Dear Kabaleyans, Fellow Pangasinenses,

HAPPY NEW YEAR and may God’s Grace continue to be with us all !!!  Only through HIM will we see the light of PB-USA’s journey of Hope, Faith, Love, Charity, and Mercy.  Believing, understanding, and humbly having these virtues in our hearts will our prayers be answered.  Let this be our prayer and the bugle call of our 2016 resolution  !!!

It’s now official – Greetings and  Warm Welcome to the New President -MR. LINO CARINGAL JR and  the New Chairman of the Board – MADAME NIEVES COQUIA who will now both be at the helm of leadership in Pangasinan Brotherhood-USA, Inc. – 2016.  Welcome to the New Board Members and Executive Cabinet officers !!!

I respectfully pledge my support and pray for our general memberships corresponding support to the leaderships of our new officers.  They will need us as we will need them to keep the life of PB-USA breathing and functionally alive as God intended it to be for us to help our kabaleyans.

I can freely share with the members and basically with everyone I know and who knows me that my four (4) years of serving PB-USA was somehow heaven scripted.  I say so with a firm belief as a practicing Catholic on how my role on the script came into play.  The night prior to our election day in November 2011 was a Pacquiao fight but I simply took the course of spending a time with the Lord in adoration ( exposition of the Blessed Sacrament) at St. Bonaventure Parish in Huntington Beach where they have a weekly saturday adoration and confession at 8:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m.   I had a confession and prayed for enlightenment more than a prayer to win.  In His Living Presence, I submitted my case on what He wants me to do and HIS will be done. It was an uplifting in-dwelling spiritual dialogue and the rest is history as I got elected the next day.

The first few months was a struggle and challenging particularly with the remnants of the old system as we transitioned to our new status as a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) entity.  My priority then was the orientation and awareness of what a foundation is all about with the roles of the Board of Directors as policy making body were defined.  Unfortunately, some members seemingly did not want any change or acceptance of any compliance procedures.  I respected their decisions and positions where they stood on their belief.  Compliance is critical and must be treated seriously by officers of an organization. A check-list must be on hand as new officers assume their duties to include filing of annual tax returns to Federal and Franchise Tax Board. Non compliance will result to suspension of the organization.

That being said, please allow this message as a reminder to our various Town & City Organizations to review and prepare their annual tax filings on timely basis.  I presume that many of member organizations are on a December 31 Fiscal Year End.

I thank God for giving me a solid and dynamic board members with the able leadership of Mellie Soriano as Chairman of the Board.  Together we were able to do what needs to done for PB-USA to thrive .

Thank you to our NextGens for the handling of our 2015 Holiday Interlude Event.  Neil Estrada, Bong Soriano, Jacqueline Ferrer, Jesse and Dean Mandapat – Good Job, guys !!!

I am so grateful to so many that I may fail to mention someone in consideration my off and on “ipsus lapsus”. Please allow me to extend a general gratitude and my prayers for you all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

Sincerely,

Eddie Ferrer
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