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The Philippine Cultural & Technical Association of Returned Overseas Scholars (Philcultaros-AOTS Alumni Society)

Philcultaros, AOTS-Japan scholars elect alumni society officers The Philippine Cultural & Technical Association of Returned Overseas Scholars (Philcultaros) and the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) Alumni Society recently elected its new set of officers for year 2013-2014 with the help of Japanese embassy officials administering the oath of office. In photo (seated from left) Elizabeth Manuel, alumni secretary; Hiroko Koreeda; Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Director, Japan Information and Culture Center; Kenichiro Koreeda, Trade and Commercial Attache, Japan embassy; Alex Ventura, alumni president; Shinichiro Kato, Japan embassy adviser; Lucio Lim, alumni past president. Also in photo are other alumni officials: Noly Cayabyab, vice president for scholarship; Liza Mascardo, vice president for administration; and Philip Ang, vice president for special projects. Other elected directors are Elven Uy, Elpidio Carlota, Edmund Araga, and Robert Rubins. Not in photo is Ernie Abrenica, director and alumni past president and Albert Tanching, director.

FOR OTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Messrs. Alex Ventura (mobile 0918-919-9599) or Rey Elbo (mobile 0919-808-7023) Philcultaros was established on March 15, 1965 with the vision of contributing to national progress through human resource development and technical training. Since then, the alumni society made an unprecedented progress to become the leading Filipino organization with more than 7,500 members that continue to be affiliated with the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) of Japan. AOTS is now known as The Overseas Human Resource and Industry Development Association (HIDA) www.hidajapan.or.jp after its merger with Japan Overseas Development Corp last March 30, 2012.