• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The General Services Office (GSO) and the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) in Bacolod City have been assigned
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte, Jun. 3 — Together with the Zuellig Family Foundation, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) responded to the call of the local government unit (LGU) of Butuan for the institutionalization and implementation of “The Challenge Initiative”.
A Philippine City’s ‘Green Program’ Requires Marriage License Applicants to Plant Trees
As part of an initiative to promote greener public spaces, a city in the Philippines now requires couples applying for a marriage license to plant five trees each. Participants are already celebrating the “green legacy” of the program.
The City of Borongan in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines, took to Facebook in December 2020 to announce the new environmentally-friendly stepping stone for engaged couples. Creightania Coles (L) and her partner Jay-Ar Tavera. (Courtesy of Borongan City Information Office)
Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan C. Agda, in collaboration with Mr. Mark Lucio Cortado of the City Population Office, headed the initiative in support of the Department of Budget and Management’s “Green, Green, Green” program.