INDEPENDENCE DAY ROAD CLOSURE IN MANILA AND FESTIVE-LIKE ACTIVITIES

Some roads will be closed in Manila for the celebration of the 126th Independence Day on June 12 Wednesday. A festive-like celebrations are lined up for June 10 to 12 at Rizal Park Burnham Green right across Quirino Grandstand. 

Several activities are set in celebration of Philippines Independence Day (Photo courtesy of ABS-CBN News)

From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. cannot pass through Roxas Blvd both bounds from T. M. Kalaw to P. Burgos and T. M. Kalaw from Ma. Orosa to Roxas Blvd. westbound. From 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Roxas Blvd. from UN Avenue to P. Burgos Ave. (both lanes), T. M. Kalaw both sides from Roxas Blvd. to Taft Ave., P. Burgos Avenue both sides and Finance Road, Bonifacio Drive from Anda Circle to P. Burgos Ave. will be temporary closed.

Adjacent roads within Rizal Park and Quirino Grandstand will also be closed that will be utilized for the event. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) advised motorists, drivers, and truckers to take alternate routes during the duration of the road closure.

MMDA Chairman Don Artes assured that more than 1,156 agency personnel, ambulances, military trucks, dump trucks, and tow trucks have been deployed to regulate the flow of traffic during the three-day celebration in Manila from June 10 to 12.

Government agencies like the Land Transportation Office will offer processing of student permits, renewal of driver's licenses and retrieval or password change of Land Transport Management System portal accounts. 

While, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) announced that there will be a nationwide job fairs offering over 100,000 job opportunities on Wednesday.

President Bongbong Marcos said on his vlog, “For the past 126 years and until today we continue to fight for our freedom, freedom in various aspects of our Filipino identity, more than this, freedom in our territory and our sovereignty.”

"This month of independence, let's awaken our spirit of being Filipino, revive the nationalisms in our blood and wave the Filipino flag. We should all participate in this celebration. We should show and wave our flag so that we and everyone can remember the life of the Filipino and the history of the Filipino," he added.

Source: The Manila Times

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