Chief Adviser IC Calaguas, upon instruction of Angeles City Mayor Carmelo ‘Pogi’ Lazatin Jr., presided on May 17, 2023 a meeting with some department heads as the city government prepares for the stricter implementation of the Anti-Mendicancy Law beginning tomorrow, May 18.

Calaguas directed City Social Welfare and Development Officer Edna Duaso to form teams that will roam around the city and rescue families and children and members of the indigenous community from street situations.

Personnel of the Angeles City Traffic Development Office (ACTDO), led by Kiko Pangilinan, Angeles City Tourism Auxiliary, headed by Michael Lising, and Angeles City Police Office will assist the social workers of the CSWDO in the city-wide implementation of Anti-Mendicancy Law.

The Anti-Mendicancy Law of 1978 states that giving alms to the needy people who take to the streets is not the right way to help them, but instead, it would only lead to the ballooning of the number of families and children in the streets.

According to the said law, giving alms would only make families and children in street situations think that they no longer need to find a decent job to make a living, as they could easily asking people for it by begging in the streets.  

A ‘Balik-Probinsya’ program is also being eyed by the city government for the families and children on the streets

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Present at the meeting are PMaj. Alipio Villavicencio Jr., City Engineer Donato Dizon, Angeles City Economic Development and Investment Promotions Officer Irish Bonus-Llego, Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rudy Simeon, Gender and Development Officer Mina Cabiles and General Services Officer Evangeline Malonzo.