo of Vicky as chair of the UN PFII office. |
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▲Our most senior brod remembers everyone in the list of members of BE batch 1932. He volunteered the information that his ka-batch Ariston Huliganga lives in Baguio City. He explained that he was not in the photo of the BE 1932 because he was not able to attend the photo session. |
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◄ ▲Brod Panding with Vicky, Bong and Jay | |
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GIFTING BROD PANDING WITH BETA EPSILON MEMORABILIA |
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The brods gifted Brod Panding with the BE@75 yearbooks, 29 photos of himself taken during the UP Centennial Torch parade, 4 DVD videos produced by Beta Epsilon and a coffee mug with the Beta Epsilon label. The T-shirts, jacket, cap and other memorabilia will be given him when he attends the June 13 UPAE homecoming. |
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Dean Alex Brilliantes scans the UP Century Man photos |
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Brod Panding calls it a day and is driven home ... and some brods followed his car (Go to Part II) |
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BONUS TRACKS: Betanette and Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
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Brods and Betanettes knew Vicky as the Betanette of Bong Corpuz '68, already an honorable title as it is, but later in the day, we were calling her "Ambassador", a more honorable title.
That is because Vicky is the elected chairperson of the important United Nations office called the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She is on her second 3-year term.
Both Vicky and Bong are connected with Tebtebba (or, Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education), an indigenous peoples' organization born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the rights of indigenous peoples recognized, respected and protected worldwide.
Vicky is the Executive Director of Tebtebba and Bong is the Admin Officer. They have their website at this url:
Keep up the good work, Bong and Vicky! May your tribe increase! After all it is not easy to take charge of issues that involve more than 370 million indigenous peoples all over the world. It is nice to know that we have a Betan involved in an important work that is beyond engineering. |
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Opening Session of the UNPFII, 15 May 2006: from left: Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UNPFII Chairperson |
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