Limay execs visit Samal

SAMAL, Bataan – Local officials of the municipality of Limay led by Mayor Lilvir “Ver” Roque on Monday visited this 4th class municipality for the consolidation of knowledge and ideas in the proper implementation of solid waste management program.

Mayor Generosa “Gene” M. Dela Fuente personally welcomed Mayor Roque’s group composed of village chiefs (barangay chairmen) and barangay councilors. Dela Fuente introduced the major programs being implemented by the municipal government including the “i5 program” on garbage disposal (ihiwalay, isulit, ibigay, ibenta, itapon) or the “Samal Solid Ways to Ecological Solid Waste Management Plan.”

Mayor Roque decided to let his village chiefs learn for the “unique and distinct” examples of this municipality and then apply it soon into their first-class town.

Barangay chairman Glenn Velasco of Barangay Tabing Ilog briefed his fellow local officials on how his place became the province’s model in waste management program. He also showed his material recovery facility and procedure being done every day to eliminate and manage the village’s wastes.

Last year, Barangay Tabing Ilog, complete with disaster readiness and environmental projects became Bataan’s showcase barangay for the synchronized nationwide Barangay Assembly Day held last March 2015. DILG has chosen Tabing Ilog among 237 barangays as the province’s showcase.

“Na-inspire kami at naniniwala ako na ang magandang pagsasamahan at tamang liderato ang susi para maipatupad ito nang maayos sa ating mga barangay,” Mayor Roque said.

Like other progressive municipalities, part of Limay’s rapid economic growth is the advancement to more efficient waste management. Roque assures his constituents, despite their closure of their open dump site that they are on the right track in this endeavor.

The LGUs of Hermosa and Dinalupihan also visited this barangay recently as part of their solid waste management programs.

Republic Act (RA) 7160 mandates a no segregation, no collection rule as written in Section 48, Paragraph 4 & 8 of the Local Government Code that devolves local government units on the enforcement of laws on cleanliness and sanitation and preparation of their solid waste management programs.

During their recent executive legislative agenda, the municipality of Limay aims to achieve a smart green municipality by the year 2020.