Overtaking the Overtaker

Setting Some Priorities...

The issue on the Php2.7 million proposed budget of the Environmental Training Center has been into circulation and caught the attention of many. It started when Dumaguete City Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria got the idea about the exact money of Php2,796,571.90 million from the City Treasury. Such was actually the savings from the city development fund left during the Agustin Perdices’ administration.

Sagarbarria then proposed the account to the City Development Council (CDC) to decide on what they can recommend for the next project of the city to set a priority. In return, CDC recommended that the city will have to build an Environmental Training Center to be installed within the city hall office beside the COA office. CDC even reasoned that this take about to answer pre-disaster necessities in environmental protection.

With that, CDC passed a resolution in February regarding the matter. However, three of the councilors of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, known fiscalizers namely Antonio Remollo, Manuel Arbon, and Kenneth Arbas have opposed to the proposed project. They have doubts on the real account of the project – questioning its intension and the absence of a program of work.

That’s why a session is called which gave notice to the CDC and the city major to be present for the question hour to explain the council’s action. But the city mayor did not appear because, Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, who called for the meeting, is a co-equal officer and some councilors themselves. And Cordova apologized in public his wrong move with regards to the agenda of the session which Sagarbarria openly accepted.

This was believed to be one current big issue in the local government of Dumaguete City. The three councilors who did not approve the resolution with the utilization of the Php2.7 million worth of Environmental Training Center priority over the councilors’ choice which is the improvement of the garbage disposal and dumpsite.

The bottom line here is the big question of the three fiscalizers on the Php2.7 million Environmental Training Center of which is still on the council for further talk now. But as to whether the savings is utilized to build a project for a Environmental Training Center or to improve the system on the garbage disposal and dumpsite, the aim or purpose of both is still the same, they just wanted the services and the money to be used and to be fitted appropriately. 

It’s just a matter of time while actions have to reasonable enough. Everyone has to stand as one in this venture to meet the same purpose to this ever-challenging government!

Happy Earth Day!

Let's practice what we preach...

Oftentimes, people tend to always complain about a little of everything or even about the whole stuff. To take a very interesting example is what is happening with the environment today. Obviously, earth is experiencing great depression on global climate change and/or global warming.

Human beings contribute an ample part of destruction to earth. What can we do to minimize, at least, if not eliminate the problem? Act relevantly by simply starting to plant trees at your backyard or even pick-up pieces of trash along the way.

If not now?When?

Self Study: On Environmental Sensitivity

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Sensitive enough to care for Mother Nature?

Things apparently become very different now. From the garments we wear to the food we eat. Everything already relies to the fact that the Philippine is one of the growing industry in terms of economy. Investors within and outside the country have also inclined bringing with them advantages and disadvantages.

Learn more on these and realize things...

On infrastructures. From pavement to buildings. We see it on a positive manner but could we also see its defect? Well it's not about how long it takes, what is it for, to whom be benefited, but the nature of the structure itself and its possibility to danger the environment.

Millions or perhaps trillions of money [or even bigger than that] have allotted for buildings around us. But in return, double the price is the charge from nature. We could not possibly see its real importance but it's there present before us. From then green environment to steel structures, of course that's what we call improvement and development.

But what comes next? What can we do for now? Nothing? I know we can't come in to argue with people who just think of something new and progress but there is certain answer to that. In time.

Climate change. It's there even before we could see it. The weather has changed from one season to another. When it rains, it pours so hard and the hotness of the sun is doubled. The contributor is no less than us. You might question why and what's the contribution? It's the wrong way of every day living.

Technically, it will take you time to understand all the explanations from the book or the net. But one thing is for sure, we always complain about it. We can do something other than complaining. To start in our own selves, we need to live a healthy lifestyle. Eat right and live right with no vises. I suppose, we already understood that. Right?

Of course, the things we usually make use of. Stuffs that also contributes to the damage of the environment. From the use of appliances to dumping wastes, and alike. We even did not know that the things we do is already a form of destruction.

Global warming. The same thing. A problem that blurts these days. We are not exempted from any liability for that happening. The world has even becoming smaller for all of us, that's why many scientists [for that case maybe] experimented subjects from other planets of the universe, just to trace a single hope that human beings can also breathe in there.

Such would be out of context, but still there is this remaining fact that earth is dying as we experience today. There would really be a specific time that all of us here on earth will disappear together with the fading of the land.

What could we possibly do? Plant. One outstanding reality is that Mother Earth is balding now, not to mention the cutting of trees, the burning of it, alike. We could begin it in our backyard perhaps. Not terminating our own plants but plant, of course. Or even try to disseminate educational information just to let others know the situation and the reason why we are experiencing such crisis.

All in all, we don't own practically everything present in this world. If we'll not act now, we will still be the only ones who will suffer at the end. And even still contribute to the damage of the earth, nothing will be left to us but only destruction. Be sensitive to the environment.