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
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Provincial Fire Director Supt. Allan Eballar said the road caravan and other lined up activities aim to increase public awareness on the importance of fire prevention and to remind people of their responsibilities of protecting lives and properties against fire hazards.
With the theme “Sa Pag-iwas ng Sunog, Hindi Ka Nag-iisa”, the BFP intensifies its Oplan Ligtas Pamayanan through information and education campaign on fire prevention in fire-prone barangays and those with fire records; the conduct of inspection of establishments to check on their fire safety plans, and monitoring the implementation of Republic Act 9514 or the Fire Code of the Philippines, Eballar said,
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‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects
by Karlston Lapniten on 26 February 2021
For more than five decades, Indigenous communities in the northern Philippines have pushed back against the planned construction of hydropower dams on the Chico River system.
The river is of great importance to Indigenous communities in the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, who call it their “river of life” and have depended on it for generations.
The Upper Tabuk and Karayan dams have been proposed in some form or another since the 1970s, but are now backed by corporations created by Indigenous groups, causing divisions among communities.