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Connecting Across Differences: Bansawan Ibrahim

Rotary takes pride in its diversity that cuts across continents, gender, political affiliations, culture, age, and ethnicity. 

The incoming batch of governors in the Philippine districts are an interesting microcosm capturing the diversity of Rotary, and yet there are discernible attributes common among them—the strongest of which are a desire to bring unity and peace in their districts, and the firmness with which they assert their decisiveness. 

Introducing the governors for Rotary Year 2019 to 2020.

BANSAWAN IBRAHIM 

District: 3870 

Badge Name: Bans 

Classification: Government Service-Judiciary Rotary Club of Cotabato City-South 

Spouse: Ofelia “Fely” Catalan, former head of the Office of Social Welfare and Development Services, Cotabato City 

Children: Scheherazade, Otorhinolaryngologist/Neck Surgeon; Scherjan Moosa, Civil Engineer; Sherinah, certified Orthodontist; Shariff Franco, BSN, EMT,  BFP, Notre Dame University 

“Since my induction as an adjudicator of the Philippine law in the 13th sala of the Regional Trial Court, I have displayed my capacity for hard work, intellectual prowess, and restraint on the bench by seeing to it that cases brought to me are decided based on law and evidence.” 

“I am widely recognized as one of my club’s legal minds, as well as someone who brings to my work a spirit of decency, humility, integrity, even-handedness, and excellence. I have imbibed the value of ‘service above self’ as a meaningful guidepost for conducting my life.”

Fr. Sonny Pahed Jr., Everett Olivan, Philip Tan, Bansawan Ibrahim, Liza Elorde, Jon Alonzo Jr., Nelson Aspe, Ador Tolentino Jr., Bernadette Herrera, Raphy Tayco, Jr.

Read the full story in the July 2019 issue of the Philippine Rotary magazine.

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