ORION, Bataan- This province on Saturday participated in the International Coastal Clean-up Day and conducted barangay clean-up drive in 236 barangays in 11 towns and one city.
Under the theme “Ikaw, Ako, Tayo… Bahagi ng Solusyon sa mga Basurang Itinapon”, various agencies of government sent representatives to assist in cleaning the coastal areas as well as the barangays.
In the past, big number of government and private workers converged in one area and did the cleaning on a long stretch of the Bataan coastline, this time the participants were divided into smaller groups and assigned to specific sites.
Residents who used to watch only the clean-up campaign being undertaken actively participated this time.
In Capunitan for example, a fishing village in Orion, Bataan, villagers and police officers joined hands in the activity.
A few minutes later, bags of garbage of all kinds stood ready to be collected by garbage trucks.
