PUBLISHED IN PUNTO Central Luzon, a favorite publisher of the issuances of the Mabalacat City Council are various ordinances dating back January 20, 2016.
City Ordinance No. 44, Series of 2016 is an ordinance permanently closing old and unused roads within the jurisdiction of Barangay Mangalit, Mabalacat City; City Ordinance No. 46, Series of 2016-An ordinance creating the Mabalacat City Local STI/HIV/AIDS Council, promulgating policies and measures for the prevention and control of STI/HIV-Aids in the city; City Ordinance No. 48, Series of 2016-An ordinance amending Section 6 (A)of City Ordinance No. 03, Series of 2013 entitled "An ordinance enacting the Mabalacat City Passenger Terminal Code of 2013"; City Ordinance No. 49, Series of 2016-An ordinance instituting the Mabalacat City Communal-Urban gardening program on idle lands/open spaces of subdivisions, residential areas, private and public lands x x x; City Ordinance No. 55, Series of 2016-An ordinance appropriating the amount of
Three Million Pesos for one-time financial assistance to Ninety years old and above senior citizens of Mabalacat City; City Ordinance No. 63, Series of 2017-An ordinance creating the Mabalacat City Housing Board defining its clearing house functions pursuant to Executive Order No. 708, S-2008 and for other purposes; City Ordinance No. 64, Series of 2017-An ordinance regulating the sale, distribution and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices in Mabalacat City, Pampanga and providing penalties thereof and City Ordinance No. 65, Series of 2017-An ordinance granting mortuary benefits to current and former barangay officials.
All of these issuances have beneficial impact and importance to citizens of Mabalacat City. Noteworthy is City Ordinance No. 49 which mandates communal-urban gardening program on idle lands/open spaces of subdivisions, residential areas either private and public lands in consonance with the city's clean and green program, organic agriculture act of 2010, ecological solid waste management act of 2000 and the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.
If this City Ordinance No. 49 is faithfully and religiously implemented and observed, the surroundings in the city will be well-kept and maintained. There should be a task force which should closely monitor implementation of this ordinance.
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A cursory look at City Ordinance No. 49 will disclose that the Committees to implement it have been designated and I don’t see any reason why it should not be religiously and completely implemented.
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There are more beneficial issues emanating from the Sangguniang Panlungsod, presided over by city vice Mayor Christian Halili and assisted by SP members Gerald Guttrie Aquino, Roland Pena,
Moises Dwight Oliver Morales, Amauri Tiglao, Rogelio Yumul,
Carlo Nino Rivera, Jerry Basilio, Eduardo Sotto, Danilo
Bayani, Krizzanel Garbo, Oscar Aurelio and Ruvielane Margarito.