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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. ....
Published December 23, 2020, 10:40 AM TACLOBAN CITY – Couples applying for a marriage license are now required to plant five “Barok” (scientific name: Ceriops Tagal) trees in Borongan City. Couples applying for a marriage license are now required to plant five “Barok” (scientific name: Ceriops Tagal) trees in Borongan City. (Photo courtesy of Borongan City Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda directed the City Population Office to require the coupes to plant the trees in designated areas identified by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office. This aims to help create greener public spaces in the city in support of the Department of Budget and Management’s ”Green, Green, Green” program, a unique assistance program that aims to make the country’s 145 cities more livable and sustainable through the development of public open spaces. “Green, Green, Green” is a component of the Duterte administration’s massive ....