Lapu-Lapu Monument, Cebu Province (in Pictures)

The Lapu-Lapu Monument (or Lapulapu Shrine) is located a few kilometers from the Mactan Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City. On my last day in Cebu City, my flight back to Manila was around 10:00 am. So after visiting the Sto Nino Church and Taboan Market, I went to SM Cebu where the buses going to the Mactan-Cebu International Airport is located.

I was about 2 hours earlier before the flight so as a last hurrah on my visit to Cebu City, I rode a public jeep (cab) then another cab going to Lapu-Lapu City. The shrine and statue to the first Filipino hero is huge. The area I learned is renovated and it’s very similar to Fort Santiago. There’s a nearby obelisk that seems to be damaged by the recent Typhoon Odette.

 

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City

 

Lapu-Lapu – the First Filipino Hero

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lapu-Lapu Monument is just besides the shoreline

 

Tall residential buildings behind the Lapu-Lapu Monument

 

 

 

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The New Plaza Bonifacio Linear Park, Pasig City

Congratulations to our City Government of Pasig City for its successful redevelopment of the New Plaza Bonifacio Linear Park. It’s an area formerly occupied by McDonald’s Kapasigan besides the Pasig City Museum. This was inaugurated on November 23, 2018.

The marker reads:

Redevelopment of the New Plaza Bonifacio Linear Park

Aling pag-ibig pa ang higit kaya sa pagkadalisay

at pagkadakila gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa?

Aling pag-ibig? Wala na nga… Wala… -Andres Bonifacio

The Redevelopment of the New Plaza Bonifacio Linear Park at Alkalde Jose Street and F. Concepcion Street, Barangay Kapasigan, Pasig City started as a Serbisyong _ Puso administration of Mayor Maria Belen A. Eusebio.

Aside from the monument to serve as a tribute to the great Supremo of the Katipunan, Gat Andres Bonifacio, this area has been designed to be a venue for people to converge and find solace and inspiration, as one journeys on through life _ a modern heroes.

It has a fountain pool to refresh the spirit, a cafeteria with al fresco dining to flourish the body, a grand staircase to inspire the soul, a parking area for the convenience of promenaders and urban landscaping to boost our commitment to the preservation of our natural landscape, towards a green, livable and sustainable Pasig City.

Inaugurated this 23^rd day of November, 2018.

Hon Robert C. Eusebio

City Mayor

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Rizal Park in Pictures 2017

The last time I visited Rizal Park was in 2017 – during the protest rally against the burial of the late dictator Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. I love attending rallies – there are a lot of subjects, mostly people and their emotions. When I attend rally, most of the time I also take pictures of the venue. In last year’s rally, it was Rizal Park.

I’ll probably visit it again soon, since I haven’t seen the newly-opened Museum of Natural History. Whenever I visit Rizal Park, there is always something new. Last year also, there was a debate against the Torre de Manila, which unfortunately, was favored by the Supreme Court. I guess it’s a wake up call for the government to enact laws right now to protect the vista of our national parks.

The now famous Torre de Manila

The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom or the Lapu Lapu Monument