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COCONUT FESTIVAL ON JANUARY 7 – 15, 2008

SAN PABLO CITY - The 13th Coconut Festival and Fair will be held on January 7 – 15, 2008 according to City Administrator Loreto S. Amante, Chairman of the City Coconut Festival Committee. It will feature the Mardi Gras or Street Dancing Contest, an activities which place San Pablo City as a tourist destination under the Programs of the Department of Tourism, and accredited or recognized by the National Historical Institute. To coincide with the weeklong commemoration of the 412th Anniversary of the Founding of the Parish of Saint Paul, The First Hermit, which is now the seat of the Diocese of San Pablo, Inc., the other activities are the nightly cultural presentation and musical extravaganza, and beer plaza to be sponsored by various commercial corporations, as well as by the Office of the Provincial Governor, Amante reported. The annual Mardi Gras is consider as the city’s largest public festival participated by students and special groups donned in attire m

RECEIVING AWARDS IS AMANTE’S ROUTINE CPO LOLITA DAYO

Receiving awards as an Outstanding City Mayor is seem already a routine for Mayor Vicente B. Amante as the 5th Elected City Mayor of San Pablo according to former City Population Officer Lolita S. Dayo, who served as City Nutrition Action Officer from 1983 to 2005 when she reached the mandatory retirement age. When he assumed office as Mayor on June 30, 1992, among his initial actions was to recommend the creation of the Office of the City Administrator, Office of the City Population Officer, Office of the City Cooperative Officer, and the Office of the City Information Officer, in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991 or Republic Act No. 7160, believing that the creation of these offices will help enhance the delivery of educational, health, and social services to the community, particulary among those living in the countrysides. In effect, Mrs. Dayo said that on November of 1993, San Pablo was chosen as “The Most Outstanding Local