Tribu Dahunog Invites you to the 7th Saturday Novena
August 25, 2007
An All Nigth Barn Dance to Follow
You are all invited to the 7th novena of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Novena will start at 5:30 pm, followed by a Mass at 6:00 pm.
Tribu DAHUNOG is hosting the 7th mass-novena and will be held at:
Bobon/Henie Castillo & Family’s Residence
1080 E. 67th St.,
Long Beach, CA 90805
Tribu Dahunog has announced that a highlight in the evening is a Barn Dance and has assured it will be fun for all. There is no dress code, but if you have something in your ‘Kaban or Baol’ – maybe your favorite dress from the ’50s – please wear it; or perhaps sometime ago you bought from the Salvation Army or Goodwill a dress/costume from the ‘Elvis or James Dean era’ but is too embarassed to wear, now is the time to display. Friends, it’s BOOGIE TIME , TWIST . . . CHA-CHA . . TANGO . . . KURATSA . . KURADANG . . .
If you need direction, please call: 562-728-4957. Please pass to other Danawanons who may not be in our mail-list.
4th-Saturday Santo Tomas Novena in Torrance, CA
August 2, 2007
The 4th-Saturday Santo Tomas Novena will be at the residence of Lelet Lao Wells this Saturday, August 4, 2007, located at:
708 W. 209th ST.
Torrance, CA 90502
Si Lelet, noong araw nagtrabaho sa Danao City Hall; siya anak ni kanhi Talino Lao, usa ka mekaniko nga dunay talyer sa Barrio Suba. She has two beatiful daughters.
Novena starts at 6:00 p.m. and immediately an anticipated Sunday Mass will follow to be officiated by Augustian Priest, Rev. Fr. Ramon Barriga, . ayy mali . . Pedroza, diay.
For direction, please call:
(310) 850-3173 (Lelet Lao)
(949) 338-4811 (Endai Roble)
The 4th Mass-Novena is sponsored by the following:
George Banzon
Winnie/Minda Banzon
Paeng/Bebe Mangubat
Endai/Danny Roble
Lelet Lao Wells
SANTO TOMAS NOVENA SCHEDULE
July 9, 2007
‘Know the 1st Novena Host: Dodong & Annalee Gorre-Famas
The first of the 9-Saturday Novena in honor of Danao City’s Patron Saint, Santo Tomas de Villanueva, will be held in Simi Valley, California at the residence of Adolfo and Annalee Famas-Gorre.
The first novena kicks off the fiesta season observed by Danawanons in Southern California, perhaps the longest in the world – from July to September. Nearly a hundred Santo Tomas devotees, mainly Danawanaons, are expected to attend the mass and novena to be officiated by Fr. Paul Mayor, SVD, chaplain of the St. Vincent Hospital.
The very active DAUSA couple, Adolfo and Annalee Gorre-Famas, both registered nurses at Cedars’ Sinai Medical Center of Los Angeles, is hosting the first novena.
Dodong is originally from Oroquita, Misamis, but almost every year since DAUSA started the medical mission in 1998, has been a medical mission volunteer along with his wife Annalee.
Annalee is the daughter Crispina Gorre, and Anacleto “Quito” Gorre of Danao City, now U.S. permanent residents.
Invitation from Annalee:
Hi everyone!
You are all invited to the 1st novena of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva on Saturday, July 14, 2007. Novena will start at 5:30 pm, followed by Mass at 6:00 pm.
Our address is 3145 Anasazi Way, Simi Valley, CA 93063. Please call (805)306-0460
if you need further information. I don’t have everybody’s e-mail address so please pass the word. Thank You.
Directions: From Los Angeles
Take either Interstate 5 north or 405 north. Merge to 118 freeway west.
Exit Yosemite, then turn right. Turn right again on Tonopah Court. Press # 053 at the gate to enter community. Turn left on Anasazi . House is on the left side.
Hope to see you…
Annalee
DATE SPONSOR / VENUE
(1st) – JULY 14 – ADOLFO / ANNALEE FAMAS
3145 ANASAZI WAY
SIMI VALLEY, CA. 93063
(2nd) – JULY 21 – GUILLIE / BEBIE ROBLE
1807 E. 218th ST
CARSON, CA. 90745
(3rd) – JULY 28 – DOMING / AURING DOMINGO &
BEN / BEBE JACKSON
41027 BURGESS CT.
TEMECULA, CA. 92591-7912
Indigent Danao Girl comes to L.A. for Cranio-Facial Surgery
May 5, 2007
After nearly 10 years of trying the DAUSA finally had one of its original medical mission patient come to the U.S. to undergo a very delicate and expensive surgery.
