Chronology of the Presidents & Chair of the Board of Directors and the Corresponding Main Events & Achievements of each Administration

1968-1969
1st President,Founder,Founding President &  Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Jacobo Rosales Asuncion,Jr.,A.A., M.D., C.M.


1969-1970
2nd President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Miss Rosalinda Almaria,R.N.


1970-1971
3rd President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Engr. Marc Guzman,B.Sc.Eng.  [4-6880]


1971-1972
4th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mrs.Erlinda Y. Obellos Asuncion,R.N.


1972-1973
5th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr.Emmanuel B. Aquino,M.D.


1973-1974
6th President & Chair of the Board of Diectors
Dr. Jacobo Rosales Asuncion,Jr. A.A.,M.D.,C.M.


1974-1975
7th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Manuel Lopez,B.Sc.Ed.(I.A.)


1975-1976
8th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Emmanuel B. Aquino,M.D.


1976-1977
9th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mrs. Rosalinda Almaria Hamilton ,R.N.


1977-1978
10th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Gregorio Lacopia Sayat, M.D. and
Mr. Remy Richard  


1978-1979
11th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr.Evelio Pimentel


1979-1980
12th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Gregorio Higa Bermundo ,B.Sc.Com.


1980-1981
13th President & Chair of the Board of Director
Mrs. Erlinda Amoranto Unite, B.S.N.D.


1981-1982
14th President & Chair of the Board of Director
Engr. Jorge Salvador Sadi, Ass.Mar.Engr.


1982-1983
15th President & Chair of the  Board of Directors
Mr. Tony Mina


1983-1984
16th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Amado Gasmen Foronda, MT.(Ret'd).


1984-1986
17th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Isagani Banda Garcia, B.Sc.Ed.


1986-1990
18th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Edwin Sepidoza


1990-1992
19th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Nellie Nolido Sarkar,M.D.


1992-1996
20th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Armando A.B. Regala, B.Sc.Psych.


1996-1998
21st President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Ms. Remedios Swarez  B.Sc.P.R.,M.Sc.P.R.


1998-2000
22nd President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mrs. Angelina  Sampang, B.Sc.Ed.


2000-2004
23rd President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Miss Jocelyn Joy Croox, B.Sc.Kin.


2004-2006
24th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Gerald Bermundo,B.Sc.Com.


2006-2006
25th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Nardo Mendoza,B.F.A.


2006-2007
26th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Michael Antonio Asuncion,B.A.,B.A.(Hons.),
D.P.A., M.P.A.

2007-2011
27th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Elizabeth R. Eustaquio-Domondon, D.D.S.,
R.D.H.

2011-2012
28th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
Mrs. Leni Remolano Van der Jagt ,R.N.

2013-2014
29th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
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2015-2016
30th President & Chair of the Board of Directors
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IN THE BEGINNING.

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The Filipino Association of  Nova Scotia was
founded on August 9,1968  @  precisely  7:35 pm A.S.T. and was incorporated as a SOCIETY on June 10, 1974.
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                   IN THE BEGINNING

 The Year was 1964.

 On a hot,humid Sunday, after the MASS, I
 went for a short stroll at the Halifax Harbor
 Front to enjoy the occasional breeze. My
 hope was to see and meet a Filipino/s.  My
 hope faded. I went home and spent my time
 with my family. That was July, 1964.

 Then winter came.

The Filipino pioneers of Nova Scotia met 
informally for the very first time at the residence of Dr. & Mrs. Jacobo R. & Erlinda  O. Asuncion, Jr. in Halifax, N.S. in celebration of Christmas on December 24, 1964.  The pioneer Filipino families in Nova Scotia were: (1) Dr. & Mrs.  Jacobo R. & Erlinda O. Asuncion,Jr. ; (2) Dr.&Mrs. Jose & Lydia Aquino ;(3) Drs. Sushil & Nellie Sarkar; (4) Dr.&Mrs. Virgilio & Gloria Sangalang; (5) Drs. Araw & Emy  Felismino; (6) Dr.&Mrs. Gregorio & Siony  Sayat ;(7) Dr.&Mrs.Bayani & Cora Ignacio ; (8) Dr.& Mrs.Jaime & Neri Belen; (9) Dr. & Mrs. Jessie & Margie de Villa ; (10) Dr.& Mrs. Hong.

   Following  the Christmas Eve  Holy Mass , we enjoyed 
the FESTIVE CHRISTMAS DINNER  previously prepared by our wives.  It was  Smorgasboard 
style .  We feasted on the following main courses :   Beef Morcon , Apritada, Pochero ,
Chicken Adobo, Baked  Ham , Caldereta ,Pancit 
Log-log , Linaga Beef Short Ribs , Pinakbit, Spare Ribs , Vegetable Salad , Fruit Salad ,White & Fried Rice.   
For dessert we had Ginatan ,Puto , Cochinta leche plan , Suman , Bico ,Hot Chocolate , Coffee & Tea .  
     It was indeed a festive Dinner and a  MEMORABLE  GASTRONOMIC DELIGHT !   It was 
Christmas Celebration - just like home,---away from  home !     Thank you CANADA !

       Everyone enjoyed the company.  So, every Christmas since then, the Filipinos continued celebrating together from 1965 to 1967 at the residence of Drs. Sushil & Nellie Sarkar in Dartmouth, N.S.  We had a  sing-a-along of the 
Christmas  Carols.  The  EIGHT  FILIPINO  COUPLES   usually  warmed  themselves  by  the fireplace.  And as their faces glowed in the reflection of the woodfire, they thought of their native land-the Philippines,  and  ALL  THE 
CHALLENGES  AND  ADVENTURES  facing them in this new adopted country-Canada.  They reminisced about their cherished festive customs and traditions that they left behind.

"Why don't we relive these in our new homeland?"

"Why not indeed!"

" And  so , we did  !!!..."


            *  The  Pioneers. *
   

Photographs 2 & 3