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Sunday, September 19, 2004
Dispose garbage properly or face demolition: Duterte
By Aurea A. Gerundio
DAVAO CITY -- Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte warned anew seaside residents of Davao to dispose their garbage properly or they will be forcibly removed from their present location.
"Akong tanging gihangyo sa inyo nga iputos ninyo inyong mga hugaw ug ilabay sa gawas. Ayaw ilabay sa dagat. Kung dili mo motuman, ipa-demolish 'ta mo. Didto 'ta mo i-relocate sa boundary sa Davao ug Bukidnon (All I'm asking of you is for you to wrap your garbage properly and put it out for collection. Don't throw it in the sea. If you will not do as I tell you I will have your houses demolished and relocate you in the boundary of Davao and Bukidnon)," Duterte said during a program at Barangay 23-C after Saturday's citywide coastal clean-up in celebration of the International Coastal Clean-up Day.
Duterte said he would not sacrifice the health of the 1.4 million city residents, who are supposed to consume fish, just to allow some 200 families residing in the coasts to continue polluting the sea with their wastes.
Duterte said he was horrified to see the garbage in the coasts once he had an inspection.
"Mangaon man 'ta ug isda (We all eat fish). If you would not resolve to improve things, then kawawa gyud 'ta ani. Kung ilabay ninyo ang inyong basura sa dagat, patay gyud 'ta (If you throw your garbage in the waters, we'll all be dead)," Duterte said.
The mayor also urged village residents to involve their out-of-school youth so they can make productive use of their time.
"Tagaan ug sako ang mga bata aron himuon na lang sila nga sanitation officers. Manglimpyo sila sa baybay kaysa magtambay-tambay lang (Give them sacks and let's make them our sanitation officers instead of just letting them remain idle)," Duterte said.
Meanwhile, Duterte handed out a P50,000 bonus to the Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School (Drahs) for sending the most number of participants during Saturday's clean-up drive of the city's 25 coastal villages.
During the clean up the 11,754 volunteers from both government and private sectors collected a total of 243.48 metric tons of garbage.
Certificates of commendation were also given to various organizations that participated in the coastal clean up.
Three coastal barangays from the three congressional districts were also awarded for being the cleanest.
(September 19, 2004 issue)
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