By Clarita T. Maneja Contributor 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 28 th 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 posi
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