Barangay 18, Handumanan win clean, green contest

BACOLOD. Barangay Handumanan chief Ricardo Danoy receives P350, 000 of projects after his village won in the Rural Barangay Category. (Merlinda Pedrosa)
BACOLOD. Barangay Handumanan chief Ricardo Danoy receives P350, 000 of projects after his village won in the Rural Barangay Category. (Merlinda Pedrosa)

BARANGAYS 18 and Handumanan in Bacolod City were the champion in the city’s Search for the Cleanest, Greenest, and Most Well-Managed Solid Waste Management (SWM) program.

The awards were received by its village chiefs in rites held at the MassKara Hall in the Government Center Tuesday, November 13 which was attended by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, Councilor Cindy Rojas, department heads, and barangay officials.

For winning the Urban Barangay Category, Barangay 18 led by its village chief Madeline Diaz received P300, 000 worth of projects.

Barangay 15 led by village chief Anthony Ayco finished second runner-up and received P200, 000 worth of solid waste management projects followed by Barangay 17 led by its village Rogelio Pabiano who received P150, 000 worth of projects.

Barangay 13 led by village chief Franklin Andre Familiaran was the fourth runner-up and Barangay 30 led by village chief John Mark Petierre was the fifth runner-up. They received P100, 000 and P50, 000 worth of projects, respectively.

Rojas, chairperson of the City Council committee on environment and ecology, said 30 barangays in Urban Category also received P15, 000 worth of projects as a prize.

These are Barangays 31, 38, 5, 19, 29, 27, 36, 41, 3, 28, 39, 26, 14, 40, 7, 9, 20, 10, 33, 8, 37, 1, 32, 4, 25, 35, 24, 23, 2 and 22.

In the Rural Barangay Category, which was won by Barangay Handumanan, village chief Ricardo Danoy received P350, 000 worth of projects.

Barangay Montevista led by village chief Glo Ann Tambasen was second runner-up and received P250,000 worth of projects followed by Barangay Taculing led by the village chief, Councilor Lady Gles Gonzales-Pallen, who received P200,000 worth of projects.

Barangays Vista Alegre led by village chief Jose Maria Leandro Norberto De Leon was fourth runner-up and received P150,000 while Barangay Sum-ag led by village chief Rodney Carmona was fifth runner-up and received P100,000 worth of projects.

Ten barangays also received P20, 000 worth of projects as a consolation prize.

These are Barangays Mandalagan, Alangilan, Cabug, Singcang-Airport, Villamonte, Granada, Mansilingan, Felisa, Estefania and Alijis.

Rojas said the barangays were judged based on how they manage their solid waste program.

She said in the previous years, the City Government also held a clean and green contest which was also participated by the 61 barangays.

“This is our way to encourage our barangays to start off their waste segregation program within their barangay,” she added.

Rojas pointed out they will continue this program in 2019 to sustain the clean and green program in various barangays.

Leonardia said he is thankful to Familiaran and Rojas for conducting this kind of program for the improvement of the barangay.

“This is just another stage and we should continue this program. This is really with the intention to be our day-to-day practice in Bacolod,” he said.

He added it could also bring discipline to the people and make Bacolod’s business environment more conducive.

Familiaran said the clean and green program is part of the city’s waste segregation campaign.

He said the construction of the city’s sanitary landfill cell No.2 is also about to start and all the barangays should be compliant on waste segregation.

“With or without a clean and green contest, we should do this every day for the cleanliness of our city,” he added.

Diaz and Danoy said they were thankful for the support and cooperation of their constituents to be named as the most well managed solid waste management this year.

They said that they will continue the clean and green program within their barangays to maintain a good environment.

They added they will use their prizes to improve their solid waste management programs and they also urged their colleagues to do their efforts to attain a clean environment.

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