Town hero … The Mambulao local government has marked the 150th
birth anniversary of Dr Jose Maria Panganiban with a dedication ceremony at his
monument in Naga City. The hero’s monument is located at the Naga Central
School II in Naga City. Panganiban is known in history as “The Avenger of the
Filipino Honor”. The town of Mambulao where he was born, was renamed after him on
Dec 1, 1934 under Act 4155. On Thursday, Mayor Ricarte ‘Dong’ Padilla led a big
group of delegation from the LGU composed of baranggay chairmen, municipal
government staff and other officials. Picture shows the town hero’s monument in
the background. – Photo courtesy of MA
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By ALLAN CAMATA
NAGA CITY: While there is still time,
the city government here made great efforts to commemorate the 150th year
of Filipino propagandist
and Bicolano hero, Jose Maria Panganiban, whose birth anniversary falls
on Feb 1, which by that time this year would have marked his 151st birthday.
Yesterday, Jan 23, the city honored the
great man, with a parade that will start at 7am, wreath-laying, lecture and
exhibit, and other activities, that will highlight his role as an “Avenger of
Filipino Honor” who suffered and died for his country.
Accordingly, Naga City Mayor John G
Bongat has issued Proclamation No. 2014-001 designating Jan 23 of each year as
“Jose Maria Panganiban Commemoration Day in the City of Naga”.
The City Events, Protocol, and Public
Information Office said honored guests from CamNorte where Panganiban was born,
led by Gov Edgardo Tallado, Daet Mayor Tito Sarion, and Mayor Ricarte Padilla
of Jose Panganiban town have been invited to join in the celebration.
CamNorte and CamSur were once a single
province known then as Ambos Camarines with Nueva Caceres (now Naga City) as
the provincial capital.
Mayor Bongat, Vice Mayor Nelson
Legacion, DepEd Supt. Emma Cornejo, City Councilor Nathan Sergio, and other
city officials will lead in the celebration and other related activities that
will be attended by various civic organizations, schools and colleges, barangay
officials, and the members of the Nueva Caceres Heritage Society and the Order
of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines where Panganiban during the
Spanish times was a member of this erstwhile secret organization.
The exhibit at the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
Recreational Hall opened at 10am with Rev Fr William Parde, rector of the
seminary, welcoming the guests.
A lecture was held at 1.30pm yesterda at
the seminary with local historian Danilo Gerona and officers from the National
Historical Commission who gave talks about the honoree, his life and times.
This year’s anniversary showcased the
Panganiban monument at the Naga Central School, where the program proper was
held after the grand parade.
Erected by the school’s Parent Teachers
Association in 1930, the monument is probably the first such monument ever
built to honor the Bicol hero, Sergio said.
The monument at Jose Panganiban
municipal hall, in the hero’s hometown, on the other hand, was erected by the
National Historical Institute in 1985, or 55 years later when Naga City already
had its monument dedicated to the Bicol hero. – Bicol Mail
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