Attended by 89 tribal governors, chieftains, and council members from the Indigenous People Communities in the Provinces of Quezon and Rizal, the first Tribal Chieftains Leadership Summit organized by the 202nd Infantry (Unifier) Brigade of the Philippine Army under the command of Colonel Aurelio Baladad held at the headquarters of the 1st Infantry (Always First) Battalion at Barangay West Talaongan in Cavinti, Laguna helped refreshed their knowledge on community development planning and program implementation to help them pursue their own concept of sustainable community development, based on the culture and values that are inherent to them.Tribal Governor Napoleon Buendicho (for Quezon) said the summit reminded them of their social responsibilities as leaders of volunteer environmentalists. (Ruben E. Taningco)
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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