An ordinance regulating the use, sale and provision of plastic bags as packaging materials in Bacolod City, was passed on third and final reading yesterday by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod.
Those who voted in favor of the ordinance were Councilors Em Ang, Al Victor Espino, Caesar Distrito, Roberto Rojas, Homer Bais, Mona Dia Jardin, Carlos Jose Lopez, Sonya Verdeflor, and Keith Ramos. Councilor Elmer Sy voted against it, while Councilors Archie Baribar, El Cid Familiaran and Catalino Alisbo abstained. Councilor Dindo Ramos was outside the session hall. Ang said it is time that plastic bags should be extinct because they do not biodegrade but last for thousands of years. “Plastics may give convenience to users but it has a high cost to our environment and our well being,” she said. The ordinance was authored by Ang and co-authored by Bais, Distrito, Jardin, Rojas and Espino. The SP also approved a resolution requesting the Department of Social Services and Development through the Office of the mayor to submit an updated data on sex/child trafficking to the SP. Authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, the resolution said Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez clarified that sex-tourism is not among the considered tourist attractions of the current administration, in reaction to reports of the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines that foreign tourists prefer to come here because of sex tourism. The resolution said the pronouncement should be taken seriously by the government and Bacolod should come up with pertinent data on the matter. Meanwhile, the SP also approved a resolution inquiring from the City Engineer’s Office through the Office of the Mayor the status of city initiated water pump projects. Authored by Councilor Archie Baribar, the resolution requested the CEO for the number of water pumps already constructed and the area where they were set, as well as the budget extended for these projects since 2004 up to the present. It also requested for the number of pumps currently at the CEO to be constructed and the places where the pending ones will be constructed.*CGS CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Visayan Daily Star
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