The Solid Waste Educators and Enforcement Team reported to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 24 barangays in Bacolod City caught violating Republic Act 9002 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Program. Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of the Solid Waste Action Team, yesterday said the SWEET submitted to the DENR Friday the list of 11 barangayswho were recently caught violating the “No Segregation, No Collection” policy of the city. These are Barangays 7,8, 12, 14, 20, 22, 35, Cabug, Estefania, Granada and Alijis, he said. Brgys. 8 and 12 hadpreviously beenreported by the team to the DENR. Otherprevious violators include Brgys. 1, 6, 24, 39, 40, Banago, Mandalagan, and Mansilingan, he said. The previous list submitted included Barangays 13, 38, Taculing, Villamonte and Singcang. Familiaran said they will request the DENR to take action against these violators. They are also waiting for the response of DENR to their request to have members of the SWEET undergo a seminar for the effective implementation of R.A. 9003, he said. Newly-installed Bacolod Interior and Local Government director, Ma. Joy MaredithMadayag, said they will help the city in the implementation of R.A. 9003 and in how to strengthen barangay-based institutions to help in the enforcement of the law. Familiaran said the role of the DILG is very important in the implementation of R.A. 9003 because the barangays are under its direct supervision.*CGS BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
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BACOLOD City – Another list of villages that violated Republic Act (RA) 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, was submitted to the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, head of the Solid Waste Action Team, said members of the Solid Waste Enforcers/Educators Team (SWEET) passed a new list to at the EMB on Jan. 26. A total of 11 barangays were included in the list. They were 20, 8, 14, 35, 22, 12, 7, Cabug, Estefania, Granada, and Alijis. According to Familiaran, the barangays failed to implement the “no segregation, no collection” policy of the city. The city government started implementing the policy since September last year. A list of 15 barangays that violated the policy was earlier submitted to the EMB. Familiaran said the EMB will call the attention of the barangays. The EMB will possibly impose penalty on them, he added. On the other hand, SWEET members have yet to apprehend violators of the city’s solid waste management policy pending their training schedule at the EMB. Familiaran said the names of the SWEET members have already been passed to the EMB. The training of SWEET members is pursuant to RA 9003. It is a requirement before SWEET members can arrest violators./PN BY MAE SINGUAY BACOLOD City – Councilor Ana Marie Palermo has the highest number of attendance to the city council sessions, according to a 2017 Attendance Report of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), Palermo attended 56 out of 57 sessions from January to December last year, the report showed. Palermo missed a session once because she was out of town, it further stated. Following Palermo was Councilor Bartolome Orola, who attended 55 sessions. Councilors Renecito Novero and Caesar Distrito both posted 54 attendance while Councilor Ricardo Tan, 53. Councilor Dindo Ramos attended 51 sessions, followed by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. with 50, Councilor Cindy Rojas with 49, and Councilor Elmer Sy with 48. Councilors Sonya Verdeflor and Noli Villarosa attended 47 sessions each while Councilor Claudio Jesus Puentevella, 46, and Councilor Em Ang, 45. Meanwhile, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran attended 52 sessions. The report stated that no member of the SP was “absent.” All of them were out of town or on official leave when they missed some of the sessions, the report further showed./PN BY MAE SINGUAY FIFTEEN villages in Bacolod City have been documented violating the “no segregation, no collection” policy. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of Solid Waste Action Team (Swat), said Monday the members of Swat and Solid Waste Educators and Enforcement Team (Sweet) listed 15 villages with violations on waste segregation in relation to the implementation of the Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Program. These villages are Barangays Mandalagan, Banago, Mansilingan, Villamonte, Taculing, Singcang-Airport, 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 38, 39, and 40. Familiaran said the list of the violators will be forwarded to the Environment Management Board (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to call the attention of the barangay officials and for the imposition of penalty. He said the DENR will meet with the erring villages to discuss their violations, adding that barangay officials may also face administrative sanction for failure to comply with the waste segregation law. Familiaran pointed out that it is the function of the barangay officials to educate their constituents on the implementation of RA 9003. Last December, the City Government strictly implemented the “no segregation, no collection” policy. However, Familiaran said the waste segregation compliance is still very low. He said the barangay officials should do their part to avoid sanctions and penalties. “We will continue to document the violators of waste segregation policy," he added. Executive Assistant Samuel Montoyo, member of Anti-Red Tape Act (Arta) Core Team, said that he will coordinate with the Swat to determine the non-cooperative barangays in the implementation of RA 9003. He said that he could file charges against the non-cooperative barangays. Montoyo added that as a member of the Arta Core Team, it is their obligation to determine the compliance of the barangays in the implementation of the city’s programs. By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA GARBAGE hauler IPM-Construction and Development Corporation (IPM-CDC) hired at least 20 street cleaners for Bacolod City to help their garbage collectors, especially in the downtown area. