80th Anniversary of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel

Postmaster General Josefina dela Cruz and Justice Raoul Creencia signed a memorandum of agreement at the OGCC head office in Balara, Quezon City. Phlpost issued commemorative stamps marking the 80th anniversary of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC).

PhlPost to issue commemorative stamps for OGCC anniversary

Evelyn Macairan – The Philippine Star
August 15, 2015 | 10:00am

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Postal Corp. (PhlPost) will issue in December stamps commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC).

“The Philippine Postal Corp. takes pride in issuing the commemorative stamps, as we put on record 80 years of OGCC success,” PhlPost postmaster general Ma. Josefina dela Cruz said in a statement.

Dela Cruz recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with OGCC head Justice Raoul Creencia.

Based on the agreement, the OGCC stamps will feature the first Government Corporate Counsel, the late former senator and associate justice of the Supreme Court Ramon Diokno, and the official seal for the agency’s anniversary celebration.

Limited copies of the commemorative stamp will be released starting Dec. 1.

A commemorative stamp is often issued for a significant occasion, such as an anniversary, to honor a place, event, person or object. It is sold for a short period until supplies run out.

Source: PhilStar Global

Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, 80th Anniversary, December 1, 2015

Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, 80th Anniversary #3637, 1 Dec 2015 The OGCC began as a small corporate counsel division under the Department of Justice on 1 December 1935. Ramon Diokno served as head of the corporate counsel division until 1941.

RAMON DIOKNO
28 March 1886 to 21 April 1954

Ramon Diokno was a prominent lawyer, politician and educator. He was elected to the Senate in 1946 where he served until 1947. In 1954 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Diokno was the founder of Colegio la Ilustracion and co-founder of Rizal University where he became a Professor.

In the first Commonwealth election held in September 1935, he was one of the chief campaign managers of President Quezon and was immediately appointed Corporate Counsel.

Source: TopicalPhilippines