Colonel Aurelio B. Baladad, a member of PMA Class 1982, formally assumed the position of Commander of 202nd Infantry (Unifier) Brigade based at Barangay Antipolo, Rizal Town in Laguna, last Wednesday, August 5, 2009 vice Colonel Bobby B. Calleja who was designated as officer-in-charge for two weeks, in a traditional military change of command ceremony presided by Brigadier General Jorge Valbuena Segovia, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division of the Philippine Army. The simple ceremony was attended by the representatives both from the military service, local police directorate, and members of the local press corps. (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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