The 11th World Scouts Jamboree was held at Marathon, Greece in August 1963. The Philippine contingent, boy scouts from ages 14 to 19, represented the best of the generation and the idealism of the Philippine youth.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, streets in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Ramon "Chito" Valdes Albano was born on 3 September 1947. He was the the fifth child and fifth son of eleven children of Dr. Paulino E. Albano and Dr. Pilar Valdes-Albano. The couple owned and managed what was once called the St. Rita Maternity Hospital in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila. He attended the Immaculate Concepcion Academy and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, where his interest in the Cub Scout movement grew. In 1955, he was dubbed the Letran's "Cub Scout King" by Yvonne de los Reyes, the reigning Miss Philippines. An Air Scout for the Manila Council, he was in the drum and bugle corps and enjoyed the outdoors. He was 15 years old in 1963. A street and the school owned by his family were named in his memory.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, streets in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Ramon "Chito" Valdes Albano was born on 3 September 1947. He was the the fifth child and fifth son of eleven children of Dr. Paulino E. Albano and Dr. Pilar Valdes-Albano. The couple owned and managed what was once called the St. Rita Maternity Hospital in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila. He attended the Immaculate Concepcion Academy and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, where his interest in the Cub Scout movement grew. In 1955, he was dubbed the Letran's "Cub Scout King" by Yvonne de los Reyes, the reigning Miss Philippines. An Air Scout for the Manila Council, he was in the drum and bugle corps and enjoyed the outdoors. He was 15 years old in 1963. A street and the school owned by his family were named in his memory.
The 11th World Scouts Jamboree was held at Marathon, Greece in August 1963. The Philippine contingent, boy scouts from ages 14 to 19, represented the best of the generation and the idealism of the Philippine youth.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, streets in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Ramon "Chito" Valdes Albano was born on 3 September 1947. He was the the fifth child and fifth son of eleven children of Dr. Paulino E. Albano and Dr. Pilar Valdes-Albano. The couple owned and managed what was once called the St. Rita Maternity Hospital in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila. He attended the Immaculate Concepcion Academy and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, where his interest in the Cub Scout movement grew. In 1955, he was dubbed the Letran's "Cub Scout King" by Yvonne de los Reyes, the reigning Miss Philippines. An Air Scout for the Manila Council, he was in the drum and bugle corps and enjoyed the outdoors. He was 15 years old in 1963. A street and the school owned by his family were named in his memory.
On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air plane that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy. In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph (an empty tomb) was erected inside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Also, streets in Quezon City's Baranggay Obrero, Laging Handa and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen.
Ramon "Chito" Valdes Albano was born on 3 September 1947. He was the the fifth child and fifth son of eleven children of Dr. Paulino E. Albano and Dr. Pilar Valdes-Albano. The couple owned and managed what was once called the St. Rita Maternity Hospital in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila. He attended the Immaculate Concepcion Academy and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, where his interest in the Cub Scout movement grew. In 1955, he was dubbed the Letran's "Cub Scout King" by Yvonne de los Reyes, the reigning Miss Philippines. An Air Scout for the Manila Council, he was in the drum and bugle corps and enjoyed the outdoors. He was 15 years old in 1963. A street and the school owned by his family were named in his memory.
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