Only 29.25 percent or 478 of 1,634 local government units in the country have access to sanitary landfills despite a steady increase of generated solid waste, according to the Commission on Audit.
All local government units in the country are expected to give their full support to the Department of Health to ensure the success of the Chikiting Ligtas, a nationwide supplemental immunization campaign to vaccinate children against measles, rubella, and polio.
President Marcos has ordered all national agencies and local government units to closely coordinate and actively contribute to the government’s fight against criminality.