The National Commission for Culture and Arts ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways, on Wednesday (March 18), to stop its road project in Sariaya, Quezon, that could affect several heritage structures in the locality.
After devastating flash floods swept northern Quezon province 10 years ago, the coastal village of Banglos in General Nakar town has become the source of exceptionally handcrafted wood sculptures, made mostly by fishermen-survivors.
Eriberto Ricardo J. Dedace has an endless passion to learn the history of his native town of Sariaya in Quezon province and to protect its legacies in ways he describes as “fulfilling and lots of fun.”
Opposition to the controversial street-widening project inside the town proper in Sariaya has softened after the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) presented a new plan that will spare heritage houses and other old structures.
For the rural folk of Tayabas City, one of the oldest localities in Quezon province, the religious art of palm frond weaving is a tradition that has to be sustained and passed on to future generations.
