Dear leaders and friends in the Phil-Am Community:
Fulfilling a promise made to the new Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino when we attended his inaugural to support his presidency, we are organizing a new Investment and Trade Mission to the Philippines on October 11-17. This will be the first Phil-Am Trade Mission to be received by the new President. As you know, President Noynoy won a huge landslide victory among the U.S.-based Fil-Am voters, and he now enjoys a record 88% approval rating among all Filipinos. We hope you can join us and meet him up close and personal. You will not be disappointed.
The 50 delegates from Texas and our guest delegates from 10 states and Canada who joined us three years ago had the time of their lives when the five CALABARZON governors rolled out the red carpet for them and showed them the best that their lovely provinces can offer (see attached pictorials). The 2007 Trade Mission also resulted in more than $12 million in new business for the delegates who found new partners and customers for their products and services. This is a long-awaited encore of that very successful trip. A detailed itinerary will be sent to interested and qualified participants.
Following the successful formula that we used 3 years ago, all delegates are making their own travel arrangements to suit their individual needs. The only two conditions to be met to be eligible to join this important trip: (a) You must have a legitimate business reason for joining — e.g., look for potential buyers, suppliers or outsourcing partners, explore investing in a business or real estate property for retirement, medical tourism, etc.; (b) You must join the scheduled tour of the CALABARZON provinces hosted by their governors. This part of the program is priceless! All of these, plus 6 nights in a first class hotel, all local transportation to the provinces including Subic, conferences and most meals are part of the package for as low as only $795.00.
If interested, please contact us so we can send you the Reservation Form. You may also start scouting for low airfares while low-season fares are still available. Delegation seats are limited to 50, and the 20 available will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis to qualified individuals or companies. If you can swing it, don’t miss this rare opportunity.
We would like to hear from you. Please also circulate to your own circle of friends and business associates who may benefit from this.
Sincerely,
Gus Mercado
Executive Director, PACC Texas
Tel. 940-728-2222, Fax 940-725-0798

The State of Illinois is in the process of reviewing bids for the privatization of the Illinois State Lottery. This privatization also has contract set-aside goals for minority, women, and disadvantaged small businesses. If your company falls under this category, than you’ll definitely want to be part of this privatization effort.
I will be getting more information on this opportunity and will update all when I receive the information, but you can count on the following industries to have some awards:  IT, Accounting, Legal, Marketing, Consulting, Communications, etc…   If you’re in this industry, than you should really consider getting involved with this effort.
One important factor for businesses interested in getting involved with these opportunities is CERTIFICATION. You need to be Certified as an MWBE or DBE to be included in this. If you haven’t gotten your certification, we can help.

Commedy for a Cause, a charitable and hilarious production will be on September 10, 2010 7:30PM at the Portage Theater in Chicago. This show features the best known Filipino-American comedian Rex Navarrete.
For more information, contact Lakhi Siap:
TEL (224) 538-1471
Lakhi@ascenechicago.com

We’d like to extend a special Welcome to our new Consul General, Leo Herrera-Lim, and a very special Thank You for presiding at the official swearing-in ceremony for our new President and Board Members.
On July 20, 2010, at the Fishpond Restaurant, Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim, honored us with his presence and officiated the swearing-in of our new President, Bert Gazmen, and the new Board Members, Adrian Atizado, Jimmy Dejuras, Cornelio Natividad, Cynthia Flores, Fred Navarro, Marie Espero, and Ray O. Villar.

Bert Gazmen, owner of Midwest Tax Professionals, has been elected as the new President of the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Chicago. Bert brings with him years of experience in business development and financial services and has pledged to help in increasing the number of successful Philippine-American entrepreneurs.

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A special Thank YOU to Ely Natividad -past President, and Marie Espero – past Chairwoman of the Board, for their outstanding leadership.  Their professionalism and dedication to the PACCGC and it’s mission will forever be appreciated. 

