State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) inaugurated the newly-refurbished site of its Laoag Branch and Laoag Lending Center to continually provide quality banking services to the thrifty Ilokano community. Since 1970, the bank has provided financial products and flexible solutions for the diverse business needs of the various local government units, small and medium-sized enterprises, government agencies and other private institutions in the Ilocos region, including Abra province.
Shown in photo are Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Marcos Manotoc (sixth from left), Vice Governor Cecilia Araneta-Marcos (fourth from left), Laoag City Mayor Michael Marcos Keon (center), and Municipality of Vintar Mayor Larisa C. Foronda (first from left). Joining them are DBP officials (from left) Senior Vice President Lutgarda C. Baquiran-Peralta, Executive Vice Presidents Jose Gabino D. Dimayuga and Fe Susan Z. Prado, Senior Vice President Catherine T. Camarao, and Senior Assistant Vice President Maria Dolores C. Guevara.