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The park, constructed within the early twentieth century as a fireplace break, has lengthy held a central function within the metropolis’s civic and political life
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – The Cagayan de Oro metropolis authorities reopened the enduring Plaza Divisoria, also called the Golden Friendship Park, simply in time for the 127th Philippine Independence Day celebration on Thursday, June 12.
The park, constructed within the early twentieth century as a fireplace break, has lengthy held a central function within the metropolis’s civic and political life. Its Kiosko Kagawasan (Freedom Kiosk) was a rallying level within the metropolis through the 1986 Folks Energy Revolution and once more in 2001 when 1000’s gathered to demand the ouster of the then-president Joseph Estrada through the so-called EDSA II.
Cagayan de Oro Mayor Rolando Uy led the reopening ceremony of the rehabilitated public area, which now bears upgraded options surrounding monuments of nationwide heroes equivalent to Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and President Ramon Magsaysay, in addition to a statue of Justiniano Borja, the town’s third mayor who oversaw the institution of the Cogon public market in 1958.
“The rehabilitation of the Divisoria Park will not be noticeable throughout daytime however if you observe it at evening, the transformative modifications really grow to be obvious,” mentioned Patrick Gabutina, chair of Challenge Lunhaw, which oversaw the renovation.
The six-month venture, Gabutina mentioned, got here with a price ticket of roughly P50 million.
That determine covers enhancements to a number of areas throughout Plaza Divisoria’s 5 park “islands” — however not all. Two of the parks stay unfinished, together with the one containing the Bonifacio monument and the burial web site of skeletal stays of native heroes who resisted American forces through the Philippine-American Struggle.
Enhancements embrace pathways pleasant to individuals with incapacity, newly planted flowers, benches, and plans for a small fountain close to the Bonifacio monument.
“It was cash properly spent actually,” Gabutina mentioned. – Rappler.com
