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Sunday, January 05, 2003
Dad wants street in reclamation area named Mantawi St.
By Aledel A. Gonzales
AN UNNAMED street at the reclamation area in Mandaue City will soon give motorists and pedestrians a “glimpse” of the city’s history.
If approved, an ordinance by City Councilor Alfonso Albaño will require the naming of this street Mantawi, the kind of vine that reportedly grew abundant in Mandaue centuries ago.
It was after this vine that the city got its name.
This street is located off Ouano Ave. in the reclamation area. It leads to the corner of Gomez and B. Ceniza Sts., the boundary of the Mandaue City public market, which was gutted down in January last year.
The first Mantawi Festival was held near this street in August last year.
The festival featured street dancing and dioramas that depicted different eras in Mandaue’s past. Students from both private and public schools participated in the dances.
The City spent over P3 million for the festival.
It is an undeniable fact that the word Mantawi became a byword overnight since the festival was held,” Albaño’s proposed ordinance stated.
The measure will be introduced to the City Council during its first regular session of the year on Tuesday.
Albaño himself was involved in the extensive preparation of the Mantawi Festival.
Based on the book “Con-quistas de las Islas Filipinas” by Gaspar de San Agustin, no less than the famous navigator Ferdinand Magellan discovered Mandaue, “the mouth of the cove of Cebu,” in his voyage from Limasawa at noon of April 7, 1521.
Citing this information, Albaño authored the resolution declaring April 7, 2003 and every year onward as Mandaue’s foundation day.
(January 5, 2003 issue)
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