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HON. ANGELICA PORTES-TATLONGHARI


                                                                 Municipal Mayor of the Municipality of Pagbilao,
                                                                                Province of Quezon




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                                                          her life to serve the town and to improve the lives of her constituents
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                                                          in Pagbilao, Quezon.
                                                            Mayor Gigi comes from a family of leaders. Her father, Romeo
                                                            M a y o r G ig i co m es f r o m a fa mi l y o f le ader s. H er fa t h er , R o m e o
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                                                          Pagbilao in the past. Her sister, current Vice Mayor Sherrie Ann
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                                                          a Public Health Nurse under the Department of Health.
                                                          a Pu b lic H e a l t h N ur s e un der t h e D ep a r t m en t o f H e a l t h.
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