Anna Maria "Bambi'" LammogliadeHarper (January 10,1941 –August 4,2023) was a Filipino cultural writer and socialite. [1]
She was a founding member of the Concerned Citizens for the National Museum (now the Museum Foundation of the Philippines) as well as the Heritage Conservation Society. She wrote as also a columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her byline "Sense and Sensibility",which focused on Philippine cultural history. In 2008,she became 7th Administrator of the historic Intramuros district of Manila.
In early September 2008,it was reported that administrative charges could be leveled against Harper for having allowed the cutting down of 29 trees,including nine mahogany and flame trees at the Plaza de Roma fronting Manila Cathedral. [2]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported that Harper,as head of the Intramuros Administration,sought a permit in May 2008 to remove trees at the park so that the area could be landscaped and developed and to "replace [the trees] with historically appropriate trees which would not block the facade of Manila Cathedral." [2]
Harper responded that she had not ordered the trees cut,but rather asked a contractor to move the trees to another part of the park. She said that a subordinate had mistakenly given approval for the trees to be cut. [2]
In 2012,she published Agueda:A Ballad of Stone and Wind. [3]
Harper died on August 4,2023,at the age of 82.[ where? ] [4]
Metropolitan Manila,commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region,is the capital region and largest metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay,the region lies between the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions. Encompassing an area of 619.57 km2 (239.22 sq mi) and with a population of 13,484,462 as of 2020,it is composed of sixteen highly urbanized cities:the capital city,Manila,Caloocan,Las Piñas,Makati,Malabon,Mandaluyong,Marikina,Muntinlupa,Navotas,Parañaque,Pasay,Pasig,Quezon City,San Juan,Taguig,and Valenzuela,along with one independent municipality,Pateros. As the second most populous and the most densely populated region in the Philippines,it ranks as the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Asia and the 6th most populous urban area in the world.
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Santo Domingo Church,formally known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of La Naval de Manila,is a Roman Catholic national shrine and parish church in Quezon City,Metro Manila in the Philippines. Dedicated to Mary,mother of Jesus under her title Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary —La Naval de Manila,it was founded by the Dominicans in 1587.
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Jose "Junjun" Antiquisa Capistrano,Jr.,was the former Administrator of the Intramuros Administration and the current President and CEO of Philippine Pharma Procurement Inc.,a subsidiary of the Philippine International Trading Corporation under the Department of Trade and Industry. He succeeded Eustacio Orobia in 1986 as the 3rd Intramuros Administrator until 1990,and Bambi Harper in 2010 as the 8th Administrator until 2013.
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