A 3–day Participatory Strategic Planning Workshop on Solid Waste Management was held at the Conference Room of the Municipal Hall of Kalibo on June 27 to 29, 2006. Barangay officials from the 16 barangays of this Ati- Atihan town and representatives from the different service organizations and the media attended the workshop. The workshop was in line with the program of the Municipality of Kalibo to maintain cleanliness and to protect the environment of Kalibo which is a consistent winner in the Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran, under first class municipality category.
Kalibo won the awards as the Cleanest and Greenest Municipality in Category A in the province of Aklan for five consecutive years. In year 2000, Kalibo was a hall of fame awardee for the Search for the Cleanest and Greenest Municipality in Region VI for winning the top award from 1995 to 1998.
In 2005, Kalibo got again the 2nd Runner Up award in Region 6 in the Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran, Category A Municipality. "Urbanization and environmental preservation are possible with a political will, a consistent solid waste management plan and implementation", Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo stressed.
Court Denies Kalibo Ambulant Vendor’s Call For TRO
Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 6 denies the preliminary mandatory injunction petitioned by the Kalibo Ambulant Vendors Association against the Municipality of Kalibo. The decision was released on June 16, 2006. Judge Niovady M. Marin of RTC, Branch 6 Kalibo, Aklan dismissed the petition for lack of merit. It was found out that the petitioners have not paid the necessary business and Mayor’s permit fees for the current year. Some of the business and Mayor’s permits presented were already expired.
On the basis of Ordinance No. 2002 – 057 as implemented, this allowed the ambulant vendors to occupy portion of the sidewalks and road shoulders during market days. However, the ambulant vendors occupied the whole busy portion of Toting Reyes Street. The practice resulted to heavy traffic experienced, commerce and trade were disrupted, public health and safety were threatened as dumping and littering of garbage were unchecked and the essential lifeline in the Municipality of Kalibo was cut off.
Kalibo Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo permitted the ambulant vendors to sell their wares and products at the new Satellite Market at Oyo Torong Street near the Provincial Transport terminal. However, the ambulant vendors insisted to occupy Toting Reyes Street to sell their goods and this is not possible./MP
On The Kalibo Food Festival Sa Kalye
Most music and food aficionados, tourists, visitors and balikbayans, despite the 100 Peso entrance on the last day of the 11th Kalibo Food Festival Sa Kalye on June 23, gathered at the Kalibo Pastrana Park to dine delicious food, enjoy the company of their friends, family and peers. They listened and danced to the tunes of the local pop band, 24K, the Iloilo reggae band, Bahaghari, and the popular reggae music of the Brownman Revival.
The Kalibo Food Festival Sa Kalye was one of the features in Saint John the Baptist fest. According to Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo, the food festival is held annually to greatly benefit the restaurants and the hotel services in the Ati-Atihan town of Kalibo in partnership with the Kalibo Ati-Atihan Tourism Council and private companies.
The highlight of the festival is Brownman Revival’s performance who literally rocked the house with their popular songs. They prompted the audience to dance and sing with then as they sang most of their tracks in their album "Steady Lang" featuring "Binibini", "Lintik" and "Maling Akala". /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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