Congratulations to our seven new board members: Emil Bernardo, Cynthia Flores, Ray Villar, Marie Espero, Fred Navarro, Ely Natividad and, Adrian Atizado.

The following board members were elected as officers of the PACCGC:

Chairman of the Board: Ely Natividad
Vice President: Adrian Tabangay
Auditor:  Adrian Atizado
Secretary: Marie Espero

The PACCGC is embarking on ambitious programs designed to develop, enhance, and promote the Philippine-American Small Business Community, and with the highly capable leadership in place, we are confident that we can help our business community grow and succeed. 

Help us help you!  Join Today.  Contact the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Chicago,  773-545-4330, or email james@paccgc.org

Interested Parties should contact Rosemary Reeves at rreeves@womeneye.org.

The recently-passed omnibus healthcare reform bill aims to restructure the foundation of all private healthcare enterprises in the United States.  The ambitious reform packages seeks to provide comprehensive insurance coverage for up to 98% of all eligible Americans. In order to finance the bill, congress approved over 500 billion dollars in medicare cuts including substantial permanent cuts on home healthcare services and equipment.

What do these medicare budget cuts mean for the home health agents and their providers?  How can you prepare your organization to weather the changes.  Are there unanticipated challenges facing your business or perhaps new opportunities.

On Tuesday May 25th 2010, join Merill Lynch and NAPAHC to hear from two of the leading healthcare policy experts about the consequences of the passage 2010 Healthcare Reform for home healthcare businesses. Our panel will include leading authorities on Health Administration and Medicare policies both from private insurance-based health systems and within the federal government:

Dr. Edward Hughes, MD
Professor of Management and Strategy
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Dr. Edward Hughes founded Northwestern University’s Center for Health Services and Policy Research (now the Institute for Health Policy Studies) and served as its Director for seventeen years. He also served as the Director of Kellogg’s Health Enterprise Management Program and is the founder of Kellogg’s joint MD-MBA Degree Program. Professor Hughes played a central role in the development of the Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology curriculum at Kellogg and for many years served as Co-Director of the Biotechnology Program. His research interests entail the efficient utilization of resources in healthcare; health policy and economics; managed care; the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries; and Leadership.

F. Daniel Cantrell, Ph.D
District Director, Senior Healthcare Policy Advisor
Office of U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis, Illinois 7th Congressional District

Dr. Cantrell received his BA degree in accounting and economics from San Francisco University, his MBA from the University of California at Berkeley and completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School.  After serving as a trustee and on the board of several healthcare and community-based leadership organizations, Dr. Cantrell has since become the District Director of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois. Since 1997 he has also filled the role of senior healthcare policy expert for U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis and was instrumental at crafting the implementation of the federal stimulus programs in his district.

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PACCGC General Membership Meeting & Networking Event

MARCH 9, 2010 6PM
D O L C E
4114 North Kedzie (off Irving Park Road)
Chicago, Illinois 60618
tel.: 773 866-1910

Yes folks, it is that time of the year again. We’re having our 1st 2010 General Membership meeting on Tuesday, March 9, from 6:30PM to 7:00PM.  Immediately afterwards (7:01PM) we’ll be having our Cocktails and Networking night. This is a great night to meet with old friends, and make new-valuable-important-special friends. Find out about all the new projects we’ve created to help your business or entrepreneurial dreams a huge success! All the news we’ve been hearing tells us that the economy is terrible, people are loosing jobs, and that the world is ending, but we’re here to tell you that the Opportunities for success are even greater than they have ever been.  Find out about all this and more while enjoying the company of friends.

Bring a friend or guests !!!
meet new friends and net work with fellow members!

There will be a $10.00 event fee that includes hors d’oeuvres and appetizers and the cash bar.

rsvp: Cindy C. Flores, Chair, Membership Committee & Networking
740 676-3355 312 925-7812
James Villar , Executive Director, PACCGC
773 545-4330 312 593-7713