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A recent survey shows that majority of Metro Manila residents are affected by pollution.
Metro Manila is running out of oxygen. It is said by cable channel ANC, WE HAVE LESS THAN THREE YEARS LEFT TO BREATH IN METRO MANILA. Are we going to wait for that Korean made oxygen canister to be our daily companion. Look at how manny of our children have asthma or lung related diseases.
Just this morning, I saw MMDA with the light blue shirts burning grass along Marcos highway beside the UP campus, creating air pollution, yet they are supposed to enforce the clean air act.
In Marikina, never burn garbage, or you face paying a huge fine. DISCIPLINE AT WORK.
Republic Act 9003, the Philippine Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, obligates local government units to instill the CULTURE OF WASTE SEGREGATION, MINIMIZATION AND RECYCLING AT THE GRASS ROOT LEVEL.
This grassroot level refers to the barangays. Thus, since city and municipal mayors have direct supervision over the compnent barangays, it is their DUTY to ensure such segregation and collection of solid waste in their component barangays.
This the rationale behind the law suit file by the officers and members of the Philippine Bar Association against the Mayors of San Juan, Malabon and Paranaque, because the mayors therein supposedly have not complied with the law. The cases are pending before the ombudsman (office of the environmental ombudsman).
How many mayors out there are seemingly delinquent. Our laws are only as good as they are complied.
We must act now because tomorrow, we need gas masks to work.
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