TOKEN OF GRATITUDE - San Pablo City District Jail Deputy Warden, Jail Senior Inspector Jerome V. Soriano, in behalf of BJMP-Region IV-A Director (Jail Senior Superintendent) Norvel Mingoa hands over plaque of appreciation to Seven Lakes Press Corps as a token of gratitude for the just and fair reporting of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology’s advocacy activities and performances during Calendar Year 2008. For formalities, the award was received by SLPC President Nani C. Cortez in the presence of JO2 Marian Manset, SLPC Executive Vice President Sandy Belarmino, City Government Assistant Department Head Melinda P. Bondad, and Video Editor Ramil Buiser of the City Information Office. (CIO/Jonathan S. Aningalan)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
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