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december 2008 will be the 10th year na hindi ako umuuwi ng baguio. bakit? this forwarded email says it all.

Let's do this for Baguio.

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 i 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 CITY:

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 our 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 a 'City of Pines.'

We believe that this over development resulting in pollution has 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 over development 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 government 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.

para sa kin what you see now is just a ghost. kung ano yung mga nae-enjoy ko dati wala na. kaya wala na rin akong rason para bumalik pa don. baka malungkot lang ako.

Kuya Ace Ng Bayan at 8:02 PM