Large Crowd seeking Help Overwhelms DAUSA Medical Mission
September 27, 2005
A large number of indigents wanting surgical procedures, medical check-ups and free medicines overwhelmed U.S.-based and local medical volunteers during the 3-day DAUSA Medical-Surgical & Dental Mission conducted September 20 – 22, 2005 at the Danao District Hospital.
The DAUSA Medical-Surgical and Dental Mission is jointly sponsored by the Danao Association USA, Inc., the City of Danao, Danao District Hospital and the Philippine College of Surgeons, East/Central Visayas Region.
Newly elected DAUSA President, Dr. Loretta Montesclaros reported that on the first day of the 3-day medical mission, over 1,000 people showed up at the hospital with various ailments, children as young as 3-month old with fever, to 85 year-olds seeking free medications for diabetes and/or hypertensions.
Chief of Medical Mission Dr. Anita Cal-Jackson, who heads the medical mission team since its inception in 1998 reported that 23 major, mainly thyroidictomy cases, and over 200 minor surgeries were performed.
Dr. Jackson gets a chicken and bunch of bananas from boy-patient
WORLD WAR II HERO: CAPT. AGRIPINO CASIA OF DANAO
April 29, 2005
(Editor’s Note: While browsing some reading materials at the Cebuano Studies Center of the University of San Carlos during my recent visit – I came across an old book – THE CEBU PATRIOTS IN ACTION – published in 1946 and authored by Cayetano Villamor, a guerrilla officer during the war. Only two Danawanons were written about and cited as war heroes. Prominently featured in a more lengthy article was Col. Alejandro Almendras, described as a great military strategist. A lesser known Danawanon hailed as a war hero was a certain Capt. Agripino Casia. He died in combat bravely fighting against the Japanese invaders. I never heard of him until a week ago while visiting the USC Library and opening a book that was nearly disintegrating.)
The late Captain Agripino D. Casia, 36 years old and married was a resident of Danao, Cebu and was a teacher by profession. He was a Normal School graduate.
He underwent the two-month teachers’ trainee instruction in 1938. Then he became the Commandant of the pre-military training in Compostela Elementary School from 1936 to 1941.
He became a Probationary Third Lieutenant. He also attended the Reserve Officers’ Training School at Canlubang, Laguna, in 1940. In 1941 while at Camp Lapulapu he was the commanding officer of the combat company.
Nostalgia: REMINISCING HOLY WEEK IN DANAO
April 6, 2004
Holy Week or Semana Santa starts on Palm Sunday – Bendita sa Lukay. People from all over town would come to church bringing all sorts of palms leaves.
The mass on Palm Sunday was rather too long because of the reading of the Passion. This was followed by a blessing of palms and procession around the church. A few would faint.
Poblacion residents rarely carried a palm to church, they simply asked from the barrio folks who come to church loaded with lukay.
Religious processions were perhaps the most awaited event during the holy week celebration. The first around-town procession was on Miercoles Santo.
Nearly twenty carrosas would be in the Miercoles Santo Procession – called the Paso.
DAUSA Turns 10, Projects Continue
September 3, 2003
The Danao Association USA, Inc. is barely ten years old, yet has already been known in the Filipino communities all over U.S. as among a handful of very active, if not the number one hometown association that consistently help its people back home.
Formally organized in September 1993 by a small group of Danawanons, DAUSA has gone a long way from just holding a pot-luck during the feast of the town’s patron saint, to conducting an annual medical- surgical mission, free dental clinic, adopt-a-student, adopt-a-school programs and forming Little Leagues.
Gemma Montegrande, DAUSA President
Crosine Roble was elected first president in 1993; next was. Dr. Plutarco Almendras in 1995. Ramon Barriga was president in 1997 and served the allowed maximum two terms until 2001. Crosine Roble.
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF ‘BARRIO KALUBI-AN’
August 14, 2002
Way back in the Old Danao the residents of Baryo Kalubi-an had been stereotyped by most people back home as ‘mga siga, tigas or hawak sa merkado”.
If you were from Suba, you were crazy to walk around Baryo Kalubi-an after dark or you could be hanging and shouting ‘tabang’ up in the electric post or perhaps end up in the ihawan or slaughterhouse and made into a kasahos.
Barrio Kalubi-an is a very small area of town (barely two blocks), bounded in the west by Rizal St., on the east, the slaughterhouse, on the north, the public market and in the south is a creek, but is notoriously known as little Tondo.
When Danao Was My Kind of Small Sleepy Town, Part 4
July 9, 2002
A day in the life . . . at Grade III, Section 1
Kaming Danawanon, Mar-Apr 2002
The ringing of a bell signaled the end of a 30-minute break. Then children would stampede back to their classrooms in a rush.
Social Studies was our next subject. Mrs. Ypil for nearly a month taught us everything she knew about our town of Danao and the province of Cebu.
She loved to relate heroic deeds of Spanish time Dana- wanons who built the town’s old church and about brave guerrillas who valiantly fought the Japanese soldiers during the war.
She made us memorize all the names of town officials. Ms. Ypil must have done a good job as we remember those names very well.
Fiesta 2001 Novena & Sponsors
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Kaming Danawanon, Vol VII No. 3 Jul-Aug 2001.]
Jul 14 Barrio Wac-Wac of San Fernando Valley
Celia Barriga Res. Tel. 818-882-2168
8427 Etiwanda Ave, Northridge, CA 91325
Jul 21 Manny & Melinda Aquino
25062 Paseo Equestre (949)581-4202
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Danao Fiesta In California 2000
July 5, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Kaming Danawanon, Vol VI, No. 2 May-Jul 2000.]
DINNER-DANCE IN BUENA PARK, CA,
FIESTA-IN-THE PARK IN LONG BEACH
It’s DAUSA’s seventh year and Danawanons from all over United States will come to Los Angeles to observe a tradition honoring their beloved patron saint, Santo Tomas de Villanueva..
This year’s celebration will start with a 9-Saturday novena starting on July 15, 2000, in the home of Joel & Genna Capitan-Diamos in Northridge, California.
Educational Chief Pat O. Misa thanks donors
July 3, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Kaming Danawanon, Vol VI, No. 3 Oct-Nov 2000.]
Pat O. Misa, Chief of Educational Mission 2000 expressed her most sincere gratitude to all donors, most of whom are her own friends and relatives. Their help enabled Pat to deliver to barangay schools much needed assistance.
4th DAUSA Medical Mission All Set
July 3, 2002
[Note: Originally posted on Kaming Danawanon, Vol VII, No. 3 Jul-Aug 2001.]
The Danao Association USA, Inc. has again mobilized some 15 U.S. based medical professionals to volunteer in the 4th DAUSA Medical Mission and serve the people of Danao at the Danao District Hospital on September 18 — 20, 2001.
The DAUSA Medical Missions had been a tremendous success since its inception in September 1998. It had served close to 4000 indigent Danawanons, including 36 cleft-lip and palate surgeries, and various other major surgeries such as thyroidictomies, hernias, ovarian tumors and approximately about 300 minor surgeries.