DAGUPAN City’s sanggunian panlungsod finally started the year with the passage of two ordinances that promises two long-term benefits to the city.

The city council, during its regular session last January 13, adopted Ordinance No. 0-526 entitled “Institutionalizing Measures for the Promotion and Advancement of the Bangus Industry” and Ordinance No. 0-534 which authorizes the Mayor Belen T. Fernandez “to negotiate, transact and enter into Memorandum of Agreement with Sure Global for the implementation of the ‘Waste to Worth’ project in the city.”

Ordinance No. 0-526 was authored by Councilor Jigs C. Seen, while Ordinance No. 0-534 authored by Councilor Jose Netu M. Tamayo, co-sponsored by all the councilors present namely Councilors Maybelyn Fernandez, Alipio Serafin Fernandez, Jeslito Seen, Marvin Fabia, Redford Erfe-Mejia, Alvin Coquia, Jesus Canto and Marcelino Fernandez.

Corollary to the Ordinance No. 0-534, the city council also passed Resolution No. R-5184, an appeal to President Benigno Aquino III, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Jesus P. Paje, to segregate an area of 28,062 square meters in Bonuan Binloc from the land covered by Presidential Proclamation No. 98, Series of 1963 for the purpose of establishing the ‘Waste to Worth’ facility in the city.

Tamayo said the Waste to Worth project will greatly benefit the city since it will finally lead to the closure of the city’s open dumpsite.

The city will not spend a peso to put up the project estimated to cost $10 million.

“Our only contribution is to provide the lot where the facility will be installed. The facility will generate by-products such as methane gas, diesel, electricity and fertilizer but this will be owned by Sure Global in exchange of their investment,” Tamayo said.

Councilor Alfie Fernandez, however, expressed apprehension that the city may not be able to meet the 30-ton daily garbage requirement for 20 years but City Legal Officer George Mejia, however, was quick to assure him that while the city can comply with the requirement of 30 tons of garbage for the first 10 years, and as the population grows, the city can deliver more than 30 tons a day.

As stipulation in the proposed agreement requires the city to pay the tipping fee to Sure Global, a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, if the minimum 30-ton requirement is not met.

Meanwhile, Seen said the city’s investment in the Dagupan Bangus brand will greatly benefit the city’s bangus raisers because there will be higher demand for the brand for decades. (CIO)

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