The municipal government of Botolan, Zambales has prohibited single-use plastic, as well as Styrofoam containers to help contain plastic pollution and maintain ecological balance in the community. Mayor Jun Omar Ebdane said the ban was instituted under Municipal Ordinance No. 005-2019 passed by the town council. The prohibition took effect September 2.
The provincial government of Zambales has started a P500-million project for the construction of a new Capitol building in this town to replace a structure that was reconstructed at least two times from a building built in the 1870’s by the Spanish Civil Government.
The recent flooding in several coastal communities caused by torrential rains only provided compelling reason for the provincial government of Zambales to intensify dredging of heavily-silted rivers and restore their capacity to carry water into the sea.
Congresswoman Doris “Nanay Bing” Maniquiz of the Second Legislative District of Zambales again proved possible what in other places in the country remained just a dream—providing commercial-quality rice to residents at only P20 per kilo.
Only two months after getting recognition for leadership excellence at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Wilma T. Eisma, now a director of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), added one more feather in her cap with yet another leadership citation.
