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Bizmen, professionals
gather at BCBP fete
Some
3,000 businessmen and professionals, some together with their
families arrived here Friday to participate in the 28th anniversary
of the Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals
(BCBP)
Roberto
"Bobby" Lavina, BCBP national president and Larry
Veloso, chairman of the board of trustees led the attendees
coming from over 100 chapters and outreaches in the entire
archipelago.
The
main event of the celebration was the Breakfast Fellowship
held at the newly expanded Dagohoy Grand Hall at the Bohol
Tropics which accomodated 1,500 while the remaining attendees
watched on a wide screen at the ground floor Sandugo Grand
Ballroomn the sharing of lawyer Doy Nunag, Rene Cortez and
Maning Decasa. (Read: special feature).
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The
delegates arrived Friday which practically filled the
Manila flights of Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific
and the trips of Weesam, Oceanjet and SuperCat from
Cebu City. Delegates from nearby provinces like Ormoc
arrived through Ubay Port bringing with them 30 vehicles.
The
weekender gathering kicked off with the Praise and Worship
led by Lavina with music provided by the Tagbialarn
BCBP Music Minister last Friday evening with a jampacked
crowd at both function areas of Bohol Tropics Resort
Club.
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The
guests were entertained by the Loboc Youth Ambassador Band
at the bayarea of Bohol Tropics.
Gov. Erico Aumentado and Rep. Edgar Chatto graced the affair.
The
election of the board of trustees was held after the breakfast
fellowship yesterday.
A
thanksgiving mass was officiated by Bishop Leonardo Medroso
concelebrated by Bishop Crispin Varquez, Fr. Joseph Skelton,
Fr. Joe Sumampong, Jr., Fr. Danny Maniwan, and Fr. Bing Husain.
The
grand dinner fellowship capped the affair last night at the
Bohol Beach Club with entertainment from the Dimiao Children's
Rondalla and the Versatile Band. The chapters of Aparri,Davao
and Ormoc presented during the fellowship. A re-enactment
of the "Sandugo" was done by the HNU Diwanag Dance
Troupe with Lavina and Uy, playing the roles of Legaspi and
Sikatuna, respectively.
Hosting
BCBP's 28th anniversary are the Tagbilaran North, tagbilaran
South chapters together with Talibon and Tubigon outreaches.
Al-Joy
Uy, regional council director for Bohol and Dumaguete, thanked
the participants as well as the host chapters headed by Jojo-Janet
Maniwan and Totsi-Myrna Escobia who headed the preparations.
The
29th anniversary next year will be hosted by BCBP Baguio chapter.
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