It’s Pista Y Ang Kagueban (Feast of the Forest) here on June 27, and the city government is now busy preparing for the annual tree planting celebration at the Irawan Watershed in Barangay Inagawan.
Puerto Princesa
For 19 years now, the Pista has been successfully bringing thousands upon thousands of people to the mountains of Irawan to plant trees to prevent its soils from eroding. Irawan is a watershed area that serves as major source potable water of the city.
Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn and the city government expect more than 50,000 people to participate in this year’s Pista to plant more than a hundred thousand fast growing and fruit bearing trees on a 15-hectare site that’s now being readied by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO).
As a customary, free rides on military trucks, buses, jeepneys and other modes of transportation will begin to ferry residents and revelers to the site as early as 5 a.m. from the Puerto Princesa City Coliseum. (more…)
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