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NHCP unveils the Quintin Paredes historical marker

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NHCP unveils the Quintin Paredes historical marker

BANGUED, ABRA - The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) led by its Deputy Executive Director Carminda R. Arevalo, unveils on Saturday, 23 February 2013, the historical marker “Quintin Paredes” at the Ancestral House of Paredes in Bangued, Abra. The marker states:

		QUINTIN PAREDES (1884-1973)
		ISINILANG SA BANGUED, ABRA, 9 SETYEMBRE 1884. NAGTAPOS NG ABOGASYA, ESCUELA DE LEYES, MAYNILA, 1906 AT PAGKADALUBHASA SA ABOGASYA, ESCUELA DE DERECHO, 1910. SOLISITOR HENERAL SA KAWANIHAN NG KATARUNGAN, 1917; ABOGADO HENERAL, 1918. KALIHIM NG KATARUNGAN, 1920-1921. KINATAWAN NG ABRA SA KONGRESO 1925-1927; 1928-1930, 1931-1934, AT 1934-1935. ISPIKER NG KONGRESO, 1933-1935. RESIDENTENG KOMISYONER NG PAMAHALAANG KOMONWELT SA ESTADOS UNIDOS, 1936-1938. NAHALAL BILANG SENADOR, 1941, 1949 AT 1955. NAGING PANGULO NG SENADO, MARSO-ABRIL 1952. YUMAO, 30 ENERO 1973.

The marker will be officially turned over to Atty. Quintin Paredes III. Ms. Violeta Paredes vda de Valera and Mrs. Gina C. Batuhan, Chief of Historic Sites and Education Division, NHCP will stand as witnesses during the signing of the Certificate of Transfer.

The NHCP is the national government agency mandated to promote and preserve Philippine history and heritage through research, information dissemination, conservation, including the marking of historic sites and structures, and the maintenance and administration of national shrines, monuments and landmarks.

For more information, contact Historic Sites and Education Division at NHCP tel. nos. 2547482 loc 130/523-1019.

18 February 2013

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