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DENR Suspends Quarrying, Crushing Plant Permits of 11 Firms in Rizal
DENR Suspends Quarrying, Crushing Plant Permits of 11 Firms in Rizal
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended the quarrying and crushing plant permits of 11 companies in Rizal. During the hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change on Thursday, DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu enumerated the firms whose Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSA) have been suspended.
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Published at 2020-12-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Business, Environment, Legal
Tags: Marikina, Rizal, environment, mining, river
Inside the Walled City of Intramuros
Inside the Walled City of Intramuros
From when the city was founded in 1571 until the end of the Spanish rule in 1898, Intramuros was Manila. The name Intramuros means “inside the wall.” For 400 years, Intramuros served as the center of the Spanish occupation, originally built to be the residence for Spanish government officials and their families. It was where the most influential and wealthy citizens of colonial Manila lived. The natives and Chinese were not allowed to live inside Intramuros, only the Spanish elite and mestizos.
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Published at 2018-08-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: Cathedral, Church, History, Intramuros, Manila, Museums, Rizal, Spanish, colonial
The New Natural History Museum of the Philippines
The New Natural History Museum of the Philippines
These are handsome representatives of the Commonwealth style ushered in by American architects Daniel Burnham and William Parsons and brought into fruition by top Filipino architects such as Juan Arellano and Antonio Toledo. Devastated by the Second World War, they were painstakingly reconstructed, and they served as government buildings in the first decades of the Third Philippine Republic.
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Published at 2018-08-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Fauna and flora, History, Leisure
Tags: History, Museums, National, Nature, Rizal
World's 1St Rizal Monument is Stained with Blood, Fortified with A Battlecry
World's 1St Rizal Monument is Stained with Blood, Fortified with A Battlecry
Rizal Monument in Luneta (formerly Bagumbayan) is probably the most popular memorial for the fallen hero and among the most famous sculptural landmarks in the country. It is especially under the spotlight nowadays because of the case against a certain residential building that serves as an unsightly background of the leisure park.
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Published at 2018-03-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Documentary, History
Tags: Monument, Rizal
Rizal's "kiss"
Rizal's "kiss"
The fortnightly broadside magazine of the Philippine Propaganda Movement in Spain “La Solidaridad” was edited by Marcelo H del Pilar, 1889-1892. The magazine was anti-friar, but it carried news about the Philippines, such as some articles on the Spanish Cortes’ deliberations regarding the “Ultramar,” the colonies outside of Spain, e.g., Las Islas Filipinas. It also published political treatises by Ferdinand Blumentritt, Jose Rizal, Mariano Ponce, Graciano Lopez Jaena and others.
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Published at 2018-03-17 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Stories
Tags: Rizal
Five Surprising Facts about the Rizal Monument in Luneta Park
Five Surprising Facts about the Rizal Monument in Luneta Park
As a famous landmark in the Philippines, Rizal Monument’s history should be revisited because of its historical and cultural significance. It was built to commemorate the Filipino nationalist and the de facto national hero of the Philippines, Jose Rizal. Here are ten interesting facts about this landmark:
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Published at 2018-03-10 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary
Tags: Facts, Landmark, Monument, Rizal
Rodriguez: the Mountainous Town of Rizal (Montalban, Rizal)
Rodriguez: the Mountainous Town of Rizal (Montalban, Rizal)
Rodriguez is a first-class urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. It is the northernmost town in the province and comes after San Mateo, Rizal, and Quezon City coming from Metro Manila. The town is located on the slopes of the Sierra Madre mountain range and features many resorts; it is also the largest town in Rizal province with an area of 312.70 km².
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Published at 2018-03-07 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Documentary, Travel
Tags: Rizal, Town, mountains