Folks warned on littering in Baguio

By Viyo Hidalgo

BAGUIO CITY—City police director Senior Supt. Roberto Q. Soriano warned residents here who litter or indiscriminately dump garbage in any part of the city would be arrested.

Police started to take the lead role in cleaning the city of trash following an order of Mayor Mauricio Domogan to punish violators of illegal dumping of garbage.

        

Soriano said the mayor’s order was embodied in Administrative Order No. 89, series 2012 “creating the task force of anti-littering and illegal/discriminate dumping of solid waste in the city of Baguio”.

           

 ‘Even my co-officers, who are station commanders and heads of offices will be relieved from their duties once they cannot implement the strict order,” Soriano said.

           

He said even if the BCPO is only a member of the task force, “the police would rather be part of the solution and not of the problem.”

           

Soriano warned the public to obey rules of dumping their garbage at collection areas.

           

He advised his men to immediately coordinate with all barangay leaders of the intensified anti-illegal garbage dumping campaign in order to afford all residents and visitors here in due notice.

           

Soriano added his order is in consonance to duties and responsibilities of the task force to apprehend violators of anti-littering and illegal/indiscriminate dumping of solid waste

           

Task force members were ordered to bring violators to the nearest police station for documentation and appear as witnesses in court and other judicial bodies and to monitor the compliance of residents in the segregation of garbage at source

         

Soriano said part of their job was to compel residents to bring out their garbage only during the scheduled pick up days and time and ensure violators pay fines serve their sentence as prescribed by the courts.