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 ==[[Parañaque City News]]==
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-'''P’que local chief intensifies mobile, foot patrols this Holy Week'''
+'''Parañaque bans pigeon raising near NAIA'''
-*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=241333436323
+*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=795654
-*By: Jimmyley I. Guzman
+*By: www.philstar.com
-*''April 03, 2012''
+*''April 10, 2012''
-PARAÑAQUE- Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe Jr. ordered the local police to intensify its mobile and foot patrol routines during the Holy Week.
+The Parañaque City governbment has passed an ordinance, banning the raising of pigeons and other birds within eight miles or 13 kilometers radius from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
-According to Bernabe, many residents make their retreat to their home provinces during this Lenten season.
+The city council passed City Ordinance No. 12-02, Series of 2012, authored by City councilor Eric Baes. The ordinance amended Municipal Ordinance No. 93-08, Series of 1993 that stipulated the prohibition on the raising of bird species in the immediate vicinity of the NAIA.
-“We want to make sure that visitors, motorists, residents, and their homes are safe during the Holy Week rush and this is why we have ordered the local protective services to heighten their alert status,” Bernabe said.
+The passage of the ordinance stemmed from the request of Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Jose Angel Honrado to Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. to widen the area stated in the old ordinance in the interest of aviation safety and in compliance to standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
-He added that aside from increased police visibility, he also tasked the local police to set up citizen assistance desks in the following areas: SM Sucat in Brgy. San Dionisio and SM Bicutan in Brgy. Don Bosco, and in churches including the Redemptorist Church in Brgy. Baclaran, St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Brgy. La Huerta, and in St. Anthony de Padua in Brgy. San Antonio.
+Birds in flight are known to cause air accidents as birds on the ground can compromise aircraft take-offs and landings.
-Bernabe also instructed the local Bureau of Fire Protection to be on alert status.
+“To ensure the safety of international air travelers flying in and out of the country via NAIA as well as our residents and the general public, we need to expand the restrictions on the raising of pigeons and other bird species within the air safety radius of our international airport,” Bernabe said.
-The city government will likewise put up motorist assistance centers along the Coastal Road in coordination with the Public Estates Authority Toll Corporation (PEATC).
+Under the amended ordinance, it would be unlawful for any person, entity, partnership, corporation or association to breed, raise or domesticate pigeons and other species of birds within eight miles/13 kilometers or 12,800 meters radius from the City of Parañaque boundary adjoining the NAIA.
-Meanwhile, the local chief executive urged residents to take fire safety measures and secure their homes first before leaving.
+“The City of Parañaque will assist and cooperate with the MIAA and the national government to ensure and promote aviation safety without necessarily jeopardizing the bird sanctuary in our city,” Bernabe said.
+Violators will be penalized with a fine of not less than P1,000 nor more than P5,000 or imprisonment of not less 10 days and not more than 30 days or both at the discretion of the court.
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