Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna issued an Executive Order declaring every Friday of the week as cleanup day in the city of Manila.
In the said EO, all departments, offices and bureaus under the Manila local government are enjoined to tidy up their areas of jurisdiction.
“ Nilagdaan ko noong unang araw ng Hulyo ang Executive Order No. 6 na nagtatalaga sa araw ng Biyernes bilang Clean-up Day at inaatasan ang lahat ng mga kawani, sa pangunguna ng mga pinuno ngkagawaran, na palagiang tiyakin ang malinis at maayos na tanggapan, pati na ang lahat ng corridor sa harapan ng mga opisina at sa lahat ng sulok ng City Hall,” she said during her first flag-raising ceremony as the new mayor of Manila.
Lacuna added: “Ito ay repleksyon na sasalamin sa maayos at malinis na pamamahala. Dito ay makikita rin natin ang pakikiisa at kooperasyon ng bawat indibidwal na kabahagi ngating pamahalaang lungsod.”
“Salamat sa agarang pagtugon ng mga kasamahan nating naglaan ng ekstrang oras nitong nakaraang Sabado at Linggo upang maglinis at magsaayos ng ating kapaligiran dito sa Manila City Hall. Maraming salamat sa tanggapan ng Engineering, City Electrician, City Planning, DPS, CGSO at Building Administration. Nasimulan na natin ito, ipagpapatuloy na lang sana natin hanggang sa maging kaugalian na ng lahat,” Lacuna said.
The new mayor said all barangays and heads of police stations are also called upon to keep their surroundings clean and free from eyesores.
These include trash, illegally-parked vehicles both private and public utility and even vendors who cross the line of up to where they are allowed.
Lacuna also thanked those who took it upon themselves to clean up their surroundings even before she went around city hall offices over the weekend.
She noted that even some center islands and barricades have now become vending areas so that he asked the police to keep the vendors only in the areas where they legally allowed by the city.
Lacuna said there is no ‘zero vendor’ policy contrary to fake reports and instead, the vendors are allowed but only based on the existing policy and in places already designated for them these past years. (Baby Cuevas)
