The official clock that have a direct link with the Rubidium Atomic Clock and Global Positioning System of the PAGASA originally installed at the atrium of One Stop Processing Center in San Pablo City last December 12, 2011 by the Science and Technology Information Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, that according to a Senior Science Researcher of the said agency, “San Pablo City is the first local government unit in the Philippines to adopt the Juan Time Project of the DOST,” was transferred at the City Plaza infront of the monument of Dr. Jose P. Rizal was re-inaugurated by City Administrator Loreto S. Amante, in the presence of the members of the local mass media last Tuesday afternoon, February 14, 2012 to serve as the official reference for the Philippine Standard Time in the City of San Pablo. (RET)
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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