Rare milestone in Sarangani town: Resident celebrates 100th birthday

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The rustic coastal town of Maitum, Sarangani marked a rare milestone on Wednesday — the 100th birthday of resident Serafin Ramos Sr., the fifth centenarian in the town.

The fruit trees were donated by the Kiamba Sarangani Development Foundation Inc. through the initiative of the United States-based Carolina Villanueva Peralta.

With few belongings tucked in a kaban , his violin and one peso and 50 centavos in their purse, Ramos and his wife Cresilda left Agno, Pangasinan in 1950 and settled in Maitum.To remind them of the harsh sea voyage that first took them to the Visayas from Luzon, and on to Mindanao, the couple named their eldest child Luzviminda, who is now 71.

Beth also recalled that while they were young, her father would help her mother, who died in 2010, prepare snacks for selling in town. At his dinner party graced by two dozen immediate family members only, Ramos had three cakes shaped into the number 100, and adorned by mini replicas of carpentry tools and a violin.

 

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