By: Leslie Hayzel Tagala
Baguio City- Records from the Sangguniang Panlungsod Research Division show that the year 2006 has the most number of environmental ordinances for the past 17 years.
From 1990 to 2006, the city council has passed six ordinances which are more than the ordinances that were passed before 2006.
Six ordinances about tree planting and solid waste management were passed.
Before 2006, environmental ordinances were poorly established.
For example, during the years 2004 to 2005, only one environmental ordinance was passed.
During these years, ordinances were only focused on public works and public utilities (the highest number of ordinances passed during 2004), transportation and traffic legislation (with 25 ordinances which was the highest number of ordinances during 2005).
On August 13 this year, the city council discussed 52 orders of businesses in their regular sessions, and seven of them were proposed ordinances for environmental protection.
The seven proposed environmental ordinances according to councilor Balajadia are projects
of the city council to save Baguio’s environmental condition. Examples of which include waste segregation, imposing penalties for smoke belchers, and the comprehensive anti-smoking ordinance.
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