DILG: All towns, cities complied satisfactorily

By October 15, 2019Headlines, News

ROAD-CLEARING OPERATIONS

LINGAYEN — All town and city mayors in Pangasinan complied with the road-clearing order of President Duterte.

This was reported by the provincial office Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

DILG Pangasinan Director Randy dela Rosa said the inspection and validation of all local government units have been finished this week and the report has been sent to the DILG central office.

“It is up to the central office now to determine who those liable are,” he added.

Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil said his town is 85 percent above rating while Dagupan City DILG Director Marilyn Laguito announced during flag raising ceremony last Monday that the city earned 95 percent rating.

Bataoil in retrospect said: “There were a lot who were displaced and there were a lot who expressed dismay but we explained to them strongly and firmly that it is the law. We stood our ground. We should have political will but at the same time be humanitarian.”

In his last State of the Nation Address, President Duterte directed all mayors to clear roads of obstructions and reclaim the roads from vendors and illegal occupants. (Helen Martin/Ahikam Pasion)

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