Merylou Barriga, a 12-year old daughter of very poor parents, who had never been inside the Gaisano Store in Danao City, finally arrived Los Angeles aboard Philippine Airlines with a chaperone.
Through the Mending Kids International, a non-profit organization known to bring children from all over the world to undergo life saving procedures in top California hospitals, has accepted the case of Merylou for a cranio-facial surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
During the first DAUSA Medical Mission conducted in Danao City in September 1998, a 3-year old baby with severe facial deformity was brought to the Danao General Hospital by her parents hoping that the Medical Mission surgeons who had been doing cleft-lip and palate surgeries could also fix their daughter’s face.
The DAUSA Medical surgeons found Merylou’s case too delicate to be performed at the poorly equipped Danao District Hospital, not in Cebu City or even in Manila.
Two Indigent Danao Kids Coming to L.A. for Surgery
April 7, 2007
Two DAUSA Medical Mission indigent patients whose cases were extremely delicate for local hospitals to handle, are finally coming to the U.S. on May 19, through the assistance from Mending Kids International.
Merylou Laurito Barriga, 11 years, old has an extreme facial deformity. The girl was brought by her parents to the DAUSA Medical Mission every year since it started in 1998.
DAUSA’s partner, the St. Martin de Porres Catholic Medical Mission Guild, tried helping little Merylou through referrals to Hongkong and South Korea hospitals, but their efforts were unsuccessful.
Keith Casas Montesuso, 8 years old, has multiple heart defects, in and out of hospitals in Cebu, and still in fragile condition, because his case requires open-heart surgery which could cost well over a million pesos at Cebu Doctors Hospital, and more, if done in Manila.
Sometime last year we sent an urgent appeal to Mending Kids International, a charitable non-profit organization based in Valencia, California.
MKI is known for helping kids from all over the world whose medical conditions could not be helped in their home countries.
Among those that MKI had helped were a conjoined twin from Guatemala. (This was in the news, maybe 2 years ago, a rare case of twins joined in the head and separated successfully).
UV-Danao Grand Alumni Homecoming Announced
March 23, 2007
Hundreds or maybe thousands of UV-DVI Alumni from all over the country, including many OFWs, some U.S. residents will soon make their sentimental journey back home to reunite, reconnect with high school classmates and reminisce their youth in their U.V. beloved.
UV-DVI President Dr. Luzviminda Roble has reported to dausa.org the plans for the Grand UV Homecoming that U.V.-DVI Alumni Association will be having this year.
According to Dr. Roble, the anticipated biggest alumni homecoming event in the history of the school will be on the 19th of May 2007.
Dr. Roble said that the alumni homecoming will start a with motorcade at 8AM, then a mass and variety and fellowship show after 2PM on that same day, possibly at the newly renovated airconditioned Danao City Gym.
It was only last year that Dr. Wilfredo Ypil sort of revived the Association. There had been no activities since the death of former City Councilor Tatong Perez who led the UV-Danao Alumni for several years. (Left Photo: Dr. Linda Roble, President of UV-Danao Alumni Assn.; Right Photo: Post-WWII Students of UV Danao, Atty Felix Munoz & co.)
2007 Champions of the Earth–Includes a Danawanon, also Al Gore
February 21, 2007
Award winners announced on Eve of Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum
(One of the 7 awardees is Eliza Gozun of World Bank, daughter of DAUSA Member Socorro Almendras-Gillera. Monching)
Nairobi, 1 February 2007 – – Seven leaders whose achievements range from chemical safety, sustainable waste management and the greening of sporting events to the conservation of deserts, rainforests and the global climate are to be honoured as Champions of the Earth 2007, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.
The winners, who will be presented with their awards at a special ceremony in Singapore on 19 April, were named as:
• His Excellency Mr. Cherif Rahmani for advancing environmental law in Algeria and for his role in leading the Year for Deserts and Desertification.
• Elisea ‘Bebet’ Gillera Gozun for pushing forward the environmental agenda in her native Philippines by winning the trust of business leaders, non-governmental organizations and political decision-makers alike;
• Viveka Bohn of Sweden for playing a prominent role in multilateral negotiations and her leadership in global efforts to ensure chemical safety;
• Her Excellency Ms. Marina Silva of Brazil for her tireless fight to protect the Amazon rainforest while taking into account the perspectives of people who use the resources in their daily lives;
• Al Gore of the United States for making environmental protection a pillar of his public service and for educating the world on the dangers posed by rising greenhouse gas emissions;
• His Royal Highness Prince Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan for his belief in transboundary collaboration to protect the environment and for addressing environmental issues in a holistic manner;
• Jacques Rogge and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for advancing the sport and environment agenda by providing greater resources to sustainable development and for introducing stringent environmental requirements for cities bidding to host Olympic Games.
