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New search for most beautiful, cleanest village launched in Dagupan
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=822480
- Monday, November 2, 2015
- (PNA), LAP/LVM/LVMICUA/RMA
DAGUPAN CITY, Nov. 2 (PNA) -- Mayor Belen T. Fernandez announced Monday a new search for the Most Beautiful and Cleanest Barangay of Dagupan which can help the city in its attempt to vie anew in the search for the greenest, cleanest and safest city in Region 1.
Fernandez announced the search during the flag ceremony today at the Dagupan City Plaza, at which time she also named former Herrero-Perez barangay chairman Salvacion Bravo, now a consultant of the mayor's office, to spearhead the search as executive chairperson.
Bravo and other officials of the city, in coordination with the 31 barangay captains, will draw up the mechanics, including the prizes to be awarded to the winners, who shall receive their awards during the city fiesta celebration in December.
City Waste Management Officer Ronald de Guzman hailed the search as it will be a boon towards making Dagupan the greenest, cleanest and safest city in Region 1.
In the same occasion, the mayor turned over 10 brand new customized three-wheeled "garongs" or receptacles to the City Waste Management Division (CWMD) to boost the garbage collection efforts in the downtown area, including the city markets where most of the solid wastes in the city are coming from.
De Guzman said this is another effort of Mayor Fernandez to boost cleanliness and sanitation in Dagupan, while it is trying very hard to soon phase out its own dumpsite in Bonuan and convert it into a tree park.
This is preparatory to the envisioned Waste 2 Worth Project to be set up in Bonuan with the help of Procter and Gamble, Sure Global, Asian Development Bank and the U.S. State Department.
Dagupan is already a cinch to win the project costing 8 million U.S. dollars at no cost at all to the city government.
De Guzman said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is all out in helping Dagupan prepare the site of the project that may yet be the model throughout the world as it will convert wastes into diesel fuel for motor vehicles and biogas.