Bukagan Hill's Future

With the recent opening of the shoreline by-pass road or boulevard from the port of ozamiz to the southern highway (to Pagadian), the new provincial and local government should now rethink and strengthen its resolve and efforts on how to develop the decades of neglected Bukagan Hill. This historical hill used to be the beacon of hope and safety of the american-misamisnon WW2 guerilla soldiers housing two big spanish bells to warn them of the approaching japanese during the war. The newly completed boulevard or by-pass road makes it now easy to access this site by foot or vehicles to the hilltop and thus, added to the natural attractions of Bukagan Hill as potential tourism spot of Ozamiz and Misamis Occidental. It is now incumbent upon the new government to start the planning and development in motion, including the declaration of Bukahan Hill as heritage site. The access road up to the bell site should be finished, the surrounding ground of the belfry should be landscaped and fenced, viewdeck can be installed overlooking ozamiz, panguil bay and lanao, breakfast and coffee shops can be allowed/installed to be operated by the locals as a source of livelihood. The city and ozamiznonz are lucky enough that these centuries old bells as old as the Balangiga bells were not stolen.

(Bell's pictures borrowed from the net. Acknowledging credit to the photo owner.)








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