The First DDGM and District Officers
VW Rhomel A. Martinez is officially the first District Deputy Grand Master appointed to preside over Masonic District Nueva Ecija East and Aurora. Although relatively young at 46 years old for such delegation, DDGM Rhomel has been honed to assume the task by his outstanding Masonic journey. He was raised as a Master Mason on 13 December 2003 at Pantabangan-Bonari Lodge No. 203 which he later served as Lodge Treasurer in 2008, Lodge Secretary in 2009 and finally as Worshipful Master in 2012. He served as Grand Lodge Inspector for Talavera Lodge No. 273 twice, in 2013 and 2015, and was appointed as District Grand Lecturer for Masonic District Nueva Ecija South & Aurora in 2014. He wears the white cap of an Inspector General Honorary of the 33 rd Degree of the Munoz Bodies of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites where he served as its Venerable Master in 2011 and is also a Past Royal Patron in 2007 of the Pantabangan-Bonari Courth No. 46 of the Order of the Amaranth. He is the inc...