Lighthouse in Memory of Jojo: Tom Wants Design to Look 'Aged' (May 2006)
The Freeman 05/05/2006
A graphic design for the 10-story lighthouse dedicated for slain Bantay Dagat chief Elpidio "Jojo" dela Victoria has been completed, but Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants it modified to come up with an "aged" look.
The completed design of the lighthouse is a modern-type concrete structure with a concrete roadway protruding from Kawit Island to the sea. But Osmeña said he would prefer if the design would be modified to create an "aged" look.
Instead of the cemented roadway, the mayor prefers sand. The end result would be a strip of white sand bar lined with palm trees and rocks with its end dotted by the 10-story lighthouse.
The lighthouse itself would function as a communications and surveillance center complete with radar to monitor coastal activities at night. Just yesterday, Osmeña said the lighthouse would also contain a thermal image detector and would serve as a "military detachment."
With an initial budget of P20 million, Osmeña intends to make the lighthouse as among the landmarks of Kawit island, which he intends to rename "Jojo's Point" in honor of dela Victoria.
Dela Victoria was shot outside his residence on April 12. With three gunshot wounds on his thigh, right arm, and lower back, he succumbed to death at the Chong Hua Hospital the day after, due to extensive damage to his pancreas and left kidney. The bullet exited through his abdomen. Charges have been filed in court against SPO1 Marcial Ocampo, the alleged gunman. - Joeberth M. Ocao
A graphic design for the 10-story lighthouse dedicated for slain Bantay Dagat chief Elpidio "Jojo" dela Victoria has been completed, but Mayor Tomas Osmeña wants it modified to come up with an "aged" look.
The completed design of the lighthouse is a modern-type concrete structure with a concrete roadway protruding from Kawit Island to the sea. But Osmeña said he would prefer if the design would be modified to create an "aged" look.
Instead of the cemented roadway, the mayor prefers sand. The end result would be a strip of white sand bar lined with palm trees and rocks with its end dotted by the 10-story lighthouse.
The lighthouse itself would function as a communications and surveillance center complete with radar to monitor coastal activities at night. Just yesterday, Osmeña said the lighthouse would also contain a thermal image detector and would serve as a "military detachment."
With an initial budget of P20 million, Osmeña intends to make the lighthouse as among the landmarks of Kawit island, which he intends to rename "Jojo's Point" in honor of dela Victoria.
Dela Victoria was shot outside his residence on April 12. With three gunshot wounds on his thigh, right arm, and lower back, he succumbed to death at the Chong Hua Hospital the day after, due to extensive damage to his pancreas and left kidney. The bullet exited through his abdomen. Charges have been filed in court against SPO1 Marcial Ocampo, the alleged gunman. - Joeberth M. Ocao