Bambi Harper
Encyclopedia
Maria Ana "Bambi" L. Harper is a Filipino
cultural writer and socialite who was a former President of the Heritage Conservation Society of the Philippines, and a columnist Philippine Daily Inquirer
- with her column "Sense and Sensibility" focusing on Philippine cultural history. In 2008, she became administrator of the historic Intramuros
district of Manila
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported that Harper, as head of the Intramuros Administration, sought a permit in May 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."
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.
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
cultural writer and socialite who was a former President of the Heritage Conservation Society of the Philippines, and a columnist Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
- with her column "Sense and Sensibility" focusing on Philippine cultural history. In 2008, she became administrator of the historic Intramuros
Intramuros
Intramuros is the oldest district in the present day city of Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines. Nicknamed the "Walled City", Intramuros is the historic fortified city of Manila, the seat ot the government during the Spanish Colonial Period. Its name in Latin, intramuros,...
district of Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
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Controversy
In early September 2008 it was reported that administrative charges could be levelled against Harper for having allowed the cutting of 29 trees, including nine mahogany and firetrees, at the Plaza de Roma in front of the Manila Cathedral.The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported that Harper, as head of the Intramuros Administration, sought a permit in May 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."
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.