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ALCALA, Pangasinan: The people of Alcala led by their
town mayor hailed the heirs of the late Sen. Cipriano P. Primicias,
one of the greatest sons of Alcala who reached national stature,
when they donated part of their property to the municipal
government.
Some of the heirs of the late
senator, who are now all well-off and heading their respective
families, traveled to Alcala from where they are now living to
convey the donation to the municipal government.
The donation of a
5,000-square-meter property by the Cipriano P. Primicias and Sons
Inc. was received on Monday in behalf of the municipal government by
reelected Mayor Manuel Collado and municipal treasurer Roselily
Ferrer, in her capacity as property custodian.
The corporation, headed by
Edmundo Primicias as general manager, considers the donation as just
a small measure to perpetuate the memory of their father who was
once regarded among the most powerful and respected leaders of the
province.
The other Primicias children,
Carlos Primicias, corporate secretary, and Marietta Primicias-Goco,
corporate treasurer, signed the donation.
The other Primicias children who
also signed the deed of donation earlier but were not able to make a
sentimental visit to Alcala were their eldest, former Pangasinan
governor Cipriano B. Primicias Jr., chairman of the board, who now
lives in Canada; 1971 Constitutional Convention Delegate Ricardo
Primiciasand the lawyer Juan Primicias.
The site is where the town of
Alcala, a fourth-class town slated to become third class, may build
its own community hospital.
Goco said her family is willing
to help build the community hospital with the help of benefactors
from abroad, plus help promised earlier by House Speaker Jose de
Venecia.
Recalling their attachment to the
lot they donated, Goco said the 5,000-square-meter property was the
land where their old house was located and to where they evacuated
during the Japanese Occupation.
Goco, a former member of the
Cabinet of former President Fidel Ramos, recalled that it was there
in that property where her younger brother Johnny (Juan), a lawyer,
was born.
She said that even before her
father died in the 1960s, he already wanted to donate the piece of
property to the people of Alcala, which did not materialize.
Mayor Collado, noting the old
wish of the late senator, persistently followed it up.
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