DILG to LGUs: Conduct cleanup drives

MANILA, Philippines — Local chief executives and barangay officials have been tasked to conduct cleanup drives in their respective areas tomorrow in support of the Kalinisan sa Bagong Pilipinas program of the national government.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will launch the Kalinga at Inisyatiba para sa Malinis na Bayan or Kalinisan program on Jan. 6 in a bid to provide a safe and healthy environment for all residents.

The launch of the program will coincide with the annual Community Development Day, which aims to foster and promote the Filipino tradition of bayanihan.

“All barangays, to be led by the newly elected and appointed barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials, are enjoined to observe the day fittingly by conducting their Kalinisan Day activities,” DILG Memorandum Circular 2024-011 read.

Simultaneous activities such as coastal cleanups, canal dredging, purging of trees and dismantling of possible breeding places of mosquitoes will be conducted.

The DILG memo said cleanup sites would focus on streets, canals, other waterways, public markets, schools and public parks.

The activity shall be synchronized nationwide from 7 a.m. until 11 a. m.

Students and teachers in public schools, state universities and colleges were encouraged to join the cleanup activities.