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EXPLAINER: When an LGU must decide between heritage and public safety. Law calls for caution in demolishing Sibonga's 50-year-old arch.


April 08, 2021
INSIDE Sibonga, a Facebook page, has been conducting an informal survey on the fate of the arch at the entrance to the municipal wharf, which the Sibonga Municipal Council, upon the request of Mayor Lionel E. Bacaltos, decided last December 15, 2020 to demolish.
The survey question in Cebuano-Bisaya: Are you in favor of removing this arch from our town Sibonga? So far, the question drew 540 likes and 36 shares. Many comments in response to the survey were negative: What for? Sibonga has many other problems.
It s part of the town s heritage. Nindot siyang tan-awon. Dapat pa unta atong tarongon.
The random polling comes some four months after the town Sanggunian voted, 9 to 1, for the demolition. Resolution #11-189-2020 as sponsored by Councilors Cirilo Apuda, Daniel Sarnillo and Caroline Bacaltos, chairpersons of the committees on laws, municipal properties and tourism, respectively. The reasons why they pushed for the remo ....

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