PETITION FOR BAGUIO CITY

Petition for Baguio
   

    Dear All,
 
Everyone who has gone to SAGADA, PULAG, IFUGAO, and other places in the
Cordillera — will notice that BAGUIO has LOST its CHARM– it is
crowded, it is polluted, water is scarce, it is full of squatters even in the
watershed areas and it is HOT.
  
  The pine trees are so choked with smog. SESSION Road is no longer
leisurely cool walk — it’s like being in Cubao (okey - exaggeration but
we really hate the billboards up there — it’s so cluttered, an
eyesore).
  
  Hopefully Sagada won’t follow suit—but it’s getting to be
commercial up there too. Maybe by signing up, you will help RECLAIM BAGUIO’s
lost beauty and stop the degradation of all the other places we all love
in the Northern  region–so, how about signing this petition?

PETITION for BAGUIO:
 
We believe that the City of Baguio is culturally, environmentally and
aesthetically unique and different from other cities in the Philippines. 
  
  We believe that Baguio is the nerve center of four rich and diverse
cultures: the Filipino culture in general, the highland Cordilleran
culture, the lowland Ilocano culture, and the heritage culture brought
about by the Americans during the early 20th Century. 
  
  We believe that in the past two decades, the City of Baguio has
experienced a substantial degradation of its unique culture, environment and
art.
  
  We believe that the approval of certain politicians with no respect
for the aesthetics and the environment of Baguio to put up concrete
structures such as malls, overpasses and flyovers only worsens Baguio
City’s lamentable decay as the "City of Pines."
  
  We believe that this overdevelopment (as they have termed it but is
actually not) and resulting pollution have to stop. 
  
  We believe that due to its unique history and blend of cultures,
Baguio can be to the Philippines as Barcelona is to Spain, Chiang Mai is to
Thailand, and San Francisco is to the United States: a main center of
arts, culture, philosophy, education, tourism, sustainable development
and environmental awareness.

  We believe, therefore, that the City of Baguio deserves to be
declared a "Special Heritage Zone," so that the degradation brought about by
overdevelopment can be minimized and gradually controlled.
  
  We believe that Baguio City’s heritage as a center of culture and
environmental awareness is a valuable asset not just to the Philippines,
but also to the world.
 
We now respectfully call on the residents of Baguio and the Filipino
people to sign this humble petition, and for the local and national
governments concerned to implement and declare Special Heritage status on
this unique mountain  City as soon as possible, preferably before the
Baguio Centennial in 2009, so no further destruction on its limited
cultural, environmental and aesthetic resources may continue.

Please add your name to the list and send this message to as many
people  as possible. Please do not! just click "forward". Instead highlight
the text and copy onto a new message box.

Thank you.

