My Take 9

MY TAKE 9
Published in USA in August 2023 by
TATAY JOBO ELIZES,
Self-Publisher, under the permission and authorization of

RAFAEL E. EVANGELISTA
author and copyright owner.
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AUTHOR
Rafael E. Evangelista is a retired capital partner of Baker McKenzie, the largest international law firm in the world.
This is the resume' of Rafael E. Evangelista -
Lawyer, banker, diplomat. Co-founder, Task Force Good Governance; Board member, Bank of Commerce (former vice-
chairman and executive committee member); Various memberships in corporate boards including the Rizal Chapter and the Makati branch of the Philippine National Red Cross;
Board chairman of the NOVA Foundation for the Less Abled; National Commander, Defenders of Bataan and
Corregidor; and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Lithuania to the the Philippines. Retired Capital Partner, Baker & Mckenzie (international law practice), and Member, Board of Trustees, Ateneo de Manila University.
Attended Ateneo de Manila University (A.B., Ll.B.), Georgetown University (Master of Laws), with an honorary Ph.D. from St. Louis University. Recipient of the Lithuanian Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
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CONTENTS

1- Is The Philippines A Part Of China's Continental
Shelf? China May Be Planning To Claim It Is!
(Benham Rise) - p9
2-- To A Love Departed - p11
3- Marching Feet- Tribute to heroes on
Memorial Day - p12
4-- Where Have Bravery And Love Of Country
Gone? - p12
5-- Beyond The Right To Vote - p13

6-- THE STRONGER OR WEAKER SEX? - p14
7-- I March With You In Spirit - p16
8-- BAGUIO'S LOST LION'S HEAD - p17
9-- Haiku Poetrty - CONTEMPLATION - p20
10-- A Poem To An Eighty Year Old - Boogie
Rodrigo - p28

11-- Attorney-In-Fact As Part Of A Family - p29
12-Badac and Barangays - p31
13-- The Twelve Days of Christmas - p32
14-- An Insane MMDA Circular Dear Neighbors - p33
15-- Dedicated to friends and relatives lost during
this pandemic - Fly, Friends, Fly - p34

16-Bonded - p36
17-- A LETTER OF PRESIDENT EMILIO
AGUINALDO - p36
18-How Democracies Die - p38
19-- Highest Praise: ME WE - Ubuntu - p39
20-- Racism Against Asian Americans, Including
FilAms - p40


21-There is room - p45
22-- Love Laid Bare: An Easter Sunday Offering -
p46
23-The Legend of the Christmas Tree - p47
24-Haiku Musings (A lot) - p48
25-The Great I Am - p61

26-- Please Return My Yesterday - p62
27-- Repost: The Philippines was a takeover target of
America even before China expressed any
interest in our country. This is the response to
those designs of the Philippine Leader at the
time, Emilio Aguinaldo. - p63
28-- Fr James B Reuter's Prayer On The Occasion Of
The National Elections - p63
29-Pushing Back - p65
30-The Sun God - p67

31-Gen. Edilberto Evangelista - p69
32-The Final Smile - p71
33-Security Risks - p72
34-Sinagtala Ng Bayan - p74
35-- Gago And The Four Way Test - p76

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