City Conducts Coastal Clean-up

Four Hundred (400) participants armed with different cleaning tools such as shovels, rakes, hoes, brooms and plastic bags joined the coastal/riverbank clean-up activity of the City on June 21, in consonance with the observance of the 15th Provincial Environment Week whose focus is the protection and conservation of marine resources to support this year's theme: Our seas..our life..our future. Divided into 3 groups the participants proceeded to Villa Miranda/Pasil, Magnanud and Malihaw riverbanks.Schools who participated were Victorias National High School, Negros Occidental Science High School, Jack and Jill (Castleson) High School and St. Mary Mazzarello School. Other sectors were PYAP, Barangay Captains and kagawads, Venus Lions Club, Victorias Leo Club and the city employees.

Incoming Board Member Patrick Lacson graced the launching of the coastal/riverbank clean-up at the public plaza with him were city councilors Vincent Marie Roa, Audie Malaga, Andrei Garcia and incoming councilor Jerry Jover.

SPM Andrei Garcia, chair of SP Committee on Environment, spearheaded the clean-up activity.