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Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Micame: Landfill compactor to solve Mandaue’s garbage woes
By Rel P. Micame
COMPACTOR. With the purchase of a sanitary landfill compactor, the garbage problem in Mandaue City will be solved.
According to City Councilor Wenceslao Gakit, some P31 million is available for the purchase of the landfill compactor. But the equipment has to be imported. So a letter of credit has to be opened to guarantee the payment.
For this purpose, Mayor Thadeo Ouano needs an authority from the City Council to open a Letter of Credit with the Land Bank of the Philippines.
General Services Officer Renee Tariman said the sanitary landfill compactor, the first to be acquired by a local government unit in the Visayas for a dumpsite, might be expensive. But it will definitely help Mandaue in its preparation for its own sanitary landfill. It will also help extend the lifespan of the dumpsite, Tariman said.
Tariman added that the sanitary landfill compactor will be stationed permanently at the Umapad dumpsite to compact the garbage brought in by garbage compactors from the barangays.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Talisay City Mayor Socrates Fernandez was right in ordering a subdivision developer, Manuel Teng, to secure first the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) before proceeding with a reclamation project in Barangay Tangke.
Teng must understand that the ECC is just a requirement for a person whose plan is seen to affect the environment like filling up a creek with limestone. The fears of Barangay Tangke councilors and the residents that their place might be flooded during heavy rains are valid. Teng has to address the residents’ apprehensions.
UNFORTUNATE. It’s unfortunate that 300 barangays in Central Visayas have no day care centers. This means that young children of poor parents in 300 barangays in the provinces of Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, and Bohol are deprived of pre-school education. Young kids of the wealthy are, of course, sent to private schools, which offer nursery classes. But thousands of poor children who are the target beneficiaries of Republic Act (RA) 6972 or the Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection of Children Act, have not been able to avail themselves of this privilege because of the failure of 300 barangays to put up day care centers. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is mandated by RA 6972 to establish day care centers.
SENATE BILL. Another unfortunate predicament faced by day care teachers is their low salaries.
In Cebu City, each day care teacher is paid only an honorarium of P800 to P3,000 a month. I don’t know how much the day care teachers in the countryside are earning, But this problem is expected to be remedied by Senate Bill 71 or the Magna Carta for Day Care Workers filed by Sen. Luisa Ejercito. If this measure is enacted into law, all day care workers will become employees of local government units (LGUs). Their salary grades will also be established. It is hoped that no day care teacher will be displaced by the passage of the Senate bill.
SCRIPTURE READING. Suggested reading of the Holy Bible for today is found in the Gospel according to St. Luke 1:26-38 “The birth of Jesus is announced,” and for Dec. 9—St. Matthew 11;11-15 “John the Baptist is the greatest.”
Email: relmicame@yahoo.com fax (6332) 423-9956 cell: 0918-4435044.
(December 8, 2004 issue)
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