Ang kinatawan ng pangasiwaan ng SM City San Pablo ay nakipanayam kay City Information Officer Leonides A. Abril Jr. noong Miyerkoles ng hapon upang mag-alok ng tulong sa ikapagtatagumpay ng mga mga palatuntunang itataguyod ng Pangasiwaang Lunsod ng San Pablo, partikular ay sa promosyon ng mga gawaing may kaugnayan sa pagpapaunlad ng industriya ng turismo, at sa pagkakaloob ng mga kasanayan sa mga naging Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) at mga Senior Citizen upang ang mga nalalabi pang panahon sa kanilang buhay ay maging kapakipakinabang.. Ang nasa larawan (mula sa kaliwa) ay sina Public Relations Staff Keno Moreno, CIO Leo Abril, Global Pinoy Center Supervisor Willie Anne D. Lagaya, at Assistant Store Manager Rondon Porbiy. (CIO/Gerry Flores)
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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