{"id":30116,"date":"2014-10-31T01:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=30116"},"modified":"2014-10-31T01:36:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T17:36:57","slug":"cayetano-supports-house-inquiry-into-torre-de-manila-condo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/31\/cayetano-supports-house-inquiry-into-torre-de-manila-condo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cayetano supports House inquiry into Torre de Manila condo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30171\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dmci-torre-de-manila-rizal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30171\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dmci-torre-de-manila-rizal.jpg\" alt=\"Senate photo\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dmci-torre-de-manila-rizal.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/dmci-torre-de-manila-rizal-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The House inquiry into the construction of the controversial Torre de Manila high-rise condominium across Rizal Park in Manila has drawn support from Senator Pia Cayetano.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is encouraging to know that members in both chambers of Congress are supporting efforts to safeguard our historical sites which form an integral part of our national identity,&#8221; Cayetano said.<\/p>\n<p>The lady senator is the chairperson of the Senate committee on education, arts and culture which also investigated the 46-storey condominium that stands to alter and destroy the iconic sightline of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal Monument.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am pleased that the House of Representatives has started its own hearings on the matter of Torre de Manila,\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n<p>Cayetano also welcomed the call of the House committee on Metro Manila Development for the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) to issue a cease-and-desist order against the developers of Torre de Manila (DMCI Homes Inc.).<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe cease-and-desist order is very timely,\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Issues involving heritage conservation continue to come up. New cases of endangered sites are being brought to our attention almost weekly,&#8221; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>She said the media reported last week about the issue of 33 ancestral homes threatened with demolition in Palo, Leyte due to a road widening project of the Department of of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAfter learning of that, I wrote the DPWH to urge them to coordinate with our cultural agencies to find ways to preserve these century-old structures,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The support coming from both chambers should encourage and send a clear signal to our cultural agencies to assert their authority in preserving our heritage sites as the law mandates them,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The House inquiry into the construction of the controversial Torre de Manila high-rise condominium across Rizal Park in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":30171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-f-musico","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}