PHILIPPINES: QC hailed as top Manila Bay ‘clean up’ performer

#Quezon City – January 1, 2019 – Philippines – Quezon City has been tagged as the Most Compliant LGU for 2018 in the implementation of the Supreme Court continuing mandamus for the clean-up and preservation of Manila Bay.

It garnered a score of 95.53 percent based on the Regional Inter-Agency Team Assessment conducted in recent months.  The team, composed of representatives from national government agencies involved in the Manila Bay Clean up, Rehabilitation and Preservation Program (MBCRPP) visited the 17 LGUs and reviewed their performance in the outcome indicators in the four clusters set under the Supreme Court mandamus.

Quezon City was followed by Muntinlupa (91.63%), Valenzuela (91.30%), Makati (88.42%), Pasig (87.67%), Las Piñas (86.20%), and Parañaque (86.00%); the seven has been recognized as the highly compliant LGUs for the MBCRP.

Top performers in the four clusters were also recognized. Las Piñas was cited for its accomplishments in the Informal Settler Families (ISF) cluster; Pasig City for the Solid Waste Management (SWM) cluster; Muntinlupa on Information, Education, and Communication campaign and other institutional arrangement (IEC) cluster; and Quezon City for the Liquid Waste Management (LWM) cluster. Makati was also cited as the Most Improved LGU.

All NCR LGUs were able to pass the assessment for 2018. Caloocan, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Navotas, Pasay, San Juan, Taguig were also cited for their efforts in rehabilitating Manila Bay and its tributaries.

OIC Regional Director Juan Jovian E. Ingeniero, OIC Assistant Regional Director Gloria C. Aguhar and DILG Central Office Bureau of Local Government Supervision Director Atty. Odilon L. Pasaraba handed the awards to the key officials from the 17 LGUs.  DILG-NCR Field Offices were also given recognition for their steadfast performance in achieving the region’s goals for the MBCRP.

During the ceremony, it was reported that all the LGUs have passed their respective no littering ordinances, while 94 percent have approved Solid Waste Management Plans.  Eighty-two percent (82%) of the LGUs also have approved Local Shelter Plans, while 58 percent have approved Relocation and Resettlement Action Plans.

For 2019, MBCRP will conduct the following activity expected to further strengthen the program’s implementation: National Inter-Agency Committee Validation of LGU Compliance to MBCRP, National Environmental Compliance Audit Validation which will cover performance year 2018, the Manila Bay Database System (MBDS) Data Harmonization and GIS Training of NCR-LGUs, Seminar-Workshop on the Updating of NCR-LGUs’ Ten Year Solid Waste Management Plan and 2019 Assessment of LGU Compliance to the MBCRP.

(PIA-NCR)

By Jerome Carlo R. Paunan

Release: Philippines Department of Public Information

Photo by DILG-NCR)