1. Cristina Bejar Gallardo
2. Maximino M. Bejar
3. Monserrat M. Bejar
4. Minette Cruz-Soriano
5. Jaja Mendoza
6. Jaime B. Antonio Jr., Local Government Academy
7. Augusto Villalon, Heritage Conservation Society
8. Rene Luis S. Mata, Heritage Conservation Society
9. Gemma Cruz-Araneta, Heritage Conservation Society
10. Fernando Nakpil-Zialcita, Heritage Conservation Society
11. Leon Cruz Araneta, Heritage Conservation Society
12. Peter Allan R. Bontuyan, Heritage Conservation Society
13. Verna Mamicpic-Alih, Siquijor Heritage Foundation, Inc.
14. John L. Silva, Heritage Conservation Society
15. Sony K. Ng, Museum Volunteers of the Phils.
16. Jack Sotto, Makati City
17.. Rizzo Regis-Tangan, Las Pinas
18. Robby S, de Silva - Campaigns and Grey Phils.
19. jigs javier - Alabang
20. Gloria Roca - Makati
21. Yvonne de Paula - Makati City
22. Margarita L. Emmanuel - California, USA
23. Ming Roxas - Quezon City
24. Vincent MB Pinpin - Quezon City
25. Alvin Lim - Quezon City
26. Lizette Yulo - Paranaque
27. Meg Isleta - Makati City
28. Dabong Isaac - BAGUIO CITY
29. Dina Marie B. Delias - Baguio City
30. Issur Olairez - Baguio City.
31. Harris Co - General Trias, Cavite
32. Stella Milanes - Adelaide, Australia
33. Veronica Simbol - Canberra, Australia
34. Gigi Manuel - Baguio City, Philippines
35. Bessie Oliva- Sydney, Australia
36. Kathleen C. Palasi-Eyeasia, Philippines
37. Gia Ll. Atienza - Quezon Province, Phil.
38. Aris Cari"o - Abra
39. Zaldy L. Lamsis, Baguio City
40. Cecille Soltura-Mandaluyong city
41. Ariel Dalisay - Mandaluyong City
42. Richar d A. S. Grimaldo - Mandaluyong City
43. Maria Cristina V. Turalba - UAP Sentro ng Arkitekturang Pilipino
44.
Issa Avendano - UAP Sentro ng Arkitekturang Pilipino
45. Benedict Hermoso - UAP Internal Affairs
46. Odessa Tango - UAP Sentro ng Arkitekturang Pilipino
47. Adrian Hope Pedroso - UAP Sentro ng Arkitekturang Pilipino
48. Antonio A.Turalba - Active Group Inc.
49. Lena Lubi - Active Group Inc
50. Dorothy Lucasan - Active Group Inc
51. Imee Seprado - Active Group Inc
52. Bobby Manasan - Virginia, USA
53. Erlinda W. Taylor LA, CA
54. Ofelia R. Sta.Ana - Parannaque City, Philippines
55. Amy Puno, Makati City
56. Ma.Corazon G. Fajardo, Mandaluyong City
57. Ma. Leonora A. Valmonte
58. Tesa Valmonte-Geronimo
59. Geenette M. Garcia
60. Chris Domil O. Cobacha, Muntinlupa City
61. Ma. Teresita A. Cobacha, Muntinlupa City
62. Ma. Rovilla C. Sudaprasert, Bangkok, Thailand
63. Maria Rona C. Reyes, Los Banos, Laguna,Philippines
64. Connie N. Rey, Bacoor, Cavite
65. Isadelle H. Reyes - Binan, Laguna
66. SAM Marasigan - Bahay Kalakal
67. Myrna Guevara
68. Celso dela Paz
69. Pete Bernardo, Pasig City
70. Milagros Roa,Mandaluyong City, Phils.
71. Eugenio A. Enriquez, San Juan Metro Manila
72. Anna Marie C. Cabatu, Pasig City
73. Leslie Ann B. Cariaga, Pasig City
74. Marnelli M. de Ocampo, Marikina City
75. Cheche Zapanta - Taytay, Rizal
76. Lilian Villa - Cavite
77. Cora Sanchez - Rizal
78. Anne Leslie G. Matias - Bacolod/Mandaluyog
79. Paul Michael D. Santos - Don Bosco MS’97 / Makati
80. Gina C. Almocera, Masbate/Taguig
81. Eric Babao - Quezon City
82. Jin-Jin Babao - Quezon City
83. Veyon B. Calinawan - Quezon City
84. Teresita S. Castillo (Tessam) - Taguig
85. Mayvelyn B. Remigio, Quezon City
86. Macel Aguilar-Kalookan City
87. Adora Pascual Carpio-Nicolas - Hawaii, USA
88. Precy Platon-Tica -Manila
89. Claire O. Esteban - UPISSI, Diliman, Quezon City
90. Theresa A. O. Esteban - UP Diliman, Quezon City
91. Emmanuel Ikan Astillero - Phil Institute of Environmental Planners
92.
Eve L. Magnata - Asian Social Institute, Manila
93. Victoria V. Rialp - Quezon City
94. Louella Rialp - Lufthansa
95. Tina Nepomuceno-Di Cicco, Hong Kong
96. Rufina R. Millan, Hong Kong
97. Carla O. Cruz, Hong Kong
98. Glenna G. Aquino,Makati City
99. Lynn Cruz - Intramuros, Manila
100. Leslie Ann Murray - American Chamber
101. Joan Orendain - Orendain & Associates
102. Bambi L. Harper - Filipino Heritage Festival Inc./Inquirer
103. Mert Loinaz - Makati
104. Margot Ma?±osa - Makati
105. juliet Siytangco - Quezon city
106. Jane Sarte - California, USA
107. Lu Gaerlan - California, USA
108. Roland Alcantara - California, USA
109. Gideon Omero - Baguio City
110. Cynthia Remiendo Maslian - Baguio City
111. Rosemarie A. Diaz - Baguio City
112. Elizabeth Aurelia Salango-Gonzales - Baguio City
113. Edward Thaddeus V. Gonzales- Baguio City
114. Charles Rabara - Vigan, Ilocos Sur
115. Monching Amores - San Jose, California
116. Irene S. Amores - Legazpi City
117. Pedro Camilo Moreno - Naga City
118. Jose A. Adolfo, Jr. - Canaman, Camarines Sur
119. Carlito B. Balingbing - Los Baños, Laguna
120. Rochelle B. Bonagua — New Manila, Quezon City
121. Mary An A. Tang - Makati City
122. Agnes Curtis - UK, Eastbourne
123. Angie Nanglihan - Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
124. Bernadette Golocan-Dimas— Como, Italy
125. Myrna Ingosan , Baguio City
126. Grace D. Ingosan - Solano - Baguio City
127. Ulysses Basil Gojo - Baguio City
128. Aimee Gojo Peralta - Baguio City
129. Elizabeth Nebsan Gojo - Baguio City
130. Ernie Puguon-Toronto, Ontario, Canada
131. Catherine Arvisu-de la Rosa - Baguio City
132. Karlo Marko Altomonte - Baguio City
133. Gigi Dueñas de Beaupré - Guadeloupe,French West Indies
134. Maita F. Gomez - Manila
135. Ditas Gomez - Ermita, Manila
136. javi brias - madrid, spain
137. Lita Puyat- Sydney, Australia
139. Cristina P. Moraza - Cebu City
140. Chary V. Aboitiz - Cebu City
141. Amalia V. Azanza - New Manila, Philippines
142. Lissa J. Bjorkenstam - Singapore
  143. Anna Maria Manalo - Madison, WI
  144. Isabel Manalo - Washington, DC
  145. Joyce Garcia – Somerset, New Jersey
  146. Flor tamayo - San Pedro Laguna, Phils
  147.  Florence Santos - L.A.  U.S.A.
  148. Annabelle Cendana - SF  U.S.A.
  149. Remedios Tamayo - Manila
  150. Edgardo Tamayo - Dublin, Ireland
  151. Danilo Alvarado - Pasay City, Philippines
  152. Let Virtucio – Quezon City, Philippines
  153.OMON A. DOMINGO
  154. WILLIAM AQUINO SORIANO, XVD – Baguio City / Marikina City
  155. Manuel V. Agcaoili- Quezon City
  156.  David S. Lim - Quezon City
  157. Samson Igloria - Hong Kong

158. Adrian Sison DWBR Quezon City