TORONTO, ONTARIO — Gloria Rafanan, the Press Relations Officer of the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation (PCCF) sent the following message at 4:27 p.m. today to the media (myself included) as follows:
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Dear All,
On behalf of the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation (PCCF), it is our pleasure to invite you and join us in the celebration of our first major event themed as the “Pinoy Fiesta and Trade Show sa Toronto” to be held on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. The venue is at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Tower, Hall C, 255 Front Street W., Toronto, Ontario. Attached is a Poster of the Trade Show and a brief organizational overview of the PCCF.
We request that you confirm your attendance no later thanJune 17, 2011for your names to be registered. Please sign in at the VIP/Media Counter located on the same floor of the Fiesta entrance and ask for Lita Leano or Gloria Rafanan.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to other PPCO members.
Thank you and we hope to see you all at the Pinoy Fiesta and Trade Show.
Sincerely,
Gloria
Gloria Rafanan
Press Relations Officer
Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation
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Having a light schedule as it is typical of my Friday evenings, I responded as follows:
—– Original Message —–
From: Ace Alvarez
To: Rafanan, Gloria
Cc: Rosemer Enverga – gmail ; Sir Jun Enverga ; Jimmy Marasigan ; Leano, Lita
Sent:Friday, June 10, 201110:00 PM
Subject: Re: (PPCO) Invitation to the Pinoy Fiesta and Trade Show on Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Metro Convention Center, Hall C
Hello Gloria:
Thank you for your invitation to the media on behalf of the Philippine Canadian Charitable Foundation (PCCF).
Per your request below, I am confirming as a working media ONE HALF OF MYSELF that I am attending your first major event. I can only commit one half of myself on this, because the other half of myself will be there as a Member of the Board of Directors and an Officer of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Toronto, a partner organization of the PCCF in the staging of the same event.
Should I have additional role in going to the event you describe here, I will let you know, hence this confirmation for 1/2 of myself may change to 1/3, or even 1/4 of myself.
Thank you so much.
Ace Alvarez
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-TORONTO: (1st Row, L-R) Cherrie Liu; Elizabeth Honoridez-Leggett; Oswald Tugadi, President; Rafael Nebres, Immediate Past President/ 2011 Trade Show Chair; Rose Ami, 2nd Vice President & VP-Membership; Cheryll Cantonjos; (2nd Row) Steve Pagao, Treasurer; Ace Alvarez, 1st Vice President & VP for Government Affairs; Sonny Montojo; Joseph Alilio, Auditor; Edwin Corton. Not in photo are Cora de la Cruz, Edgar Gonzales, 3rd Vice President & VP for General Public Relations; Cori Naron, Corporate Secretary; and, Cora de la Cruz. (Photo: Raymond Santos)
- THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-TORONTO: (1st Row, L-R) Cherrie Liu; Elizabeth Honoridez-Leggett; Oswald Tugadi, President; Rafael Nebres, Immediate Past President/ 2011 Trade Show Chair; Rose Ami, 2nd Vice President & VP-Membership; Cheryll Cantonjos; (2nd Row) Steve Pagao, Treasurer; Ace Alvarez, 1st Vice President & VP for Government Affairs; Sonny Montojo; Joseph Alilio, Auditor; Edwin Corton. Not in photo are Cora de la Cruz, Edgar Gonzales, 3rd Vice President & VP for General Public Relations; Cori Naron, Corporate Secretary; and, Cora de la Cruz. (Photo: Raymond Santos)
