Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III (left), who reached the age of 65 last August 7th, formally turn-over his position as Executive Director of the DOST;s Philippine Council of Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD) to Deputy Executive Director Cesario R. Pagdilao during the testimonial luncheon tendered his honors held at the seminar/training hall at the PCAMRD Headquarters Building in Los Baños. Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero skippered the research institution for more than 21 years, and now one of the world renowned scientists in the field of Tilapia Culture being the initiator of the now famous “sex reversal technology of Tilapia .“
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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