DAGUPAN CITY -- April 25 was a historical day for Dagupan as its new seal was unveiled in a simple ceremony held in front of the City Museum. The new seal was blessed by Father Raffy Cruz.
The occasion was led by Mayor Benjie Lim, the 12 councilors (including the two sectoral representatives), and the members of the Ad Hoc Committee led by City Council Secretary Jorge Estrada and Metro Dagupan Culture and Arts Council President Honorata Siapno.
"Mula sa araw na ito, ito na ang magiging simbolo ng Bangus Capital of the World," the mayor announced.The old city seal was designed in 1948 by the late Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Mariano Madriaga.
However, the City Government discovered last year that the 62-year-old corporate seal was not registered at the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP).
Accordingly, Chad Baula, NHCP Research, Publications and Heraldry Division head, notified the mayor that of the four cities and 44 towns in Pangasinan, only Urdaneta City has a NHCP registered seal.
The City Government launched a corporate seal design contest late last year by virtue of Executive Order 41 issued by the mayor. It also created an ad hoc committee tasked to study, initiate, and supervise the redesigning and registration of the official corporate seal of the city.
PANGASINAN. The new seal of Dagupan City.
The winning design was created by Dr. Carmelo John Vidal of the University of Luzon and Philippine Red Cross-Pangasinan chapter. He received a P50,000 cash prize.
Second place was the design made by Yusof Ferrer, while the entry of Patrick Henry Bacolor placed third. They received P30,000 and P20,000, respectively.
The seal contains a shield; a highway and railroad track crisscrossing, a horseshoe magnet, the slogan "Sigue Dagupan," a bangus, seven waves, rising sun, gear wheel, and blazing torch, 31 stars, and the numeral 1947.
As explained, the shape of the shield is uniquely distinctive by itself and does not derive from the shield of the Province of Pangasinan, Dagupan being an independent component city.
The slogan "Sigue Dagupan" was part of the original seal, so are the highway crisscrossing the railroad track, city being the Pandarugupan or meeting place in the province. Also, trains used to be a major transportation in the city to Manila. The horseshoe magnet symbolizes the city's attractions that lure merchants and traders.
Bangus, which is the main fish product of city, was placed at the lower portion of the seal, particularly at the midpart of the seven waves representing the seven river tributaries here.
The rising sun, gear wheel, and blazing torch stands for hope and the Dagupenos' peerless optimism; the gear wheel symbolizes trade and commerce while the torch stands for education (and health care).
The city is actually known as the center of trade, commerce, education and with the most number of hospitals in Ilocos Region.
The members of the ad hoc committee were City Council Committee on Tourism and Culture Chairman Alipio Serafin Fernandez, City Schools Division Superintendent Alma Ruby Torio, City Administrator Vladimir Mata, City DILG Officer Rhoderick Dawis, Federation of Senior Citizens Associations of the Philippines-Dagupan City Chapter President Cornelia Español, retired city assessor Jose M. Sanchez, Dagupan Artists Circle President Patrick Fernandez and and Rufina Meneses, in-charge (Librarian IV), Dagupan City Library & Information Center.(Liway C. Manantan-Yparraguirre/Sunnex)
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