Oldest DAUSA Member dies in Consolacion, buried in Liloan
April 1, 2005
Francisco ‘Kikong’ Barriga, who died March 29, 2005 at the residence of his daughter Tita Barriga-Tomayao in Consolacion, Cebu, was buried Saturday, April 9 at the Manila Memorial Park in Liloan. He was 88 years old.
A concelebrated funeral mass offered for Francisco’s eternal rest was officiated by 5 Danawanon priests at the Santo Tomas Chuch, on Saturday, April 9.
The Knights of Columbus Choir of San Narciso Parish Churh of Consolacion was invited to Danao to sing at the funeral Mass.
Over 600 friends and relatives filled the church and after the mass joined a long convoy that followed the funeral car towards Liloan.
Kikong was perhaps the oldest DAUSA member who in January 2002 decided to go home and settle for good in Danao after his wife, Bening died in Northridge, California.
He suffered a stroke sometime in May last year and remained bed-ridden for nearly 11 months. From Perpetutal Succor Hospital he was transferred to Tita’s residence in Consolacion where some children and grandchildren took turns providing him the best and most comforting nursing care.
Kikong was found not breathing and cold while he remained seated on his wheelchair watching TV early evening of Tuesday, March 29, by two grandaughters (both nursing students) who took care of him that day.
According to JiJi and Jenjen Tambago, their Lolo died so peacefully without any sign of struggle or pain.
Kikong’s body laid in state at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes at Nivel Hills, Cebu City for over a week and was transferred to Danao City for a 2-day wake at his home prior to internment.
MS. GLICERIA MANIPIS DIES, 83; FELISA GONZALEZ-CEBALLOS, 96
August 14, 2002
Miss Gliceria ‘Egler’ Manipis, Grade 1 teacher of nearly 30% of former and current Danao City residents whose age range from 30 to 60, passed away in the morning of August 14, 2002 in Daly City. She was 83.
And probably nearly 50% of today’s Danao professionals, in that age bracket, learned the rudiments of ABC and Arithmetic from Ms. Manipis. Many of them credited their success to this great lady and mentor.
Because of her devotion and personal commitment to equip and show kids the right path, especially during their formative years, Ms. Manipis forgot all other interest in life and has remained single all her life.
But she had no regrets because Danao folks remembered and loved her for what she did to the children of this city.
People who had been her pupils agree that never have they known any other teacher in the world as good and as effective as Ms. Manipis.
Although she has been known to be very strict and a tough disciplinarian, still Danao’s professionals could only wish and hope that all Grade 1 teachers in the world were like Ms. Manipis.
She is happy now in the company of angels.
Unang Novena Ni Sto. Tomas Karong Sabado, Julyo 13
July 9, 2002
Gidapit ang tanang taga Danao (apil taga Compostela hangtod Bogo) nga nanimuyo sa Southern California sa pag-tambong sa santos nga misa ug pagsabat sa novena sa atong patron Señor Santo Tomas de Villanueva.
Ang unang adlaw sa novena himoon karong sunod Sabado, Julyo 13, 2002 alas 5 sa hapon sa panimalay ni Cecilia Barriga, 8427 Etiwanda Ave., Northridge, CA 91325. Tel. 818-882-2168.
Dili kini potluck, busa ayaw hasola inyong kaugalingon sa pagluto o palit ug makaon. (Si Celia misaad mag-tumba ug kabaw.)
Hinoon, giawhag ang tanan nga imbis magdala ug pagkaon, hinaot magdala ug mga bitamina o mga tambal sa ubo, sip-on, kagid o korikong, kabahong, hilanat ug trankaso (most prevalent diseases treated at the Medical Mission).
(Pasimangno ni Dr. Loretta Montesclaros: Please, ayaw pagdala ug Viagra! Sa miaging tuig may tigulang babaye (taga Amoy) nangaway sa mga volunteers, ngano iyang bana gihatagan ug Viagra.
Sa asoy pa ni Nang Sebya, si Noy Paladio diay, didto pahulay iya Inday silingan, human tomar Viagra.)
Mapasalamaton kaayong ang mga pobreng kagisoonang taga Danao ug mga silingang lungsod sa ilang nadawat nga daghang Vitamins nga inyong gipadala sa miaging tuig.