The Angeles City Government has formally opened a designated breastfeeding station at the City Hall on Thursday, March 30.
Mayor Carmelo ‘Pogi’ Lazatin, Jr. led the ribbon cutting ceremony with Executive Assistant IV Reina Manuel, Gender and Development Officer-in-Charge Mina Cabiles, and City Health Officer Dr. Verona Guevarra.
Mayor Pogi said the opening of the breastfeeding station, which marks the last leg of Angeles City’s Women’s Month celebration, is in recognition of women’s privileges and rights as breastfeeding mothers.
The mayor reiterated his intention to promote the benefits of breastfeeding for the mothers and children, and also promoting City Hall as breastfeeding-friendly facility.
The breastfeeding station, which is located at the Ground Floor of the City Hall, near the City Treasurer’s Office, will be managed by Cabiles, under the supervision of breastfeeding advocates Manuel and Chief Adviser IC Calaguas.
Calaguas also noted the efforts of the City Engineer’s Office headed by Engr. Donato Dizon in transforming a portion of the hallway into a new breastfeeding station.
Meanwhile, Manuel said that the breastfeeding station will ensure that there is a private, clean, sanitary, and well-ventilated room or area in the workplace or public places where nursing mothers can wash up, breastfeed or express their milk comfortably and store the same afterward.
Also present during the ribbon cutting ceremony are Calaguas, City Engr. Dizon, Angeles City Economic Development Investment and Promotions Officer-in-Charge Irish Bonus-Llego, and Nurse Supervisor Evelinda Mariano.