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said the street cleaners were hired last year to assist the trash collectors during night time. “The IPM-CDC is paying their own hired street cleaners to ensure the cleanliness at the downtown area and they are separate from the City Government hired street cleaners,” he said. Familiaran noted that the city’s street cleaners are required to render an eight-hour duty while the IPM-CDC street cleaners are deployed only during night time. In December 2017, the City Council approved the three-month extension of contract of services of IPM-CDC for collection, hauling and disposal of garbage and solid waste management. The one year and four-month contract of IPM-CDC, which ended December 31, 2017, was extended from January to March 2018 for the garbage hauling and collection services at P14.858 million per month. By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA A LOCAL business leader welcomed the move of labor groups in Negros Occidental to seek daily minimum wage increase for workers in Western Visayas, but there should be revision in employer classification. Frank Carbon, regional governor of Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) in Western Visayas, Tuesday said the way the prices of commodities are behaving especially with the tax reform law is a “very good basis to ask for increase.” On Monday, the Philippine Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Workers Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (Paciwu-TUCP) filed a petition for P130 to P150 increase before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas. The petition sought to increase the salary of minimum wage earners in the region depending on the classification of their work and the sector they belong. The labor group asked for a daily increase of P150 for non-agriculture, industrial and commercial establishments employing more than 10 workers. Those with less than 10 employees, the increase was pegged at P130. Under the petition, agricultural plantations with an area of more than 24 hectares should provide a P140 daily increase. Those with area of less than 24 hectares, with P130 additional pay. Carbon, also the chief executive officer of Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), said the increase is necessary, but in terms of the amount, they have yet to go back to their financial statements and compute what they can afford. “We have to revise the employer classification. There should be new classification for large companies and multinational corporations,” he said, adding that “they should pay more than the local businesses as they have the capacity to pay more.” Under the current Wage Order No. 23, which will expire on March 16, the daily minimum wage rate in non-agriculture, industrial and commercial establishments employing more than 10 workers is P323.50. For those employing less than 10 workers, the existing rate is P271.50. Workers in the agriculture sector are receiving daily minimum wages of P281.50 and P271.50 for plantation and non-plantation, respectively. Carbon said that this time, large and very large companies should pay more than the rate of local micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs). He pointed out that this type of pay structure would serve as a leveler or equalizer for small businesses to be able to compete with the giants. “The higher pay of the giants will enlarge the middle working class, which is considered the backbone of our economy,” Carbon added. Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said Tuesday RTWPB-Western Visayas should review and evaluate the petition for P130 to P150 daily minimum wage increase to determine if it is really needed. “Let us wait for the final decision of the Wage Board, if they will approve this petition,” he said. (with reports from TDE, MAP) By ERWIN P. NICAVERA Readmore:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/local-news/2018/01/24/business-leader-backs-wage-hike-employer-reclassification-585422 THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Western Visayas headed by Director Lawyer Anthony Nuyda implemented a reshuffling of its officers in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental. Effective January 17, Ma. Joy Maredith Madayag, director of DILG-Negros Occidental, was designated as director of DILG-Bacolod while her post was occupied by Engineer Carmelo Orbista, acting director of DILG-Bacolod. Madayag and Orbista Tuesday met with the village officials at the Bacolod Government Center. Madayag said it is just standard reshuffling and it is part of their job to have new assignments. “With the new assignment, I have to learn the ins and outs of the governance in Bacolod, including with barangays. I really need to have a good working relationship with local officials,” she said. Madayag noted that she served as director of DILG-Negros Occidental for almost 15 years and it’s been a long time since a reshuffling was implemented. As a new head of DILG-Bacolod, Madayag said she will help the City Government encourage village officials comply with the Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Program. “With the DILG as one of the cooperating agencies, we will help on how to implement this and strengthen the barangay-based institutions to help in the enforcement of the law,” she said. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of Solid Waste Action Team, had earlier said that the waste segregation compliance in the city is still very low. The village officials were also reminded on the submission of their accomplishment reports on peace and order and anti-illegal drugs campaign, among others. By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA FIFTEEN villages in Bacolod City have been documented violating the “no segregation, no collection” policy. