THE directors, some members, and past presidents of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club Inc, led by its president Frank Mendez, visited Camp Edilberto Evangelista, home of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division yesterday.

Major General Jose Maria R. Cuerpo, 4ID commanding officer welcomed members of the local media at the White House of the division’s camp in Barangay Patag.

In a phone interview, Mendez said the activity also served as a courtesy call of the club’s new board of directors as an inserted activity of the club’s 41st Press Freedom Week celebrations.

FRIENDSHIP MUG. Major General Jose Maria R. Cuerpo, 4th Infantry Diamond Division Commanding Officer, hands over a mug as a symbol of friendship, to Frank Mendez, president of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc during the courtesy call on yesterday morning at Camp Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City Photo by Edwin Iyo

Mendez said the courtesy call was initiated through the club’s director Froilan Gallardo.

The 41st Press Freedom Week opened yesterday with a Holy Mass at the Press Freedom Monument at the Provincial Ground and was followed by a parade around to Divisoria area.

During the courtesy call, Cuerpo handed Mendez a mug as a symbol of friendship.

Cuerpo expressed gratitude to the officers and directors of the club for visiting their camp.