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=="Save the Sierra Madre Cross" visits Isabela== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481335150316 | |||
*By: Merlito G. Edale, Jr. | |||
*''April 25, 2012'' | |||
ILAGAN, Isabela- The "Save the Sierra Madre Cross" is presently in this province for the celebration of World Earth Day. | |||
The cross is stationed at the Saint Ferdinand Cathedral at the Diocese of Isabela in Gamu, Isabela since April 23 where Isabela Bishop Joseph Nacua led a mass. | |||
Fr. Pete Montallana, chair of the Save Sierra Madre Network, said that through the pilgrimage of the Sierra Madre cross, government officials and the public will see and feel that the continuous destruction of the mountain is no different from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. | |||
Montallana said the fragile Sierra Madre mountain ranges are considered one of the last bastions of lush forests in the country. The Sierra Madre cross was unveiled in Tuguegarao, Cagayan on Good Friday. After several days of vigil, the cross travelled to the Diocese of San Jose in Nueva Ecija as its next stop. | |||
He said Ifugao natives fashioned the cross from ”mulawin” drift woods gathered from the Ingrid-Angelo parts of the vast mountain of Pantabangan, also in Nueva Ecija. | |||
A Franciscan priest from the Prelature of Infanta and staunch defender of the Sierra Madre, said the cross symbolized the devastation of the mountain from unabated illegal logging and mining activities. | |||
He said the cross also symbolizes hope and eventual victory in facing the challenge to save what is left of the Sierra Madre. | |||
The Sierra Madre cross is also scheduled to visit Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Bulacan, Quezon, Rizal, and Laguna provinces, including Metro Manila. | |||
A mass and special religious rite will be performed in every stopover. | |||
The priest said the pilgrimage will end in the Diocese of Antipolo on Sept. 26 to coincide with the commemoration of typhoon Ondoy that hit Metro Manila and nearby provinces in 2009 which killed hundreds of people and millions of pesos of properties destroyed. | |||
==City employees join ‘Juan Katawan’ exercise launch== | ==City employees join ‘Juan Katawan’ exercise launch== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481335152600 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=481335152600 | ||