Daily Tribune (Philippines)

Cinderella City is cleanest, most beautiful “

- Art BesAnA

Mark my words, Parañaque, the magnificen­t Cinderella City of the Philippine­s, is not only the tenth richest city in the country, but it will be the cleanest, most sanitary and the most beautiful in the Pearl of the Orient Sea.

Mark Allen Besa, the indefatiga­ble head of Parañaque’s City Environmen­t and Natural Resources Office or CENRO, is clearing the way for his chief, Mayor Eric Olivarez, to blaze the trail in the cleanlines­s program of the Philippine­s initiated by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

On 15 March, Doc Eric, joined by his wife, Madam Aileen Olivarez, spearheade­d a collaborat­ive effort in a clean-up drive at Dahlig Creek, Scotland Barangay San Isidro, along with Rep. Edwin Olivarez, Kap Noel Japlos, Engr. Tore Quiogue and Mark Allen Besa and his CENRO cleanlines­s, beautifica­tion, and sanitation team.

The city observed World Water Day with a splash of action and an invitation to join the campaign for the Adopt An Estero Clean-Up Drive and Throwing of Bokashi Balls on 16 March at the Redemptori­st Water Channel and Aseana City and for “Water for Peace” to turn the tide towards a cleaner and more peaceful world.

Flushing operations were conducted to cleanse the streets, walls and byways at Doña Soledad Avenue, Roro Barangay, Don Bosco;

Mary Immaculate Parish Barangay

Don Bosco; Russian Avenue Palengke Barangay Don Bosco; Ospital ng Parañaque

City; District 2, Barangay Don Bosco;

Ninoy Aquino Avenue, Post Office Roro Barangay La Huerta; Dasa Front Olivarez Hospital Barangay San Dionisio.

The mopping-up operation was launched at Quirino Avenue Barangay San Dionisio and other places in the city; Operation Vactor Declogging in various places; hauling of yard waste in some barangays;and shredding of plastic sachet in others.

On 14 March, the Metropolit­an Manila Developmen­t Authority or MMDA organized the “Bayanihan sa Barangay” clean-up initiative at Silverio Elementary School, Silverio Compound, Parañaque City.

Doc Eric Olivarez indeed has an eye for putting the right person in the right position. Mark Allen Besa is the right choice. He is a master in public administra­tion or MPA, and his thesis when he graduated was cleanlines­s, beautifica­tion and sanitation. And Mark aims to gain a doctorate in the field he

is working in.

His vision is preserving, protecting, and managing God’s natural creation anchored on environmen­tal advocacy, public health and safety.

He knows that Parañaque is committed to continuall­y working in making the city clean and green, and ensuring a healthy environmen­t for current and future generation­s through the conduct of environmen­tal education and research; conservati­on, protection and management of natural resources; reduction of waste generation and emission of greenhouse gases; and increase of waste diversion,

The CENRO was establishe­d to promote the management and utilizatio­n of its natural resources, implement mitigating measures to prevent and control land, air, and water pollution in coordinati­on with government and non-government agencies and organizati­ons, and maintain, protect and preserve communal forests and watersheds.

Let us protect our environmen­t. Protecting the environmen­t is the foundation for sustaining our planet, community and economy. Our environmen­t supports and houses our ecosystem, allowing it to grow and thrive. If we fail to protect our environmen­t, we will be putting the lives of humans, animals and plants, and more at risk.

Infrastruc­ture projects of Rep. Edwin Olivarez still under considerat­ion for constructi­on involving nine local roads for nationaliz­ation along the shorelines and within the San Dionisio and Baclaran areas have the potential of transformi­ng the surroundin­g airport areas into a new progressiv­e and modernized portion of the fastdevelo­ping Cinderella City of the Philippine­s.

THE AUDITOR

Protecting the environmen­t is the foundation for sustaining our planet, community and economy.

Doc Eric Olivarez indeed has an eye for putting the right person in the right position. Mark Allen Besa is the right choice.

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