President Benigno C. Aquino III has declared Feb. 3, which falls on a Friday, as a special non-working holiday in Bulacan province in connection with the 85th birth anniversary of Blas F. Ople.
In Proclamation No. 323 signed by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr.
on January 25, 2012, the President issued the declaration to give the people of Bulacan the opportunity to commemorate the birth anniversary of Ople.
“Ople, who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Senate President and Secretary of Labor, had devoted decades of his life to selfless dedicated and sincere service to our country and our people,†the President said.
Ople was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan on February 3, 1927 to Felix Antonio Ople, a craftsman who repaired boats, and his wife Segundina Fajardo.
He graduated valedictorian of his grade school class at the Hagonoy Elementary School in 1941. Upon the invasion of the Philippines by Japan during World War II, the teenage Ople joined the guerilla movement and fought under the Del Pilar Regiment and the Buenavista Regiment of the Bulacan Military Area founded by Alejo Santos.
In 1948, he finished his high school studies at the Far Eastern University. He worked towards a degree in Liberal Arts at the Educational Center of Asia (formerly Quezon College) in Manila. Ople pursued a career in Journalism.
OPle died on December 14, 2003. - Journal.com.ph
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=46706.0
