Bambi Harper

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|name = Bambi Harper

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|office = 7th Administrator of Intramuros

|term_start = March 17, 2008

|term_end = July 8, 2010

|predecessor = Dominador Ferrer

|successor = Jose Capistrano

|birth_name = Anna Maria Lammoglia

|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|1|10}}

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|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|8|4|1941|1|10}}

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|alma_mater = University of Santo Tomas

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Anna Maria "Bambi'" Lammoglia de Harper (January 10, 1941 – August 4, 2023) was a Filipino cultural writer and socialite.{{cite web |last=Abad |first=Michelle |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-culture/heritage-conservationist-bambi-harper-dies/ |title=Heritage conservationist Bambi Harper dies |date=August 5, 2023 |website=Rappler |access-date=August 6, 2023}}

She was a founding member of the Concerned Citizens for the National Museum (now the Museum Foundation of the Philippines) as well as the Heritage Conservation Society. She wrote as also a columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer with her byline "Sense and Sensibility", which focused on Philippine cultural history. In 2008, she became 7th Administrator of the historic Intramuros district of Manila.

Controversy

In early September 2008, it was reported that administrative charges could be leveled against Harper for having allowed the cutting down of 29 trees, including nine mahogany and flame trees at the Plaza de Roma fronting Manila Cathedral.{{cite news |last=Adraneda |first=Katherine |title=DENR to pursue charges vs Harper |url=https://www.philstar.com/metro/2008/09/04/398199/denr-pursue-charges-vs-harper/ |access-date=19 August 2023 |publisher=The Philippine Star |date=4 September 2008}}

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported that Harper, as head of the Intramuros Administration, sought a permit in May 2008 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.

Writing

In 2012, she published Agueda: A Ballad of Stone and Wind.{{cite web |last=Jarque |first=Edu |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/03/17/920609/filipina-maid-cotton-writes-ballad-stone-and-wind |title=Filipina Maid of Cotton writes A Ballad of Stone and Wind |date=March 17, 2013 |publisher=The Philippine Star |access-date=August 10, 2023}}

Death

Harper died on August 4, 2023, at the age of 82.{{Where|date=August 2023}}{{cite news |title=Heritage icon Bambi Harper passes away |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/08/06/news/national/heritage-icon-bambi-harper-passes-away/1904028 |access-date=6 August 2023 |publisher=Manila Times |date=6 August 2023}}

References

Sources

{{Citation|last=Ongpin |first=Ma. Isabel |title=Ambient Voices: Bambi Harper |newspaper=The Manila Times |date=March 28, 2008 |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/28/yehey/opinion/20080328opi6.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511205128/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/28/yehey/opinion/20080328opi6.html |archivedate=May 11, 2008 }}
{{Citation|last=Jottings |first=Random|title=Open Notebook: Challenge for heritage icon Bambi Harper |newspaper=The Manila Times |date=March 17, 2008 |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/17/yehey/opinion/20080317opi3.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122130937/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/17/yehey/opinion/20080317opi3.html |archivedate=November 22, 2008 }}

Category:1941 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:Filipino women writers

Category:Philippine Daily Inquirer people