Category: History

The Philippine Jaycees now JCI Philippines is the first nationally organized leadership development organization established in Asia. It began when two delegates from the Manila Jaycees, Gregorio M. Feliciano and Jose N. Mayuga, attended the 3rd World Congress of the Junior Chamber International held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to petition for the admission of…

JCI Senator Number One was conferred to JCI Sen. Joaquin V. Gonzalez posthumously in September 1952 during the 7th JCI World Congress in Melbourne, Australia. Jake Gonzalez of JCI Manila was a Past National President of JCI Philippines (1951-1952) and a past JCI Secretary-General (1950-1951) whose glorious life was cut short in a plane accident…