By
Clarita T. Maneja
Contributor
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| The Late Judge Efren O. Ramos |
Former Regional Trial Court judge and The
Ilocos Times publisher and owner, the late Efren O. Ramos Sr., will
receive a posthumous recognition award for academic excellence during this
year’s golden jubilee celebration and 28th grand alumni homecoming
of the Dingras National High School on March 20, 2015.
The
former judge holds the singular honor of being the first class valedictorian
from the first batch of graduates of the then Dingras Provincial High School in
1947.
“He
set the foundational standard for high academic achievement and performance
which the generations of students who came after him aimed to emulate, uphold
and perpetuate,” General alumni association president Judge Ed Vincent S.
Albano explained.
He
further explained that his citation will also recognize his long and impressive
record in both private and public service. A businessman, a practicing lawyer
and the RTC position he last held, friends recall with fondness his
compassionate, nurturing, generous and socio-civic-minded nature, invaluable
marks that set him distinctly apart from his colleagues and fellow
practitioners and, certainly, attributes his Alma Mater would wish her sons and
daughters to uphold and propagate.
Aside
from the late judge, the golden jubilarians will also recognize four surviving
teachers from their batch: Mrs. Felicitas Ballesteros, Mrs. Sabina T. Dancel,
Mrs. Dingeña Albano and current President of the Paoay Loomweavers Association,
Mrs. Charito Cabulisan Cariaga. The Cañete and Tabaniag families of Dingras
will also share the Loyalty Award honors for producing eleven alumni-graduates
each from their respective families.
This
is the first time, the Dingras National High School Alumni Association will
break tradition by allowing the golden jubilarians this year, the DHS Class of
1965, to confer special awards and citations to fellow alumni who distinguished
themselves bringing honor and fame to the institution in meritorious ways and
capacities.
Judge
Albano explained that traditionally the DNHS alumni association is the only
body that can confer the yearly awards, the recipients of which mainly come
from the class batch being honored, namely the golden jubilarians.
All
the above awards will be presented during the morning opening program to be
held at the Imee Hall of the Dingras National High School in Dingras town.
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