June 5, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact Ibis Antongiorgi, Press Secretary to Cook County Board President Todd H. Stroger, at 312-603-0396 or by email at iantongiorgi@cookcountygov.com. 

Stroger Sponsors Resolution Celebrating Anniversary of Establishment of Philippine Republic  

Nation marks 109th anniversary of independence from colonial rule.

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Chicago, June 5, 2007 - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger sponsored a resolution today celebrating June 12 as the 109th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of the Philippines, and recognizing the week of June 10, 2007 as Philippine Independence Week. He was joined at the County Board meeting by members of Chicago’s Philippine Independence Week Committee 2007. The resolution passed unanimously.

The week of June 10 has been designated across the nation as Philippine Independence Week.

Filipinos were among the earliest explorers in the New World, landing in America in the 16th century. Today, Filipino Americans are the second most populous Asian group in the United States.

Cook County Government and the Offices Under the President employ the largest percentage of Asian Americans of any government in Illinois, with Filipino Americans comprising a substantial portion of those employees.

PHOTO (left to right): Paul Angeles, his wife Susan, Vigan Enriquez, his wife Clayo – chair of the Filipino Independence Week Committee 2007 – County Board President Todd H. Stroger, Redora Cava, Boni Cava, and Matt DeLeon, Secretary of the Cook County Board and a Filipino-American. The Angeles’, the Enriquez’s, and the Cava’s are all members of the Philippine Independence Week Committee 2007.

For more information, contact Ibis Antongiorgi, Press Secretary to Cook County Board President Todd H. Stroger, at 312-603-0396 or iantongiorgi@cookcountygov.com. 

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