The then flower-named streets of Capitol Area, Cebu City

Contrary to what majority of the public believe, the streets in the Capitol Area of Cebu City named after flowers have long been renamed.

The Cebu City Council on Sept. 10, 1968 on motion of Councilor Bienvenido B. Tudtud enacted City Ordinance No. 635 entitled "An Ordinance re-naming certain streets within the Cebu Heights Subdivision, City of Cebu, to the names of some exemplary sons of Cebu".

The street renaming ordinance was made because the streets in the place are also being carried by some streets in other subdivisions in the City of Cebu, thus creating difficulty in locating them caused by duplication of street names.

The street names likewise do not have any historical or patriotic significance nor any meaning of importance as to impart something in the minds of the living. There are seven streets that have been renamed:

1.) Don Pedro Rodriguez in lieu of Sampaguita Street

2.) Don Celestino Rodriguez in lieu of Waling Waling Street

3.) Don Filemon Sotto in lieu of Jazmin Street (subsequently amended by an ordinance renaming it to Nicolas Rafols Street)

4.) Don Julio Llorente Street in lieu of Adelfa Street

5.) Gov. Manuel Roa Street in lieu of Camoning (also spelled as Kamuning) Street

6.) Gov. Arsenio Climaco Street in lieu of Orchid Street

7.) Monsignor Manuel P. Yap Street in lieu of Maria Cristina Street

Despite the passage of the ordinance for more than four decades, the public still call them by their former names, even the city government still uses the old names by the street signage and traffic enforcers unaware that these have long been renamed.

It is respectfully suggested that the following be done to correct the error:

1.)  The city government should change the old signage still posted in posts

2.) The Post Office should not to accept letters bearing the incorrect street names in the addresses (same principle that they do not accept letters with wrong Zip Codes).

3.)  Business establishments situated in the streets should use the correct street names in their business signage, to be monitored by the Office of the Building Official and City Treasurers Office.