Finally, Riverside College of
Nursing Class '66 to hold reunion

Yes, strangely the members of the Riverside College of Nursing Class '66 have never staged a single reunion. And only a few of the originally 27 alumnae are still around to finally hold their reunion.

And they finally decided to hold that long overdue meeting of former classmates in a bid to renew their ties and to reminisce about their past.

Too many memories may have been overlooked. But, as Kim Iledan points out, that only assures us that we have a lot to share with one another.

Most of their former classmates, now in the United States, have already arrived and are staying at the Sugarland Hotel. There, Kim reminisced yesterday, Rep. Monico Puentevella, had treated them with his golden voice 40 years ago. And they hope that the solon, who still sings as vibrantly as he did 40 years ago, would regale them with his songs.

Tomorrow, there will be registration at the Riverside College from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The alumnae will be given a tour of the school and the hospital. That will show them the strides of their learning institution and hospital over the years.

In the evening, there will be dinner at the residence of Carlos Nonato in Singcang.

On February 11, there will be brunch at Sugarland Hotel. At 6 p.m., there will be a luau (party) at the same hotel.

On Feb. 12, the group will have a thanksgiving mass at the Riverside chapel. After that they will all drive to the Mambukal Summer Resort where, well, they are bound to recall vignettes about their school days and tell one another about how far they have progressed in 40 years since they last met.

To all of Class '66, my warmest regards and best wishes.

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The Class '66 40th anniversary program at the Sugarland Hotel is interesting. Invocation will be by Samuel Nacisvalencia. The national anthem will be sung by the Oki Doc Singers, these are employees of Bacolod councilor, Dr. Reynold Iledan.

Thor Familiaran, president of the Riverside Alumni Association, will welcome the class. They will be given their proper recognition.

Mrs. Pamela Henares will deliver the message in behalf of the Torres family. The Villamonte MassKara Dancers will then provide a dance number.

The most awaited is the message from Mrs. Hyster Y. Quiamco, principal of Class '46.

Then, the songs by Congressman Puentevella.

This will be followed by the evolution of dances.

Hannah Nacisvalencia will render a vocal solo followed by the Pinoy Ako dance and the message by Delia Getallan.

Mrs. Vic Bat-og president of the student government of Class '66 will deliver the response. Mrs. Linda Schroder, president of Senior Class '66 will deliver the closing remarks.

Whew! That's a real tear jerker of a reunion if I have seen one. And Kim Iledan should be thanked for the yeoman's work in preparing everything for the long overdue reunion.

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The Sugar Alliance of the Philippines yesterday recommended that the Sugar Regulatory Administration accept the 33,750 metric tons of additional allocation from the US Sugar Quota as called for by the US Agriculture Department.

The alliance leaders said this is a consideration of the "A" volume allocated by SRA.

In effect, that allocation is enough for the Philippines to cope with such a volume requested by the United States, the Philippines traditional partner in the sugar trade.

But the Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations through national president Reynaldo Bantug and Negros-Panay chapter chair Luis Tongoy said yesterday that they will okay the importation of 100,000 metric tons of sugar asked by the Asiawide Refreshments Corp.

Both, however, stressed that this should be paid the accompanying 38 percent tariff under the AFTA.

The two Confed leaders pointed out that the tariff is badly needed by a deficit government. Beside, they pointed out that it took a lot of negotiations for the Philippine panel to bring down the tariff level to that 38 percent for the government to turn its back to an international agreement suddenly.

"It will be inconsistent besides for the government to pass the Value Added Tax up to 12 percent because of fiscal deficit, then we turn around and give up a source of revenues," they pointed out.

"We are not against the importation. What we just want to assure is that the proper tariff be paid on the sugar to be brought in," the two Confed officials stressed.*

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