About The Festival:
Rear Standing from Left to Right: Larry Formalejo, Ray Satorre (Planning Commissioner), Rollie Lavarias, Mohammad Yusuf, Andre Belarmino (Parks and Recreation Commissioner), Hon. Mike Guingona (Daly City Council), Ray Buenaventura (Vice-President & Library Commissioner);
Front Seated from Left to Right: Jackie Guingona, Erlinda Galeon (Library Commissioner), Perla Ibarrientos (President & Personnel Commissioner), Hon. Carol Klatt (Daly City Council)
The Daly City-Quezon City, Sister City Committee was founded in 1994, under the auspices of the City of Daly City’s Economic and Community Development (ECD). Primary objectives were to promote local Filipino-American businesses and to encourage other commercial ventures to bring additional business. Daly City’s population in the early 1990s also showed a sharp increase of Filipino-Americans.
Subsequently, Daly City officials envisioned potential trade and commercial ventures across the Pacific Ocean and sought to become a Sister City for Quezon City, the capital of the Philippines.
In 2000, Albuquerque, a town in the Bohol Province, became a Friendship City. Usually held in June, the festival coincides with the Philippine independence from the Spanish rule, and consequently, the country’s declaration as a sovereign republic.
Scholarships and Charitable Projects proceeds from the Festival fund educational scholarships to deserving students in Daly City, its sister city of Quezon City (capital of the Philippines), as well as its Friendship City of Alburquerque (Bohol Province). Additionally, the DCQC Sister City Committee allocates monies for charitable projects and awards them year-round. Past recipients included the Philippine National Red Cross, the Children’s Learning Center in Bohol, Bantay Bata 163, Quezon City, House With No Steps Foundation, Quezon City, Center for Tuberculosis, Quezon City, the Daly City Emergency Food Pantry, Daly City Police Explorers and the Daly City Police Athletic League (PAL).
Rear Standing from Left to Right: Dr. Agaton Gualberto, Rollie Lavarias, John Warren, Ray Buenaventura, Larry Formalejo
Front Seated from Left to Right: Hon. Carol Klatt, Perla Ibarrientos, Denise Kelly