People on the move

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Title
People on the move
Language
English
Year
1978
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Abstract
Emilio Aguilar Cruz
Felicita G. Bernardino
Nilda Diokno Reyes
Rogelio San Luis
Pablo T. Mateo
Cream Gilda Luis
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12 THE REPUBLIC GCAA walkathon contest Taking the cue from President Marcos’physical fitness Association (GCAA) held a walkathon contest last (extreme right) fired the gun to start the race. The program, the Government Corporations Athletic month. Minister of Public Works Alfredo Juinio walkathon was from the NLA compound to Balara Filters. People on the move Emilio Aguilar Cruz Dr. Felicita G. Bernardino Nilda Diokno Reyes Atty. Rogelio San Luis Journalist, essayist, artist and art cntic, Emilio Aguilar Cruz has been appointed as the new Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). A native of Pampanga, the 63-year old Cruz had had twin careers in writing and painting. A newspaperman since the mid-1930's (feature writer for the Graphic, editor of the Sunday Times Magazine and Editor in Chief of the Daily Mirror), Cruz has taught journalism and the humanities at the University of the Philippines, Centro Escolar and Manuel L. Quezon University. An avid painter, Cruz was one of the artist-founders of the Dimasala ng Group and has participated in some 20 group shows in Manila. Now an ambassador extraordinary plenipotentiary, Cruz took up his post in Paris in June. Lt. Col. Juan A. Sison has been appointed Chief State Prosecutor of the Department of Justice. Bom in Pangasinan, the 48-year old Sison began his public career in 1954 as the private secretary to the late Justice Fernando Hernandez of the Court of Appeals. Following advanced studies at Harvard Law School, Sison served as research attorney and bar relations assistant to Chief Justice Cesar Bengson of the Supreme Court. He later held various positions in the Department of Justice and most recently led the prosecution panel in the subversion trial of ex-Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. At the Department of Education and Culture, two regional directors received new postings. Dr. Felicita G. Bernardino, who headed DEC Region III, has been appointed Undersecretary of Education for NonFormal Education. A new position created under P.D. No. 1139, Dr. Bernardino’s job will be to take charge of organizing programs for adults who were earlier deprived (mostly for financial reasons) of a formal education. Pablo T. Mateo, Jr., formerly in charge of DEC Region IV, is the new President of the Philippine College of Commerce. One time Assistant Director of the Bureau of Private Schools, Mateo had for the past year been officer-in-charge of the PCC. Meanwhile, at the Development Pablo T. Mateo Academy of the Philippines, the office of DAP President O.D. Corpuz announced promotions for Jose P. de Jesus and Nilda Diokno Reyes. De Jesus, formerly DAP Senior Vice President for Operations, is now the Executive Vice President of the Academy. He is concurrently Executive Director of the Career Service Board under the Civil Service Commission. Ms. Reyes has been promoted from Fellow in to Fellow n at d a p’s Career Executive Service Board. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines and is now completing work for her Ph.D. in the same field. Enrique Velez has been promoted from Officer-inChaige to Director of Management Administrative Services. A certified public accountant, Velez is a grad uate of De La Salle University with twin majors in accounting and political science. Grants / Scholarships The Director of the Technology Resource Center’s Information Services Department, Lemuel M. Miravalles won a Parvin Fellowship to Princeton University. Along with participants from Peru, Bangladesh, South Korea, Indonesia and India, Miravalles will study developmental planning, urban economics, technology transfers and development information. The scholarship includes an extensive observation tour of the United States. Three Filipinos have been awarded grants by the German Foundation for International Development for a ten-month course on inland revenue administration. The grantees are Cream Gilda Luis and Linda Nicolas, Chief of Economics and Tax Researcher II, Cream Gilda Luis respectively, of the Revenue Administration and Improvement Branch of the National Tax Research Center, and Rogelio San Luis, Trial Attorney I, Litigation Division, Bureau of Internal Revenue. The training seminar will be held in Berlin, West Germany. Also on her way to Germany is Imelda C. Baun, an External Debt Analyst at the Central Bank. Her 18-month scholarship, from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, will include courses and on-site training in German and international banking procedures and policies, German investment operations, particularly in less-developed countries, and technological transfers as a means of accelerating economic development. REPUBLIC ■ sangbansa.isarK,>w<: :______ Board of Advisers Chairman: Francisco S. Tatad Members: Lorenzo J. Cruz, Floreatino S. Dauz, Amante Bigomia Board of Editors Managing Editor: Manuel Abad Gaerlan Associate Editor: Marcos D. Agayo Filipino Editor: Jose C. Umali, Jr. Editorial Staff: Marilag T. Bautista, Evangeline N. Carillo, Myrna M. Castro, Lilia C. Gala ng, Rowena M. Lumen, Virginia B. Paculan, Rosalinda G. Roxas, Juanita G. Trinidad, Lynda Buen-Valenda Photo Editor: George S. Gascon Production Supervisor: Marcelino N. Palisoc Circulation Manager: Bruno R. 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