17 Dec House Panel Endorses Bill Naming CDO Convention Center After Nene Pimentel
Photos by (left) DPWH and (right) ABS-CBN News
Mga higala! The House Committee on Local Government has endorsed a bill naming the Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center in Brgy. Indahag after the late Senate President and former CDO Mayor Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr.!
The said bill, House Bill No. 5703, was authored by Deputy Speaker and 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, and aims to “honor of one of the most distinguished sons of Cagayan de Oro City.”
ICYDK, the convention center was conceptualized in 1988, with then-Senator Nene Pimentel securing the initial funding for its construction, which started in 2003.
Rodriguez expressed that the late Nene Pimentel “was a great statesman of our country, a true Mindanaonon, and a native son of Cagayan de Oro City.”
He then emphasized some of Pimentel’s achievements:
- won a seat as assemblyman for CDO in the Batasang Pambansa in 1984
- elected as senator in 1987, 1998, and 2004
- elected as the first “Mindanaoan” Senate president in 2000
BTW, the said convention center is set to be completed in February 2021.
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