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'''CJ prosecutor takes a break, learns how to ride bike safely with family'''
'''Feature: San Nicolas goes ‘Kalikasanicolas’'''
*Source: http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/national/26909-cj-prosecutor-takes-a-break-learns-how-to-ride-bike-safely-with-family
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R01&article=1911333335060
*By: Alfred Dalizon
*By: PIA
*''March 28, 2012''
*''April 02, 2012''


WITH the impeachment hearing of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona on a break until May, one of the lead prosecutors, Ilocos Norte (1st District) Representative Rodolfo C. Fariñas  has done what could be almost impossible for a 60-year old man like him: learn how to ride a big bike with his family the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group way.
LAOAG CITY- Mang Herman Chiong, a resident of Brgy. 12, San Nicolas is worried about waste management in his town. He lives near malls and businesses centers in San Nicolas.


On Monday, the long-time former Ilocos Norte governor and mayor, his daughter Ria Christina; sons Baba, Juni, Jr., Carlos, Baby Boy and Rudy  and cousin, Laoag City Mayor Michael V. Fariñas began a grueling HPG Executive Motorcycle Riding Course that will make them better motorcycle riders, with safety as their main concern.
“I have with me containers in which I can segregate my wastes, from biodegradable, non-biodegradable to plastic and bottles that can be sold to junk shop,” said Mang Herman while sweeping his backyard one morning.


PNP-HPG director, Chief Superintendent Leonardo A. Espina opened the special HPG motorcycle riding course for the Fariñas family when he visited officers and men of the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 1 headed by Senior Supt. Magno S. Biag to personally inspect their summer vacation preparations to ensure a safe and secure travel in Ilocos-Pangasinan region.
Waste segregation should be a way of life. It’s a reflection on how the people are disciplined and organized in a community. It is a helpful way of minimizing wastes which can be a threat to the people’s health and to the environment at large.


Rep. Fariñas told the Journal Group that it has been his and his family’s long-time wish to become a certified HPG Rider, complete with a Rider’s Badge that will authorize each of them to wear the special badge.
Thus, the local government of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte headed by Mayor Alfredo Valdez Jr. launched a campaign on environmental management with their tagline called ‘Kalikasanicolas’.


“This means much to me. This is also part of our dedication to enforce the law in Ilocos Norte and abide with all traffic rules and regulations in the province and elsewhere in the country,” said Fariñas as he led his kids and cousin in performing the standard HPG Riders’ exercises, dropping to the ground and banking left and right and performing the motorcycle crash.
The tagline is a combination of the Filipino word ‘Kalikasan’ combined with their municipal name San Nicolas.


The routines are inculcated in the mind of the trainees in order to protect them from accidental falls or crashes that may maim or kill an ordinary motorcycle driver. All HPG Riders are trained to hold tightly on their motorcycle in case of a crash since the vehicle’s crash guards will protect them.
‘Kalikasanicolas’ dealt with the strict implementation of the solid waste management in their municipality. This is in line with national government’s Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.


“Ipit tangke. Walang bibitiw. Walang paa o kamay na tutukod,” course instructor, Supt. Bonifacio L. Bosita barked at his famous students.
Each barangay shall segregate their wastes first before the garbage truck collects them. The segregation includes biodegradable, non-biodegradable, plastic, metal craft, and hazardous waste.


The lawmaker said he will use his new-found skills in launching a massive motorcycle safety program and road discipline project in the province and other parts of the country if possible. Not bad for a city where the Helmet Law is strictly implemented by the local police and Mayor Fariñas’ men.
The strict implementation of this program eyes for a complete zero-waste management in the place where commercial establishments continue to rise.


Elected as mayor of Laoag City at the young age of 28, Fariñas recounted that he launched a massive peace and order drive in the city under a program called DOC or ‘discipline and order campaign.
Vice Mayor Maria Teresa Barrett said, “The residents are still coping up with the implementation. They are still adjusting with the system since before we just collect their garbage with no segregation”


“I saw to it that all traffic rules and regulations will be enforced in the city, particularly the helmet law and driving without license or under the influence of liquor,” he said.
“But now our waste management board are very strict, they will not collect their waste without proper segregation”, she stressed.


Fariñas even showed copies of old Land Transportation Office traffic citation tickets issued to his office when they were deputized by the agency to strictly enforce all traffic rules and regulations in their area.
To implement the program, the local government came up with Ordinance
No. 2011-13. Garbage collection follows a strict schedule and operation and fora are conducted in barangays to remind the locals on proper waste segregation
 
On the street, garbage containers for different kinds of garbage are lined up for people’s use. A material recovery facility (MRF) is also established in the municipality where proper segregation of the collected garbage are located.
 
To boost the said program, San Nicolas has also acquired a 6-hectare land for the construction of a sanitary landfill.
 
Alongside with the proper waste segregation, the ‘Kalikasanicolas’ is also doing a regular tree-planting, canal clean-up in barangays, and ‘Itaktak mo’ an anti-dengue campaign during mondays.
 
Mang Herman is very grateful of the program, since the people can now have an avenue for a clean and green society. He now throws his garbage in receptacles along municipal roads on specific days as his participation to the program.
 
Barrett also hopes that these continuing programs of their municipality instill total awareness to its people for the love of environment. She looks forward for a clean, green and safe municipality to live in.


==Ilocos Norte Zip Codes==
==Ilocos Norte Zip Codes==
Jesz143
43,102

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