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of Solid Waste Action Team (Swat), said Monday the members of Swat and Solid Waste Educators and Enforcement Team (Sweet) listed 15 villages with violations on waste segregation in relation to the implementation of the Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Program. These villages are Barangays Mandalagan, Banago, Mansilingan, Villamonte, Taculing, Singcang-Airport, 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 38, 39, and 40. Familiaran said the list of the violators will be forwarded to the Environment Management Board (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to call the attention of the barangay officials and for the imposition of penalty. He said the DENR will meet with the erring villages to discuss their violations, adding that barangay officials may also face administrative sanction for failure to comply with the waste segregation law. Familiaran pointed out that it is the function of the barangay officials to educate their constituents on the implementation of RA 9003. Last December, the City Government strictly implemented the “no segregation, no collection” policy. However, Familiaran said the waste segregation compliance is still very low. He said the barangay officials should do their part to avoid sanctions and penalties. “We will continue to document the violators of waste segregation policy," he added. Executive Assistant Samuel Montoyo, member of Anti-Red Tape Act (Arta) Core Team, said that he will coordinate with the Swat to determine the non-cooperative barangays in the implementation of RA 9003. He said that he could file charges against the non-cooperative barangays. Montoyo added that as a member of the Arta Core Team, it is their obligation to determine the compliance of the barangays in the implementation of the city’s programs. By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA BACOLOD City – There are 15 barangays in the city that violated Republic Act (RA) 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, according to Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, head of the city’s Solid Waste Action Team. Engineer Ruel Garaygay, head of the Solid Waste Enforcers Educators Team (SWEET), submitted to Familiaran on Jan. 18 the names of barangays that illegally dumped their waste. SWEET is tasked to enforce the “no segregation, no collection” policy in the city. The barangays were 8, 13, 38, Taculing, Singcang-Airport, Banago, Mandalagan, 1, 39, 24, 40, Mansilingan, 6, 12, and Villamonte, Familiaran said. The names of the barangays were already submitted to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for proper action. According to Familiaran, the DENR will make the barangays attend a conference that will discuss RA 9003. The DENR will reiterate to the barangays their obligation in implementing the law. Meanwhile, a total of 21 SWEET members will undergo training as solid waste management officers, courtesy of the DENR. Familiaran already submitted their names to Sophie Manuel, regional director of DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau. SWEET had stopped apprehending solid waste management policy violators in the city after it was found out that its members were not trained. Familiaran said the apprehensions will once again start after the training. The city has implemented the “no segregation, no collection” policy since September last year./PN BY MAE SINGUAY The Solid Waste Educators and Enforcement Team has submitted a list of additional barangays in Bacolod City that have been violating the “No Segregation, No Collection” policy of the city. Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of the Solid Waste Action Team, yesterday said there are 15 barangays in Bacolod that have violated the provisions of Republic Act 9002 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Program. The latest violators are Barangays 1, 6, 12, 24, 39, 40, Banago, Mandalagan, and Mansilingan, he said. The previous list submitted included Barangays 8, 13, 38, Taculing, Villamonte and Singcang, he added. Familiaran said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the lead agency, will call the attention of the officials of these barangays for a conference. Violators may be imposed administrative fines and penalties for failure to comply with the law. He said it is the function of the barangays to implement the “No Segregation, No Collection” policy in their areas. Familiaran said violators caught illegally dumping waste on vacant spaces they have turned into mini dumpsites, have been documented by the SWEET. The SWAT chairman had earlier submitted the names of 21 members of the SWEET to the DENR for training for the effective implementation of R.A. 9003. If these violators are caught and penalized, they will not allow themselves to be used again by other people to illegally dump garbage, Familiaran said. He is leaving it to the DENR to apprehend violators, he said. Familiaran said the Local Government Code had delineated the function of the barangay and local government. So it is specific that the barangays are the ones to impose all laws and ordinances even against illegal structures since they are the front liners. He recalled that when he was barangay captain of Brgy. 13, he did not allow informal settlers to put up structures in the creek of the barangay. This was continued by his daughter-in-law Tanya Familiaran, so there are no illegal structures in the creek of Brgy. 13 unlike in its neighboring barangays, he said. Familiaran said the barangays have 50 percent share of the garbage fee paid by businessmen. But if they do not comply with R.A. 9003, their share will not be released by the city, he said.*CGS BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO |
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