Mt. Kaladias Lodge No. 91 New Set of Officers for MY 2011 to 2012

Worshipful Master -----------Bro. Jose Miraflor

Senior Warden -------------Bro. Albert Babaylan

Junior Warden ----------------Bro. Alan Sindiong

Treasurer -----------------VWBro. Albert Tecson

Secretary ---------------------------Bro. Ian Canlas

Auditor -----------------------VWBro. Conrad Yulo

Harmony Officer -----------VWBro. Conrad Yulo

Albert Tecson
Mt. Kaladias Lodge No. 91
Dumaguete City
MD RVI-B, MWGLP

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Congratulations to all incoming lodge officers for the ensuing Masonic Year 2011. May the GAOTU guide you in all your endeavors that you make the right decisions for the benefit of Masonry in general but specially your lodge.


Fraternally,


Ben Billena PM
SGTS # 296
Past Potentate 2007 Al Bahr Shriners
Past Grand Standard Bearer GLC 1998-1999
San Diego, California

J Rizal Lodge, Havana, Cuba: Bro Amb Corsino

PHILIPPINE EMBASSY
HAVANA, CUBA

23 October 2008

Worshipful Master Francisco Liu
Mt. Kaladias Lodge #91
Dumaguete City

Dear Worshipful Sir,

I would like to inform you and the brethren of Mt. Kaladias Lodge #91 that today I had a meeting with WM Juan Pablo Moret and PWM Pedro Francisco Ugarte of the Jose Rizal Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Havana, Cuba. (I heard that there was a Jose Rizal Masonic Lodge in Havana shortly after I arrived here, and so, asked my secretary to contact them.)

They were very happy to know that I, the Philippine Ambassador, am a Mason belonging, Bro to a mother lodge under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. For my part, I was very pleased to find out that their Lodge, founded in 1956, was named after our national hero--a recognition not only of Rizal's greatness but also of his having been a Mason. In fact, they showed me a lodge bulletin which bore Rizal's picture, his brief biography, and his sayings and a full-length poem, "A La Juventud Filipina".

I was also surprised to hear that they have around 400 masonic lodges in Cuba with a membership of almost 40,000, under the Grand Lodge of Cuba. I was told that they would convey to the Grand Master that the Philippine Ambassador is a Mason. Through you, worshipful, perhaps we could also inform the Grand Master of Philippine Masons that the Craft is active in Cuba under their Grand Lodge and there is a Jose Rizal Lodge in Havana. (The lodges here do not have numbers, unlike in RP.)

They have invited me to attend any of their next meetings. I was happy to welcome their invitation. Although everything will be in Spanish, I will endeavor to follow the ritual as conventionally known all over the world and they will also provide me with an interpreter as I would most probably be requested to say a few words to the Cuban brethren.

Please inform our Bro. Hector Villanueva of this development. I have long wanted to communicate with him, but phone communication is almost impossible. May I therefore ask you to provide me with his email address.

Also, please disseminate this information to our Mt. Kaladias brethren.

Sincerely and Fraternally, your Bro,


Ambassador Mac Corsino

Congratulations to Hon Amb Macarthur F. Corsino: 19 June 2008

"Together Brethren!

Congratulations to Bro Macarthur "Mac" F. Corsino of Mt Kaladias Lodge No 91, Dumaguete City. He is truly a gem and brings honor to our fraternity.

Last June 19, 2008, Bro Mac took his oath as Philippine Ambassador to Cuba, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, before Hon. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto G. Romulo.

His ambassadorial appointment by the President was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments last June 11, 2008 and will assume his post sometime August. He is returning to Oman soon where he is still the Philippine Consul General, but should be back in RP next month or early August before departing for Havana."

As emailed by Bro Augusto "Gus" E. Alvarez, PDGL, Rafael Palma Lodge # 147.

According to Bro Joji Bulawin; (who also extends his congratulations to our new Honorable Ambassador) said that Bro Mac Corsino, Phd is his former professor at Silliman University and a brother DeMolay from Leon Kilat Chapter (now Dumaguete Chapter).

The Daily Tribune also reported: "Macarthur Corsino, chief of mission, class II, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba with the concurrent jurisdiction over the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti and Jamaica."

Our congratulations to the Hon Amb and Brother Mac Corsino!

Pinoy Masons Worldwide