City Government intensifies campaign against Littering, Smoking, Jaywalking

ILOILO CITY, July 12 – The city government vowed to run after violators of Regulation Ordinance 2004-149 or the Environmental Code of Iloilo City particularly on its intensified campaign against littering.

Same seriousness will applied in the apprehension of jaywalkers.

In its anti-jaywalking drive, the local chief executive wants city employees to be the model in showing the public where to properly cross the street.

“I am giving a 15-day ‘leniency period’ to violators,” Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog said.

Full enforcement of anti-littering and anti-jaywalking guidelines will be implemented next month with the issuance of citation tickets, he added.

He said it is illegal to litter on streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds and other public places; urinating, defecating or spitting in public places.

The ordinance likewise prohibits painting, inscribing or posting of graffiti on public buildings, walls, fences and similar places; vandalism of public or private property; unclean comfort rooms in public establishments; and dirty premises surrounding public or private buildings or vacant lots.

For both littering and jaywalking, apprehended persons or establishments will be fined, face charges in court or suffer both. (PIO)