By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG CITY—Retired Philippine
Air Force Col. Ricardo Nolasco Jr., owner of Hannah’s Beach Resort and
Convention Center in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte passed away on Wednesday evening,
July 11, 2018. He was 67.
“He did not survive an open-heart
surgery,” said Ronald Dominguez, spokesperson of the largest resort at Brgy. Balaoi
in Pagudpud.
Known as the architect behind
the transformation of Pagudpud town as a premiere destination of the north, Mr.
Nolasco put up Hannah’s Beach Resort in what was originally meant as a family
vacation resort.
The rest is history when it
expanded into more than 300-room executive villas and cabanas, with on-going
infrastructure developments and set up various amenities.
As a result, hundreds of
domestic and foreign tourists visit here daily.
The resort is on a cliff by
the beach, which provides a spectacular view of the sparkling blue lagoon.
“Yesterday will go down my
lifeline as one of its darkest moments because I lost my big boss who later on
became my brother, mentor, friend and idol but the thought that heaven gained
an angel somehow consoles me,” said Mr. Dominguez in a social media post on July
12, 2018.
“Thank you for supporting me colonel
and seeing me as the queen I could be, before I could even see it myself,” said
Miss Universe Philippines 2018 Catriona Elisa Gray. The Filipino-Australian
beauty queen became Miss Hannah’s in 2016.
Mr. Nolasco’s Josefa Llanas
Nolasco and non-biological daughter Hannah, who he named the resort after, are
his only living relatives.
Hannah’s
The Pagudpud resort received accreditation thru an
Environmental Award from the United Nations (UN) organization several times.
The only beach resort in the Philippines which has accreditation from UN.
Also, Hannah's Resort
received several recognitions: tagged as the Most Outstanding Individual
Initiative on Environmental Management on June 2013, Gawad Amerika 2014-2017,
London Organization of FIL-AM International as one of the best hotels in the Archipelago
and Certified Member of the UNESCO Eco Tourism Spots in the world.
Hannah's beach resort is
known for its clean environment with white fine sand and clear bodies of
water--obviously loved by the travelers, visitors and adventure seekers coming
from other parts of the country and of the world. (With a report from Bernard Ver)
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