PGLU Commemorates Quirino Day
By: Justin Paul Marbella, PIO | Photo By: Jefferson Lorenzo, Sonny Buenaventura, PIO. Photo credits to LGU Caba and LGU Bacnotan | Date: November 16, 2020
QUIRINO DAY. The Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) headed by Gov. Pacoy along with Vice Gov. Mario Ortega and Board Members Paolo Ortega, Nancy Bacurnay, Christian Rivera, Gerard Ostrea, Frank Sibuma, and Abraham Rimando, led the commemoration of the 130th birth anniversary of the late President Elpidio Quirino today, November 16, 2020, as they offered wreath before his iconic portrait displayed at the Provincial Capitol, City of San Fernando, La Union.
Mayor Francisco Angelito Fontanilla and Vice Mayor Divine Fontanilla led the celebration in Bacnotan, where a barangay and an elementary school are named after the late President.
In Caba, where a Quirino statue now stands, Vice Mayor Ronnie Mangaser represented Mayor Philip Crispino in leading the wreath-laying ceremony.
In Pres. Elpidio Quirino National High School in Agoo, LGU officials led by Mayor Stefanie Anne Eriguel and faculty members commemorated the birth of the president.
Born to an Agoo-native mother, Quirino spent his childhood in Aringay and served as a grade school teacher in Caba, before entering politics and eventually becoming the nation's sixth president in 1948-1953.
