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FLYBY PREPS. Three FA-50 jet fighters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) soar above the Philippine flag at Rizal Park in Manila on Friday (June 10, 2022). It is part of preparation for the flyby on Sunday (June 12) in celebration of the country's 124th Independence Day. (PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - An ancient "duhat" (Java plum) tree, renamed in 1980 as Katipunan tree, will be the center of the 124th Independence Day celebration in Barangay Kaligayahan, Novaliches on Sunday. The event that will start with flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremonies at 7 a.m. will carry the theme "Pagsulong sa Hamon ng Panibagong Bukas" (Rise towards the challenges of a new beginning). The tree is located at the compound of the 75-year-old Metro Manila College (MMC), formerly the Novaliches Academy, the pioneer secondary and tertiary educational institution in the town now shared by neighbors Quezon City and Caloocan City. The celebration will be under the joint sponsorship of
Metro Manila College (Photo from MMC Facebook page) MANILA - The Metro Manila College (MMC), the pioneer tertiary educational institution in Novaliches, Quezon City and Caloocan City, is highlighting the celebration of its 75th anniversary this year with the presentation of awards to its alumni "with outstanding achievements and services to humanity." A search for such alumni is now underway, according to Dr. Evelyne M. Dominguez, president of the Gawad Metronian Educational Foundation Inc. (GMEFI) which was organized in 2014 "to provide the deprived youth and members of the marginalized sectors the right to education." She said the MMC alumni, through the MMC Novaliches Academy General Alumni Association, are invited to nominate possible recipients of the awards during the culminating ceremonies scheduled on March 1, 2023. Nominations will be accepted until Oct. 30, 2022. Gold Delta Charlie, one of the Metronian Alumni Tracers, said the nominees for "the disti