NegOr celebrates env’t month with cleanup

THE provincial government of Negros Oriental will kick off this year’s Environment Month celebration with a “walk-clean-and-bike for the environment” activity on June 1.

The Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) of the province, in coordination with Metro Dumaguete Road Runners Club, will gather trash from the streets in Dumaguete City to promote environmental consciousness among the public, ENRD chief Mercy Teves said.

Also, during the opening of classes on June 6, public schools are expected to initiate “Oplan Linis” to clean school premises.

The ENRD will also hold an on the spot poster and essay writing contest among the public elementary and high schools, and coastal and riverways clean-up with colleges and universities in the city.

Teves said police officers in Negros Oriental will soon undergo extensive training and orientation on environmental laws.

The training-orientation will help strengthen the implementation of environmental laws, the ENRD chief said.