A resolution requesting the Department of Social Services and Development to submit an inventory of all drug stores in Bacolod City to the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod within 15 days to determine whether they are complying with R.A. 9442, was approved by the SP yesterday.
R.A. 9442 is an Act amending R.A. 7277 or the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons,” that grants discounts to persons with disabilities, and to conduct information dissemination that failure to comply with the law carries a penalty. Authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito, the resolution said Section 1 of Republic Act 9442 states that PWD’s are entitled to at least 20 percent discount for the purchase of medicines in all drugstores for their exclusive use or enjoyment. It said there are cases where some drugstores do not grant or refuse to give discounts to PWD’s which is a clear violation of the law and imposes fines ranging from P50 000 to P200,000 or an imprisonment of not less than six months but not more than two years. Such discount will greatly help PWD’s for their medication, it added. Meanwhile, the SP also approved a resolution urging the City Planning and Development Office Plans and Programs Division, through the Office of the Mayor to come up with the latest State of the Environment Report for Bacolod City. Authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, the resolution said one of the pressing global concerns which caught the country and most of the local governments (including Bacolod) unprepared is the issue on environment. It has been observed that despite numerous resolutions and ordinances passed by the SP to such pressing issue, concerned city offices have not provided the SP of the recent pertinent baseline data on what really is the present situation of the city’s environment, it said. The resolution said City Ordinance No. 307, Series of 2002, mandates the Environment and Natural Resources Office, CPDO and City Engineer’s Office to update the city state of the environment, and come up with the latest State of the Environment Report, considered as critical document that will guide the present members of the SP.*CGS CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Visayan Daily Star
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