Cabletow 4th issue - GM Ebdane - Grand Lodge of the Philippines

JGW for Masonic Year 2005-2006
At 53, our Junior Grand Warden is
still a “Boy,” as he is fondly called by
friends and relatives, as
well as by brethren.
Born in Barangay Atlag,
Malolos, Bulacan, under the
Chinese zodiac sign of the
Dragon, on the 2nd of
October 1952, Pacifico
“Boy” Aniag comes from a
family of Masons. His
father, the late VW
Francisco Aniag, Sr., was a
Past Master of Malolos
Lodge No. 46 in Malolos,
Bulacan, and later was
appointed Grand Master’s
Deputy for Masonic District No. 7. His
brother, Francisco Jr., is a member T.M.
Kalaw Lodge No. 136, and also a dual
member of Malolos Lodge. His son, Carlo
Pacifico, a 3 rd -generation Mason, is the
current Worshipful Master of Malolos
Lodge; hence, he nurtures a longhonored
tradition of Freemasonry is
their close-knit family.
Our Junior Grand Warden took his
early studies in Malolos. Then he
proceeded to the De La Salle College
(now University) on Taft Avenue,
Manila, where he finished Bachelor of
Arts in Mathematics (AB Math). From
there he went on to the Kennedy School
of Government at the Harvard University
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RW PACIFICO “BOY” ANIAG
by Nathaniel D. Dueñas
WM, Araw Lodge No. 18
in the United States, where he finished a
Special Course on Financial Institutions
for Private Enterprise
Development. His studies
best describe his interests:
first in business, and
secondly in politics.
The family owns the
Enrian Development
Corporation, which is
engaged in fish farming, in
addition to the familyowned
printing company.
Posting a sterling
record in commerce and
trade, our Junior Grand
Warden was named Director of the
Bulacan Chamber of Commerce and
Industry and at the same time member
of the Bulacan Federation of
Aquaculturists.
Pacifico “Boy” Aniag began his political
career in 1982 when he won the position
of Barangay Captain of Brgy. Atlag. In
1987 he was elected municipal councillor.
Later on, he handily won a seat in the
Bulacan Provincial Board, where he
served as Majority Floor Leader for three
consecutive terms and Chairman of the
several committees, namely, those on
Rules, Trade & Industry, Cooperatives,
Information & Communications
Technology. He also served as a member
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