Ground Report

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Two Fridays ago, the Philippines celebrated &quot;Mother Earth Day 2007&quot;, entitled: AVE MARIA GAIA MYSTICA giving honor to&nbsp;Our Blessed Virgin Mary.&nbsp; Different best singers and musicians mostly from the University of the Philippines College of Music participated in this very solemn way&nbsp;of&nbsp;communicating to our&nbsp;GOD in helping Mother Earth&nbsp;for the sake of &nbsp;mankind.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Among the&nbsp;singers were Dean Montet&nbsp; Acoymo, Madam Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Prof. Jonathan Badon, Madam Camille Lopez accompanied by her Mom as well as Madam Lourdes Gregorio and former College of Music Dean Maurie Borromeo as pianists; Mr. Lester Demetillo, guitarist; Mr. Renato Lucas, cellist; Mr. Coke Bolipata, violinist and others as accompanists during this memorable occasion.&nbsp; The only group singer that participated in this prestigious occasion’s the Andres Bonifacio Concert Choir under the baton of Maestro Jerry A. Dadap wherein I am one of the Soprano 1 members.&nbsp;</p>
<p>But of course, the big event was under the supervision of Madam Odette Alcantara, an ever energetic environmentalist of the land.</p>
<p>As part of the Earth Day Celebration, aside from the DENR Secretary Angelo Reyes and Quezon City Mayor Sonny Belmonte, a Good Samaritan Gawad Kalinga Founder Antonio Meloto and US Ambassador Kenny were also present during the installation of the Bell of World Peace at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.</p>
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