By Rose Beatrix C. Angeles (Trixie Cruz-Angeles)
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 10:58:00 07/09/2008
Ang tangi kong pag-ibig
Ay minsan lamang
Nguni?t sa iyong akala
Ay hindi tunay
Hindi ka lilimutin,
Magpakailan pa man?
Ang Tangi Kong Pag-ibig
Lyrics by Constancio de Guzman
During the governorship (1571-72) of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the
founder of Spanish Manila, the only fortification in the city enclosed what had
been Rajah Sulayman's palisade of palm logs and banked earth, though even then
the city limits extended well beyond the Malay settlement to encompass what is
today the Manila Cathedral site and adjoining land up to where San Agustin
Church still stands.
Calle Real in a restored Intramuros is a scene from centuries ago
When Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim began dismantling some of former Mayor
Joselito Atienza's projects, I did not raise my voice in protest. Of special
interest to me was the dismantling of restaurants on the Roxas Boulevard
bayside.
Mayor Lim was well advised in that instance, the area's attraction is
not the entertainment provided by restaurants and bars, but Manila Bay's famed
sunset. All the paving and fireworks could only gild the lily of that daily
nature show.
