LC brgy set to regulate charcoal production

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff Reporter

BARANGAY 55-B (Salet-Bulangon) is set to regulate the production of charcoal after a barangay ordinance was approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

In the said barangay ordinance, production of charcoal is prohibited within 500 meters of residences.

Laoag councilor Franklin Dante A. Respicio said the original barangay ordinance was returned by the city council as it included residential areas from nearby barangays. Respicio explained that the adjacent barangays should not be covered.

Correcting this, Barangay 55-B officials amended the ordinance, reducing the areas covered to 500 meters.

Meanwhile, Laoag councilor Joseph H. Tamayo, chairperson the committee on environment, said he was about to propose a city ordinance with the same subject, prohibiting the production of charcoal in the city of Laoag.

Tamayo learned that at least seven barangays in the city are engaged with charcoal-making.

He added that the problem with his planned ordinance was to find alternative livelihood for persons that would be affected.

He stressed that the Barangay 55-B ordinance was “highly acceptable” as charcoal-making contributes to air pollution as well as posing health problems and “kills” forests. He admitted though that charcoal is beneficial to people but this is not enough to compare to the risks it pose.

Tamayo then appealed to the public to help preserve and protect the environment to save them for “our children’s children”.

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