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Saturday, May 24, 2008

In Memoriam

Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him;
May his soul and the soul of all the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Cabab family who recently lost their son Jovencio "Jake" Cabab Jr, III.
In the Picture: Cabab Family at the September 2007 Fiesta: Toytoy, Nene, Jillian, Jake, Jomell

Report from CBS (Northern California):

NAPA CO.: BODY OF FAIRFIELD MAN RECOVERED FROM LAKE BERRYESSA NAPA (BCN) Fri, 23 May 2008 23:05:01 GMT
The body of a Fairfield man who disappeared in Lake Berryessa Thursday afternoon was recovered by the Napa County Sheriff's Office's Underwater Recovery Team this morning.
Jovencio Cabab, 23, was swimming with four friends and his sister at the lake's Oak Shore on the western shore when five members of his group waded into the water and walked to a small rock outcropping known as a mini-island 150 yards from the shoreline, Capt. John Robertson said.
The depth of the water there is between 5 and 19 feet. When the parties headed back to shore, the swimmers lost their footing and began struggling in the water because of strong winds and water current, Robertson said.
Bystanders on the shoreline helped two of the struggling swimmers and brought them to shore but the group lost sight of Cabab who was last seen swimming toward the shore.
The sheriff's department rescued members of the group from the outcropping and searched the area for Cabab. His body was recovered at 8:02 a.m. today in 19 feet of water 200 yards from Oak Shores, Robertson said.
The Napa County coroner's office is investigating the death.




http://cbs5.com/localwire/22.0.html?type=bcn&item=BODY-RECOVERED

Friday, May 23, 2008

Holiday!

Wishing everyone in the United States a Happy & Memorable
Memorial Day!

Be safe and enjoy a long weekend with the family!

Thank you to all the soliders and veterans for all that you do for us Americans and citizens of the world!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Just Because

With Memorial Day coming up in the United States, i started to think of the great presences the US military had in Basey, especially Brgy. Salvacion, or Jinamoc (pronounce the "j" like an "h", HINAMOC).

Do you know what Jinamoc stands for? It sounds like a "filipino" name but its actually an acronym!

Jinamoc is an acronym that was used by US military forces during liberation which stands for “Joint Intelligence Naval and Military Operations Center.”

And i guess you can say, the name just stuck and now everyone refers to the island as JINAMOC!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

another May Birthday


BELATED HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
Ms. Marlou Gravillo- Fuentes,
or simply Mana Marlou to many members! She celebrated her birthday just this past May 13!

We definitely couldn't past up a post to greet this proud Basaynon Katig-Uban member of the Michigan Chapter on her special day!

Mana Marlou dancing the night away

with fellow Basaynon, Mano Clarito Seludo.


Happy Birthday Mana Marlou!

Saturday, May 17, 2008

do you know .....

a couple of BALITA BASAYNONS came back due to "unknown address" or "no new forwarding address", if anyone knows the latest information for the following, let us know so we can keep in touch with them and send them the latest and greatest news of the
KATIG-UBAN:

Florencia Amante
Robert & Luz Farkas
Rebecca Gasang- Masibay


for those of you who know new information, or maybe your one of these people, feel free to email us and get us updated! thank you !

Survey

thank you to all those that have sent their responses to the survey that was inserted with the latest newsletter!

we definitely rely on your responses; so thank you for all the support and trust! the ideas that have been given are definitely great and fun ideas for fundraising!

if you haven't sent your answers.... feel free to do so! we have received responses through the mail and email. choose whichever form of communication works best for you!

continue sending in your responses.......

Friday, May 16, 2008

BELATED BIRTHDAY GREETINGS!

We would to like to greet a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to Mr. JUN HERNANDEZ! He celebrated his birthday last May 4 !

Mano Jun has been an active member of the Katig-Uban for many years. A proud member of the California Chapter, and has also served as an officer in the past. The Katig-Uban is definitely lucky to have Mano Jun back as an officer for term 2007-2010 serving as the Auditor.

Thank you for the years that you have dedicated to our organization as a member and officer, we know our finances are in good hands with your auditing skills!

Mabuhay an aton ig-kasi Basaynon... Mr. Jun Hernandez!


Mr. Jun Hernandez (Center) with wife Betty, and the Hernandez family during the 2007 Fiesta!



Wednesday, May 14, 2008

update/ reminder

July 1, 2008 ... is the new extended deadline for Chicago Fiesta RSVP and Souvenir Program Ads!

take advantage of this new deadline!
make those plans, create reservations, more time for you to take a picture and place an ad; doing so is just a link, click, or email away!

Pamatron na Kamo!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

NEW 7 wonders of the world

Three Philippine Spots were Nominated
for the New 7 Wonders of Nature

1.Chocolate Hills
2.Tubbataha Reef
3.Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

(although i feel that Sohoton should be there... but i guess that makes me bias being Basaynon!) =)

Support the Philippines! Vote now at http://www.new7wonders.com/
DIRECT link for wonders in Asia http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/nominees/asia/

Monday, May 12, 2008

airline etiquette

with the temperature heating up.. its a sign that summer is almost here.
and summer usually means trips!
with basaynon fiestas being celebrated all throughout the the US, Canada, and soon internationally......we basaynons definitely rack up on flight mileage.

here is a great website that has an article on 9 airline etiquettes that you might already know about, or maybe learn a few new ones...
be kind to your fellow passengers!

http://information.travel.aol.com/article/air/_a/the-nine-rules-of-airline-etiquette/20070123170309990002

Sunday, May 11, 2008

its been awhile....

its been awhile since the last post on this BLOG...

but we simply wanted to greet all the mothers a

HAPPY HAPPY and WONDERFUL
MOTHER'S DAY!




"If you find it in your heart to CARE for somebody else, you will have succeeded." ~ Maya Angelou

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Balita Basaynon

have you received your 1st issue of BALITA BASAYNON?

The Spring Issue was sent to Canadian and International Members last May 8, while all Domestic (U.S.) members were sent on May 9!

We hope you receive your copy of the Spring Issue soon, and we certainly hope you and your family support and enjoy BALITA BASAYNON!

.... if there are new members that we need to get in touch with, or needs to be added to the members directory, please let us know!

.... or if you know someone that has moved and we have an old address; or those who are not interested in receiving future Balita Basaynons, then let us know too (so we can help the environment and save paper and stamps!)

Mabuhay it Basaynon!