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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''Ordinance prohibits defacing signage in Maasin City'''
'''Maasin City identifies key intervention areas for disaster risk management projects'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=65837
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=65946
*Sunday, November 27, 2011
*Monday, November 28, 2011
:by Bong Pedalino
:by R. G. Cadavos




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The local legislative body here has passed an ordinance urging the people to help protect and preserve signage placed in various public parts of the city limits, and stipulating fines for violators.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte Nov. 28 (PIA) –- The Urban Disaster Risk Management (UDRM) Project received additional budget that needs to be spent by the end of March 2012, of which Maasin City is one of the target areas.
City Ordinance number 2011-056, also known as “Maasin City Public signage Protection Ordinance of 201,” was enacted “to make all constituents and concerned barangay officials realize the importance of signage, recognize the efforts made by those government entities or individuals in procuring/supplying those signage,” according to Section 2 provision.
In a two-day budget planning workshop held November 24-25, 2011 at Leyte Park Hotel in Tacloban City, the GIZ, a German government organization initiated the two-day activity which aim in identifying key intervention areas and outline activities that can be implemented until the end of March 2011, Ritche Sumalinog one of the representatives from Maasin City reported.
Another purpose outlined in section 2 was to give value to the signage “by protecting or preserving them specially from undisciplined persons who would intentionally vandalize the same.”
He said that the disaster risk management projects for Maasin City include mitigation and prevention projects that focus on infrastructure such as slope stabilization and rehabilitation, drainage system, safe and sanitary facilities, improvement of evacuation site, post-harvest facilities, to name a few.
The local legislation defined signage as designs or display of signs supplied by government agencies, private individuals or other entities installed/placed in a particular place as reference, guidance and for other public purposes/benefits.
Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office capacity building to include search and rescuetraining,enhancement of rescue equipments and the like; Enhancement of Risk Information/database like equipment augmentation; and public awareness were also indicated as some of the activities for URDM project in Maasin City.
The ordinance also defined vandalism as the act of defacing, destroying or otherwise damaging private or public property/signage maliciously and deliberately, while youthful offenders were those children below 18 years of age.
Sumalinog informed that other participating areas were Ormoc City, Tacloban City and Calbayog City. “At least four participants from each participating areas were expected to attend the GIZ-initiated activity,” he said.
Section 5 imposed a duty for barangay officials as the ones responsible for protection or preservation of the signage in their respective barangays.
For Maasin City, City Planning and Development Officer Engr. Othelo Rich, City Engineer Anecito Narit, the DRRM Officer , Engr. Marcelo Samaco and Engr. Rex Boyboy were expected to grace the undertaking, Sumalinog, the CDRRM Team Leader disclosed.
For violators, the penalties are as follows: for first offense, a fine of not less than P 200.00 but not more than P 500.00 plus the cost of the destroyed signage; for second offense, a fine ranging from not less than P 501.00 to P 1,000.00 plus the cost of the damaged signage; and third and succeeding offenses, a fine of P 1,001.00 to P 1,500.00 plus cost of signage.
It was learned that UDRM’s progam goal is to reduce the disaster vulnerability of urban populations, infrastructure, critical facilities and shelter not only here in the Philippines but also in targeted countries in Asia. (rgc/PIA-SoLeyte)
Young offenders, or children below 18 years old, shall be dealt with pursuant to Republic Act 9344, but their parents or guardians will be ones to pay for the stipulated fines.
The ordinance was one of the outputs of the September 18, 2011 session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, headed by Vice-Mayor Maria Effie Abiera-Sabandal with all the councilors attending. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong)


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