President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law renaming Roosevelt Avenue located in Legislative District 1 of Quezon City as Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ) Avenue. Under Republic Act No. 11608 signed by Duterte on Dec. 10, 2021 and released Thursday, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will issue the necessary rules, orders, and circulars to implement the provisions of this Act within 60 days from its effectivity. The Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was passed by the House on September 9, 2020 amended by the Senate on Sept. 13, 2021, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on Sept. 27, 2021. The original House and Senate bills initially sought to rename Del Monte Avenue (traversing Barangays Nayong Kanluran, Paltok, Paraiso, Del Monte, Damayan, Masambong, Talayan, Manresa, Siena, St. Peter, San Jose, and Amoranto). However, Catholic groups have protested against the renaming of
CLOSED. Metro Manila Development Authority personnel turn away two individuals who wanted to visit the Manila North Cemetery in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021). All cemeteries in the National Capital Region are closed from October 29 to November 2 to prevent large crowds. (PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - Along the western side of A. Bonifacio Avenue in Quezon City that connects to the North Luzon Expressway and EDSA in Balintawak, runs a 1-km.-long concrete wall that is totally unlike the ordinary structure of residential and business owners. Measuring about 10 feet high, the wall is the boundary between the tombs in the 117-year-old government-owned Manila North Cemetery and thousands of vehicles passing daily along the busy 4-km. avenue. A. Bonifacio Avenue begins from the intersection of Amoranto Avenue, Blumentritt Street, and Dimasalang Street near the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center and the North Green Park, the entrance to the 54-hectare cemetery manag
CLOSED. Metro Manila Development Authority personnel turn away two individuals who wanted to visit the Manila North Cemetery in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Friday (Oct. 29, 2021). All cemeteries in the National Capital Region are closed from October 29 to November 2 to prevent large crowds. (PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - Along the western side of A. Bonifacio Avenue in Quezon City that connects to the North Luzon Expressway and EDSA in Balintawak, runs a 1-km.-long concrete wall that is totally unlike the ordinary structure of residential and business owners. Measuring about 10 feet high, the wall is the boundary between the tombs in the 117-year-old government-owned Manila North Cemetery and thousands of vehicles passing daily along the busy 4-km. avenue. A. Bonifacio Avenue begins from the intersection of Amoranto Avenue, Blumentritt Street, and Dimasalang Street near the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center and the North Green Park, the entrance to the 54-hectare cemetery manag