Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Three Wednesdays from now, or on February 6, 2019 from 1-4pm at the UCCP Cosmopolitan Church, our Ambassador to China, His Excellency Chito Sta. Romana has very kindly accepted our invitation to speak before the Wednesday Forum in its inaugural session for 2019. We wanted our kind Ambassador to help us better discern our relations with China in light of a number of issues primarily that of Chinese loans to our country which are reportedly on commercial rates of interest. Being a well-known nationalist and an advocate of peoples’ democratic interests, Ambassador Chito might also be able to say something about the West Philippine Sea Issue and even on the drug shipments reportedly coming from China.
A biblico-theological reflection to be given by the Rev. Dr. Mar Apilado, Chaplain of the Church of the Risen Lord in UP Diliman will precede the Ambassador’s presentation. A panel of reactors/inquirers to be led by Dr. Ted Mendoza of UP Los Banos and Dr. Roland Simbulan from UP Manila will help direct the open forum that follows.
Please feel free to reproduce this letter and invite friends and colleagues. The venue is big enough to accommodate any number of participants many of whom, hopefully, would be students from UP Manila and nearby universities and colleges. Admission is free and is open to all seekers of truth, of justice and of an enduring peace in our land.
For your advance information, our future Wednesday Forum speakers for February 20, 2019 is Mr. Sonny Africa of Ibon Foundation on the State of our Economy and for March 20, 2019 Mr. Mon Casiple of the Institute for Political and Electoral Reforms on Crucial Issues in the May Elections.
Please call or write me for more inquiries. It would be ideal if you can confirm your participation to ensure that we can properly acknowledge your presence. My number is 0999-880-3794. Email is alsenturias@gmail.com.Thank you so much.
Sincerely yours,
Pastor Al Senturias
